Monthly Archives: December 2014

Spring Internships at Connecticut’s Old State House

Help build civic engagement in CT! Intern in the Education Department of the Old State House: Description Connecticut’s Old State House is currently accepting applications for spring 2015 internships. We seek enthusiastic and motivated undergraduate and graduate students considering careers in the museum profession. Candidates should be interested in the intersection of history and education,…

Spring Registration (and Discounts!) for Discovery AfterSchool at Green Street

“Picasso and Math” “Exploring the River” “Beginning Breakdance” I know what you might be thinking – Where are these classes in Wesmaps?!  Wesleyan students may be disappointed to find that these are not in fact college courses, but rather classes in the arts, math, and sciences  for children in Middletown at the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center…

A Wesleyan Guide to Giving for Good

When it comes to gifts, we are taught early on that it’s the thought that counts. We prioritize sentimental value over monetary value, but another factor to consider is a gift’s social value: what are the repercussions of your consumption in communities, economies, and environments around the world? The rise of social entrepreneurship has made it…

WEServe Week of Service (January 18-24)

WEServe is a worldwide week of service for the entire Wesleyan community. Students, alumni, faculty, staff, parents and grandparents, former employees, future students, and friends are invited to come together for activities that serve others. Projects can involve any number of participants and any kind of volunteer work, whether it’s traditional service, like assisting a school…

January Externship with the Northern Virginia Capital Defender Office

An excellent learning opportunity from Ed Ungvarsky ’90: The Northern Virginia Capital Defender Office represents men and woman who are charged with capital murder and are facing the possibility of the death penalty. Together, a team of lawyers, mitigation specialists, fact investigators, mental health professionals, and other experts expends its best efforts to secure our clients the…

Help a CPE Student Get Ready for Next Semester!

“The more books I read, the more I can expand my conception of who I am and who I want to be.” – Roy Trotter, 2011 Cohort at Cheshire Correctional Every semester, the Center for Prison Education buys all the materials necessary for each student to take full advantage of their college experience. We buy…

GIS Mapping and Radio Program Internships at Maji Safi Group

The Maji Safi Group (MSG) is an NGO working for disease prevention and health promotion in Shirati, Tanzania. The organization has hosted interns from Wesleyan in the past, including PCSE grantee Faye Phillips ’13. Co-founder Max Perel-Slater ’11 – a recipient of the Christopher Brodigan Award and Advancing Leadership Fellowship – has written in with two exciting…

Enrichment Grant Report: Lizzie Shackney ’17

CoCo Chair Lizzie Shackney ’17 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship to attend the Igniting Innovation Summit at Harvard last month. You can read Lizzie’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about our grant programs. ************************************** On November 7, I attended the Igniting Innovation Summit on Social Entrepreneurship…

My Top 5 Moments from the 2014 Net Impact Conference (by Hannah Lewis ’13)

This past November, I attended the Net Impact Conference in Minneapolis, MN. Net Impact is a nonprofit whose mission is to “empower a generation to drive social and environmental change on campus or throughout their careers.” With over 2,700 people in attendance, the Net Impact Conference was full of enlightening discussions both onstage and off,…

Reblog: GIS Service Learning Class Shares Field Research, Projects with Community

In Professor Kim Diver’s Introduction to GIS course, students learn to not only use Geographic Information Systems, but to harness their power to help community partners make a difference in Middlesex County. Olivia Drake has covered the work of this semester’s class: Five groups of students enrolled in the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Service Learning Laboratory course…