The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents LESSONS FROM A LIFE IN SEX AND MINISTRY A Talk, Lunch, and Q&A with Debra W. Haffner ’76 Wednesday, April 22 12-1 p.m. Usdan 108 Lunch will be provided. Please register here . As an undergraduate at Wesleyan, Debra Haffner was a vocal activist for social justice and co-founder of…
Wesleyan Trustee issues challenge for JooMah’s Indiegogo campaign (Wednesday 4/1 only)
Muzzy Rosenblatt ’87 — CEO of Bowery Residents Committee, member of the Wesleyan Board of Trustees, and a founding member of the PCSE Advisory Board — wrote with this offer. Please make a gift to the JooMah campaign on Wednesday, April 1, and maximize Muzzy’s challenge! Where passion for change meets practical idealism you find Wesleyan alum who…
Alumni in Education panel (4/29)
Professor Jack Dougherty invites interested students, faculty, and staff to attend the April 29 meeting of his class, Choice: A Case Study in Education and Entrepreneurship. During this session (7-8 p.m. in Allbritton 004), five Wesleyan alumni will speak in person or by video about their work as educators. You can see the full syllabus here. Excerpt…
Inspiring Capital social enterprise summer institute (applications due 4/5)
Nell Derick Debevoise, Founder and CEO of Inspiring Capital, wrote to the Patricelli Center to share news of a new undergraduate training institute. Like Inspiring Capital’s popular MBA Fellows program, this will provide an opportunity for college students to learn business skills from leading faculty and get first-hand experience with mission-driven organizations. The program runs from June 15-August 21,…
Enrichment Grant Report: Trevon Gordon ’17
Trevon Gordon ’17 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. The grant contributed to his work with Saha Global, a non-profit that empowers women in rural communities to solve their village’s need for clean water and electricity by providing business opportunities. Although Trey ultimately did not raise the full amount of money he…
2015 PCSE Seed Grant Winners Announced
Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 PCSE Seed Grant Challenge. These student-led social ventures will each receive $5,000 in unrestricted funds as well as training, advising, mentoring, incubator workspace, and other resources from the Patricelli Center. Recipients were selected from a strong pool of finalists who submitted…
Structure Lab (3/3, 6-9 p.m.)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents STRUCTURE LAB Tuesday, March 3, 2015 6-9 p.m. Allbritton 311 Joy Anderson ’89, President of Criterion Institute and instructor of Wesleyan’s “Money and Social Change” course, is a prominent national leader at the intersection of business and social change. She will bring her patented program — Structure Lab…
Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Philanthropy: Stories From the Field (Lunch, Talk, and Q&A with Anne Lebleu ’00 on 2/26)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY: STORIES FROM THE FIELD A Talk, Lunch, and Q&A with Anne Lebleu ’00 Thursday, February 26 12-1 p.m. Allbritton 311 Lunch will be provided for those who register by February 25. During this conversation-style workshop, College of Letters alumna and philanthropy cross-trainer Anne…
PCSE Mentors on Campus This Month
Are you designing an innovative summer project, honing a pitch for your startup, running a social or traditional enterprise, or doing other entrepreneurial work? The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is offering individual and team advising appointments for students who are working on projects or ventures of all kinds. Please note: these sessions are for undergraduates looking…
An invitation to get involved with SowHope: Sharing Opportunities with Women
A Wesleyan neighbor, Renata Bertotti, volunteers for a non-profit called SowHope (“Sharing Opportunities with Women”). Renata wrote to ENGAGE to ask us to share this information and invite students to learn about SowHope and support their mission. We live in a world where roughly half the population, about 2.8 billion people, live on less than $2 a day. …