Bridget Adarkwa ’17 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding helped support a trip to Wharton Business School’s 21st Annual Africa Business Forum. Read Bridget’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about our Enrichment Grants. ************************************ This past weekend, PCSE afforded me the opportunity to travel alongside…
WEServe Week of Service (1/19-1/25; register a project now)
Dear students, parents, alumni, colleagues, and friends, We are excited to support the second annual WEServe Week of Service, and we hope you will join us. WEServe seeks members of the Wesleyan community around the world to organize service projects during MLK Week (January 19-25, 2014) and submit them here. Wesleyan will publicize the list…
Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward
This month, Omidyar Network and others published “Impact Investing 2.0,” a report designed to be “a resource for the broad community interested in the future of impact investing, but especially for practitioners: fund managers, investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and advisors who are creating and managing new and existing funds, and striving to achieve successful social and financial…
Hatua Likoni Holiday Fundraiser (12/3 in NYC)
Gabrielle Fondiller ’07 invites you to Hatua Likoni’s Holiday Fundraiser on December 3, 6-8 p.m. at Barclay InterContinental Hotel, 111 East 48th St near Lexington Ave, New York City. Tickets are only $25 and include drinks and hors d’oeuvres, and 100% of proceeds will provide scholarships, mentoring, and career guidance for top students from disadvantaged families in Kenya. Raffle prizes will…
True Ventures TEC Summer Fellowship Program (applications due 1/31)
True Ventures, a San Francisco-based early stage venture capital firm, is currently accepting applications for its True Entrepreneur Corps (TEC) summer fellowship program. TEC brings 12 rising college juniors and seniors to the San Francisco Bay area to spend 10 weeks at an early stage technology company to learn firsthand what it’s like to work…
$5K Seed Grant and $10K Prize for Peace (Info Sessions 12/2, 12/3, and 12/4 at 12:15 p.m.)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is offering two grants to fund projects or ventures led by one or more Wesleyan student(s). PCSE SEED GRANT: Three $5,000 grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Details and timeline here. Read about last year’s winners here. KATHRYN…
Enrichment Grant Report: Shira Engel ’14
Shira Engel ’14, author of the e-book Yoga U: The College Student’s Tools for Balanced Living and co-founder of WesBAM!, was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding helped support a trip to the New York Women in Communications Student Career Conference. Read Shira’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more…
Feministing talk with Katie Halper ’03 and Jos Truitt (11/21 at 6pm)
What is the state of the feminist movement today? Where is it “moving”? How do we build a feminist movement that centers the needs of trans* people and people of color? Come hear Feministing editors Jos Truitt and Katie Halper, and one Wesleyan student (TBA, stay tuned!), speak and answer questions on these questions on…
Lara Galinsky ’96 asks “What’s Your Problem”
Lara Galinsky ’96, Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Advisory Board Co-chair, is the senior vice president of Echoing Green, a global nonprofit that provides seed funding and technical assistance to emerging social entrepreneurs with ideas for social change. She is the co-author of Work on Purpose (2011) and Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact (2007). In Lara’s latest…
Free Webinar on Crowdfunding (11/20 at 5:30 p.m.)
Have an idea/project/venture that needs funding? Read this ENGAGE post and watch the livestream of this session: Masterclass in Crowdfunding Wednesday, November 20 5:30 – 7:00pm Speaker: Bre DiGiammarino Presented by Indiegogo as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week events at UNC Chapel Hill REGISTER NOW OR JOIN THE LIVESTREAM Learn how entrepreneurs…