Got grand plans for the summer but aren’t sure how to fund them? Apply to the OZY Genius Awards by April 18 to earn up to $10,000 for your summer experience: The OZY Genius Awards are giving up to $100,000 in summer stipends to college students who have a plan to shake up the world. OZY Genius…
CIR Proposes Divestment from Coal Assets
Institutions like Wesleyan are meant to make the world a better place. In addition to their educational mission, this also means investing in — and divesting from — a wide variety of other causes. Joli Holmes ’17 writes in with the latest: Wesleyan’s Committee for Investor Responsibility (CIR) is the official body created to consider social…
North End Community Block Party
On Saturday, April 25, take a short walk to Middletown’s North End for a community clean-up and block party! It’s a great opportunity to meet your neighbors and reconnect with those that you may already know, perhaps from Green Street, NEAT, Macdonough Elementary, or Middletown Potluck.
Service-Learning – Fall 2015
It’s pre-registration time once again! As you plan your schedule for the Fall, take a look at the Service-Learning Center, which offers courses that integrate community service into an academic curriculum. The service component can take many forms depending on the particular course, such as volunteer work, research for organizations, teaching opportunities, and community organizing activities. Back in the classroom,…
We Almost Lost Detroit: a Hopeful Tale About Cars, Crises, Cities, and America
Ron Bloom ’77 – Obama’s “Auto Czar” and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World – will come to campus on Wednesday, April 8 to discuss lessons learned in his career in politics and finance, particularly in the auto industry bailout and in addressing the City of Detroit’s bankruptcy. After graduating from Wesleyan with…
WESU and the Argus Present: Julie Burstein ’80
Julie Burstein ’80, creator of WNYC’s Studio 360, best-selling author, and TED speaker, will be giving a talk on the power of listening at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 8 in the CFA Hall. She will discuss how her experience as a DJ at WESU sparked her passion for finding and telling stories, and will reveal the questions…
Think Out Loud
An exciting opportunity from Danielle Pruitt ’15 and Rebecca Seidel ’15, president and vice president of the WESU Board of Directors: Do you have the next big idea? Do you have dreams of sharing your knowledge, passion, and talents with the world? We’re challenging you to THINK OUT LOUD! Think Out Loud is a platform for…
Creating Equity in Housing
In the final event hosted by Kai Entrepreneurship Wesleyan this semester, Erin Boggs ’93 will visit campus to speak about her work with the Open Communities Alliance, a Connecticut-based civil rights organization. She also discuss how gentrification and the segregation of neighborhoods creates unequal opportunities in terms of education, health care, and job prospects, and how we as…
Startup Weekend Stamford
Try something new this weekend: build a business! Startup Weekend Stamford is calling all designers, coders, professionals, and students like yourself to team up for 54 hours of innovation madness. You can register individually or with a group, pitch an idea or join a team, and then work with your new collaborators and a fantastic…
Middletown Potluck Presents: Healthcare and Bodies
Another great community event from the folks at Middletown Potluck: