Unite for Sight is hiring a new program manager! From Unite for Sight’s job posting: The Program Manager position provides an outstanding individual with an opportunity to engage in high impact front-line global health programs. The Program Manager works from our New Haven office that overlooks the Yale campus. The Program Manager helps to lead…
Alumni
The World Learning Advancing Leaders Fellowship
Did you go on the World Learning Semester Abroad program? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you: The Advancing Leaders Fellowship recognizes the ideas, talent, and vision of World Learning alumni by supporting Fellows with an award of $10,000, comprehensive training in social innovation and leadership, and a support network of mentors and…
Alumni Panel in NYC (Tuesday evening 10/29, tickets and transportation available)
A limited number of free student tickets are available for this panel and networking event in NYC on Tuesday, October 29. Transportation will be provided from campus, leaving around 1 p.m. and returning around 11 p.m. If you are interested, please email Makaela Kingsley in the Patricelli Center. To see a list of who is…
Experimenting your way to a new job with Cynthia Jaggi ’00 (Google Hangout on 10/23 at 1pm)
Cynthia Jaggi ’00, Founder of GatherWell, will be co-hosting a public Google Hangout on Wednesday, October 23, at 1 p.m. All are welcome to observe or participate. Here are the details: Experiment your way to a new job: Small steps you can take to explore and secure a new opportunity Wednesday, October 23rd at 1pm…
NOI Climate Leadership Fellowship
Interested in environmental organizing? Want to be in D.C. for three months for a paid fellowship position? If so, the New Organizing Institute’s (NOI) Climate Leadership Fellowship may be for you! From NOI’s website: NOI’s Climate Leadership Fellowship is designed to give new and emerging climate leaders the opportunity to support the organizing work of…
Tim Devane ’09 on a “Different Kind of Alumni Donation”
What do you think of when you hear the words “alumni donation”? If you are a recent graduate who has started receiving mail about the Wesleyan Fund, you are most likely thinking about the ways to financially donate to Wesleyan. However, recent alum Tim Devane ’09 shares a different concept of alumni giving in a…
Guest Post from Max Perel-Slater ’11: Maji Safi and Global Handwashing Day
According to the American Cleaning Institute, hand washing with soap is the most effective and inexpensive way to prevent the diarrheal and acute respiratory infections that are responsible for millions of child deaths every single year in developing countries. Global Handwashing Day began on October 15, 2008 as a day to promote hand washing with…
Learning by Doing: The Connecticut General Assembly Legislative Internship Program
The Wesleyan Career Center, WesDems, the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, and the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship invite you to Learning by Doing: The Connecticut General Assembly Legislative Internship Program Thursday, October 10 12-1 p.m. PCSE Board Room (Allbritton 022) Speakers: Mary Cyriac ’02, Jackson Ulrich ’14, and Steve Marcelynas An…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: the third report from Faye Phillips ’13 with Maji Safi in Tanzania
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient is reporting back about his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the third and final report from Faye Phillips ’13, who designed and implemented the Women and Girls Hygiene program for Maji Safi Group, which was…
From Reporting Progress to Improving Progress (a workshop with Wendy Jeffries ’01 and Liz Bliss ’01, 11/8 at 2 p.m.)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Quantitative Analysis Center, and Center for Community Partnerships present Think About Data Before It’s Too Late! or “From Reporting Progress to Improving Progress: How those working on social change initiatives can actually have an impact” Presented by Wendy (Bauman) Jeffries ’01 and…