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…
Guest Posts
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…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Shyam Desai ’15
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 has been reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Shyam Desai ’15. His first is here. ****************************************** After a long planning period, I was successfully able to…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Evan Okun ’13
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 has been reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Evan Okun ’13. [Editor’s note: Two days after submitting this blog post, Evan found out that he…
Northeastern University Student Venture Showcase (11/20 at 6:30pm in Boston)
This just in from Dan Gregory ’78 P’07, Director of IDEA, Northeastern University’s venture accelerator. (Hint: If you decide to go, you might consider applying for a PCSE Enrichment Grant to cover your travel expenses.) ******************************* IDEA cordially invites you to join us at NEXPO on November 20, 2013 between 6:30-9:00pm on-campus in the Cabot…
Cynthia Jaggi ’00 on Practical Idealists and Impact Portfolios
We were recently contacted by Cynthia Jaggi ’00 (CEO and founder of Gatherwell) via the alum listserve about some interesting opportunities for both alums and students. Here is an excerpt from her email: I’ve started a Facebook group for Practical Idealists to get resources, connections and to collaborate. Got some great conversations going already. Would…
Attention alumni entrepreneurs: $20K+ to seed your venture in Vegas (applications due 11/14)
Jacob Eichengreen ’13 with Venture for America wrote to tell us about his startup incubator, Progression Lab. This is the next iteration of the project Josh Levine ’12 told us about last spring. Applications for the January-April funding round and incubator program are due November 14, so this notice is mostly for alumni (since students…
Enrichment Grant Report: Ted Shabecoff ’16
Ted Shabecoff ’16 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding helped support a trip to the Lend for America Conference for Ted and his Germinal Fund colleague, Jason Brandner ’16. Read their story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about our Enrichment Grants. ************************************ This October, with the…
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…
Roth on Wesleyan: How to Make A Difference
Re-blogged from Roth on Wesleyan, September 23, 2013 I spent yesterday at the 92nd St Y in New York at the Social Good Summit. The Summit is “a three-day conference that unites a dynamic community of global leaders to discuss a big idea: the power of innovative thinking and technology to solve our greatest challenges.” …