In July, the Patricelli Center announced that – through the generosity of Tim Freundlich ’90 and Bob Miller P’99 P’02 – Hannah Lewis ’12 and Oladoyin Oladapo ’14 were awarded SOCAP14 scholarships. Earlier this month, Hannah and Oladoyin attended the Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco. You can read their reflections below and watch highlights from SOCAP on YouTube. FROM HANNAH So,…
PCSE Grant Recipient Blog Posts
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #2 from Joaquin Benares ’15 of BUKO
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each grant recipient reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Boundless Updated Knowledge Offline (BUKO), one of the three 2014 winners, written by founder Joaquin Benares ’15.…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #2 from Kwaku Akoi ’14 of JooMah
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each grant recipient reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from JooMah, one of the three 2014 winners. You can visit the JooMah website here and read Kwaku’s…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #2 from Tavo True-Alcala ’15 and Brent Packer ’15
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each grant recipient reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Wishing Well, one of the three 2014 winners. You can read about Wishing Well here and read…
Enrichment Grant Report: Chelsea Tweneboah ’15
Chelsea Tweneboah ’15 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship to help support her community development work in Brazil. One of multiple international impact opportunities that Chelsea has pursued during her time at Wesleyan, this experience continued to shape her aspirations for a career in the health field. You can…
Enrichment Grant Report: Kate Weiner ’15
Kate Weiner ’15 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Kate leveraged this grant to enrich not only her own work with an innovative social enterprise – the Urban Farms Collaborative – but also to provide enriching hands-on experience for two other Wesleyan students, Sarah Dash and Rachie Weisberg.…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Report from BUKO Founder, Joaquin Benares ’15
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each grant recipient reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the first report from Boundless Updated Knowledge Offline (BUKO), one of the three 2014 winners, written by founder Joaquin Benares ’15.…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Report from Tavo True-Alcala ’15 and Brent Packer ’15
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each grant recipient reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the first report from Wishing Well, one of the three 2014 winners, written by Tavo True-Alcala ’15. You can read about…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Report from Kwaku Akoi ’14, CEO of JooMah
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each grant recipient reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the first report from JooMah, one of the three 2014 winners, written by CEO Kwaku Akoi ’14. You can read about…
2014 Patricelli Center and Priebatsch Summer Internship Grantee Profiles
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship offers summer internship stipends through the Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant program. Our 2014 recipients have internships in a wide range of social impact and entrepreneurial fields. Geneva Jonathan ’15 is doing mental health work in India, where stigma and cultural barriers to care often prevent proper treatment. Theodora Messalas…