“Why are you in school?” President Michael Roth spoke this weekend at the Social Good Summit, a two-day conference for leaders and activists to discuss the challenges facing our world and the role of technology in addressing them. In a talk titled “The Future of Education,” Roth asserts that those who seek to protect the status quo feel threatened…
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Grant Writing Internship with COMPASS For Kids
COMPASS for Kids is a non-profit based in Lexington, MA that seeks to improve the lives of vulnerable children by providing education, training, coaching, mentoring and support to the adults and institutions that care for them. Executive Director Jodi Hill ’78 is a former Wesleyan trustee with extensive experience in nonprofit management. COMPASS for Kids is looking for a…
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…
Looking for funding for summer 2015? Learn about the Davis Projects for Peace, PCSE Seed Grants, and WSEG’s
Attention undergraduate students — We know you just finished getting settled in for fall semester, and although you have plenty of time before you have to start thinking about summer, we wanted to get a few Wesleyan funding opportunities on your radar. Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) Seed Grant Challenge The PCSE offers three…
Sound Production Class at Green Street
Register by today to learn the ins and outs of sound production at the Green Street Arts Center! From Director Sara MacSorley: Green Street Sound Production Class “Shaping Sounds” Instructor: John Bergeron Location: Green Street Arts Center, 51 Green Street, Middletown CT Thursdays from 1:30-4:30pm for 10 weeks Start date: September 25, 2014 Class fee: $550…
A letter home from IDEX Fellow Francesca Moree ’14
Last spring, Francesca Moree ’14 was selected for an IDEX Fellowship working with VOICE 4 Girls in Hyderabad, India. VOICE’s mission is to enable marginalized adolescent girls in India to take charge of their futures by imparting critical knowledge, spoken English, and life skills through activity-based camps and mentorship programs. IDEX Fellows are required to…
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…
Introducing the 2014-2015 PCSE Peer Advisors
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) supports students and alumni interested in creating and sustaining programs, businesses, and organizations that advance the public good. We believe that Wesleyan graduates are practical idealists uniquely equipped to tackle the world’s pressing problems, and we support their work through our advising, grant, and workshop programs. The PCSE…