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PCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #3 from Potlux

  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 grantee reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Brent Packer ’15, founder of Potlux, the first online community where collegiate sustainability initiatives are effectively aggregated and shared.…

Deadline to Apply: GHIC Innovation Prize

12/31/2015 @ 12:00 am – The Innovation Prize is a $10,000 and a $2,000 cash prize that is awarded to the two best social impact pitches that are presented at the 2016 Global Health & Innovation Conference. All conference registrants — both students and professionals, and both non-profit and for-profit organizations — are eligible to apply for the Innovation Prize. […]

Peatix Presents with the Wesleyan Entrepreneurship Society

11/10/2015 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Peatix Presents with the Wesleyan Entrepreneurship Society Peatix is a ticket management platform that originated in Japan and is currently expanding in the United States. Through Peatix’s “Back to School” initiative, they will visit Wesleyan University to provide students with insight and guidance on global entrepreneurship, how to work at and run a startup company and […]

PCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #2 from Potlux

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 grantee reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Brent Packer ’15, founder of Potlux, the first online community where collegiate sustainability initiatives are effectively aggregated and shared. Also…

Conferences Round Up!

There is rarely a dull moment at Wesleyan – especially inside the Allbritton Center – and with so much activity happening right here on campus, it’s easy to overlook opportunities to learn outside of the Wes bubble. Throughout the year and around the world, there are countless conferences, institutes, bootcamps, meetups, and startup weekends focused on social entrepreneurship,…

Unraveling Iraq: Talk with Emma Sky

09/30/2015 @ 7:00 pm – Emma Sky is director of the World Fellows Program at Yale and author of The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq (Public Affairs 2015). She was an advisor to the US commanding general in Iraq 2007-10. Emma has published numerous articles including in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politico, Atlantic, Slate, […]

Conferences, Conferences, Conferences (updated 3/10)

There is rarely a dull moment at Wesleyan – especially inside the Allbritton Center – and with so much activity happening right here on campus, it’s easy to overlook opportunities to learn outside of the Wes bubble. Throughout the year and around the world, there are countless conferences, institutes, bootcamps, meetups, and startup weekends focused on social entrepreneurship,…

Structure Lab (3/3, 6-9 p.m.)

The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents  STRUCTURE LAB  Tuesday, March 3, 2015 6-9 p.m. Allbritton 311 Joy Anderson ’89, President of Criterion Institute and instructor of Wesleyan’s “Money and Social Change” course, is a prominent national leader at the intersection of business and social change. She will bring her patented program — Structure Lab…

A Wesleyan Guide to Giving for Good

When it comes to gifts, we are taught early on that it’s the thought that counts. We prioritize sentimental value over monetary value, but another factor to consider is a gift’s social value: what are the repercussions of your consumption in communities, economies, and environments around the world? The rise of social entrepreneurship has made it…

Post-Wes Journeys: A Panel Discussion on Careers for the Common Good

Wesleyan prides itself in raising “practical idealists” who are eager to work for social change after graduation. The goal is not just to do well but to do good and to build careers around the causes they care about. Four alumni with the common good at heart will return to campus on the evening of Wednesday,…