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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…

Enrichment Grant Report: Zach Burns ’14

Zach Burns ’14 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding helped support his six-week fellowship volunteering with the MINDS Foundation in Gujarat, India.  MINDS was founded by Raghu Appasani ’12 while he was an undergraduate at Wesleyan. Read Zach’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about…

Boston Globe’s Acclaim of Raghu Appasani ’12 and MINDS

The MINDS Foundation is reaching new heights of recognition, and we couldn’t be prouder to continue this pattern. Raghu Appasani ’12 started the MINDS Foundation during his undergraduate career here at Wesleyan, and now as a post-grad CEO, the foundation is gaining even more national and international attention. A friend of the Patricelli Center for…