Monthly Archives: November 2013

The Middletown Thanksgiving Project

As a part of the Middletown Thanksgiving Project, this year Wesleyan students, staff, and faculty members contributed to the making of 700 Thanksgiving Baskets! Partners in the Middletown Community Thanksgiving Project are Community Renewal Team, Cross Street AME Zion Church, Fellowship Church, Heritage Commons, Liberty Bank Foundation, Middlesex County Community Foundation, Middlesex United Way, the…

Venture for America, Tutor in Thailand, and the High Mountain Institute

Coming back from break, we will be in our last stretch before the end of the semester! Don’t forget to take advantage of some of the incredible opportunities the Career Center is offering: Venture for America: Venture for America is a 2-year fellowship program that sends young, talented graduates to startups in emerging cities (ie. Cincinnati,…

Alumni Startup Showcase

ALUMNI STARTUP SHOWCASE Sunday, December 8 4:00p-6:00p Olson Commons Hear from 10 extraordinary Wes grads who founded or run their own ventures. This inaugural Startup Showcase will include stories about startup life, an unprecedented opportunity to mingle with inspiring young entrepreneurs, and hearty snacks and coffee to fuel your Reading Period work. Registration is strongly…

WEServe Week of Service (1/19-1/25; register a project now)

Dear students, parents, alumni, colleagues, and friends, We are excited to support the second annual WEServe Week of Service, and we hope you will join us. WEServe seeks members of the Wesleyan community around the world to organize service projects during MLK Week (January 19-25, 2014) and submit them here. Wesleyan will publicize the list…

Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward

This month, Omidyar Network and others published “Impact Investing 2.0,” a report designed to be “a resource for the broad community interested in the future of impact investing, but especially for practitioners: fund managers, investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and advisors who are creating and managing new and existing funds, and striving to achieve successful social and financial…

Hatua Likoni Holiday Fundraiser (12/3 in NYC)

Gabrielle Fondiller ’07 invites you to Hatua Likoni’s Holiday Fundraiser on December 3, 6-8 p.m. at Barclay InterContinental Hotel, 111 East 48th St near Lexington Ave, New York City. Tickets are only $25 and include drinks and hors d’oeuvres, and 100% of proceeds will provide scholarships, mentoring, and career guidance for top students from disadvantaged families in Kenya. Raffle prizes will…

CCP Anniversary Series: Spotlight on Haley Baron ’12

Name: Haley Baron Class Year: 2012 Major(s): Sociology, Spanish, and International Relations Certificate What have you been doing since leaving Wesleyan? I graduated Wesleyan and immediately moved to Washington, DC. Though missing my hometown of San Francisco, I loved being in Washington. There is a huge Wesleyan community, and a lot of social and political happenings throughout the…

True Ventures TEC Summer Fellowship Program (applications due 1/31)

True Ventures, a San Francisco-based early stage venture capital firm, is currently accepting applications for its True Entrepreneur Corps (TEC) summer fellowship program. TEC brings 12 rising college juniors and seniors to the San Francisco Bay area to spend 10 weeks at an early stage technology company to learn firsthand what it’s like to work…

WeShadow Opportunities, Urban Teaching Center, and JET

Application deadlines are heading this way, so be sure not to miss out on any of these amazing opportunities: Urban Teacher Center: The Urban Teacher Center (UTC) is cultivating the most effective and accountable teachers in the nation who will transform learning for America’s most underserved students. UTC significantly accelerates student achievement in the nation’s highest-need schools…