Monthly Archives: November 2013
CCP Anniversary Series: Spotlight on Jeff Kessner ’07
We recently caught up with some of our CCP alums for our tenth anniversary! Read about Jeff Kessner ’07, who is currently completing the Port Authority of NY & NJ Leadership Fellows Program. Name: Jeff Kessler Class Year: 2007 Major(s): American Studies and Sociology What have you been doing since leaving Wesleyan? Immediately after Wesleyan I…
Free Webinar on Crowdfunding (11/20 at 5:30 p.m.)
Have an idea/project/venture that needs funding? Read this ENGAGE post and watch the livestream of this session: Masterclass in Crowdfunding Wednesday, November 20 5:30 – 7:00pm Speaker: Bre DiGiammarino Presented by Indiegogo as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week events at UNC Chapel Hill REGISTER NOW OR JOIN THE LIVESTREAM Learn how entrepreneurs…
Leadership Luncheon
Civic Engagement and Pre-Registration
With just one week left of planning for pre-registration, ENGAGE wants to remind you of how you can combine civic engagement and your education. The first place to look for civic engagement related courses is in the handy category labelled “Civic Engagement Certificate.” We will be posting more soon about this co-curricular certificate program, but…
Student Workshop on Classism at Wesleyan
The Office of Student Affairs is sponsoring a workshop to explore the role of class and issues of classism in the context of our daily lives and at Wesleyan. The Class Action diversity trainers will facilitate this workshop on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 7:30 PM at a location to be announced. We hope you will come…
Lunch with Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian: How to Make the World Suck Less (12/5 at noon)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, the Wesleyan Career Center, and Texts.com invite you LUNCH WITH REDDIT CO-FOUNDER ALEXIS OHANIAN: HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD SUCK LESS Thursday, December 5 12-1 p.m. Olson Commons or Beckham Hall (TBD) Join us for pizza, a talk, and a book-signing by Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian, a serial entrepreneur who is “making the world…
Upcoming Application Deadlines
Hey seniors! Don’t forget about these important deadlines coming your way: Boston Teacher Residency: We know that teaching is incredibly hard, complex work. We also recognize the paramount importance of this work for our youth, and have pioneered a model of urban teacher preparation that is designed to carefully recruit and select a diverse cohort of…
This Week at the Career Center: Volunteering Abroad, Public Health Degrees, and more
Volunteering Abroad/International Health and Medicine: Conversation with Dr. Cliff O’Callahan (MD/Ph.D) Recently returned from a year in Rwanda, Dr. O’Callahan is a pediatrician and faculty member with Middlesex Hospital’s Family Practice Residency Program and former Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on International Child Health. He will talk about the kinds of questions you should…
Sasha Chanoff wins 2013 Gleitsman International Activist Award
We just heard some exciting news about Wes alum Sasha Chanoff ’94 winning the 2013 Gleitsman International Activist Award! Courtesy of the Harvard Gazette: The Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has named social entrepreneur Sasha Chanoff this year’s recipient of the Gleitsman International Activist Award for his tireless work as founder and executive…