An exciting opportunity from Wishing Wells co-founder Brent Packer ’15: Wishing Wells is a budding environmental start-up born from a Wesleyan design competition. We’re expanding quickly & are looking for ambitious students to join our team. Plastic waste is a serious issue. There is currently 100 million tons of plastic disintegrating in our oceans causing tremendous harm to marine…
Monthly Archives: October 2014
January Service Trip to South Africa
Update: There will be an information session about the service trip on Wednesday, October 22 at 6 pm in Usdan 108. ***************************** Chelsea Tweneboah ’15 has asked us to share this information with fellow Wesleyan students: My name is Chelsea Tweneboah and I want to introduce an awesome and inspiring service trip with an organization that I am apart…
Ebola: Understanding the Public Health Response (10/23)
Wesleyan World Wednesdays, the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, and Academic Affairs present a panel discussion with Wesleyan alum and CT State Epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Cartter, Prof. Anna Geltzer and Prof. David Constantine, on the public health response to Ebola.
WESU Fall Record Fair (10/26)
From our dear friends at WESU 88.1 FM: Don’t miss the WESU Fall Record Fair (and sale) on Sunday October, 26 from 11am-4pm. The event features dozens of vendors, from throughout the North-East, selling music in all formats. Plus, there’s other cool merchandise and WESU DJs spinning vinyl all day long. So, come on down…
Reblog: Chemistry, English Major Yoo ’15 Coordinates WesReads/WesMath Program, Korean Dance Group
We’re proud to share this interview with WesReads/WesMath coordinator Angela Yoo ’15! From Olivia Drake: Q: Angela, where are you from and why did you choose Wesleyan to further your education? A: I am from Nanuet, New York but I went to a boarding school called Phillips Exeter Academy. I chose Wesleyan because I was intrigued by how…
Policy Analyst at APPRISE
Another excellent opportunity for seniors: APPRISE is a nonprofit research institute dedicated to collecting and analyzing data and information to assess and improve public programs. The evaluation research will measure how well the programs achieve their goals and provide recommendations for how the programs should be modified. Our current research includes work for federal and…
Enrichment Grant Report: Katherine Lu ’15
Katherine Lu ’15 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship to help support her community development work in Brazil. You can read Katherine’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about our grant programs. ********************************************** This summer I pursued an opportunity that aligns with my interests in volunteer work,…
Gilbert Clee Scholarship Information Session (10/15)
Here’s some useful information for the Class of 2016 from Brent Packer ’15, the 2014 Clee Scholar, Wishing Well co-founder, and PCSE Peer Advisor: I’m delighted to share with you an incredible opportunity. Arguably the best business scholarship in the world, and it’s only available to Wesleyan juniors. The Gilbert Clee Scholarship was established to continue…
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
What would you do with $15,000? If you’re a graduating senior with big ideas and an interest in public service, apply for the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award to fund your year-long project: The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a $15,000 stipend for a graduating college senior to pursue one year of public service…
Participate in a Human-Centered Design MOOC with others at Wesleyan (10/14-12/9)
Human-centered design a.k.a. design thinking is a methodology “in which the needs, wants, and limitations of end users of a product, service or process are given extensive attention at each stage of the design process” (Wikipedia). Here at ENGAGE, we attempt to design our programs with constituents or end-users in mind, and we strive to be cognizant…