For the past couple of years, New England has seen some pretty wicked weather. Between snow storms, hurricanes, power outages, and the like, a group of first responders known as CERT (also known as) C-CERT came through with aid. From a Post-Nemo article on C-Cert: Wesleyan’s Campus Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT), made up of…
MidWes Student Summit This Saturday
Dear students, Given recent discussions about Wesleyan’s relationship with the Middletown community, I would like to invite you to the Middletown-Wesleyan Relationship Student Summit, happening Saturday April 27th, from 1-3 PM in Albritton 311 (top floor), which is being hosted by the WSA’s Wesleyan-Middletown Relations Committee, also known as “MidWes”. There will be free food from Udupi, a local southeast Indian restaurant (all…
Volunteer Opportunity // AmeriCorps VISTA positions in Higher Ed
Connecticut Campus Compact (CTCC) is looking to fill 11 VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) positions by May 30, 2013! CTCC VISTAs work in community engagement or service learning offices on college campuses throughout Connecticut. Member’s duties include, recruitment of student volunteers, organizing community outreach programs, assisting faculty, and much more. AmeriCorps VISTA members receive…
Imagining Queer Justice: Screening, Discussion & Panel
4:15-6PM, Friday, 26 April, Russell House Speaker bios courtesy of Wesleying: Ryan Conrad (Prisons Will Not Protect You) is an academic who organizes with Against Equality and will speak about queer critiques of the prison industrial complex and the inequality and violence perpetuated by hate crime legislation. Reina Gossett is a trans activist, artist, and writer. She will speak…
reSET Social Enterprise Design Lab – Info Session Thursday 12-2 p.m. at PCSE
reSET is launching a Social Enterprise Design Lab, and they are looking for Wesleyan students to participate. Students with a business idea or a curiosity about entrepreneurship overall are encouraged to consider this. Participants will get training, networking, and other resources, including possible grant money. Ojala Naeem, Program Assistant at reSET, will be on campus this…
Did You Know? Fact #22.
Have you heard of the new ENGAGE newsletter? The ENGAGE newsletter culls ENGAGE blog posts into an easily digestible weekly email. Currently the ENGAGE blog offers up a daily selection of links that pertain to civic engagement. For those who may be unfamiliar with civic engagement, we like to casually define it as positively interacting…
Special Earth Week Think Tank Wednesday
EdConnect // A Hub for Education on Campus
Interested in education initiatives? Want to find other students with similar interests? Look no further! We are pleased to announce the launch of a new website at Wesleyan called EdConnect. This site will serve as a hub for all things education-related on campus and will include opportunities – both on and off campus – in teaching,…
Makaela Kingsley ’98 Appointed as Director of the Patricelli Center
An exciting announcement from Wesconnect: Friday, April 19, 2013 Today, in announcements–Makaela Kingsley ’98 is the new Director of the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Makaela has worked at Wesleyan for the past thirteen years in University Relations and has been serving as the interim director for the past two months. The following is from a…
Internship Opportunity // Dwight Greene ’70
Dwight Greene’70 Internship for Diversity and Community Engagement Guided by the Dean for Diversity and Student Engagement and the principles of affirming identity, building community, and cultivating leadership, the Dwight Greene ’70 Internship for Diversity and Community Engagement is designed to hire one student every year who has demonstrated the knowledge, interpersonal skills, and commitment…