Global Health and Innovation Conference (April 12-13; Register Now)
Global Health & Innovation Conference Presented by Unite For Sight, 11th Annual Conference Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Saturday, April 12 – Sunday, April 13, 2014 http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference “A Meeting of Minds”–CNN The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world’s largest global health conference and social entrepreneurship conference. This must-attend, thought-leading conference annually convenes…
Reblog: Making Mosaics and Building Community – The Greening Green Street Mosaic Project
We’re spreading the word for the Green Street Arts Center and PIMMS: The Greening Green Street Mosaic Project started last year as a collaboration between the Green Street Arts Center AfterSchool Program, teaching artist and nationally known mosaicist Debora Aldo, and members of the Middletown community. Watch the project video from last semester. The goal is…
Hope Reichbach Memorial Fund
First and second year students from New York City should look into the Hope Reichbach Memorial Fund for an opportunity to get your summer internship funded. From MyCC: What is the Hope Reichbach Memorial Fund? Spearheaded by Hope’s family and friends, the Hope Reichbach Fund provides vital learning experiences and career development for students, inviting…
For One World Travel Grant to Work in Ghana
Interested in global education? Get a travel grant to help finance working in Ghana with the Ayi Owen International School! 2014 For One World Travel Grant Program 2014 Travel Grant Details and Dates: Up to two travel grants are being offered for a 11-24 week duration departing for Ghana in May 2014. Each candidate’s arrival…
Upcoming Deadlines at the Career Center: Lawyers for Children, Bronx Defenders, and Brighter Dawns
Forensic Social Work Intern, Lawyers for Children: Lawyers For Children (LFC) is one of the leading, not-for-profit organizations in New York City dedicated to protecting the legal rights of children whose parents or guardians have placed them into foster care, and who are the subjects of abuse, neglect, termination of parental rights, adoption, paternity, family…
Wesconnect: Francesca Jones ’12 talks clean tech, Indian startup
We were so excited to see Francesca Jones ’12, Chief Marketing Officer of Greenway Grameen, on the Wesconnect page discussing her work at the Unreasonable Institute: Read the full Wesconnect blog post here.
The Social Entrepreneurship Corps
In browsing the Ashoka U newsletter, we came across some fantastic opportunities for students, including the Social Entrepreneurship Corps. While this program is fee-based, remember that the PCSE offers grant opportunities to subsidize such opportunities. Check out the Patricelli Enrichment Grant and the Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant‘ to help finance what may prove to be…
Upcoming Wesleyan Career Center Deadlines
Use this last week of winter break to finish some applications! Here is a sampling of some of the opportunities with upcoming deadlines from the Wesleyan Career Center: Policy Fellow, Connecticut Voices for Children: Connecticut Voices for Children is seeking a well-qualified and enthusiastic person to fill a full-time two-year policy fellowship. This is a policy position…
reSET’s Impact Thinking
reSET’s Social Enterprise Design Lab continues with a new topic for discussion; Impact Thinking. Entrepreneurs and organizations working in the social sector face complex community challenges and share a commitment to evaluate and improve the efforts that we make to create change in the community. reSET’s newest Design Lab on Impact Thinking is designed to introduce a series of…