Evan Carmi ’13 – Comp Sci grad, Engineer at Brewster, Chief Technology Mastermind of Wesleying, and co-founder of WesHack – wrote to tell us about his new e-book, How to Get a Google Internship. In his book, you will “learn what it takes to get a software engineering internship with companies such as Google, The New York Times, and…
Lunch, Drop-In Hours, Dinner, and WES^2 Meeting with Adam Poswolsky ’05 (4/29)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship and the Career Center invite students to meet Wes alum Adam Smiley Poswolsky ’05, a social entrepreneur and intrapreneur who writes about purpose-driven work in his new book The Quarter-Life Breakthrough. If you have a project with social impact, if you think you might want a mission-driven career, or if you…
WesFest Panel: Social Entrepreneurship at Wesleyan (4/17)
Social Entrepreneurship at Wesleyan Thursday, April 17 (during WesFest) 1-2 p.m. Allbritton 311 An information-packed hour about social impact, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Wesleyan. Hear from the director of Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, which offers co-curricular workshops, three types of grants, and mentoring services; PCSE Peer Advisors; student leaders from the extra-curricular Wesleyan Entrepreneurship…
Jennifer Roach ’14 and Summer of Solutions Hartford receive $10k Davis Projects for Peace Grant
Four years ago, Jennifer Roach ’14 co-founded Summer of Solutions Hartford, a food justice and youth leadership development program in Connecticut’s capital, just up the road from Middletown. Summer of Solutions was based in Frog Hollow, a low-income Hartford neighborhood, and affiliated with a national youth-led nonprofit called Grand Aspirations. Since 2010, Summer of Solutions has grown to 7…
Steven Meyer ’86 crowdfunds for SHOFCO
Last week, Steven Meyer ’86 sent the following message to WesChat, the alumni listerve. We are always pleased to see alumni supporting each others’ efforts to have social impact, so we are sharing Steven’s message in hopes that it will reach even more members of our community. ***************************** Listmates, My fiancee and I have started…
How to Start a Startup in College
This is the longest infographic we’ve ever seen.
Wesleyan Sustainability Office Eco Facilitators program (info session 3/25 at 7:30pm, apps due 4/3)
The Wesleyan Sustainability Office is launching the new Eco Facilitators program in Fall 2014. Eco Facilitators (EFs) are peer-to-peer sustainability educators who promote sustainable lifestyle habits on campus. EFs will enroll in a semester-long seminar course designed to equip them with the tools to collaborate with first-year students to encourage these behavior changes. Working as…
$4k Ganbarg Internship Fund now supports mission-driven work in the music industry (application due 4/1)
The Ganbarg Internship Program, established by Pete Ganbarg ’88, provides $4,000 to encourage and enable a Wesleyan student to explore and begin a career in the music industry. It is Pete’s hope that this annual grant opportunity will help launch the next generation of industry leaders, helping to maintain and push the boundaries of exciting…
RECESS Pitch Competition for student-led ventures (at-large entries due 4/12)
RECESS Pitch is a collegiate pitch competition, showcasing the most disruptive student-ran businesses from across the country. Student-run startups compete locally for the chance to pitch some of the biggest investors, advisors, and mentors at our Finals Competition in Downtown Las Vegas. RECESS covers all of the expenses including airfare, hotel, and food for the…
#Green4Green offers $4k for an environmentally-friendly project at Wesleyan
National Office Furniture is offering your school or university some green to help green it up! Submit a personality-filled video by May 15th online explaining how you’d use a cash prize for an environmentally-friendly project. Winners will be selected by online voting, so vote for your favorite video starting June 2nd! How It Works Create…