My flight is finally booked; I’ll be going to The MINDS Foundation’s site at Sumandeep Vidyapeeth (medical school) in Vadodara, Gujarat, India in August! With the help of The MINDS Foundation Program Staff, Lennox Byer ’12 & Mehul Solanki & Raghu Appasani ’12, I have been able to pinpoint a couple of tasks for my…
BWxD Conference in Providence on Sept. 27-29 (3-day passes for only $35!)
Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship recommends the Better World By Design conference hosted by Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design on September 27-29, 2013. Discounted tickets are available through July 15. You may apply for a PCSE student enrichment grant to cover your ticket and travel costs. About the conference: Each year,…
Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship: 2012/2013 Year in Review
Two years after its founding in May 2011, Wesleyan University’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) is becoming a hub of activity. We are cultivating the long-standing Wesleyan ethos of social justice and entrepreneurial spirit as we carry out our mission: to support students and alumni interested in creating and sustaining programs, businesses, and organizations…
Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Flyer
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Faye Phillips ’13
In April, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient will be reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the first, a note from Faye Phillips ’13… Preparing for my project in Shirati, Tanzania has been…
Jennifer Roach ’14 and Summer of Solutions on ioby.org
As a follow up to this May 15 job opportunities post, we wanted to share this WesChat email from Jennifer Roach ’14: Hello Alumni! I am a Wesleyan junior, and three years ago I co-founded the Summer of Solutions Hartford, a youth leadership development and food justice nonprofit in Hartford. We run ten-week summer…
Panels and Networking Opportunities during R&C2013
Reunion & Commencement 2013 begins on Thursday, and we’d like to call your attention to some PCSE and CCP events that are taking place this weekend. All are excellent opportunities to meet alumni, network, and learn about the paths Wesleyan students take after graduation. Please join us! WESEMINAR Making Change Happen: Approaches…
13 Students Awarded Grants from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce its 2013 Seed Grant and Internship Grant recipients. The PCSE Seed Grant program was launched this spring. Individuals and teams of students competed for $5000 prizes intended to provide capital to help Wesleyan students launch their socially-oriented project or idea and/or build capacity of their…
Wes alum offers $25k for your startup // deadline May 14
This just in from Josh Levine ’12: Have an idea that’s been keeping you up at night? Ready to transform it into a reality? This summer, Downtown Project will make investments of $25k into six very early stage startups, and one of them could be yours! For three months we will bring together founders, a…
Enrichment Grant: Oladoyin Oladapo ’14
Oladoyin Oladapo ’14 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding allowed her to get private training in HTML and JavaScript, which she will use in her entrepreneurial endeavors. Read Ola’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about our Enrichment Grants. ************************************************************** PCSE: Why…