When it comes to gifts, we are taught early on that it’s the thought that counts. We prioritize sentimental value over monetary value, but another factor to consider is a gift’s social value: what are the repercussions of your consumption in communities, economies, and environments around the world? The rise of social entrepreneurship has made it…
WEServe Week of Service (January 18-24)
WEServe is a worldwide week of service for the entire Wesleyan community. Students, alumni, faculty, staff, parents and grandparents, former employees, future students, and friends are invited to come together for activities that serve others. Projects can involve any number of participants and any kind of volunteer work, whether it’s traditional service, like assisting a school…
January Externship with the Northern Virginia Capital Defender Office
An excellent learning opportunity from Ed Ungvarsky ’90: The Northern Virginia Capital Defender Office represents men and woman who are charged with capital murder and are facing the possibility of the death penalty. Together, a team of lawyers, mitigation specialists, fact investigators, mental health professionals, and other experts expends its best efforts to secure our clients the…
Help a CPE Student Get Ready for Next Semester!
“The more books I read, the more I can expand my conception of who I am and who I want to be.” – Roy Trotter, 2011 Cohort at Cheshire Correctional Every semester, the Center for Prison Education buys all the materials necessary for each student to take full advantage of their college experience. We buy…
GIS Mapping and Radio Program Internships at Maji Safi Group
The Maji Safi Group (MSG) is an NGO working for disease prevention and health promotion in Shirati, Tanzania. The organization has hosted interns from Wesleyan in the past, including PCSE grantee Faye Phillips ’13. Co-founder Max Perel-Slater ’11 – a recipient of the Christopher Brodigan Award and Advancing Leadership Fellowship – has written in with two exciting…
Reblog: GIS Service Learning Class Shares Field Research, Projects with Community
In Professor Kim Diver’s Introduction to GIS course, students learn to not only use Geographic Information Systems, but to harness their power to help community partners make a difference in Middlesex County. Olivia Drake has covered the work of this semester’s class: Five groups of students enrolled in the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Service Learning Laboratory course…
Tech Workshop Series presented by Digital Wesleyan (1/24-2/28)
Digital Wesleyan is an alumni group founded and run by alumni, independent of the university. We are entrepreneurs, investors, and executives building the next generation of technology and media companies. Get your start in tech with Digital Wesleyan’s 2015 Workshop. In 6 Saturday sessions this Spring, learn programming fundamentals, build cool things with the language Python, and…
Grant Writing and Drop-in Sessions with the PCSE Peer Advisors TONIGHT
Between Davis Projects for Peace, PCSE seed and enrichment grants, Wesleyan Summer Experience grants, the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award, and Echoing Green Fellowships, opportunities for funding abound, and the time to apply is now. Something to keep in mind in the process is that a good grant proposal tells a story. Even your budget can tell a story.…
Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps – Paid Summer Internship
The Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps (RRASC) is a 10-week paid summer internship program sponsored by the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program at Hampshire College. Undergraduate students intern at reproductive rights and social justice organizations around the country. Organizations work on a wide array of issues from reproductive health, economic justice, immigrant rights, rights of indigenous…
Guatemala Community Engagement Trip
Lindsey Musen ’04 writes in with a special invitation for Wesleyan students interested in community-driven, sustainable development: Limitless Horizons Ixil creates opportunities for the hard-working youth and families in Chajul, Guatemala to help themselves to a better future—opportunities like public school, a public library, after school programs, and employment opportunities. From July 31 to August 9,…