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Apply For These Jobs, Fellowships, and Internships!
Spring Semester Opportunities Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater is looking for work-study students and volunteers for second semester classes and other programs for local kids. Opportunities include Teaching Assistants for after-school arts classes and Neighborhood Troupes; Admin help in the office; Stage Managers; Shop Coordinator and Costume Shop Coordinator. Contact info@oddfellows.org for more info, or fill…
Davis Projects for Peace (2022-23)
Every year, student leaders from around the world are awarded $10,000 grants to implement a “Project for Peace” over summer break. The program, which was established by international philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis in 2007, is designed to encourage young adults to develop innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world’s most pressing issues. Along the…
Meet Abigail Maymi ’22, The New Civic Engagement Fellow
Hi! I am excited to join the Allbritton Center as the new Civic Engagement Fellow! I graduated last spring and I triple majored in Education, Psychology, and American Studies. My biggest passion was working with the Traverse Square community. The children and families who I connected with taught me so much about what it really…
2021/2022 Entrepreneurship Microgrant Fund Report
As a scholar of entrepreneurship, twentieth century French economist Joseph Schumpeter recognized what he called the “perennial gale of creative destruction.” To be an entrepreneur is to be a creator – a maker, an innovator, someone who sees the world as it currently exists and conjures up something new. Artists, activists, and instigators are all…
Allbritton Center Civic Engagement Report 2020-2021
The Allbritton Center is the hub of civic engagement at Wesleyan University. We study public life, actively partner with the local and regional community, and teach practical skills for social impact. The Center houses the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, the Jewett Center for Community Partnerships, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Service Learning, and…
Fall 2021 Courses in Civic Engagement, Social Change, and the Study of Public Life
Looking for interdisciplinary classes that think outside the box? Want to go beyond theory and understand how academic concepts apply in real-world settings? Take a class with the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life! or Service-Learning! ARST 265 Action: Art, Politics, Counterpublics John Hulsey In this interdisciplinary studio course, we explore action as…
Civic Engagement at Wesleyan Webinar Recording
Learn about different ways to get involved at Wesleyan from volunteer opportunities to service-learning courses and more in this webinar led by Jewett Center for Community Partnerships staff Diana Martinez and Rhea Drozdenko.
COVID 103 – a Lecture from Professors Johnston and Cohan
All students returning to Wesleyan University were required to view Moodle Covid103, which includes a video by Professors Fred Cohan and Bill Johnston that explains ‘how the biological details of the virus impact the public health measures that we’re asking the students to follow. These modules have included historical, cultural, medical, and ethical perspectives on…
Spring 2021 Courses in Civic Engagement, Social Change, and the Study of Public Life
Looking for interdisciplinary classes that think outside the box? Want to go beyond theory and understand how academic concepts apply in real-world settings? Take a class with the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life! or Service-Learning! CSPL211 Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing: Legal Advocacy for Disabled Veterans Sarah Ryan In-person with remote students…