The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public life supports engaged scholarship on and off the Wesleyan campus. We define “Engaged Scholarship” as partnerships of university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, creative activity, and public knowledge; enhance curriculum, teaching and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens;…
Diana started at Wesleyan working as the Office of Community Service Coordinator in the academic year 13′-14′. This week, we are celebrating her promotion as the Assistant Director for the Jewett Center for Community Partnerships! In the past three years, she has mentored student coordinators of OCS projects, hosted events for the community, and planned…
The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public life supports engaged scholarship on and off the Wesleyan campus. We define “Engaged Scholarship” as partnerships of university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, creative activity, and public knowledge; enhance curriculum, teaching and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens;…
On March 9th, two Yale research scientists, Kristen Murfin and Kellie Jurado, came to the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center to teach a workshop for the AfterSchool program. Middletown schools had a half day, so the kids spent all afternoon working with the scientists. First, they watched a presentation about what epidemiologists do and learned…
Allbritton was packed on Friday night during the Center for Community Partnerships dedication ceremony. Community partners, Wesleyan Trustees, Patricelli Center Board members, Office of Community Service student leaders, staff, and alumni came together to celebrate and honor Ellen Jewett ’81, P’17. Jewett, a former trustee, has supported community partnerships at Wesleyan in many roles, including…
PCSE Advisory Board member Peter Frank ’11 shared this message from a friend of his. If any Wes NYC people are interested in these positions, Peter would be happy to put you in touch. You can contact him at peter.kim.frank@gmail.com. — Hi Friends, My organization, the International Rescue Committee, is recruiting for a number of…
The Middletown Refugee Resettlement Coalition is a Middletown community group that is organizing to support three refugee families in Middletown. It includes approximately 20 groups, including Wesleyan’s Center for Community Partnerships, the Middlesex Coalition for Children, South Congregational Church, and Christ Episcopal Church. They are working with the New Haven-based Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services,…
Professor Barbara Juhasz, Akila Raoul ’16, and Micaela Kaye ’16 took a field trip to the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center last December as a part of Professor Juhasz’s Eye Movement and Reading Lab to explore compound words and how they are created with first- fifth grade students in the after-school program at Green…
Roxie Chuang ’17 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. With this grant, she presented her research for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. You can read Roxie’s reflection below, read past grantee reflections here, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about all of our grant programs. With…
The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public life is hosting five visiting professors to Wesleyan during the semester. We are welcoming Ric Grefé, Dar Williams, Jacob Werblow, Mary Hannah Henderson, and John Stoehr. Ric Grefé is teaching a course called Human Centered Design for Social Change. It will include presentations from invited designers who work around…
