The American Liver Foundation is looking for volunteers to support the 15th annual Flavors of Connecticut Gala on Tuesday, April 12th. It’s a great opportunity to volunteer with your team, residence hall, or club! You can reach out directly to Katelyn by emailing kscasino@liverfoundation.org if you’re interested in volunteering.
Practicing Democracy has a few spots available this spring. It meets on Thursdays from 1:10-4, and is a 1.5 credit class. The course is taught by Mary Hannah Henderson, a visiting professor. Yesterday, she answered a few questions for me about who this course would be a good fit for, and why she is excited to…
For several decades Wesleyan has celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The celebration has taken various forms including prominent keynote speakers such as Johnetta Cole and Sonia Sanchez to a campus based program where members of the faculty, staff and students read portions of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. DIFFERENT…
There are many great opportunities to engage in public life and service through your academics at Wesleyan. Here are a few courses that still have openings available for this spring, including the service-learning classes in early childhood education and architecture, and a quarter-credit class taught by Patricelli Center director Makaela Kingsley. Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship CSPL 262, Kingsley,Makaela…
Professor Meredith Hughes taught a service-learning course this fall called Seminar on Astronomical Pedagogy. Course participants studied methods for effectively teaching astronomy to elementary school students. Their semester-long project was to design and present their own presentation using Wesleyan’s portable Starlab planetarium at a local elementary school. I interviewed Hannah Fritze ‘18, Jesse Shanahan MA…
WesAGE is a Wesleyan student-run program that aims to facilitate relationships and interactions between elderly Middletown residents and Wesleyan students. Through a network of outreach programs, WesAGE allows students and residents to form friendships with social hours, companion programs, social events, on-campus events, and more. Each program takes place at various times. For example, the…
The Coro Fellowship uses the city as a classroom to train the next generation of change makers. Today’s complex urban environments present constantly evolving challenges and opportunities, creating an increasing need for versatile leaders with the ability to forge connections and lead across the non-profit, business and government sectors. Competitively selected applicants will join an…
Jelani Cobb, PhD is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut Professor, an author, and a Staff Writer for the New Yorker. His book, the Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress, was published in 2010 through Bloomsbury Publishing. His post recent…
Practicing Democracy is a 1.5 credit CSPL course that has spaces available for the spring. Taught by Mary Hannah Henderson, the course is aimed toward juniors and seniors of any major. It meets on Thursdays from 1:10-4pm. Here is the course description below: Organizing can make a difference in addressing major public challenges that require…
On October 13, Wesleyan hosted a visit from the former Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki, as part of a goodwill mission Ambassador Fujisaki and a panel of experts are bringing to colleges and in public talks. The purpose of the program, “Walk in the US, Talk on Japan,” is to promote a strong…
