The Patricelli Center has partnered with Social Venture Institute / Hudson Valley to support a weekend retreat for world-changing social entrepreneurs at the renowned Omega Institute of Rhinebeck, NY. From May 15 through 17, nonprofit builders, business leaders, and other innovators will put their heads together to develop creative solutions to their most vexing problems. Participants…
Events
The First Amendment, Knowledge, and Academic Freedom: 24th Annual Hugo L. Black Lecture with Robert C. Post
The Hugo L. Black Lecture on Freedom of Expression is an annual event endowed by Leonard S. Halpert, Esq. ’44 and named in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1886-1971). Robert C. Post – Dean of Yale Law School and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law – will deliver this year’s lecture…
PCSE Mentors on Campus This Month
Are you designing an innovative summer project, honing a pitch for your startup, running a social or traditional enterprise, or doing other entrepreneurial work? The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is offering individual and team advising appointments for students who are working on projects or ventures of all kinds. Please note: these sessions are for undergraduates looking…
Creating a Better World: Perspectives on Local and International Development
Over the past 60 years, questions around development have become controversial on both a global and local scale. Development is a powerful way of conceptualizing the world, giving rise to dichotomies between the global North and South, First and Third Worlds, or developed and developing worlds. Such understandings help justify attempts to bring about cultural,…
Allbritton Talks: Do-Gooders Abroad
Many people, particularly Westerners, travel to the developing world each year to volunteer with NGOs and assist communities in need. However, critics of “voluntourism” warn that the self-satisfaction, thrill, and social media attention gained through service may come at the cost of real progress and make a spectacle of poverty. Others defend the good intentions…
Free ‘Selma’ Screening and Discussion
Update: An additional screening will be held tomorrow (Wednesday, February 11) at 7:45 PM. Pick up a ticket from Sara Wadlow in Allbritton 116 by 5pm today. The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, with the support of the Center for Community Partnerships, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, and the Office of…
Investment Hypotheses for Entrepreneurs: Private Equity Case Studies in the Solar Panel Industry
From our friends at Kai Entrepreneurship Wesleyan:
Middletown Potluck Presents: Human Connection
From our friends at Middletown Potluck: (Make sure to invite your friends!)
Home At Last? Film Screening, Personal Accounts, and Discussion
Did you know that, according to the American Institutes for Research, children make up 40% of the homeless population in the United States? Learn more about the realities of homelessness in the local Middletown community through a screening of the short PBS documentary Home at Last? and recollections from members of L.E.A.D — a group…
2015 PCSE Seed Grant Finalists Announced (public pitches 2/27 at noon)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2015 PCSE Seed Grant Competition. These $5,000 awards are intended to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. The 2013 and 2014 grantees used this seed funding to launch a free CSA in Middletown,…