Small State, Big Debate: Inequality Tuesday, April 29 University of Hartford The Connecticut Mirror, the state’s award-winning, nonprofit public policy news organization, will hold its first statewide event, “Small State, Big Debate: Inequality,” on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the University of Hartford. As one of the most nonpartisan, nonideological news organizations in the country…
Events
Sustainability Careers Panel (4/8)
Lunch, Drop-In Hours, Dinner, and WES^2 Meeting with Adam Poswolsky ’05 (4/29)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship and the Career Center invite students to meet Wes alum Adam Smiley Poswolsky ’05, a social entrepreneur and intrapreneur who writes about purpose-driven work in his new book The Quarter-Life Breakthrough. If you have a project with social impact, if you think you might want a mission-driven career, or if you…
SEEED Summit at Brown University (4/25-26)
Want an excuse to go to Providence, RI? Interested in social entrepreneurship as a vehicle for economic development? The SEEED Summit, a collaboration between Brown University and Social Venture Partners Rhode Island (SVPRI), is the first national conference that focuses on what is needed to build an effective social enterprise ecosystem that can drive economic…
Earth Month 2014 at Wesleyan
April is Earth Month at Wesleyan, and the Sustainability Office has events all month long! Here is a sampling of the events we are most excited for, but remember to check the Sustainability website for a full calendar. WILD Wes Workday: Head down to the WestCo Courtyard or Butterfields Courtyard to help WILD Wes get…
The College of the Environment Presents: Toward Open Source Seeds (4/3)
WesFest Panel: Social Entrepreneurship at Wesleyan (4/17)
Social Entrepreneurship at Wesleyan Thursday, April 17 (during WesFest) 1-2 p.m. Allbritton 311 An information-packed hour about social impact, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Wesleyan. Hear from the director of Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, which offers co-curricular workshops, three types of grants, and mentoring services; PCSE Peer Advisors; student leaders from the extra-curricular Wesleyan Entrepreneurship…
Insight Event: How to Succeed in an Internship (3/26 in Boston)
Wesleyan’s reputation precedes us! We were contacted by Colin Brauns, programmer of Krash about an event happening tomorrow in Boston. Check out the details and RSVP as soon as possible! An internship is often the first real career experience for many students and recent grads, and can lead to great opportunities for those who do well. But if…