Wesleyan students are invited to join Government Professors Logan Dancey, Erika Franklin Fowler, and Steven Moore for a post-debate discussion following the vice presidential debate. You can join the discussion via this link: http://bit.ly/wes_postdebate2. The event is meant as an opportunity for students to engage in a dialogue with one another about the debate. Professors Dancey, Fowler, and Moore…
In this E2020 Speaker Series Event, Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) Founder and President Eboo Patel, will highlight the findings of IFYC’s recently released IDEALS research on religious and political diversity issues in Higher Education. Wesleyan President Michael Roth will then offer a response. The United States is the most religiously diverse nation in human history…
Wesleyan students are invited to join Government Professors Logan Dancey and Alyx Mark for a post-debate discussion following the first presidential debate. You can join the discussion via this link: http://bit.ly/wes_postdebate. You will need to sign in through your Single Sign On to join the meeting. The event is meant as an opportunity for students to engage in…
Allbritton Center Guidelines for Community Engagement, 2020-2021 Above all, the best way we can support our community right now is by taking extreme precautions while maintaining the values embedded in our Civic Action Plan. Although that means we will have to pause or adapt critical partnerships, it is in the best interest of everyone involved.…
Organizing communities. Strategizing politics. From the Arab Spring to Election 2020 with Esam Boraey In this E2020 Speaker Series event, Boraey will speak about his experience as an activist during the Egyptian revolution of 2011, reflect on his work with the American Muslim Alliance and Connecticut Council on Interreligious Understanding, and offer thoughts on this…
The Jewett Center for Community Partnerships is excited to announce that Victoria Justice has joined the Center for Prison Education team as the Program Coordinator. Victoria most recently served as the Second Chance Pell Site Coordinator for Glenville State College in Glennville, WV, where she was responsible for administration and student support for Glenville’s…
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, and the Patricelli Center for Social…
Associate Professor of Government Logan Dancey foresees many important opportunities for students to get involved and make a difference with upcoming local elections this fall—and the Engage 2020 (E2020 initiative) will be a prime vehicle for that work. Dancey recently gave a presentation via Zoom video webinar to Wesleyan faculty and staff about his research on American electoral politics…
Katja Kolcio will succeed Peter Rutland as Director of the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life. Katja Kolcio is Associate Professor of Dance. She received certificates from Free Ukrainian University and from Kyiv Institute of Art and Culture; and her PhD from The Ohio State University. Her work specializes in the role of creative physical…
Exploring College Pathways A Program Sponsored by the Jewett Center for Community Partnerships in partnership with Middlesex Community College, Middletown High School, Maloney High School, and Coginchaug High School. The Exploring College Pathways Program is a program designed to help high school juniors explore their interests in college. Wesleyan University stakeholders and community partners support…
