Last year my predecessor Dana Pellegrino helped launch a fantastic campaign for the Center for Community Partnerships called, “Did You Know?” This campaign began as a way to highlight some of the important work that goes on through the CCP that the general Wesleyan community is not aware of. It was through this campaign that…
Jewett Center for Community Partnerships
This Week at the Career Center: Explo and ConnPIRG Information Sessions
Coming back from October Break can be a little jarring, since it begins to sink in that half the semester is over. It also means that application season is in full swing! The Wesleyan Career Center has the second half of your semester covered though. Check out some of these great events happening this week!…
Winter at Wesleyan
This week, President Roth announced a full slate of programming for students during Winter Break. For the first time, Wesleyan will offer January classes, Fullbridge Internship Edge, and a variety of intensive Career Center programs. Here at PCSE, CCP, and OCS, we urge students to read about Winter at Wesleyan and consider how these programs might…
IPVS Internship Program in Washington D.C.
Washington D.C. seems to be where all the opportunities are at this week! If you are a current student and can’t skip spring semester to chase yesterday’s opportunity, here is another opportunity just for current students. The Institute of Philanthropy and Voluntary Services (IPVS) is offering students the opportunity to intern in Washington D.C. this…
NOI Climate Leadership Fellowship
Interested in environmental organizing? Want to be in D.C. for three months for a paid fellowship position? If so, the New Organizing Institute’s (NOI) Climate Leadership Fellowship may be for you! From NOI’s website: NOI’s Climate Leadership Fellowship is designed to give new and emerging climate leaders the opportunity to support the organizing work of…
Halloween Bash at Green Street!
CCP Anniversary Series: Documentary Advocacy and WildWes
Here at Wesleyan, we are known for bringing passions together. Everyone knows someone who knows someone who is majoring in Film and Biology or Dance and Neuroscience. And even after Wesleyan, we love hearing about people who have found interesting ways to bring their passions together. One of our service-learning classes helped students to learn…
Gilead Community Services Fundraising Event
Interested in a unique opportunity to see how non-profit fundraising really works? Gilead Community Services is hosting a fundraiser at Beckham Hall on October 27. Tickets are normally $75, but the Board of Directors is offering tickets to Wesleyan students for $50. Contact Lucy McMillan lmcmillan@gileadcs.org for more information. Learn more about Gilead Community Services at http://www.gileadcs.org/whoweare.html.
Martin Luther King Celebration Committee
Here is a message from the Office of Community Service’s own Jalen Alexander: For the past two years I have served as the student representative on the MLK Celebration Committee. We plan an annual campus-wide day of programs and workshops, concluding with a Keynote address in Memorial Chapel, commemorating the life of Martin Luther King…
Homework Help Club at MacDonough
MacDonough Elementary School is looking for volunteers to help support a new Homework Help Club! The club runs from Monday through Thursday, 3:30-4:30. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Mary Beth Brick at brickm@mpsct.org.