Hartford Food System is seeking a Market Manager to lead the marketing and operations of the June-October North End Farmers Market (NEFM), which will start its ninth season in June 2016. Primary responsibilities, which will start in late March or early April, include farmer, vendor and resident outreach and recruitment, marketing, event planning and the…
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…
This week, a Green Street Teaching and Learning Center student Gianna Sutcliffe, was highlighted in the Middletown Press for her toy drive to supply gifts to children at Yale- New Haven Hospital. After having been the recipient of gifts from the Toy Closet, Gianna wanted to give back. Below is an excerpt from the article,…
The Center for Prison Education at Wesleyan University is hiring a Program Manager. Since 2009, the Wesleyan Center for Prison Education has brought the transformative power of the liberal arts into Connecticut’s prisons, offering incarcerated individuals the opportunity to take Wesleyan courses, taught by Wesleyan faculty and receive college credit for their efforts. By extending…
March, 6th through March 12th, 2016- Doddridge County, West Virginia Since 2009, the Student Training for Environmental Protection (STEP) has offered students and young people exciting, fun, and important training opportunities. In 2016, for the first time ever, we’re taking STEP to central Appalachia for Spring Break! Wesleyan students interested in this opportunity should email Jennifer Roach,…
Join Unite For Sight’s Global Impact Corps for a hands-on, immersive and unique global health experience. A transformative volunteer abroad experience for students and professionals, Unite For Sight is renowned as the highest quality global health immersion and volunteer abroad program worldwide. Unite For Sight prides itself on offering the best global health experience for our…
Last weekend, Wesleyan hosted the Unmasking Social Change Social Justice Leadership Conference, in partnership with Connecticut Campus Compact. So many wonderful members of the Wesleyan community contributed to the conference as members of the organizing committee, workshop facilitators, and attendees. The morning began with a dynamic keynote address by Kiese Laymon, an Associate professor of…
I’m writing today with a great opportunity to be a part of a new program through the Office of Community Service. Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons is sponsoring an athletics and academics after school program for middle and high school aged students at the Middletown YMCA called Andre’s All Stars! They are looking…
This post comes to us from Rachel Unger ’15 who is working at PIRG Campus Ac tion and recruiting on campus. I graduated from Wesleyan in 2015, and I thought it would be hard to find a career where I’d be making a real difference on important social and environmental issues while also having a lot of…
