There are so many great service-learning classes coming up this spring! Service-learning courses are unique opportunities to integrate what you’re doing in the classroom to service projects in the community. As you can see, any subject or discipline can be applied to engaged service work. Do you love astronomy? You can spend a semester doing public astronomy…
Allbritton was packed on Friday night during the Center for Community Partnerships dedication ceremony. Community partners, Wesleyan Trustees, Patricelli Center Board members, Office of Community Service student leaders, staff, and alumni came together to celebrate and honor Ellen Jewett ’81, P’17. Jewett, a former trustee, has supported community partnerships at Wesleyan in many roles, including…
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each grantee reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Brent Packer ’15, founder of Potlux, the first online community where collegiate sustainability initiatives are effectively aggregated and shared.…
Steve Kallaugher ‘73 runs Young Heroes, a foundation dedicated to the feeding and clothing of Swaziland’s AIDS orphans. Although it is a very small country, Swaziland has the world’s highest rate of HIV/AIDS infection. According to the 2012 HIV Incidence Measurement Survey, 31% of adults ages 18 to 49 have HIV. Steve made a decision to join the Peace Corps…
1 Year Out is an interview series highlighting alumni from the classes of ’14 and ’15 who are engaged in public service, entrepreneurship, or nonprofit work in any capacity- through their employment, a volunteer position, or on the side. So tell me about your life 1 Year Out of Wesleyan! It has been both wonderful and…
There are three upcoming info sessions about opportunities for summer funding! Stop by for information about the Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant, Named Grants, and the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Internship Grant. The information sessions will take place: 1/26, 12pm, Usdan 110 1/27, 12pm, Usdan 108 2/2, 12pm, Usdan 110 2/4, 12pm, Usdan 110 Wesleyan…
For several decades Wesleyan has celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The celebration has taken various forms including prominent keynote speakers such as Johnetta Cole and Sonia Sanchez to a campus based program where members of the faculty, staff and students read portions of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. DIFFERENT…
The Wesley Center for Prison Education launched their spring book drive! The books on the list feature titles such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Theban Plays, and The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling and range in price from $5 to $25.76. Here is a brief history of the Center for Prison Education: In the fall…
This is a cross-post from the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center. In this series, Discovery AfterSchool Instructors share stories from their classes. For more information on our AfterSchool Program, please visit their website. Spring registration is open! Remember that Wesleyan faculty and staff get 50% off the attendance fee! By: Peter Van Siclen In the…
Professor Meredith Hughes taught a service-learning course this fall called Seminar on Astronomical Pedagogy. Course participants studied methods for effectively teaching astronomy to elementary school students. Their semester-long project was to design and present their own presentation using Wesleyan’s portable Starlab planetarium at a local elementary school. I interviewed Hannah Fritze ‘18, Jesse Shanahan MA…
