Kai Entrepreneurship Wesleyan – a student group promoting openness, inclusion, and community in entrepreneurship – will travel to New York City on Saturday, April 4 the visit with several alumni who are working in the tech scene. Transportation, lunch, and dinner will be provided, and applications are due on March 28. Check their blog for…
Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Inspiring Capital social enterprise summer institute (applications due 4/5)
Nell Derick Debevoise, Founder and CEO of Inspiring Capital, wrote to the Patricelli Center to share news of a new undergraduate training institute. Like Inspiring Capital’s popular MBA Fellows program, this will provide an opportunity for college students to learn business skills from leading faculty and get first-hand experience with mission-driven organizations. The program runs from June 15-August 21,…
Enrichment Grant Report: Trevon Gordon ’17
Trevon Gordon ’17 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. The grant contributed to his work with Saha Global, a non-profit that empowers women in rural communities to solve their village’s need for clean water and electricity by providing business opportunities. Although Trey ultimately did not raise the full amount of money he…
#SustainU2015 at Eastern Connecticut State University
If you’re working for a greener campus here at Wesleyan, register for the Second Annual Campus Sustainability Conference at ECSU to learn about initiatives at other universities, discuss your own projects, and meet collaborators from across the state. PCSE Seed Grant recipient Potlux will present on their work, alongside students, faculty, and staff from several other colleges.…
Conferences, Conferences, Conferences (updated 3/10)
There is rarely a dull moment at Wesleyan – especially inside the Allbritton Center – and with so much activity happening right here on campus, it’s easy to overlook opportunities to learn outside of the Wes bubble. Throughout the year and around the world, there are countless conferences, institutes, bootcamps, meetups, and startup weekends focused on social entrepreneurship,…
2015 PCSE Seed Grant Winners Announced
Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 PCSE Seed Grant Challenge. These student-led social ventures will each receive $5,000 in unrestricted funds as well as training, advising, mentoring, incubator workspace, and other resources from the Patricelli Center. Recipients were selected from a strong pool of finalists who submitted…
Joe DiNucci on Surviving Success
From our friends at Kai Entrepreneurship Wesleyan:
Structure Lab (3/3, 6-9 p.m.)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents STRUCTURE LAB Tuesday, March 3, 2015 6-9 p.m. Allbritton 311 Joy Anderson ’89, President of Criterion Institute and instructor of Wesleyan’s “Money and Social Change” course, is a prominent national leader at the intersection of business and social change. She will bring her patented program — Structure Lab…
Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Philanthropy: Stories From the Field (Lunch, Talk, and Q&A with Anne Lebleu ’00 on 2/26)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY: STORIES FROM THE FIELD A Talk, Lunch, and Q&A with Anne Lebleu ’00 Thursday, February 26 12-1 p.m. Allbritton 311 Lunch will be provided for those who register by February 25. During this conversation-style workshop, College of Letters alumna and philanthropy cross-trainer Anne…
Maria Sendra: Building Teams to Scale New Tech Globally
From our friends at Kai Entrepreneurship Wesleyan: