Chelsea Tweneboah ’15 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship to help support her community development work in Brazil. One of multiple international impact opportunities that Chelsea has pursued during her time at Wesleyan, this experience continued to shape her aspirations for a career in the health field. You can…
Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Introducing the 2014-2015 PCSE Peer Advisors
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) supports students and alumni interested in creating and sustaining programs, businesses, and organizations that advance the public good. We believe that Wesleyan graduates are practical idealists uniquely equipped to tackle the world’s pressing problems, and we support their work through our advising, grant, and workshop programs. The PCSE…
n=+w@rk!ng is not a dirty word
Many practical idealists that I meet have a negative view of networking. They think it’s inherently sleazy, that it suggests dishonesty, that it’s all business. I disagree. I see networking as an honest and personal way to build your circle of fellow humans, to open yourself to connecting genuinely, and to fuel one another’s meaningful…
Startup Weekend Hartford: Education (9/26-28)
Much of the conversation on Wesleyan’s campus around improving education often focuses on education reform, but you may have found yourself wondering about other approaches – not just policy, but also new products and programs. This year, Startup Weekend Hartford (Sept. 26-28) presents the opportunity to bring to life your own idea for addressing issues in education,…
NextBillion Case Writing Competition
What role could enterprise play in ending poverty around the world? How do companies in developing countries overcome obstacles to scaling their ventures and alleviating poverty? If you are interested in researching and writing on these pressing questions, consider collaborating with professors and classmates in the 2015 NextBillion Case Writing Competition. There are cash prizes for first, second, and third…
Global Health and Innovation Conference (3/28-29 in New Haven)
Our friends at Unite for Sight are offering discounted registration for their 12th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference, March 28-29, in New Haven. (That’s a full week after Wesleyan’s Spring Break ends.) The student price is only $110 until August 31, and it increases $10/month thereafter. For full conference details, visit http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference. Current students who register for this…
Attention students: Are you interested in being a PCSE Peer Advisor? (email us by 9/3)
Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship will be appointing our 2014/2015 Peer Advisors in the coming weeks. If you’d like to be considered, please send a brief email expressing your interest to Makaela Kingsley ’98, Director of the Patricelli Center, by Wednesday, September 3. If you’ve had limited or no interaction with the PCSE in…
Opportunities with Hopscotch in NYC
Hopscotch is an award-winning and immensely fun iPad app that uses a visual programming language to teach kids (or anyone, really) to code. Liza Conrad ’11 reached out to the PCSE about two very exciting positions at the startup, and recent grads in New York with an interest in technology education should certainly take a look: 1.…
Speaking The Language: What You Need to Know About Finance and Accounting (10/14 at 6pm)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING Tuesday, October 14 6-8 p.m. Allbritton 311 Presenter: Carl Byers ’93, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Register HERE [The presenter will also offer private appointments that afternoon. Register for those HERE.] Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and changemakers…
Making Data Visual: a workshop with Heather Corcoran ’92 (9/17 at noon)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents MAKING DATA VISUAL: BALANCING FUNCTION AND FORM September 17, 2014 12-1 p.m. Usdan 108 Allbritton 311 Lunch will be served for those who register by September 15 HERE This workshop has reached capacity. If you haven’t signed up yet, just show up that day and we’ll fill open seats…