True Ventures, a San Francisco-based early stage venture capital firm, is currently accepting applications for its True Entrepreneur Corps (TEC) summer fellowship program. TEC brings 12 rising college juniors and seniors to the San Francisco Bay area to spend 10 weeks at an early stage technology company to learn firsthand what it’s like to work…
Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship
WeShadow Opportunities, Urban Teaching Center, and JET
Application deadlines are heading this way, so be sure not to miss out on any of these amazing opportunities: Urban Teacher Center: The Urban Teacher Center (UTC) is cultivating the most effective and accountable teachers in the nation who will transform learning for America’s most underserved students. UTC significantly accelerates student achievement in the nation’s highest-need schools…
$5K Seed Grant and $10K Prize for Peace (Info Sessions 12/2, 12/3, and 12/4 at 12:15 p.m.)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is offering two grants to fund projects or ventures led by one or more Wesleyan student(s). PCSE SEED GRANT: Three $5,000 grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Details and timeline here. Read about last year’s winners here. KATHRYN…
Enrichment Grant Report: Shira Engel ’14
Shira Engel ’14, author of the e-book Yoga U: The College Student’s Tools for Balanced Living and co-founder of WesBAM!, was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding helped support a trip to the New York Women in Communications Student Career Conference. Read Shira’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more…
Feministing talk with Katie Halper ’03 and Jos Truitt (11/21 at 6pm)
What is the state of the feminist movement today? Where is it “moving”? How do we build a feminist movement that centers the needs of trans* people and people of color? Come hear Feministing editors Jos Truitt and Katie Halper, and one Wesleyan student (TBA, stay tuned!), speak and answer questions on these questions on…
Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant Information Sessions
Looking for a way to finance your summer? Information sessions for the Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant are coming up! Juniors and seniors who are receiving need-based financial aid are eligible to apply for this grant, which can be used to finance a low-paid or unpaid internship or independent projects. Four of the awards are sponsored…
Lara Galinsky ’96 asks “What’s Your Problem”
Lara Galinsky ’96, Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Advisory Board Co-chair, is the senior vice president of Echoing Green, a global nonprofit that provides seed funding and technical assistance to emerging social entrepreneurs with ideas for social change. She is the co-author of Work on Purpose (2011) and Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact (2007). In Lara’s latest…
Global Youth Connect Program
Looking for something to do this summer? The Global Youth Connect Program gives students the opportunity to participate in programs to create change on a wide variety of human rights and social justice issues around the world. Those who need financial assistance in order to take part in these programs, see if you are eligible…
Free Webinar on Crowdfunding (11/20 at 5:30 p.m.)
Have an idea/project/venture that needs funding? Read this ENGAGE post and watch the livestream of this session: Masterclass in Crowdfunding Wednesday, November 20 5:30 – 7:00pm Speaker: Bre DiGiammarino Presented by Indiegogo as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week events at UNC Chapel Hill REGISTER NOW OR JOIN THE LIVESTREAM Learn how entrepreneurs…