With the distance of four years, I only remember a little bit about getting ready to leave for college. Mostly, I just remember the feeling of anticipation, wanting so desperately to get out of my parents’ house, out of my hometown, and dive into Wesleyan. And I imagine many of you are feeling the same…
Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship
ENGAGE Offices Cheat Sheet
Not sure which offices are affiliated with ENGAGE? Here is a graphic that will hopefully help!
Opportunities with Echoing Green and The Foundation for Sustainable Development
Echoing Green has come out with their “August Social Impact Jobs” post and it is full of exciting positions which can take you from New York to Niger. No matter whether you specialize in event planning, fundraising, programming; if your interests are health-related, in the arts, or reproductive justice, this page will have at least…
Job Opportunity: Idealist Video Production Intern
In New York? Looking for a paid internship? Check out this opportunity from Idealist: Join us in our New York office and help shape the visual voice of Idealist by becoming our first-ever Video Production Intern! Idealist was launched in 1995 with an ambitious goal: to be the starting place for anyone anywhere who wants…
From Being Unable to Cross the Road to Jumping Off Bridges: Spotlight on Dina Kaplan ’93
From WesConnect: “I couldn’t even cross the road,” says entrepreneur Dina Kaplan ’93, commenting on the fear that permeates the start-up world. In this interview with Venture Village, the founder of blip.tv talks about flying into freedom, being authentic, and how to conquer fear. “My everything was the company, but my everything had to change.” Kaplan…
When Where You Are Isn’t Where You Want to Be
In browsing for content, I stumbled upon a great article, “What to do when your first job is not the one you had planned.” This article was fantastic in part because of its inspired timing. There is no doubt that the summer is coming to a close and for many recent graduates, this was a…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Nina Gerona ’15
In April, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient will be reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s one, a report from Nina Gerona ’15… I’m writing an update now from the Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia, I’m about 12…
Measuring Social Impact: some links from Wendy Jeffries ’01
Wendy Jeffries ’01 is Program Manager for International Social Service (U.S. Branch). Her career has focused on international child welfare and protection, healthy eating and habits for kids, and collecting and using data to design and improve programs of all kinds. Wendy shared the following with me recently, and I am pleased to share it with those…
Patricelli Center SOCAP13 scholarships announced
In July, Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship announced that it would award two tickets to the Social Capital Markets conference (SOCAP) to young alumni with an interest in how money can be leveraged to create social change. It was no surprise that those who applied were talented, motivated social changemakers working in a variety…
Some Unsolicited Advice
As a recent graduate and twenty-something myself, it can get pretty tiring wading through the endless stream of advice. I’m sure that we are all tired of hearing about how millenials are doomed to lives of debt, unhappiness, and existential crises borne of our crippling narcissism. However, as frustrating as about 90% of the articles…