Unite for Sight has made their past webinars available for free online. The first three offer a variety of perspectives about careers in global health and may be of particular interest to Wesleyan students. Panelists range from the President Emeritus of Save The Children and the Founder of mothers2mothers to professors and advisors at Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt,…
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WESU 2015 Spring Pledge Drive
It’s that time of year again — the Annual WESU Spring Pledge Drive is back in an effort to support another community driven radio season! This spring, WESU will close out a capital campaign that started at the beginning of 2014, when the station kicked of its landmark 75th anniversary year. Meeting their pledge goal this spring will enable…
Nonprofit Board Residency Program
Nearly every nonprofit has a board of directors — that is, a group of elected or appointed volunteers who help govern and guide an organization. Through internships and volunteer work, Wesleyan students gain experience with programs and services run by nonprofits, but it isn’t often that undergraduates get to work with closely with boards of directors,…
Submit to The Subway Ride
Haenah Kwon ’17, Caren Ye ’17, and friends have launched a new magazine and blog called The Subway Ride. They are currently seeking submissions from “shy artists,” staff members, non-traditional students, Middletown residents, and anyone else in the community who has artwork or writing to share but hasn’t found the right venue just yet. The…
12th Annual WesAGE International Dessert Fair
On Sunday, April 19, local senior citizens and Wesleyan students will convene in Beckham Hall for a celebration of our community’s cultural diversity. Restaurants from downtown Middletown have kindly donated desserts, and several student groups will entertain and educate the crowd with performances and presentations. Come by Beckham between 2:45 and 4:30 PM to enjoy…
Volunteering Abroad: A Discussion on the Roles of Development
An invitation from Marina King ’16, student coordinator for the Wesleyan chapter of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO): Is all help actually helpful? Is it possible to volunteer abroad without changing one’s profile picture to an image of one surrounded awkwardly by a BUNCH of children? Does aid BENEFIT a community, or does it more…
Spring 2015 Hunger Banquet
What is the hungriest you’ve ever been? How does your hunger look on the global scale? Join Wesleyan’s Hunger & Homelessness group on Wednesday, April 22 for the annual Hunger Banquet, an interactive simulation of global inequality related to food, hunger, and income. Attendees will share a meal and participate in a discussion about their perceptions and reactions to the…
Teach Dance and Music at Green Street
Green Street is looking for instructors to teach dance classes in their Discovery AfterSchool Program this coming fall. There class openings available on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons for kids in Grades 1-3 for dance classes, as well as a Wednesday opening for a music class. Instructors would teach a class once a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday) from 4:15 to 5:15 PM at Green Street.…
WesFest 2015: Civic Engagement, Social Impact, and Entrepreneurship at Wesleyan
Business is booming in the Allbritton Center. The Office of Community Service is growing (Welcome, Scholars in Action and Julia’s Star!), the Patricelli Center is hosting even more workshops, students are flocking to the Civic Engagement Certificate, and each semester boasts an even great number of courses that address public life or incorporate service-learning (or both).…
CIR Proposes Divestment from Coal Assets
Institutions like Wesleyan are meant to make the world a better place. In addition to their educational mission, this also means investing in — and divesting from — a wide variety of other causes. Joli Holmes ’17 writes in with the latest: Wesleyan’s Committee for Investor Responsibility (CIR) is the official body created to consider social…