Kehan Zhou ’15 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding allowed Kehan to attend a large J-PAL (Poverty Action Lab) meeting for developmental economists. Read Kehan’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about our Enrichment Grants. ********************************************** On December 7, J-PAL celebrated its tenth birthday, where developmental economists from…
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Enrichment Grant Report: Bridget Adarkwa ’17
Bridget Adarkwa ’17 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This funding helped support a trip to Wharton Business School’s 21st Annual Africa Business Forum. Read Bridget’s story below, and visit the PCSE website to learn more about our Enrichment Grants. ************************************ This past weekend, PCSE afforded me the opportunity to travel alongside…
Understanding the Affordable Care Act
The Community Health Center is recruiting interested students to help educate others about the Affordable Care Act! There is an interest meeting at 5:30p on Wednesday, November 2oth in PAC 001, a navigator will explain the nuances of the ACA. If you are interested in this opportunity but cannot attend the information session, please contact Marshal…
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…
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…
CCP Anniversary Series: Spotlight on Jeff Kessner ’07
We recently caught up with some of our CCP alums for our tenth anniversary! Read about Jeff Kessner ’07, who is currently completing the Port Authority of NY & NJ Leadership Fellows Program. Name: Jeff Kessler Class Year: 2007 Major(s): American Studies and Sociology What have you been doing since leaving Wesleyan? Immediately after Wesleyan I…
This Week at the Career Center: Volunteering Abroad, Public Health Degrees, and more
Volunteering Abroad/International Health and Medicine: Conversation with Dr. Cliff O’Callahan (MD/Ph.D) Recently returned from a year in Rwanda, Dr. O’Callahan is a pediatrician and faculty member with Middlesex Hospital’s Family Practice Residency Program and former Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on International Child Health. He will talk about the kinds of questions you should…
Sasha Chanoff wins 2013 Gleitsman International Activist Award
We just heard some exciting news about Wes alum Sasha Chanoff ’94 winning the 2013 Gleitsman International Activist Award! Courtesy of the Harvard Gazette: The Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has named social entrepreneur Sasha Chanoff this year’s recipient of the Gleitsman International Activist Award for his tireless work as founder and executive…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Shyam Desai ’15
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient has been reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Shyam Desai ’15. His first is here. ****************************************** After a long planning period, I was successfully able to…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Evan Okun ’13
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient has been reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Evan Okun ’13. [Editor’s note: Two days after submitting this blog post, Evan found out that he…