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Service-Learning – Fall 2015

It’s pre-registration time once again! As you plan your schedule for the Fall, take a look at the Service-Learning Center, which offers courses that integrate community service into an academic curriculum. The service component can take many forms depending on the particular course, such as volunteer work, research for organizations, teaching opportunities, and community organizing activities. Back in the classroom,…

Apply for the 2015-2016 Eco Facilitators Program!

The Wesleyan Sustainability Office is seeking rising sophomores and juniors to serve as Eco Facilitators for the 2015-2016 school year. Eco Facilitators are peer-to-peer sustainability educators who promote energy and water conservation, waste reduction, and other sustainable habits on campus. In the fall, EFs will enroll in a semester-long student forum designed to equip them with…

2015-16 Volunteer Opportunities with the Center for Prison Education

Wesleyan’s Center for Prison Education is currently seeking students who are passionate about social justice and access to higher education to serve as Peer Tutors and Research Interns during the 2015-2016 academic year. Peer Tutors work with CPE students to complete course assignments and develop writing skills. Tutors travel to the prison either once or twice per week for…

Request for Proposals: Wesleyan Enrichment Days!

Scholars in Action – a new student group tutoring at the local middle schools – is looking for Wesleyan students to participate in its first ever Wesleyan Enrichment Days on April 22 and May 5! Wesleyan students, either individually or as a group, will lead engaging workshops on topics they are passionate about. The lessons could…

Work and Play with Local Youth

The following programs are looking for Wesleyan students to serve as tutors, mentors, and pals to children in Middletown during the spring semester. Register with OCS and email the group coordinators to get involved. Work-Study positions are available! Andre’s All Stars The Middlesex YMCA — thanks to a grant from NBA player Andre Drummond — has created an…

Volunteer Opportunity: Discovery AfterSchool at Green Street During Spring Break

If you plan on sticking around during spring recess — due to sports, your thesis, or just a fondness for America’s most romantic Main Street — consider spending a few afternoons with our friends at the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center. Many Wesleyan students volunteer regularly with Green Street’s Discovery AfterSchool Program, and the show must…

Working for Social Change: Corps Round-Up (Updated 2/10)

The school year has only just begun, but graduating students are already feeling the pressure to plan for the future. Although some organizations won’t start to pick from our fine stock of seniors until the spring or summer, it can be tough to shake off that gray cloud of post-grad uncertainty in the meantime. On…

An invitation to get involved with SowHope: Sharing Opportunities with Women

A Wesleyan neighbor, Renata Bertotti, volunteers for a non-profit called SowHope (“Sharing Opportunities with Women”). Renata wrote to ENGAGE to ask us to share this information and invite students to learn about SowHope and support their mission.   We live in a world where roughly half the population, about 2.8 billion people, live on less than $2 a day. …

Volunteer Opportunity: Minds in Motion at Snow School

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to help us orchestrate the seventh annual Minds in Motion Middletown program on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Wilbert Snow Elementary School in Middletown from 12:00-4:00 pm.  Minds in Motion (MIM) is an afternoon of fun, fast-paced, hands-on workshops for 200 curious and motivated students from kindergarten through grade…