Politically active students often focus on state, national, and international affairs, yet much of the governance that influences our day-to-day lives happens on the local level, right under our very noses. The new internships with the City of Middletown will allow Wesleyan students and alumni to observe and assist with the daily activities of departments whose work directly…
Global Health and Innovation Conference (3/28-29 in New Haven)
Our friends at Unite for Sight are offering discounted registration for their 12th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference, March 28-29, in New Haven. (That’s a full week after Wesleyan’s Spring Break ends.) The student price is only $110 until August 31, and it increases $10/month thereafter. For full conference details, visit http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference. Current students who register for this…
Attention students: Are you interested in being a PCSE Peer Advisor? (email us by 9/3)
Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship will be appointing our 2014/2015 Peer Advisors in the coming weeks. If you’d like to be considered, please send a brief email expressing your interest to Makaela Kingsley ’98, Director of the Patricelli Center, by Wednesday, September 3. If you’ve had limited or no interaction with the PCSE in…
Composting Internship with the Wesleyan Sustainability Office
Have you ever wondered what happens to all the food we toss after meals at Usdan and Summerfields? Do you know what’s so special about the blue buckets and Earth Tubs around campus and wish everyone else knew, too? This internship with the Sustainability Office presents a unique opportunity to assist with composting on Wesleyan’s campus and…
Opportunities with Hopscotch in NYC
Hopscotch is an award-winning and immensely fun iPad app that uses a visual programming language to teach kids (or anyone, really) to code. Liza Conrad ’11 reached out to the PCSE about two very exciting positions at the startup, and recent grads in New York with an interest in technology education should certainly take a look: 1.…
Speaking The Language: What You Need to Know About Finance and Accounting (10/14 at 6pm)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING Tuesday, October 14 6-8 p.m. Allbritton 311 Presenter: Carl Byers ’93, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Register HERE [The presenter will also offer private appointments that afternoon. Register for those HERE.] Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and changemakers…
Making Data Visual: a workshop with Heather Corcoran ’92 (9/17 at noon)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents MAKING DATA VISUAL: BALANCING FUNCTION AND FORM September 17, 2014 12-1 p.m. Usdan 108 Allbritton 311 Lunch will be served for those who register by September 15 HERE This workshop has reached capacity. If you haven’t signed up yet, just show up that day and we’ll fill open seats…
Introductions
Greetings! For both newcomers and ENGAGE blog regulars, I am probably an unfamiliar face, so I’d like to take a moment to introduce myself as Wesleyan’s Civic Engagement Fellow for 2014-2015. My name is Rosy Capron and I graduated in May with a degree in the College of Social Studies. While at Wesleyan, I was involved…
Enrichment Grant Report: Kate Weiner ’15
Kate Weiner ’15 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Kate leveraged this grant to enrich not only her own work with an innovative social enterprise – the Urban Farms Collaborative – but also to provide enriching hands-on experience for two other Wesleyan students, Sarah Dash and Rachie Weisberg.…
A message from David Lubell ’98, Executive Director of Welcoming America
Here at Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, we follow and support the work of students and alumni invested and investing in social change. One of those people is David Lubell ’98, Executive Director of the non-profit Welcoming America, “a national, grassroots-driven collaborative that promotes mutual respect and cooperation between foreign-born and U.S.-born Americans.” You…