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…
Sustainability Office Survey
Looking for a way to stay civically engaged over the winter break? All you have to do is complete this survey, sent out by Jennifer Kleindienst from the Sustainability Office! Here is an excerpt from her email below: Last week, the Wesleyan Sustainability Office sent out a survey, which has a twofold purpose. 1. We seek to gain…
Free Data and Technology Skills Program, Applications Due Friday
Here at the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, we were recently contacted by the folks at Independent Software about their free program for college students called A100. Read below for more information from program manager Krishna Sampath: Apprentice100 is a State-funded Program run by Independent Software, a Connecticut-based product development company. We provide you with free…
Alumni Startup Showcase Recap
On Sunday afternoon, a group of alums and students gathered for the first Alumni Startup Showcase. This casual event invited alumni who are working in their own startups to share the ups and downs of their lives as entrepreneurs. Attendees included Jordyn Lexton ’08 of Drive Change, Mufaro Dube ’08 of Eco Africa Social Ventures,…
Coming up at the Career Center
Winter break is the perfect time to get ahead on some applications! Here are a few deadlines heading your way: Junior Fellows Program: The Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellows Program provides an opportunity for 8-10 students who desire careers in international affairs to have a substantive one-year working experience in Washington, D.C. Junior Fellows provide research assistance…
Learning by Giving grant award ceremony (12/11 at 6, light dinner will be served)
An invitation from the students of CSPL210: This year, our “Money and Social Change” course at Wesleyan University received a $10,000 grant from the Learning by Giving Foundation to make philanthropic donations to local non-profits. As a class, we spent the semester discussing social change in its various iterations and putting it into action with…
Echoing Green Fellowship (up to $90K, applications due 1/6)
Be bold. Think big. Drive change. If you or someone you know is working to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, Echoing Green wants to hear from you. Echoing Green Fellowship Programs (Global Fellowship, Open Society Black Male Achievement (BMA) Fellowship, and Climate Fellowship) identify promising social entrepreneurs with bold ideas and provides them with up to $90,000 in seed funding, strategic support,…
Millennial Trains Project (10-Day Entrepreneurial and Leadership Opportunity during Spring Break, March 16-26)
Millennial Trains Project is a D.C.- based non-profit that leads ten-day crowdfunded, transcontinental train journeys for young leaders to explore their creative, professional, and personal frontiers on a national scale. Participants must design a project they want to advance across the seven communities where the train stops and race to raise $5,000 from multiple backers on MTP’s…
Global Engagement Summit (April 16-20 at Northwestern University)
The Global Engagement Summit (GES) is a student-led initiative of Northeastern University designed to build the capacity of the next generation of change-makers. By identifying talented, young individuals, providing skills training and connecting driven students with innovative thought leaders, GES empowers them to produce responsible and sustainable solutions to shared global problems. Since 2006, more…
MINDS and Simple2Give Make Giving Easy
Re-blog from the MINDS Foundation, this is a great way to take part in #GivingTuesday! MINDS & Simple2Give Join Forces for an Impactful Holiday Season On November 29, 2013 The MINDS Foundation & Simple2Give have joined in a partnership in which up to 15% of your online holiday shopping will be contributed to MINDS. Simply…