Last Thursday, the Patricelli Center, Career Center, and WAPPS hosted a workshop entitled “Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: Business Plan Essentials” featuring philanthropist, investor, consultant, and business leader Steve McCarthy ’75. Here are some highlights of my notes from Steve’s talk: General advice- Be a salesperson, know your audience and tailor your pitch to them When…
Job Opportunity: Kindergarten Kickstart Teachers 2013
Kindergarten Kickstart is an innovative summer pre-K program for children who could use an extra preschool experience before starting kindergarten at Farm Hill or Macdonough elementary schools. The 2013 program will run from July 1-August 2, Monday through Friday, with an additional week or two beforehand for curricular planning and classroom set-up. You must be…
Grant Opportunity: Peace First Prize
A $50k prize. Applications are due 4/12. Get on it! “Five Prize winners will each receive a $50,000 Peace First Fellowship over two years to continue their peacemaking work. Through mentoring and coaching, the Peace First Fellowship is a real investment in young people’s ability to take their peacemaking to the next level of action and impact.…
Kings for a Day Concert at Green Street
The Kings for a Day perform for a United Way Charity Event this Saturday, April 6th, at the Green Street Arts Center.
Volunteer Opportunity: Cardboard City Sleep Out
From Celia Caffery, an AmeriCorps VISTA Fellow with Opening Doors-Greater Hartford: “There wil be an awareness raising and advocacy training event that might be of interest to Wesleyan students interested in human rights and homelessness. Journey Home (a nonprofit working to end homelessness in the Greater Hartford region) is putting on a Cardboard City Sleep…
Job Opportunity: HOT Schools Fellow Positions Available
Connecticut Higher Order Thinking (HOT) Schools in partnership with Wesleyan’s Green Street Arts Center is offering three fellowships to Wesleyan Students. This is a unique opportunity for organized, tech savvy individuals interested in the elements of planning, developing, implementing and coordinating particular aspects of the HOT Schools program including the HOT Schools Summer Institute (SI).…
First Friday Talk Series, this Friday 4/5.
The First Friday Talk Series continues this Friday with Professor Sheila Mullen’s ASL students as noted speakers. There will be refreshments, so don’t miss out. The low-down from Krishna Winston: “The Center for Community Partnerships cordially invites you to attend the fourth First Friday presentation of the year on Friday, April 5 at 4:30 PM…
ENGAGE link of the day: Predictions For 2013
There are many resources online for those of us who want to make the world a better place. The Patricelli Center is constantly on the lookout for links of interest to Wesleyanchangemakers. Read ours and share your favorite links in the Comments section below. Today’s ENGAGE link is SOCAP’s Predictions For 2013: Seed Funding To Grow,…
ENGAGE Link of the Day: Starting Bloc Detroit Institute for Social Innovation ’13
There are many resources online for those of us who want to make the world a better place. The Patricelli Center is constantly on the lookout for links of interest to Wesleyan changemakers. Read ours and share your favorite links in the Comments section below. Today’s ENGAGE link is Starting Bloc’s application for the Detroit…
Did You Know? Fact #15.
This week’s fact highlights Wesleyan Athletics’ partnerships with local elementary schools. Beyond their presentation at Woodside, Athletics sends out students on a weekly basis to join the elementary schools during recess. You can check out their Harlem Shake video with Macdonough students here. A large force behind this partnership is Jeff McDonald, who holds several…