This post comes to us from Rachel Unger ’15 who is working at PIRG Campus Ac tion and recruiting on campus. I graduated from Wesleyan in 2015, and I thought it would be hard to find a career where I’d be making a real difference on important social and environmental issues while also having a lot of…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #2 from Assk
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each grantee reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Rachel Verner ’15, founder of Assk, a company that strives to normalize sexual consent through apparel and education, thereby preventing…
Teach AfterSchool at Green Street this Spring!
The Green Street Teaching and Learning Center is seeking proposals for the Spring 2016 AfterSchool session. If you are an artist, educator, or Wesleyan student and have an idea for a class and want to work at Green Street, you can submit a proposal by November 8, 2015. They are looking for class proposals in…
The Allbritton Spotlight: Lucy De Souza
The Allbritton Spotlight is a Q&A series highlighting students engaged in the local community through the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, the Center for Community Partnerships, and the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. These students dedicate their time to a diversity of projects from tutoring middle school students to advocating for sexual…
Advising in the Patricelli Center
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) supports students and alumni interested in creating and sustaining programs, businesses, and organizations that advance the public good. As part of this mission, we offer advising to students and student groups working on social entrepreneurship, civic engagement, and service projects. You can schedule a session with someone on our…
Work with Individual Tutoring!
Individual Tutoring needs you! We offer free high quality, reliable tutoring for area K-12 students. Tutors are needed for all ages, subjects, and ability levels! The ~magical~ part of this program is that it is super flexible! We ask for a minimum of 1 hr/week but you can work as much as you want. Once you’re matched with…
Money, Money, Money
There is money and support available from a wide variety of sources for aspiring social entrepreneurs and changemakers, but it’s not always easy to find these resources. Following is a round-up of grants, prizes, and fellowships that Patricelli Center team members Luciana Contreras ’16 and Jennifer Roach‘14 have been reading about recently. Some are available only to current undergraduates,…
Anna Shusterman Named Finalist for the Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award
Each year, Campus Compact selects a senior faculty member from one of its member institutions for the Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award. The award honors a professor who has produced high-quality academic work that is grounded in deep community engagement, demonstrated leadership within their university, and created lasting impact for the public good. This year…
Announcing Pilot Economics Peer Mentor Program
The Female Economists of Wesleyan (FEW) and the Economics Major’s Committee are working with the Economics department and the Office of Student Affairs to launch our sweet new Pilot Economics Peer Mentor Program. Our Economics Workshop will be open SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENINGS, 7-9PM, IN PAC136! That’s the snazzy classroom at the end of the…
Engaged Scholarship: Hilary Barth
The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public life supports engaged scholarship on and off the Wesleyan campus. We define “Engaged Scholarship” as partnerships of university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, creative activity, and public knowledge; enhance curriculum, teaching and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens;…