An exciting opportunity from Danielle Pruitt ’15 and Rebecca Seidel ’15, president and vice president of the WESU Board of Directors: Do you have the next big idea? Do you have dreams of sharing your knowledge, passion, and talents with the world? We’re challenging you to THINK OUT LOUD! Think Out Loud is a platform for…
Creating Equity in Housing
In the final event hosted by Kai Entrepreneurship Wesleyan this semester, Erin Boggs ’93 will visit campus to speak about her work with the Open Communities Alliance, a Connecticut-based civil rights organization. She also discuss how gentrification and the segregation of neighborhoods creates unequal opportunities in terms of education, health care, and job prospects, and how we as…
Startup Weekend Stamford
Try something new this weekend: build a business! Startup Weekend Stamford is calling all designers, coders, professionals, and students like yourself to team up for 54 hours of innovation madness. You can register individually or with a group, pitch an idea or join a team, and then work with your new collaborators and a fantastic…
Middletown Potluck Presents: Healthcare and Bodies
Another great community event from the folks at Middletown Potluck:
Drugs, Harm, and the Campus
How should we – as a university and as a society – address the use of illicit drugs? In light of recent events, the Allbritton Center is bringing together experts from a variety of fields and perspectives for panel discussions on drug use and policies at Wesleyan and beyond. The hope is to have an open and…
WE ARE NOT WHO YOU THINK WE ARE: Storytellers, Creative Problem Solvers and Drivers of Innovation Through the Power of Design
Calling all student leaders, graphic designers, and design thinkers on campus… Kai Wes and the “Innovation Through Design Thinking” students are bringing J. Dontrese Brown – a motivational creative design professional and a former creative director – to impart the following skills and lessons (and more): Establish credibility with the organization’s key stakeholders as creative strategist within…
2015 reSET Impact Challege
reSET is a Hartford-based nonprofit organization working to “promote, preserve, and protect social enterprise as a viable concept and a business reality.” They aspire to make Connecticut – with the help of talented students like you – a hub for ventures that address our communities’ social and environmental needs. Applications are open now for the newly…
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…
Apply to be the Bread Salvage or Hunger & Homelessness Coordinator
If you are interested in hunger and housing issues in the greater Middletown community, apply to serve as coordinator for the following groups! Both positions are partially paid and are official Office of Community Service staff positions. Bread Salvage: Bread Salvage is a program that salvages bread from the Cromwell Freihofer’s outlet and delivers it to students at…