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 grant recipient reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Wishing Well, one of the three 2014 winners. You can read about Wishing Well here and read…
PCSE WESeminar and Open House (9/26 during Family Weekend)
Please join staff and students from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Wesleyan Alumni in Philanthropy and Public Service (WAPPS) this Friday, during Family Weekend, for two events: 2-3 p.m. Allbritton 311 WESEMINAR Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Internship Grants: Student Stories and Reflections As part of Wesleyan’s Summer Experience Grant program, the Patricelli…
reSET Social Enterprise Awards Dinner (10/28)
reSET Invites You to the 2014 Social Enterprise Awards Superheroes of Social Enterprise October 28, 2014, 5:30 – 8:30 pm The Society Room, 31 Pratt Street, Hartford, CT Social Entrepreneurs… understand that change is driven by those who are affected most. They work to defeat injustice, save the environment, and right inequality. Through their work,…
Looking for funding for summer 2015? Learn about the Davis Projects for Peace, PCSE Seed Grants, and WSEG’s
Attention undergraduate students — We know you just finished getting settled in for fall semester, and although you have plenty of time before you have to start thinking about summer, we wanted to get a few Wesleyan funding opportunities on your radar. Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) Seed Grant Challenge The PCSE offers three…
Sound Production Class at Green Street
Register by today to learn the ins and outs of sound production at the Green Street Arts Center! From Director Sara MacSorley: Green Street Sound Production Class “Shaping Sounds” Instructor: John Bergeron Location: Green Street Arts Center, 51 Green Street, Middletown CT Thursdays from 1:30-4:30pm for 10 weeks Start date: September 25, 2014 Class fee: $550…
New “Wild Walls” for WestCo
Wesleyan’s Environmental Organizers Network (E.O.N.) is bringing some much-needed color to campus with “Wild Walls,” a series of vertical pallet gardens that will beautify campus, bring attention to the cause of green walling, and provide students and passers-by with free herbs and flowers. The exterior of WestCo 1 currently boasts the first three panels, which…
A letter home from IDEX Fellow Francesca Moree ’14
Last spring, Francesca Moree ’14 was selected for an IDEX Fellowship working with VOICE 4 Girls in Hyderabad, India. VOICE’s mission is to enable marginalized adolescent girls in India to take charge of their futures by imparting critical knowledge, spoken English, and life skills through activity-based camps and mentorship programs. IDEX Fellows are required to…
Enrichment Grant Report: Chelsea Tweneboah ’15
Chelsea Tweneboah ’15 was selected to receive an Enrichment Grant from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship to help support her community development work in Brazil. One of multiple international impact opportunities that Chelsea has pursued during her time at Wesleyan, this experience continued to shape her aspirations for a career in the health field. You can…
Introducing the 2014-2015 PCSE Peer Advisors
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. We believe that Wesleyan graduates are practical idealists uniquely equipped to tackle the world’s pressing problems, and we support their work through our advising, grant, and workshop programs. The PCSE…
n=+w@rk!ng is not a dirty word
Many practical idealists that I meet have a negative view of networking. They think it’s inherently sleazy, that it suggests dishonesty, that it’s all business. I disagree. I see networking as an honest and personal way to build your circle of fellow humans, to open yourself to connecting genuinely, and to fuel one another’s meaningful…