Founded in 2011, the PCSE is Wesleyan's  home for leadership, entrepreneurship, and social impact.

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Join Us at the 2025 New Venture Awards 

April 4, 12-2pm, Memorial Chapel. Lunch Provided. 

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New: Patricelli Center Community Portal

Browse previously funded ventures, grants, and more.

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Announcing the 2025 New Venture Awards: three $6,000 grants for new student ventures!

Learn More and Apply

 

Announcing the 2024 Patricelli Center New Venture Award Winners 

 

Priyanshu Pokhrel '26 & Nikita Paudel

  • Pyari empowers women and girls in Syangja, Nepal, by ensuring that every menstruator has a dignified period regardless of their socio-economic status.

Rebeca Trevino '24

  • The Mudanza Dance Project will provide a series of weekly dance workshops in Vickery Meadows, an immigrant / refugee community in Dallas, Texas.

Diana Kimojino ‘25 & Kyle Roshankish '24

  • The Nailepu Foundation aims to build the next generation of financially independent women in Maasai Land, Kenya.

 

See here for all finalists and venture summaries.  

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