Patricelli Center for Entrepreneurship

Established in May 2011 through a gift from the Robert ’61 and Margaret Patricelli Family Foundation, and with the ongoing support of Propel Capital and other generous donors, the Patricelli Center for Entrepreneurship supports Wesleyan student entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and changemakers.

We offer classes, grants, and advising to help students: 

• build problem-solving mindsets and skill sets
• gain creative confidence and competence
• develop comfort with ambiguity
• translate theory to practice

The Patricelli Center is situated within Allbritton, the hub of civic engagement at Wesleyan. We collaborate closely with the Center for the Study of Public Life, the Jewett Center for Community Partnerships, Service-Learning, the Civic Engagament Minor, and the Sustainability Office to work towards Wesleyan's Civic Action Plan. 

READ MORE

• StARTup Incubator, Wesleyan magazine, May 2020
• Princeton Review names Wesleyan as its number one impact school, February 2019
• Patricelli Center Named 'Murphy's Innovator of the Month', May 2017
  
• Episode 38: The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, CT Startup Podcast, March 2017
• "Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs," Wesleyan magazine, April 2016 
• "An Enterprise For Social Change," Hartford Courant, May 2011
• Patricelli Center Seed Grant finalists
• Wesleyan Newsletter stories about the Patricelli Center 
• Wes Grads Change the World video series
• 2012/2013 Year-in-Review
• 2013/2014 Year-in-Review
• 2014/2015 Year-in-Review
• 2015/2016 Year-in-Review
• 2016/2017 Year-in-Review
• 2017/2018 Year-in-Review
• 2018/2019 Year-in-Review
• 2019/2020 Year-in-Review
• 2020/2021 Year-in-Review
• 2021/2022 Year-in-Review

• PCE Video Library
• PCE Executive Summary Template
• PCE Pitch Deck Template