Founded in 2011, the PCE is 911±¬ÁÏÍø's home for leadership, entrepreneurship, and social impact.

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Applications Open: 2026 New Venture Awards ($36,000+ in grants) 

Deadline extended: April 1st, 2026 - midnight

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The PCE has expanded! Check out our new co-working space on the second floor of Allbritton Hall.

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Read about our new chapter: Fostering Future Leaders at the Patricelli Center for Entrepreneurship

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Book Office hours: 

Ahmed M. Badr, Ed.M. - abadr@wesleyan.edu 
Director
Assistant Professor of the Practice in Public Policy 

Marisa MacClary '94 P'28, MBA - mmacclary@wesleyan.edu 
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Visting Professor of Public Policy 

Shiv Soin - ssoin@wesleyan.edu  
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Visiting Scholar in Public Policy 

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Engage Blog

  911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 PCSE New Venture Awards (formerly Seed Grants).  These student-led social ventures will each receive $5,000 in unrestricted funds as well as training, advising, mentoring, incubator workspace, and other resources from the Patricelli Center.  Recipients were selected from a pool…

Latest News The Allbritton Center Welcomes 3 New Faculty/Staff Members: Ahmed Badr: Interim Director for the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Policy Briana Bellinger-Dawson: Coordinator of Community Participation at the Jewett Center for Community Partnerships Jacqueline Rabe Thomas: Koepell Journalism Fellow The Patricelli Center New Venture Awards (NVA), formerly…

The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life is excited to welcome Ahmed M. Badr ’20 as the Interim Director for the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Policy!  Ahmed is an Iraqi-American author, poet, and social entrepreneur working at the intersection of creativity, climate action, displacement,…