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At the end of the EQV first-ever reunion in 2005, a
meeting was held to discuss an idea proposed by Steve
Oleskey. Steve talked of his experience
in his junior summer when, having received a small grant
from Wesleyan so that he did not have to get a job
during the long vacation, he studied the First
Amendment. That opportunity to study and the
subject of his study set him firmly on the path of a
legal career.
As a legacy of EQV and what it meant to us, Steve
proposed that we sponsor a number of interns every
summer for the following 10 years. We would be
able to pick those students whose proposed summer
projects we felt best fit the EQV ethos, and the
only obligation those students would have to us would be
to report on their experiences. We would also
invite them to a reception in the fall following their
internships to talk with us and, as it has evolved, have
dinner.
After a decade of our funding, the program would be
turned over to those we had sponsored, and they would
carry it further, perhaps indefinitely.
Those at the meeting agreed that
such a project would be mutually rewarding – to those we
sponsored and to us
who participated in funding it and making it work.
What follows in these pages, then,
are the bio’s of each year’s EQV “Fellows” and their
written reports.
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How To Make Your
Donation
There are several ways to
contribute.
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You can make a credit card gift online through
Wesleyan’s giving page. Go to:https://give.wesleyan.edu Enter
your gift amount, personal details, and in the
Additional Information section under Special
Instructions—please enter “EQV Intern Fund” to
earmark your gift.
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You can mail your check to Marcy Herlihy (Marcy
Herlihy, Director of Stewardship, Wesleyan
University, 318 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459)
and note on the “memo” line of your check: “EQV
Intern Fund.”
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You can direct your charitable gift fund
“recommendation” to Marcy Herlihy, splitting out how
much of your recommendation goes to the Wesleyan
Fund, to the EQV Intern Fund, and to whatever else
your heart desires. The gift fund automatically
sends a cover letter and Ann splits it up
accordingly.
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To use a credit card, you call Gayle Gibbons, the
administrative assistant in Marcy’s department
(860-685-2537) and she’ll take your donation and
card number directly.
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