Social Impact Practicums (SIPs)

A Social Impact Practicum is a project-based experiential learning opportunity connecting undergraduate courses at Dartmouth with community needs identified by nonprofit organizations throughout the Upper Valley.

Dartmouth students take the skills and content that they are learning in their academic courses and apply them to relevant projects for, and with, local community partners.

In other words, a SIP is a real-world project with real-world impact.

Contact DCSI to receive the Community Partner SIP Guide, which outlines the scope of projects that are best suited for Social Impact Practicums.

For organizational needs that do not align with Dartmouth's liberal arts curriculum, we also partner with Tuck Business School's Center for Business, Government & Society and the Thayer School of Engineering's Senior Design Challenge initiative to match projects with the Dartmouth resource best suited to address them.

The Dartmouth Center for Social Impact conducts a Community Needs Assessment every summer to gather the universe of project-based needs for each organization. That said, we understand that needs change, so we are always glad to add projects to our database during the academic year as well.

To learn more about the Social Impact Practicum (SIP) initiative or to propose projects for your organization, please contact Bryan Duff.

Recent Social Impact Practicum courses, projects, and partners are listed at the link below:

Social Impact Practicum Course Search