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ImpACT Winterim Leadership Intensive

The ImpACT Winterim Leadership Intensive is a 3-week program during the November/December Dartmouth break that allows students to make an impact on a social challenge within their home or the Upper Valley community while learning with peers about systems of social change.

Program Overview

  • The ImpACT Winterim Leadership Intensive is open to Dartmouth undergraduate students from all classes. Priority will be given to students who have not completed the program in a previous year; returning participants are required to complete a project with a different community organization from their prior experience.
  • Student applicants identify a 3-week (12/2/24-12/20/24) project with a community organization or agency in their home community. For students remaining on campus for this period, Upper Valley projects are accepted. DCSI can help with this!
  • Applications (including project proposals) are due October 14, 2024
  • DCSI provides stipends of $1500 to selected applicants.
  • Participants attend an orientation at the end of the fall term, 3 synchronous virtual workshops during the Winterim project, and a post program event on campus in January (for those on winter term).

Project Guidelines

  • DCSI can help you find an agency and design a project. Email social.impact.leadership.programs@dartmouth.edu for office hours or to schedule an appointment. 
  • Projects must be with a nonprofit agency in your home community or, for students remaining on campus, in the Upper Valley. Projects can be domestic or international.
  • Students must commit to projects from Monday, December 2 through Friday, December 20 for approximately 30 hours per week. 
  • Projects should be in-person where the student conducts most of their work at the agency's office or site. 
  • Projects should address a real need as defined by the agency partner. 
  • Projects should have clearly defined tasks and objectives designed in partnership with the agency partner.
  • Students should consider transportation when designing projects and identify reliable means of travel to and from the agency for the duration of the project. 
  • Examples of possible projects:
    • Assisting with planning and executing an event for initiative.
    • Providing a direct service that meets a community need.
    • Collecting stories of impact for agency communications. 
    • Collecting and/or analyzing data for an agency evaluation project.

Appplication Timeline

  • September + October – Get advising from DCSI staff or Student Directors
  • October 14, 2024 at 3pm – Final application deadline
  • October 21, 2024 – Participants selected
  • Saturday, November 16, 2023 – Required Orientation
  • December 2, 2024 – First day at internship!
  • December 20, 2024 – Projects end
  • January 2025 – Final Post-Project Celebration

Office Hours

Our office hours take place in the South Fairbanks building in room 301. 

  • Drop-In Office Hours
    • Mondays, 3-5pm
    • Wednesday (October 9th) 1-3pm
    • Thursdays, 2-4pm
    • Friday (October 11th) 11-2pm