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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

Applications are now closed. Winterim ImpACT 2025 applications will open in Fall 2025.

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