How Will YOU make a difference?

In multidisciplinary teams, consider Appalachia’s greatest challenges and create scalable, innovative pathways to help move WV Forward.

West Virginia’s challenges are your challenges. It’s personal. Assume ownership of your future. Take the Impact Challenge.

**To successfully receive credit students must complete 50 hours of course instruction including pre/post work and in-person attendance at the weekend event. Students who are signed up for the course but do not attend and participate throughout the weekend will receive a failing grade.

What to Expect

In less than three days, students will work in multidisciplinary teams of 3-4 to comprehensively think through innovative ways to make West Virginia a better place to live, work and play.

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Students will be tasked to come up with innovative ideas to recruit young talent, improve communities and increase economic growth and development.
Each team will be supported by one coach and a series of “mentors” who are experts in their field. Mentors range from wide-ranging industry and business leaders to engineering and research experts to social media and communications directors.

The answers to West Virginia’s problems are not found in the back of a textbook. Apply today and be part of the solution. Make an impact in your West Virginia!