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Welcome to IMPACT, a week-long residential camp hosted by Taylor University, specifically designed for high school juniors and seniors who aspire to be change-makers. At IMPACT, you'll transform your innovative ideas into reality, equipping you with the skills and mindset to make a difference in the world.
IMPACT is a dynamic innovation and entrepreneurship lab experience open to students of all academic backgrounds. This program is crafted to help you develop your God-given leadership abilities, preparing you to transform society for the common good.
By the end of this transformative journey, you’ll have turned your ideas into ready-to-be-launched ventures, equipped with the tools and confidence to impact the world. Join us at IMPACT and be part of the next generation of innovators and leaders!
Dates: June 22-27, 2025
Cost: $750 - Scholarships are available!
Interested in other academic camp opportunities? Learn more about our Academic Summer Camps.
IMPACT is designed for high school juniors and seniors who have been noticed in their communities for their entrepreneurial minds and leadership potential. What makes IMPACT unique is that we focus on getting to know you for who you are and what you care about. Starting with the StrengthFinders assessment, we begin to understand your passions and values, so we can help you to develop your ideas into successful businesses.
We challenge you to take real-world action in response to your ideas! During the Immersion season, IMPACT students are placed in peer groups, and together create an innovative project plan to pitch to a panel of judges for the chance to win seed money and start their own businesses. You’ll be engaged in many different activities to help you grow personally and professionally including:
Personalized Leadership Coaching & Mentoring
Through personalized leadership coaching and mentoring, we will help you identify your unique strengths and help you recognize strengths in others.
Diverse Peer Collaborations
Practice networking through diverse peer collaborations.
World-Class Speakers & Academics
Seminars and workshops with world-class speakers from government, nonprofit, and corporate sectors.
Creative problem solving techniques & presentation skills
Have fun outside the classroom and challenge your definition of teamwork through creative problem-solving techniques and presentation skills.After being accepted, students will begin the Preparation Season. Students are asked to submit an idea for a business model, a ministry opportunity, a product concept, a non-profit organization, or a real-world issue. During the IMPACT immersion week, students will work on diverse collaborative teams composed of students from around the world to develop their ideas and be equipped to transform these ideas into winning concepts. Following the one-week residential camp, students have the opportunity to continue developing their concepts during our 9-month Acceleration Season.
Students will work together to build a business from the ground, by expanding their own ideas or by addressing a real-world problem in a summer-camp-style week on Taylor Campus. By the end of the week, each group will have developed a stable concept that offers a solution to their assigned problems.
IMPACT is part of Taylor University’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), an immersive training, mentoring, and equipping center of the Cornwall School of Business and Leadership. The CIE contributes to developing students into servant-leaders by helping them to discover ways to:
Questions? Email impact@taylor.edu to get answers.
