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Solve real problems for real businesses
- Build durable skills employers want most: collaboration, communication, and critical thinking.
- Gain real work experience without waiting until your final semester to do a formal internship.
- Grow your social capital and professional network by working with a real business.
- Stand out in a crowded job market with tangible, team-based problem-solving experience.
Register for Teamship Longwood
Available to undergraduate students enrolled at Longwood University. Seats are limited and are assigned on a first-in basis.
The earlier you apply the better chance you have of getting a spot. Students who register after the available seats are filled will be put on a waitlist. If seats open up, waitlist students will be assigned.
Students are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the registration window, and you should expect to receive a program-related email within about two weeks of applying.
Note: Accepted students must proactively confirm their participation via an RSVP form, so make sure to check your email regularly!
Teamship Longwood
October 6 – November 12
Location: Live online using Zoom
This intensive program is synchronous, with set days and times to attend. You must be able to commit to being available for all program dates/times. You will not be able to watch recordings or “catch up” asynchronously on what you miss by not attending.
Launch Day
Tuesday, 10/6 @ 5:30-8:30pm ET (3 hrs)
Team Meetings:
Tues & Thurs, 10/13 – 11/10 @ 5:30-7:30pm ET
9 meetings; 2 hrs each
Pitch Event:
Thursday, 11/12 @ 5:30-8:30pm ET (3 hrs)
Application Deadline: Sunday, September 13th @ 11:59 pm
Applications are processed on a rolling basis. You will be notified of your status within 2 weeks of applying.
Interested in participating but not able to apply for this program? See what other programs we may have available.
Some of the businesses Teamship students have worked with
How Teamship Longwood Works
Team Up
Teamship groups students from across the region into diverse problem-solving teams of 4 students each.
Launch
Teams meet online to build their team dynamic and interview their business partner to better understand the business problem and context.
Solve
With support from their coach, teams continue to work together to understand the root problem, test potential solutions, and create a solution proposal for the business partner.
Pitch
Teams propose their solution to the business partner and answer questions in a live workshop attended by community stakeholders, school partners, and parents.
How Teamship Longwood benefits you
Real Work Experience That Stands Out
Teamship Longwood is a reimagined internship experience that sets you apart on applications for jobs and college.
Teamship Longwood work — pushing through the positive struggle that comes with tackling a novel problem, working with a diverse set of peers to achieve a common goal, using design thinking principles to develop robust solutions, and presenting ideas and solutions to real business stakeholders — gives you a set of real-world experiences that any college or potential employer will want to hear more about.
Growth
Teamship Longwood teaches critical mindsets and tools.
Technology has changed everything. In the digital age, information is at our fingertips. Memorizing facts and figures is now less important than figuring out how to make sense of overwhelming amounts of information to solve big problems and seize big opportunities. The world needs thinkers who can break down increasingly complex problems, doers who will persevere in the face of failure and uncertainty, and collaborators who know how to bring together diverse people and ideas.
Developing and leveraging these mindsets is a lifelong journey. Practicing these mindsets leads to confidence, competence, and the ability to effect change. The Teamship Longwood experience gives you the tools to get started and keep growing.
Diversity
Teamship Longwood is an opportunity to learn from and build relationships with a diverse set of peers.
The best ideas are informed by unique perspectives, and unique perspectives start with diversity. Teams are made up of students who bring unique skill sets, different world views, and diverse passions and motivations.
Impact
Teams work with real businesses that have real problems to solve.
Whether it’s creating a plan to help a metaverse fashion company sell more digital clothing, working with a fitness technology company to improve a new app design, or developing a strategy to help a software development company attract more female software engineers, the work is real. Regardless of the problem, teams engage in real work that has real consequences and the potential to make a meaningful impact.
FAQs
Undergrad students attending Longwood University.
Like any other internship or job, you have a responsibility to your team and business partners to be present and engaged for all portions of the Teamship program. You’ll also reap the full benefits of the program when you commit to it in its entirety.
Due to the fast-paced and collaborative nature of Teamship, students who are absent for any part of the Launch Day (Day 1), any part of the Pitch Event (Day 11), and/or more than 4 hours of program time may be removed from the program.
Only apply if you can fully commit to the program.
We’ll put you on a team with 3 other students. This is a chance to meet and work with new people with different backgrounds, strengths, and experiences.
Teamship Longwood is a virtual, synchronous program hosted online using Zoom. You can log in from school, from home, or anywhere else with wifi access.
This is an unpaid experience, but students who complete the program will receive a $100 stipend.
If you are interested in leveraging this experience for any internship requirements, connect with the Student Success Services office to identify potential opportunities.
Every business problem will be real, meaningful, and urgent. Here are some examples of the kinds of businesses and the problems they’ve brought:
- A metaverse fashion company looking to sell more digital clothing
- A fitness technology company looking to improve a new app design
- A software development company looking to attract more female software engineers
- A global tech company looking to improve its college internship program
That’s okay! No prior experience required.
Yes! Your team will be supported by an expert coach who will guide you through the process.
Yes. We survey our business partners after their experience. So far, over 80% of our partners report that they plan to implement, or have already implemented, at least parts of the solutions proposed by student teams.
Yes! We’ve had multiple Teamship students accept follow-on internship and job offers with our business partners. In fact, over 90% of our business partners report that they are more likely to consider a student for a job or internship if that student has had a Teamship experience.
You can email us at ksollenberger@collegeboard.org with any questions you might have about the program!