Teamship Hampton Roads
For undergrad students attending a Hampton Roads higher ed institution in Virginia.
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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 their junior or senior year to do a formal internship.
- Grow your social capital and professional network by working with business leaders across the Hampton Roads region.
- Stand out in a crowded job market with tangible, team-based problem-solving experience.
Register for Teamship Hampton Roads
Available to undergrad students attending a higher ed institution in Hampton Roads. Seats are extremely limited and offered based on application evaluations, not first-come, first served order. In addition, some preference will be given to allow students from all eligible institutions to participate.
You are encouraged to review the program information in full before applying. The three short response application questions are listed below to allow you the opportunity to prepare your responses and have someone review them before submitting.
The priority application deadline is May 25th, 2026. Students who register during the priority registration period are more likely to be offered a seat.
Accepted students will be asked to confirm their participation via an RSVP form. If additional seats open up, waitlist students will be offered seats.
You will be notified of your status no later than 1 week following the registration deadline.
Teamship Hampton Roads
July 14 – August 6
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, 7/14 @ 6:00-8:00pm ET
Team Meetings:
Tues/Wed/Thurs, 7/15 – 8/5 @ 6:00-8:00pm ET
Pitch Event:
Thursday, 8/6 @ 6:00-8:00pm ET
Priority Registration Deadline: Monday, May 25th @ 11:59 pm
Final Registration Deadline: Sunday, June 14th @ 11:59 pm
You will be notified of your status no later than 1 week following the registration deadline.
Review and prepare your application questions in advance using this document.
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 Hampton Roads 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 Hampton Roads benefits you
Real Work Experience That Stands Out
Teamship Hampton Roads is a reimagined internship experience that sets you apart on applications for jobs and college.
Teamship Hampton Roads 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 Hampton Roads 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 Hampton Roads experience gives you the tools to get started and keep growing.
Diversity
Teamship Hampton Roads 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 a higher ed institution in Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore.
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 12), and/or more than 2 team meetings (or the equivalent thereof) may be removed from the program.
Only register if you can fully commit to the program.
Actively enrolled undergraduate students at an eligible higher ed institution in the Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore region.
You are required to use your .edu email address to register.
We’ll put you on a team with 3 other students from other institutions across the region. This is a chance to meet and work with new people with different backgrounds, strengths, and experiences.
Teamship Hampton Roads is a virtual, synchronous program hosted online using Zoom. You can log in from school, from home, or anywhere else with wifi access.
No, this is an unpaid work-based learning/project-based learning experience.
Yes!
ODU students will have the opportunity to complete additional work in order to earn a zero-credit internship recognition.
Students from other schools who are interested in receiving internship credit should reach out to their Career Services office prior to applying in order to identify what credit, if any, they can receive for this experience.
All business partners will work at a business in the Hampton Roads region, and 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!