Signature Programs

The Center for Innovation and Leadership supports innovative, leadership, and entrepreneurial ventures. Our programs offer students unique opportunities to fully build out their visions through guided project management, mentorships, and access to recommended resources.

Dinnovators brings students together for networking, idea-sharing, and themed dinners to foster innovation and collaboration.

DINNOVATORS

The Tri-Co Hackathon unites students from Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr for a weekend of collaborative problem-solving, skill-building workshops, and project creation with digital technology.

TRI-CO HACKATHON

SwatTank is a semester long idea competition, guiding students through the process of conceptualization to pitch.

SWATTANK

The Speaking Associates Program and the CIL bring the Swarthmore community together to learn from across all three divisions. Participating students have 3 minutes and one slide to present their work.

SENIOR SHOWCASE

Learn from the expertise of Swatties making a difference in the world. Mentorship collectives are groups of about 8-12 Swatties, half current students, half alumni, who share an interest in topics related to innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP MENTORSHIP COLLECTIVE

The CIL offers event funding to faculty and staff to engage expert contributors through talks, workshops, field trips and multimedia experiences to learn about diverse, impactful leadership.

LEADERSHIP IN PRACTICE

Fellows will work together in cohorts of 3-4 to learn design thinking, project management, and more to identify and understand a campus challenge/issue then come up with collaborative solutions using a human-centered design project.

Swarthmore Innovation Fellows

Signature Programs

Dinnovators brings students together for networking, idea-sharing, and themed dinners to foster innovation and collaboration.

The Tri-Co Hackathon unites students from Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr for a weekend of collaborative problem-solving, skill-building workshops, and project creation with digital technology.

SwatTank is a semester long idea competition, guiding students through the process of conceptualization to pitch.

The Speaking Associates Program and the CIL bring the Swarthmore community together to learn from across all three divisions. Participating students have 3 minutes and one slide to present their work.

Learn from the expertise of Swatties making a difference in the world. Mentorship collectives are groups of about 8-12 Swatties, half current students, half alumni, who share an interest in topics related to innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship.

The CIL offers event funding to faculty and staff to engage expert contributors through talks, workshops, field trips and multimedia experiences to learn about diverse, impactful leadership.

Fellows will work together in cohorts of 3-4 to learn design thinking, project management, and more to identify and understand a campus challenge/issue then come up with collaborative solutions using a human-centered design project.

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Signature Programs

Dinnovators brings students together for networking, idea-sharing, and themed dinners to foster innovation and collaboration.

The Tri-Co Hackathon unites students from Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr for a weekend of collaborative problem-solving, skill-building workshops, and project creation with digital technology.

SwatTank is a semester long idea competition, guiding students through the process of conceptualization to pitch.

The Speaking Associates Program and the CIL bring the Swarthmore community together to learn from across all three divisions. Participating students have 3 minutes and one slide to present their work.

Learn from the expertise of Swatties making a difference in the world. Mentorship collectives are groups of about 8-12 Swatties, half current students, half alumni, who share an interest in topics related to innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship.

The CIL offers event funding to faculty and staff to engage expert contributors through talks, workshops, field trips and multimedia experiences to learn about diverse, impactful leadership.

Fellows will work together in cohorts of 3-4 to learn design thinking, project management, and more to identify and understand a campus challenge/issue then come up with collaborative solutions using a human-centered design project.