Impact Rice Retreat (IRR) 

The Impact Rice Retreat is the only official leadership retreat on campus for freshman and sophomores that is entirely student led.  Impact is held once a year at the beginning of the Spring semester and takes place off campus for an entire weekend.

Impact is staffed and coordinated by juniors and seniors who have participated in the retreat as freshmen or sophomores and have extensive experience developing their residential colleges and campus-wide student organizations.  Staff members routinely consist of Club, College and Student Body Presidents, O-Week Coordinators and Beer Bike Coordinators. Students who participate in Impact come away with a stronger network of friends, as well as the knowledge and skills necessary to make an actual impact on campus - and they have a lot of fun in the process!  Former impact participants have gone on to quite literally run the university.

Our application timeline is now closed.  If you have any questions, please contact the Impact Coordinators by emailing impactrice@gmail.com.  If you are looking for additional leadership opportunities, please see the Student Activities Offerings on our leadership page.