Developing Socially-Minded Leaders
At the heart of the Notre Dame family is a shared commitment to address the most pressing challenges facing our world. The Powerful Means Initiative empowers students to transform their classroom knowledge into real-world solutions, using design thinking, impact consulting and impact investing as tools for change. By grounding decisions in empathy and collaborative innovation, we ensure that our ideas don’t just remain concepts but become actionable solutions backed by strategic investment and measurable impact. Together, we create pathways to prosperity, where business, empathy and innovation intersect for the greater good.
Join us in becoming a Powerful Means for change.
Explore Our Programs
Impact Consulting Minor
Provides foundational academic knowledge in human-centered design thinking, consulting, and project implementation to make an outsized impact on the world's most pressing problems.
Innovation for Impact Club
Offers an opportunity for students who are not enrolled in the minor or the management of the fund to work on social impact projects.