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Club Mission

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Spark is a student community of designers and developers at Penn who work together on teams to build both passion and client projects. Our members work on web development, mobile apps, UI/UX design, and a variety of other creative initiatives. Our projects give our members the whole experience of software development - our belief and focus on creating beautiful designs and implementing them through strong programming principles brings out the best in our projects and in our members.

We specialize in being open to all experience levels, from all majors and all schools – we highly encourage anyone with a remote interest in coding or design to apply!

Our organization is split into two divisions, Blue and Red:

Blue: Our beginner-friendly branch. Members complete a 10-week bootcamp in either the design or development tracks before working in teams the following semester to build out a final creative project!

Red: Our experienced branch. Members work on more technically challenging projects, working directly with clients and non-profits over a 10-week period. Some past clients include Gaia, Clarifi, Counselab, and CommonCents.

Learn more about us on our website pennspark.org!

FAQ

Most Recent

Question: How do I join this club? I am interested. - Ngaatendwe Manyika

Hi! The first thing to consider is your level of experience in web development or design. For those with little-to-no experience, we suggest applying to our Blue branch (which accepts new members early each Fall). For those with more experience, our Red branch accepts new members early every semester. You can find our applications on pennspark.org/join! They'll be open in the first few weeks of each semester.

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Question: Hi! Do you also accept graduate students, in particular, MCIT Online students? - Anonymous

Hi! We take a limited number of graduate students who live near campus, only in our Red branch.

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Question: What kind of technical experience or project background should I have to apply? - Anonymous

Spark actually has two branches - a Spark Blue branch focused on education for less experienced members, and a Spark Red branch focused on developing creative/client projects for members who are already experienced. For Spark Blue, anyone is welcome to apply! All we ask is that you have a genuine desire to learn and an interest in technology/design/development. For Spark Red, if you're a developer, we'd prefer you have some experience working with web development and using tech stacks like React/Node.js; if you're a designer, we'd prefer you have experience working with Figma and making mock-ups/designing websites and programs.

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Basic Info

46 Registered (20 - 50 Members)

Not Currently Accepting Members

Application Required

Both Semesters

Contact

upennspark@gmail.com

github.com/PennSpark

linkedin.com/company/pennspark

instagram.com/pennspark

How to Get Involved

We will be recruiting again in Spring 2025! Check out our application on pennspark.org, and keep up with us by subscribing to our mailing list at pennspark.org/mail!

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