Best Collegiate Events®: Team Building Activities for College Students
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If you’re planning fun events for college students that involve team building, you’ll need something that will be enjoyable and impactful, keep them engaged, and be remembered for semesters to come. Since 2010, Best Corporate Events has seen increasing interest in team building programming from institutions of higher education nationwide. To better meet that need, we identified the team building programs best suited to collegiate groups.
How Are Team Building Activities for College Students Defined?
Our most popular fun events for college students span all categories, from Fun Competition to Charitable to Game Shows and Entertainment. Like all our programs, we tailor programs selected by college and university groups to optimize the experience for students, administrators, and faculty.
These team events will strengthen trust and communication, solidify cohesiveness, and provide critical insights and applicable skill sets that can be used in both the collegiate community and the business world.
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As seen on the popular TV game show, and adapted for team play, your group will participate in rounds of fast-paced tabletop challenges. The competition heats up as one-minute games are practiced and scored using commonplace items like pencils, plastic cups and a deck of cards. Teams will cheer and have...
This engaging get-to-know-you event incorporates a series of fun and challenging icebreaker activities, which are conducted in small table group rotations. After every 15-minute challenge, teams are quickly reformed and a new challenge begins, allowing for maximum networking opportunities. This team...
This exclusive training will guide your team through a progressive series of engaging initiatives followed by rich processing discussions focused on high-performing teams. Throughout the program, demonstrated skills are acknowledged while areas for improvement are identified and immediately applied during...
Our engaging, trademarked training program that highlights the positive impacts of organizational synergy, both in sharing best practices and celebrating your colleagues’ successes. It begins with two sub-teams completing various challenges separately, attempting to improve their own performance and...
Indoor and Outdoor versions! This set of fun and engaging team building games combines high-energy competition with basic athletic ability, allowing for full and active participation. Set to music that will pump up the excitement, groups warm-up, and teams are formed and assigned a color for easy identification....
In this collaborative event, teams work together to build an actual bridge that has the strength to support the weight of the entire group. There are two amazing aspects of this project. Each section of the bridge will be an independent artistic representation of your future mission and goals AND the...
Put the pedal to the metal and get your group fired up with Go-Kart Competition, a high-octane event where teams turn into competing pit crews and drivers – designing and building their own self-powered go-karts to race to the finish line. Promoting teamwork, creative originality and hilarious fun, this...
Immerse your group in a world of mystery, intrigue, and detective work with our exciting team challenge, Crack the Case!® In this fun challenge, participants will be placed in the shoes of trainees close to completing a private investigator course, studying to become elite detectives. The program is...
Corporate Survivor is a riveting and competitive team building event that will test the full measure of your team's abilities. Loosely fashioned after the hit reality show, it challenges your tribal group to survive a series of unique and challenging activities. Giant Slingshot, Blindfolded Obstacle...
Momentum is an inventive team building event where each sub-team will be tasked with designing and building a Rube Goldberg-style chain reaction machine to accomplish a simple task. Teams must collaborate and strategize together to not only create a successful contraption but also to out-design other...
Teams will utilize their creative brainpower to build a working catapult, which will launch small objects when completed. This corporate team building activity has two distinct launch phases, which add to the challenge and fun. The first phase is the launch-for-distance competition, while the second...
Fiesta Fun! is a delicious and exciting recipe contest where your teams will combine creativity with culinary skill to make their own brand of Salsa, Guacamole and Golden Margaritas! Experience the sights, sounds and flavor of Mexico with the beat of Mexican music setting the stage for this gastronomical...
Nothing says teamwork like a huge Corporate Canvas painted (and signed!) by employees of your company! The perfect addition to any event, many people can paint because all four canvases are paint-by-number and painters (employees) can spend as little or as much time as they want with a brush. Each numbered...
Race Car Rally is an exciting program of fun, race-related activities that enable teams to assemble the race-worthy cars, built for speed, on special Lego car platforms! As teams continually gain points through their challenges, they will be rewarded with trips to our car store to obtain the parts they...
Kick off your group's day with Morning Jumpstart! This fun and engaging program was developed based on requests from clients to create an event that can be delivered on any day of the week as a fun way to launch into a productive workday with smiles and camaraderie. Morning Jumpstart will promote team...
Emphasizing creativity, delegation and teamwork, Tapas and Sangria is a program with a lot of punch. Your group will be formed into “wineries” tasked to develop, make and market their own brand of Sangria. Each winery will also make tapas from cold ingredients – no recipes provided! The event will close...
Set your team on course for a culinary adventure with Food Truck Face-Off. This is a deliciously exciting competition and bonding experience. After forming into sub-teams, participants will choose a cuisine and theme for their very own “food truck”. Teams will name their company, design a logo, build,...
Improve your group's communication skills with this effective, challenging, multi-faceted team building event that requires each team to replicate a pre-built structure by using only verbal descriptions and high-quality communication skills through a chain of conversations. With just five members in...
This collaborative event challenges teams to build a large marble delivery system, with each sub-team working on their own section to ultimately be joined into one cohesive, working mechanism. Each stage must be planned carefully, with participants involved in every aspect of the Pipeline project – from...
This high-energy event will bring out your group’s competitive spirit as they work together to design, build and race their very own “seaworthy” vessel! Once their initial rafts are built, it’s literally sink or swim as each team takes to the water to test their craft in an effort to identify possible...
Your group will bond in the kitchen as they put their culinary prowess to the test in this spicy competition. Breaking into smaller teams, participants will make chili from their own original recipe in the hopes of being named the Chili Cook-Off champions! With the prepping and cooking underway, teams...
During this delicious team building event, your group will design and build a themed structure, utilizing various candies and chocolate delicacies. Teams will complete challenges, using Apple iPads, in order to gain chocolate building materials and a variety of confectionary decorations. After the last...
Bike Build Donation® has been enjoyed for many years by groups large and small. This top selling event continues to resonate with participants as they recall the joy of receiving their first bike. Groups use our new Brainstorm game and/or Minute 2 Win it activities to earn the parts needed to assemble...
A CSR program that will touch your heart, Build-a-Wheelchair® is a fun, worthwhile event that benefits the growing population of persons with mobility challenges. Beginning with our Brainstorm game and or Minute 2 Win it activities to earn the needed materials, teams will then assemble, safety test and...
Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation is a fun charity team building program where your group will design, construct and play a mini golf course using canned and boxed food items. Working in teams, each hole has a special theme and rules, unique to that hole. After the course has been built, an entertaining...
Learning to play music can have a very powerful and positive effect on young people. With Build-a-Guitar®, corporate groups have the opportunity to build and donate guitars to young people. As the name suggests, teams are tasked to build high-quality guitars from custom designed kits. The finished guitars...
This event will give your group a deep sense of patriotism as it works together to prepare care packages for people currently serving in the military. Teams will first engage in various point-based activities including trivia, puzzles and other problem-solving scenarios. The care packages are then assembled...
Bears and Blankets is a heartwarming charity event where your teams will build items to comfort younger children in distress. The program also includes fun icebreakers, Minute 2 Win It activities, and/or photo and video challenges. Your teams will stuff and decorate teddy bears and swaddle them in a...
On your mark…Get set….Sun! Harness solar power and race your way to a fun and educational STEM-based charitable team building program. Earth Wind and Solar combines the engaging experience of building and racing solar-powered vehicles with a donation that will spark children’s curiosity and exposure...
STEM Backpacks for Kids is a heart-warming, charitable, program promoting the importance of education in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Teams engage in a series of problem-solving initiatives including our new Brainstorm game and/or Minute 2 Win it activities, MakeDo®...
Your group will be packing backpacks filled with items for homeless men, women, and children. One in 30 children is homeless each year in America, that’s 2.5 million kids. Teams complete a series of fun activitiess to earn the points they need to acquire all the items for the backpacks, which may include...
Teams will engage in fun, challenging team building activities leading to the assembly of care packages for a chosen charity. This is an extraordinary way to build team spirit & infuse your group with positive energy and goodwill. Examples of charities include homeless shelters, food banks, hospices,...
Kids Rock!™ is a fun CSR charity team building event where teams assemble rocking chairs, rocking horses, and stuffed animals for children while participating in fun icebreakers. Immediate, tangible results are created and employee morale is boosted through the building and donation of these memorable...
A wonderful eco-conscious charitable program that will educate your team about growing produce for nutrition and medicine, and the sustainable advantages of hydroponic (soil-free!) gardening. At the conclusion of the program, your group will assemble hydroponic grow system kits that will be donated to...
Build-A-Rollator® is a fun, heartwarming CSR program benefiting disadvantaged people with mobility and standing challenges. These high-quality Rollators feature large 8-inch non-marking wheels, sturdy handbrakes, a fold-up, and removable back support, a padded seat, plastic tray, and bag to store personal...
Cancer Care Comfort Packs is a meaningful CSR program that will have your group navigating through a series of engaging activities leading up to the assembling of care packages for patients undergoing chemotherapy or other treatments.
Our Autism Sensory Donation program not only brings your group together to assemble wonderful sensory support kits for donation to autism therapy programs and non-profit organizations, but also enhances awareness of the effects, behaviors, and challenges of the disorder through engaging sensory activities....
Inspired by the powerful documentary, Alive Inside, this heartwarming program is designed to help those living in nursing homes, particularly those individuals living with Alzheimer’s Disease or other causes of dementia. Your group will participate in activities with music and memory themes, earning...
Fostering Hope is a heartwarming team-building program that culminates with the assembly of backpacks for Adoptive and Foster Care children filled with items recommended by networks that distribute care packs to deserving kids. Your group will complete tasks, challenges, and trivia to gain the points...
Wagon Build Donation benefits underprivileged preschool-age children, providing them with a classic learning tool to boost their coordination, imagination and much more. Teams will build full-size, red wagons for donation to a local charity, loading each one with a stuffed animal and children’s book....
Your group will bond and have a blast with this program that both entertains and benefits a worthy cause. Teams will face off to answer questions on various topics including History, Pop Culture, Sports and more on a realistic game show set complete with podiums, buzz-in buttons and a large projected...
With our corporate CSR event Build-a-Band®, your group will build high-quality guitars, bass guitars, and drum sets to be donated to youth-serving agencies and organizations, and school music programs that are in need of instruments. Your group has the exclusive opportunity to bring the positive power...
Putting for Pets is a fun corporate philanthropy event that concludes with the donation of pet food/supplies to local animal shelters and rescue organizations. Your group will design and build a unique one-of-a-kind, miniature golf holes using pet supplies and other building materials. After the course...
Pediatric Care Donation is a meaningful charitable program that will have your group navigating through a series of engaging activities leading up to the assembly of bins full of donation items for children who could really use a smile during a difficult time.
With Literacy for Little Ones, your team will assist in gifting the love of literacy to young readers! This wonderful charitable program brings your group together to assemble donation packages of books and supporting materials to help build the foundation of lifelong literacy for young children from...
We Care for Kids™ is a heart-warming, charitable, team-building program devoted to helping children in disadvantaged school systems while boosting employee morale through assembling and donating items for children in need. Our We Care For Kids backpacks provide underprivileged kids with items that make...
Minute 2 Win It! for Charity will bring out the best in team spirit and a sense of community responsibility from your participants as they compete in tabletop challenges to earn items to create care packages to donate to a local charity. Fast-paced fun, teamwork, and competition are at the heart of every...
Operation Toy Donation is a wonderfully meaningful program designed to benefit disadvantaged children. The program includes fun icebreakers and revolves around the assembling of children’s toys and necessities, which are packaged and festively wrapped. It’s the perfect charity team building event if...
We Care for Schools benefits local schools that are in dire need of supplies, including pencils, paper, glue, paintbrushes, first aid kits, and more for the classroom, nurse’s office, and art room. While participating in fun activities and challenges delivered on iPads, your team will assemble bags full...
An Orientation SmartHunt® is an excellent way for students to experience their new school in a way through shared laughter, exploration, learning, fun, and strategy building. Photo missions, video challenges, and trivia questions guide teams on an orienteering scavenger hunt around their new campus....
Student RA Training is a fun and dynamic program that will give RA leaders the ability to facilitate over a dozen activities and initiatives designed to help establish meaningful connections with the various student groups that they interact with at their school. This training session will also enhance...
Our Orientation Game Show is the most fun and exciting way to introduce your college or university to incoming students. The Orientation Game Show is a full participant, full engagement Game Show, and a custom experience, with questions that can be tailored to your college or university’s history, campus,...
What do you get when you combine state of the art technology, important information for interns or new hires, and an engaging and professional Game Show host? You get the Orientation Game Show! Played on participants' apple or android devices, the Orientation Game Show is a full participant, full engagement...
BEST Corporate Feud is our corporate game show with fast-paced rounds of survey questions specifically written for corporate groups. Winning “teams” move forward to the semi-finals and hopefully, to the Finale. Our unique design keeps everyone involved throughout the show, regardless of your group size....
Trivia Blast Live! corporate game show is the perfect way to motivate your employees or serve as your entertaining event. Sub-teams will man their state-of-the-art podiums to answer trivia questions on various topics. We offer an authentic game show experience complete with a scoreboard, real game-like...
Jeoparody Live is our take on the classic television game show. With all the traditional elements of the game, including contestant podiums, sound effects, an answer board beamed up via projection, and our professional interactive host, your group will have the full game show experience. This program...
Spin It 2 Win It! brings the fun of a TV game show to your group as an engaging and entertaining group event. Modeled after a classic TV game show, players must guess a hidden phrase one letter at a time, earning points for each correctly guessed letter.
This game is so much fun, we forgot to ______ (fill-in-the-blank)! Match Me If You Can is hosted by professional and entertaining facilitators who will have your group collaborating to come up with a word or phrase that hopefully matches the “blank” answer from selected contestants of your group! Each...
Virtual Best Corporate Feud is our fun, fast-paced corporate game show that can be played by groups of all sizes. Our facilitator will ensure all participants are engaged and enjoying the action together as a group! Now is the perfect time to play this virtual, competitive, team-building event! With...
Virtual Competition to Collaboration is a professionally-facilitated activity-based workshop designed to engage participants in team collaboration and organizational synergy. Utilizing any virtual meeting platform and taking advantage of break-out rooms, this session will initially have participants...
You learned a lot in your early years of school, from geography to history, to math, science, and English. But, how much of your elementary school education have you retained as an adult? Well, now you can find out! Test your knowledge and memory with our virtual game show - Are You Smarter Than a 6th...
Whether you pick the 70s, 80s, 90s, 21st Century, or a little bit of everything, strike a chord with your competitive group and put their knowledge of their favorite tunes and artists to the test, with Virtual Name that Tune! Using state-of-the-art apps and our interactive, professional hosts, your group...
Combine state-of-the-art gaming with our engaging professional hosts and you get Virtual Trivia Blast, a full participant, interactive game show where everyone plays throughout the game on their apple or android device. With a mix of multiple-choice, true/false, and fill in the blank trivia questions,...
Movie buffs and music gurus unite with this medley of competition! Our Music and Movies Trivia Blast combines two great games into one. Put your competitive group's knowledge to the test and challenge your team with music trivia spanning the years, and then after intermission, we switch gears to test...
Put on your secret agent hat and get ready to go undercover with Virtual Code Breakers! In this thrilling, espionage themed trivia game, your group’s challenge - should they choose to accept it - will be to answer questions, tackle puzzling mind games, and unlock a series of vaults to solve a final riddle....
Enter the "Way-Back" machine and throwback to your early years with our Virtual Classic Rewind program! Revisit your favorite childhood cartoons, commercials - even breakfast cereals - in this fun, interactive game show! Full of nostalgic childhood favorites from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, our Classic Rewind...
This game is so much fun, we forgot to ______ (fill-in-the-blank)! Match Me If You Can is hosted by professional and entertaining facilitators who will have your group collaborating to come up with a word or phrase that hopefully matches the “blank” answer from selected contestants of your group! Each...
This is cray-cray! Gather your peeps for a look back to the beginning of the millennium with Virtually 21st Century Buzz! With state-of-the-art gaming and our engaging and interactive professional hosts, your group will experience a full participant, full engagement, interactive game show where players...
Oh, Snap! Let’s bounce from modern times back to the days of hot pants, halter tops, and letterman jackets with Virtually Back to the 90s! With state-of-the-art gaming and our engaging and interactive professional hosts, your group will experience a full participant, full engagement, interactive game...
Get into the investigative spirit with our Virtual Murder Mystery program - Mavericks on the Case! The Mavericks are a team of elite private investigators for hire. Your group will form teams of 6, with each player donning the detective hats of one of these dynamic investigators to solve a puzzling murder...
Looking for an exciting and unique way to bring people together for your next virtual event? Then we invite your group to experience the Magic of Salem Massachusetts! In this live, interactive show you will participate in spooky magic and relive ghostly stories from Salem’s historic haunted past.
Can you dig it?! Groove on back to the days of bellbottoms, tie-dye, and feathered hair with Virtually Super 70s. With state of the art gaming and our engaging and interactive professional hosts, your group will experience a full participant, full engagement, interactive game show where players compete...
Delivered remotely to your team, our Virtual Guess that Price is a fun and interactive virtual gameshow with all of the graphics, sounds, and excitement of a live show! Not only is it exciting and competitive, but it will also bring your team closer as they work together to bid on products, engage in...
If you and your team love competition and are up for a fun and challenging test of all things sporting, you’re going to love our new Virtual Sports Trivia Challenge! Combining state-of-the-art gaming with our engaging professional hosts, our Virtual Sports Trivia Challenge is a fast-paced and action-packed...
Virtual Environmental Trivia Challenge is a fact-packed themed option of our traditional Virtual Trivia Blast program. Combining state-of-the-art gaming with our engaging professional hosts, our Environmental Challenge is both a fun and informative way for your group to discuss and learn about the many...
Lights! Camera! Action! Take a virtual stroll down Hollywood Boulevard as your group demonstrates their movie knowledge with Virtual Hooray for Hollywood! With state-of-the-art gaming and our engaging, professional hosts, your group will experience a full participant, interactive game show where players...
Totally radical, dude! Take a trip in the Wayback machine to the days of big hair, mullets, and Members-Only jackets with Virtually Awesome ’80s! With state of the art gaming and our engaging and interactive professional hosts, your group will experience a full participant, full engagement, interactive...
What do you get when you combine state of the art technology, graphics, and sound effects presented to your group by our fun and engaging event facilitators? You get Virtual Jeoparody! In our take on the classic television game show, your group will experience all the traditional elements of the game...
What do you get when you combine state of the art technology, important information for interns or new hires, and an engaging and professional Game Show host? You get the Orientation Game Show! Played on participants' apple or android devices, the Orientation Game Show is a full participant, full engagement...
Bring your team together with a virtual and interactive magic show! Everyone will be amazed through the computer screen as they participate in the impossible remotely. This is NOT a pre-recording. This is live entertainment where the audience’s choices directly affect the outcome of the show! This experience...
Don’t see what you are looking for? We have a wide range of events and options not listed here, and we are always open to new ideas! Choose “Something Else” on the request form and let’s work together to create the perfect event for your group!
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To break through my barrier, my fear and to confront it at that moment, was an amazing experience – one that I will treasure always.
Susan,
Cedar Crest College
I still can’t believe I broke through that board! That was an amazing experience. I can’t tell you how many people I have told about it…..and how exhilarating and empowering it was! THANK YOU! Your guidance through that process really made a difference. Thank you for believing in me!
Shannon,
Carleton University
Our group definitely enjoyed Virtual Speed Networking! Our host Paul was a pleasure and so good with the group. Everyone was happy with the experience.
Gina,
University of Miami
The Southeastern students loved your virtual events! Your facilitators delivered a Virtual Speed Networking program and a Virtual Jeoparody game show. Seeing the students get excited about trivia and making connections with other students was awesome. Students told us they loved the event because it was fun, challenging, and gave them an opportunity to make new friends.
Kaylee,
Southeastern Louisiana University
The Southeastern students loved your virtual events! Your facilitators delivered a Virtual Jeoparody and a Virtual Speed Networking program. Seeing the students get excited about trivia and making connections with other students was awesome. Students told us they loved the event because it was fun, challenging, and gave them an opportunity to make new friends.
Kaylee,
Southeastern Louisiana University
I wanted to thank you for hosting our event! Everything went well and everyone had so much fun. Paul was an amazing host and connected so well with everyone. Thank you again for making this Virtual Jeoparody night possible.
Fatima,
University of Texas at Dallas
“Thank You!!!” for tonight’s Virtual Name That Tune! We loved it! The questions were excellent and your lead, Russ made the whole night. With it being our annual Holiday Party, but having to be virtual, it created oneness and we felt like a team! The questions were awesome and so engaging. We truly had such an incredible time. Russ was thoughtful and incredibly prepared. He clearly put in the effort and catered it to our team. His positivity and fun side trivia nuggets made it such an enjoyable evening.
Maria,
University of Michigan Credit Union
We enjoyed the Virtual Game Show format. We did Virtual Name That Tune and had a great time. Using Kahoot to arrange albums in the order in which they were released was really fun. College students from Adelphi University use Kahoot very frequently. We rated our Game Show Host a 5 out of 5 and would love to have another virtual Game Show.
Adam,
Adelphi University
The best team building aspects of this program were the icebreakers, the iPad questions and challenges, and lastly, the building of the bikes. The event was very organized and presenting the bikes to the kids at the end was the most fun. Our whole group said they enjoyed the Bike Build Donation program very much.
Darleen,
Duquesne University
The best part of our Build-a-Wheelchair program was working together as a team, whether a faculty member, staff member or a new student and learning how to collect the parts (metaphor for collecting data for our program). It was fun spirited competitiveness and very organized. Our group enjoyed it very much and talked about it the whole rest of the afternoon.
Darlene,
Duquesne University
Your Presentation Skills program was a wonderful addition to this year’s retreat. The facilitator did a fantastic job engaging the team, and wrapping up everything they learned into coherent and useful follow up tips and check lists. Many of our people continue to draw from your lessons, which shows just how effective they are. We were glad to have you participate in our retreat, and look forward to working with you again!
Sheryl,
Northeastern University, Honors Program
WOW – speechless! A great way to reignite yourself and realize barriers are not in control.