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1 2018 SUMMER CAMPS A summer you will never forget! Offering overnight and commuter camps for middle and high school age campers. UW-Green Bay has a summer in store for you that you ll never forget! summercamps@uwgb.edu

UW-Green Bay s commitment to you The health and safety of every camper is our first priority.

from experts in the field and participate in an array of supervised fun evening activities.

See more than one camp experience that you like?

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction offers scholarship assistance for non-athletic camps.

Academy June 15 Junior Achievement Diversity Leadership Institute Middle School Art Camp High School Art

2 UW-Green Bay s commitment to you The health and safety of every camper is our first priority. UW-Green Bay Summer Camps is licensed by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services for Camps and Recreational Programs. Residential campers are supervised after instructional hours by trained camp staff and professional medical staff who are on duty around the clock. With a student/ staff ratio of no more than 10:1, students enjoy professional instruction during the day from experts in the field and participate in an array of supervised fun evening activities. Camps at a Glance Match your interests and your dreams with the camp that is right for you. See more than one camp experience that you like? Register for multiple camps that fit your interests and your schedule! Scholarships available! The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction offers scholarship assistance for non-athletic camps. Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to eligibility based on financial need. Application forms are available at. REQUIREMENTS JUNE CAMPS Life s a Lab Medical Camp June Video Game Programming 1 June Aviation Academy June 15 Junior Achievement Diversity Leadership Institute Middle School Art Camp High School Art Camp June Camp Lloyd June JULY CAMPS Video Game Programming 1 July 8-11 Middle School Music Camp July 8-13 High School Music Camp July Robotics and STEM July July Rock Academy July Video Game Programming 2 July Wisconsin resident Qualify for free or reduced lunch * GPA is calculated based on core academic subjects: English, math, science, social studies, reading and foreign language. Grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher*

entering grades 10-12 Discover a life in medicine!

threeday camp for high school students interested in pursuing

Campers will be immersed in a college laboratory setting where

dissections and investigate physiological concepts using

Prepare to interact with the Eagle III Life Flight crew and

Campers will experience on-site tours of local state-of-the-art

professions, such as oncology, sports medicine, physical

PROGRAMMING Video Game Programming 1 June 10-13 July 8-11 For

22-27 For programmers entering grades 8-12 Take gaming to a new

Team up with Ben Geisler, UW-Green Bay Computer Science Lecturer

multiple hit video games such as Batman Arkham Origins, Quake 4

3 Life s a lab! MEDICAL CAMP June For tomorrow s medical professionals entering grades Discover a life in medicine! UW-Green Bay and Bellin College have joined forces to deliver a threeday camp for high school students interested in pursuing careers in the health sciences. Campers will be immersed in a college laboratory setting where they will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on anatomical dissections and investigate physiological concepts using LabScribe/ iworx computer software. Prepare to interact with the Eagle III Life Flight crew and witness an open heart surgery! Campers will experience on-site tours of local state-of-the-art medical facilities to observe and encounter an array of health professions, such as oncology, sports medicine, physical therapy, radiology, nursing, surgery, mortuary science, emergency medicine and more! Offered in partnership with Bellin College VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMING Video Game Programming 1 June July 8-11 For programmers entering grades 8-12 Video Game Programming 2 July For programmers entering grades 8-12 Take gaming to a new level! Team up with Ben Geisler, UW-Green Bay Computer Science Lecturer and professional video game programmer, who helped created multiple hit video games such as Batman Arkham Origins, Quake 4 and Jedi Knight Academy. Programming 1 is designed for entry-level programmers while Programming 2 is for more advanced programmers and those who have already completed Programming 1. Each camper will develop their own games, using ideas and skills they have learned during camp. If you love gaming and are interested in the video game industry, this camp is for you!

AVIATION STUDENT TRAINING EXPERIENCE June 15 Participants will

aircraft flies, the training needed to become a pilot and about

Facility tours will include the Green Bay control tower and

Straubel International Airport, within the Tailwind Flight

* Each participant will also have the opportunity to take a

no tours are guaranteed until the day of the event.

Entrepreneurship/Career Exploration For young entrepreneurs

limits to new heights! JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT Explore your future!

excitement of taking your innovative idea to market as a young

This week-long adventure combines Junior Achievement s

4 AVIATION STUDENT TRAINING EXPERIENCE June 15 Participants will learn about the basic aerodynamic principles involved in how an aircraft flies, the training needed to become a pilot and about career opportunities in aviation. Facility tours will include the Green Bay control tower and radar center, corporate jet facilities, CAVU Flight Academy and the National Weather Service. This training experience will take place at Green Bay s Austin Straubel International Airport, within the Tailwind Flight Center.* Each participant will also have the opportunity to take a Discovery Flight in a training aircraft with a FAA Certified Flight Instructor. *Austin Straubel International Airport is a working airport and no tours are guaranteed until the day of the event. All tours are provided on a contingency basis. Entrepreneurship/Career Exploration For young entrepreneurs entering grades 8-12 For aspiring aviators ages Push your limits to new heights! JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT Explore your future! Offered in partnership with CAVU Aviation, Inc. Develop skills. Make friends. Have fun! Let your imagination soar as you discover the challenges and excitement of taking your innovative idea to market as a young entrepreneur. This week-long adventure combines Junior Achievement s entrepreneurship program with an opportunity to experiment in and explore various career fields, including cyber-security, robotics and nursing. Hands-on career activities will be led by UW-Green Bay faculty. The week culminates with a presentation of your innovation and business plan to a panel of local business and community leaders. Offered in partnership with Junior Achievement

DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE For students

require courageous and competent leaders who

skills, tools and strategies for addressing

diversity, power, privilege, leadership and

entering grades 6-9 High School Art Camp June

art instructors who have made art their life s

technique and fun with specialty areas of

off with the final exhibition in UW-Green Bay

5 DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE For students entering grades 9-12 One week of your life will change the rest of your life. Our schools, workplaces and community spaces require courageous and competent leaders who are equipped with the skills of understanding, respecting others and connection. All activities and programming are designed to focus on mind, body and spirit. Participants will be provided with practical skills, tools and strategies for addressing complex and challenging issues related to diversity, power, privilege, leadership and more. CELL PHONE FR E E F U N AN D LE AR N IN G Let your creativity shine! ART CAMPS Middle School Art Camp For artists entering grades 6-9 High School Art Camp June For artists entering grades 8-12 Create a summer to remember! Join other young artists and world-renowned art instructors who have made art their life s work. This week-long camp intertwines skill, technique and fun with specialty areas of acrylic painting, photography, computer animation, watercolor, fashion design, graffiti, drawing or ceramics and is capped off with the final exhibition in UW-Green Bay s Lawton Art Gallery. Whether you are just beginning to hone your artistic skills, or you ve got several years of experience, you will be right at home at UW-Green Bay.

New summer, new friends, new hope! CAMP LLOYD Be dynamic. Be you!

entering grades 6-9 June 24-29 High School Music Camp July 15-20 Children ages 7-14 A grief camp

Band, orchestra, choir or piano for musicians entering grades 9-12 A tradition of music!

one, realize their feelings are normal and find support from each other.

music and have fun on a campus that has long-prided itself on its strong music program.

6 New summer, new friends, new hope! CAMP LLOYD Be dynamic. Be you! MUSIC CAMPS Middle School Music Camp July 8-13 Band, orchestra, choir or piano for musicians entering grades 6-9 June High School Music Camp July Children ages 7-14 A grief camp for kids who have lost a loved one. Band, orchestra, choir or piano for musicians entering grades 9-12 A tradition of music! Camp Lloyd, a week-long day camp, is filled with fun activities such as arts and crafts, music, games, swimming and hiking. It is also a time for campers to explore their own experiences of grief over the loss of a loved one, realize their feelings are normal and find support from each other. The Camp Lloyd staff consists of faculty and trained student interns from UW-Green Bay and professional grief counselors UW-Green Bay s Music Camps have worked with generations of young musicians to teach, make music and have fun on a campus that has long-prided itself on its strong music program. The Middle School Camp provides an opportunity to participate in X-Band, our beginners band, or the upper-level Middle School Band. The camp is structured for newer musicians with a focus on learning techniques, musicality and having fun in the process! The High School Camp focuses on developing each individual musician in order to contribute to the larger group. Sectional rehearsals are much more advanced. In both camps, rehearsals make up the majority of the instructional day. Master classes give students intensive instruction on their instruments or voice. Campers can personalize their schedules by selecting from a wide array of activity classes. The camp culminates in a Friday evening performance in UW-Green Bay s iconic Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.

Building tomorrow! This summer is gonna rock!

Engineering and Math) July 15-18 July 22-25 For tomorrow s

team up and be provided with a computer and LEGO Mindstorm

Teams will complete missions, requiring them to build a

campers will participate in a field trip to a Green Bay area

July 22-26 For musicians entering grades 8-12 Rock on.

music educators and Grammy-nominated artists in the business

You will establish key skills necessary to becoming not just

7 Building tomorrow! This summer is gonna rock!!! ROBOTICS AND STEM ROCK ACADEMY (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) July July For tomorrow s engineers entering grades 6-9 The future doesn t just happen. Someone builds it! Join us for an intense, hands-on, interactive camp for tomorrow s engineers and roboticists! Campers of similar programming experience and knowledge will team up and be provided with a computer and LEGO Mindstorm NXT kit. Teams will complete missions, requiring them to build a robot and develop programming to allow their robot to navigate real-world challenges. To further connect this camp to real life application, campers will participate in a field trip to a Green Bay area business using robotic technology in their business practice. July For musicians entering grades 8-12 Rock on. UW-Green Bay s Rock Academy was created to inspire the full band experience. Campers will work directly with some of the top-performers, music educators and Grammy-nominated artists in the business today. You will establish key skills necessary to becoming not just a better player, but developing a more in-depth understanding of what it takes to be a performer, songwriter and improviser. In addition to putting together a rock concert at the end of the week, each student will work with faculty to write and arrange two to three songs to perform at the final concert. At Rock Academy, you not only learn you rock!

General Information A TYPICAL CAMP DAY 7:30 a.m. Breakfast for Resident Campers 8 a.m. Instructional Period 12 p.m. Lunch 1 p.m. Instructional Period 4 p.m. Day Ends for Commuter Campers Activity for Resident Campers 5 p.

8 General Information A TYPICAL CAMP DAY 7:30 a.m. Breakfast for Resident Campers 8 a.m. Instructional Period 12 p.m. Lunch 1 p.m. Instructional Period 4 p.m. Day Ends for Commuter Campers Activity for Resident Campers 5 p.m. Dinner for Resident Campers 6 p.m. Evening Activities for Resident Campers 10:30 p.m. Lights out for Resident Campers Resident Housing LOCATION AND FACILITIES UW-Green Bay s beautiful 700-square acre campus, nestled on Lake Michigan s Bay of Green Bay, is a perfect setting for summer camps. In addition to the camps themselves, UW-Green Bay features campus attractions such as Frisbee golf, a nine-hole golf course, the Phoenix Club and fitness and swimming facilities. Camp classes meet in University classrooms, studios and professional performing and rehearsal spaces. All buildings are air-conditioned (except residence halls.) UW-Green Bay s residence hall rooms comfortably sleep two campers, each with a private bathroom, and are located only a short five-minute walk from classroom facilities. Campers are assigned a roommate of the same gender and age. We do our best to honor roommate requests! Special evening activities are planned for campers who choose to live on-campus. These events may include a dance, talent shows, faculty jam sessions, field trips and game nights in our University Union, swimming at the Kress Events Center or outings to recreational areas in the Green Bay area. A team of highly-trained overnight camp staff supervises students in UW-Green Bay s comfortable residence halls. Commuter Campers Campers who choose to commute each day must provide their own transportation to and from campus. Camp instructional sessions begin at 8 a.m. The camp day will end for commuters at 4 p.m. Meal Plans Breakfast is provided each morning for resident campers with lunch being included in the camp fee for all campers. Dinner is also available for resident campers. All meals feature an all-you-can-eat meal plan with two entrée choices, fresh vegetables, salad, fruits, beverages and desserts. Scholarships Up to half of our campers attend camp on scholarship or other financial assistance. Check with teachers and parent organizations to see if your school offers scholarship assistance and to see if you qualify. Many community civic organizations, local businesses and area clubs often provide assistance to students, as well. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction offers scholarship assistance for non-athletic camps. Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to eligibility based on financial need. Application forms are available at. Health Services and Insurance The UW-Green Bay Counseling and Health Center is available to students 8:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Limited coverage accident insurance through the University of Wisconsin is provided for all campers. The limited policy covers injuries relating to camp accidents only. It is understood that medical costs in excess of camp insurance will be borne by parents or guardians. Camper Fees Resident camper fees include professional instruction, room and meals, camp t-shirt, counselor supervision and evening activity transportation. Commuter camper fees include professional instruction, lunch and camp t-shirt. Fee amounts will vary from camp to camp. Visit us online at for a full listing of fees by camp. Each camper will be required to pay a nonrefundable deposit of $100 per camp. Cancellation Policy In the event a camper must cancel, the Summer Camps Office should be notified no later than one month before the start date of the camp session in order to receive a full refund, less the non-refundable deposit of $100. Requests received after that date will not receive a refund. No refunds will be made for withdrawal due to homesickness, sending a camper home for disciplinary reasons or at any point after the camp has started. In the event that a camper requests to switch camp sessions, an additional $25 processing fee will be applied. UW-Green Bay reserves the right to cancel any camp due to low enrollment or for any other cause. In such case, all fees paid will be refunded or the camper can choose to apply fees to a different camp or class in the same year. In the event that we cancel a program, the $25 processing fee to switch camp sessions and the non-refundable deposit of $100 will not be charged. Overpayments of less than $10 will not be refunded.

9 A summer you will never forget! 2018 SUMMER CAMPS Summer Camps 2474 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI

Summer Camps A summer you will never forget! Offering overnight and commuter camps for middle and high school students.

Summer Camps A summer you will never forget! Offering overnight and commuter camps for middle and high school students. Summer Camps 2019 A summer you will never forget! Offering overnight and commuter camps for middle and high school students. UW-Green Bay s commitment to you The health and safety of every camper is our