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LUBBOCK, TX (NEWS RELEASE) — Several Texas Tech University departments are hosting summer camps for youth and the community starting this month. These camps range from art programs to college preparatory courses and allow students the opportunity to experience college life by living on campus or commuting daily. Students from throughout the state as well as internationally will attend.
Texas Tech summer camps:
Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement:
- Upward Bound
- May 31-July 3: Bridge Residential Program
- June 2-26: Non-Bridge Discover Outreach Program
- June 2-30: Summer Non-Bridge Program
- June 14-26: Non-Bridge Residential Collaboration with Medical School (JAMP). Upward Bound partnered with Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine.
- For more information contact Sylvia Gonzales, associate director, Upward Bound, at (806) 742-3616 or sylvia.gonzales@ttu.edu.
The Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners (IDEAL):
- June 7-11: Science: It’s a Girl Thing I (Residential)
- June 14-18: Science: It’s a Girl Thing I (Residential)
- June 14-19: Video Game Design Camp (Residential)
- June 28-July 3: Run on the Wind (Residential)
- July 5-10: Generation Tech (Residential)
- July 12-19: Shake Hands with Your Future I (Residential)
- Shake Hands with Your Future Brazil I (invitation only and residential).
- July 19-July 23: Shake Hands with your Future II (Residential)
- Shake Hands with your Future Brazil II (invitation only and residential).
- July 26-30: IDEA Summer Camp (Residential)
- For more information contact Isaac Flores, assistant director for IDEAL, at (806) 742-2420 or ike.flores@ttu.edu
Office of Community Engagement
- June 21-26: RaiderLife (Residential)
- Aug. 8: Back to School Fiesta
- For more information contact MariCruz Samarripas at maricruz.samarripas@ttu.edu.
Texas Tech Chess:
- July 13-17: Summer Chess Camp I. Early bird pricing lasts until June 15. Registration available on site from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on July 13.
- Aug. 17-21: Summer Chess Camp II. Early bird pricing available through July 17. On-site registration available from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Aug. 17.
- For more information contact Peggy Flores, unit coordinator, Texas Tech Chess, at peggy.flores@ttu.edu.
Texas Tech UIL:
- July 5-11: Summer Congress, Speech & Debate Camps (Residential or Commuter). Registration closes June 15. For more information contact Lynn Elms or Billie Gonzalez at (806) 742-2350.
- July 5-18: Summer Theatre & Technical Camps (Residential or Commuter). For more information contact Karen Ray at (806) 742-2350.
- July 14-18: Summer Math & Science Camp (Residential or Commuter). For more information contact Jack Barton or Billie Gonzalez at (806) 742-2350.
- July 15-18: Summer Journalism Camp (Residential or Commuter). For more information contact Billie Gonzalez at (806) 742-2350.
Museum of Texas Tech University:
- June 9-11: Tie Dye. Ages 11-14
- June 9-12: Teen Drawing. Ages 13-18
- June 16-18: Antarctica. Ages 4-6
- June 16-18: Wizard Camp. Ages 11-14
- June 23-25: Terrariums. Ages 7-10
- June 23-26: Adult Drawing. Ages 18 and older
- July 7-9: Arts & Crafts. Ages 4-6
- July 7-9: Wizard Camp. Ages 7-10
- July 14-16: Tie Dye. Ages 11-14
- July 14-17: Teen Drawing. Ages 13-18
- July 21-23: Antarctica. Ages 4-6
- July 21-23: Wizard Camp. Ages 11-14
- July 21-24: Weather. Ages 11-14
- July 28-30: Terrariums. Ages 7-10
- To register for the camps, call (806) 742-2432, email museum.education@ttu.edu or stop by the museum. For more information on the camps, visit the Texas Tech Today website or the Museum of Texas Tech website.
College of Human Sciences:
- June 22-26: Chef Camp hosted by the Department of Hospitality and Retail Management (Residential)
- June 22-26: Glue, Glitter and Glamour Fashion Camp hosted by the Department of Hospitality and Retail Management (Residential)
- June 22-26: Tau Rho Mu Fashion Camp hosted by the Department of Hospitality and Retail Management (Residential)
- For more information on the College of Human Sciences summer programs, click here or call (806) 742-2390 for Chef Camp and (806) 742-2810 for Fashion Camp.
National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) and the International Cultural Center (ICC):
- All programs hosted from July 13-17 and can be registered for on the National Ranching Heritage Center website. Course descriptions can be found online.
- Courses Hosted at the NRHC
- Grades K-2: Wildlife on the Ranch, Plants, Seeds & Me, Pioneer Living and Texas Time Travel
- Grades 3-5: Leatherworking, Western Movie Making, Ranch Drawing and Painting and Water Wranglers
- Courses hosted at the ICC
- Grades K-2: Culture through Art, Music around the World and Oh, the Places You’ll Go…
- Grades 3-5: Let’s Talk! Communication through the Ages, Ellis Island: An Immigrant Experience, Worldly Wonders, They Live in a What?, Culture through Art, Music Around the World and Ellis Island: An Immigrant Experience
- For more information visit the Texas Tech Today website, or contact Julie Hodges at julie.hodges@ttu.edu.
Texas Tech ISD:
- TTUISD and Shake Hands with your Future Summer Camps
- July 5-18 and July 19-Aug. 2 (Residential). Full-time TTUISD students from Brazil will participate.
- For more information, contact Jared Lay, director of recruitment and camps at TTUISD, at jared.lay@ttu.edu.
Whitacre College of Engineering:
- June 14-19: Engineering: Get into Real Learning (Residential)
- The college also will help host Shake Hands with the Future, Science: It’s a Girl Thing, Run on the Wind, Video Game Design and Summer Math Academy.
- For more information call (806) 742-3451.
STEM Center for Outreach, Research & Education (STEM-CORE):
- June 1-11: Summer Math Academy hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and STEM-CORE
- June 8-12: TTU/LISD Middle School STEM Challenge hosted by STEM-CORE and Lubbock Independent School District at Byron Martin
Advanced Technology Center:
- July 17-Aug. 1: iSTEM hosted by STEM-CORE in partnership with the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (Residential).
- For more information contact Jessica Spott, senior project administrator for STEM Outreach, at (806) 834-3163 or jessica.spott@ttu.edu.
College of Education:
- June 8-26 and July 13-31: East Lubbock Promise Neighborhood (ELPN) Book Bus summer program to promote literacy in East Lubbock. The bus will be at eight East Lubbock locations.
- For more information contact Janie Ramirez, outreach programs administrator, at janie.ramirez@ttu.edu.
Burkhart Center for Autism Education & Research:
- Camp Burkhart
- June 8-12: Elementary Camp Burkhart
- June 22-26: Middle School Camp Burkhart. Registration closes June 19.
- July 6-10: High School Camp Burkhart. Registration closes July 3.
- For more information contact Susan Voland at (806) 834-1331 or susan.voland@ttu.edu.
College of Arts & Sciences:
- Department of Mathematics & Statistics
- June 2-July 17: TexPrep. Students commute to the university for the duration of the program.
- For more information contact Jim Brown, TexPREP assistant director, at (806) 834-6205 or james.f.brown@ttu.edu.
- Department of Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences
- June 8-11: Camp Champion
- June 15: South Plains Food Bank Orchard
- June 16: South Plains Food Bank Farm
- For more information contact Jeff Key, instructor, Department of Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences, at jeff.key@ttu.edu.
College of Visual & Performing Arts:
- School of Music
- June 14-19: Texas Tech Mariachi Camp (Residential or Commuter)
- June 14-20: Texas Tech Tango Camp (Residential or Commuter)
- June 23-27: All-State Choir Camp (Residential or Commuter) Registration deadline for those wanting to reside on campus: Monday (June 8) Registration for those wanting to commute: June 19
- July 5-11: Band and Orchestra Camp (Residential) Registration deadline is Tuesday (June 9)
- For more information contact the School of Music at (806) 742-2225.
School of Art:
- Summer Discovery Art Program
- June 15-19: Program for middle school students
- June 22-26: Program for high school students (Residential)
- For more information contact the School of Art at (806) 742-3826.
- June 14-20: Texas Tech Summer College Experience (Residential)
- For more information contact Katie Langford at katie.langford@ttu.edu.
(News release from Texas Tech University)