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COMPUTERS

Computer Camp: Web Design
Grades 4 – 6
Grades 7 – 11

Harness your creative power, boost your technical expertise, and learn the basics of Web design while using industry standard tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks. Students will plan, build, and organize their own Web sites, working with all aspects of Web design and production from start to finish and creating exciting, engaging, and fully functional Web sites. Students will learn how to create a collage and a banner for use on a Web site, Flash-action scripts, Flash movies, and photo, bevel, and transparent text. Each student must bring in their own flash drive to take their Web site home at the end of the course.

Enrollment limited to 20 students.

Grades 4 – 6

Code: AYUCC
Dates: June 16 – 27, Mon – Fri (Session 1)
Times: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: UA University Services Building, 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 310
Cost: $325 per two-week session / $8.13 per hour

Grades 7 – 11

Code: AYUCOMP
Dates: June 2 – 13, Mon – Fri (Session 1)
June 16 – 27, Mon – Fri (Session 2) – This camp is currently FULL. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please call 621-UofA.
Times: 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Location: UA University Services Building, 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 310
Cost: $325 per two-week session / $8.13 per hour

Instructor:

Jean Discorfano has been an employee of The University of Arizona for 15 years, teaching several computer classes for the campus community. She has been a computer instructor for six years and has worked with AYU’s summer camp program for the last five years. She currently teaches computer classes for OASIS and has designed many Web sites utilizing the software programs she will be teaching.

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MUSIC & THE ARTS

Calling All Young Writers: Higher Learning, Higher Writing
Grades 4 – 6

Have you ever wondered what is going on in all of those big brick buildings on The University of Arizona campus? Come and find out when you take part in this special Arizona Youth University writing camp! Join us as we visit throughout the UA campus, meeting interesting people and seeing the sights. You will become a part of the university community by writing stories, essays, and reports about your campus experiences. Learn skills that will improve the organization, specificity, and clarity of your writing. This is an exciting two weeks!

Enrollment limited to 20 students.

Code: AYUWSU1
Dates: June 2 – 13, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Location: UA University Services Bldg., 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 301E
Cost: $325 per two-week session / $9.30 per hour

Instructor:

Shelley Hawthorne Smith has published work in several journals and magazines. She holds her M.F.A. in Creative Writing and has 10 years of teaching experience. Smith is currently pursuing a doctorate degree in Rhetoric, Composition, and Teaching of English at The University of Arizona.

English & Writing: The College Writer
Grades 7 – 9

So many people are doing so many interesting things at The University of Arizona. Come learn about these individuals and their activities at this Arizona Youth University writing camp! You will have the opportunity to explore different places and get to know different people at the UA. Most importantly, you will learn the skills of a college writer by writing about your experiences on the university campus. Through working on stories and essays, you will hone the writing skills that are so necessary for all college-bound students. You’ll be amazed at how much you will learn in just two weeks!

Enrollment limited to 20 students.

Code: AYUWRIT
Dates: June 2 – 13, Mon – Fri
Times: 12:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: UA University Services Bldg., 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 301E
Cost: $325 per two-week session / $9.30 per hour

Instructor:

Shelley Hawthorne Smith has published work in several journals and magazines. She holds her M.F.A. in Creative Writing and has 10 years of teaching experience. Smith is currently pursuing a doctorate degree in Rhetoric, Composition, and Teaching of English at The University of Arizona.

Improv with the Wildcats Camp!
Grades 7 – 8

The University of Arizona School of Theatre Arts is pleased to announce the third annual improvisational camp. Learn how to make it up as you go along, using improvisation formats that encourage creativity, teamwork, scene creation, and a focus on improvisation fundamentals. Led by theater education and outreach students, campers will learn to go with their impulses, instincts, and imaginations while creating scenes and characters that express emotions ranging from comic to serious! Students will also enjoy several field trips around the UA campus throughout this one-week camp. The camp will culminate on the final Friday afternoon with an informal studio performance for friends and family.

Enrollment limited to 25 students.

Code: AYUIMPRO
Dates: June 23 – 27, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: UA Drama Building, 1025 N. Olive Rd., Room 116
Cost: $280 per one-week session / $7.00 per hour

Under the supervision of:

Dr. Laura McCammon, Associate Professor, School of Theatre Arts, Teacher Certification Program Coordinator.

Laura McCammon is the co-coordinator and advisor for the B.F.A. in Theatre Arts Education, Teacher Certification option, at The University of Arizona. For 15 years she was a successful high school speech and drama teacher in Maryville, Tennessee. She has presented papers and workshops at drama education conferences internationally, served as editor of Youth Theatre Journal, and has been awarded the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) Research Award three times. She is co-editor of a secondary-school drama methods text, Learning to Teach Drama: A Case Narrative Approach with Joe Norris and Carole Miller. In 2006, she published International Mosaic of Drama and Theatre: The IDEA 2004 Dialogues, co-edited with Debra McLauchlan. Currently, she is engaged in a four-year multinational exploration on the nature of creativity and its relationship to drama/ theatre teaching and learning.

UA Student Leader Instructors:

Jordan Parsons is a first year graduate student in Theatre Education and Outreach from Traverse City, Michigan. His most recent work includes directing The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh and working as educational dramaturge for Sideways Stories from Wayside School.

Dana Pittman is a senior in the Theatre Arts Education program at The University of Arizona. She is originally from Peoria, Arizona, graduating from Peoria High School in 2004. Dana has been involved in theatre for years, both onstage and backstage. She is also actively involved with the Associated Students of The University of Arizona (ASUA).

Wildcat Drama Camp
Grades 7 – 8

The School of Theatre Arts is pleased to announce the fifth annual Wildcat Drama Camp for junior high school students. During this camp students will learn games, improvisation activities, and acting skills that they will apply to their own show. Led by theatre education and outreach students, participants will work on creating original scenes and characters. The camp will culminate on the final Friday afternoon with an informal works-in-progress studio performance for friends and family.

Enrollment limited to 25 students.

 

Code: AYUTHEA
Dates: June 9 – 20, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: UA Drama Building, 1025 N. Olive Rd., Room 114
Cost: $360 per two-week session / $4.50 per hour

Under the supervision of:

Dr. Laura McCammon, Associate Professor, School of Theatre Arts, Teacher Certification Program Coordinator.

Laura McCammon is the co-coordinator and advisor for the B.F.A. in Theatre Arts Education, Teacher Certification option, at The University of Arizona. For 15 years she was a successful high school speech and drama teacher in Maryville, Tennessee. She has presented papers and workshops at drama education conferences internationally, served as editor of Youth Theatre Journal, and has been awarded the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) Research Award three times. She is co-editor of a secondary-school drama methods text, Learning to Teach Drama: A Case Narrative Approach with Joe Norris and Carole Miller. In 2006, she published International Mosaic of Drama and Theatre: The IDEA 2004 Dialogues, co-edited with Debra McLauchlan. Currently, she is engaged in a four-year multinational exploration on the nature of creativity and its relationship to drama/ theatre teaching and learning.

UA Student Leader Instructors:

Jordan Parsons is a first year graduate student in Theatre Education and Outreach from Traverse City, Michigan. His most recent work includes directing The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh and working as educational dramaturge for Sideways Stories from Wayside School.

Christina Culligan is a senior at The University of Arizona seeking a B.F.A. in both Theatre Education and Art Education. She has taught classes in theater, art, dance, English, and music for various age groups. She looks forward to working with young people at the Wildcat Drama Camp this summer!

Wildcat Junior Drama Camp
Grades 4 – 6

The University of Arizona’s School of Theatre Arts is pleased to announce a drama camp especially for upper elementary students! Led by UA Theatre Education students, campers will explore their imaginations and creativity by participating in fun theatre exercises and developing their very own scenes and characters. Basic theatrical and performance skills will be emphasized throughout this process, all while having fun at the very same time! Students’ work will be showcased in an informal studio performance for friends and family on the final Friday afternoon of camp.

Enrollment limited to 25 students.

Code: AYUDRAMA
Dates: June 23 – 27, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: UA Drama Building, 1025 N. Olive Rd., Room 114
Cost: $280 per one-week session / $7 per hour

Under the supervision of:

Dr. Laura McCammon, Associate Professor, School of Theatre Arts, Teacher Certification Program Coordinator.

Laura McCammon is the co-coordinator and advisor for the B.F.A. in Theatre Arts Education, Teacher Certification option, at The University of Arizona. For 15 years she was a successful high school speech and drama teacher in Maryville, Tennessee. She has presented papers and workshops at drama education conferences internationally, served as editor of Youth Theatre Journal, and has been awarded the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) Research Award three times. She is co-editor of a secondary-school drama methods text, Learning to Teach Drama: A Case Narrative Approach with Joe Norris and Carole Miller. In 2006, she published International Mosaic of Drama and Theatre: The IDEA 2004 Dialogues, co-edited with Debra McLauchlan. Currently, she is engaged in a four-year multinational exploration on the nature of creativity and its relationship to drama/ theatre teaching and learning.

UA Student Leader Instructors:

Steven Higginbotham hails from Cleveland, Ohio, although he now calls Tucson home. In the performing arts, Steven has worked extensively as an actor, singer, dancer, model, director, choreographer, writer, teacher, and designer. He has performed in all corners of the world, from Malaysia to Maine with quite varied credits under his belt, ranging from spinning lariats as Will Rogers in The Will Rogers Follies to training parrots in the Outback Adventure Show at the Cleveland MetroParks Zoo! He even played our favorite big yellow bird in the national and international tours of Sesame Street Live! Currently, he is pursuing his B.F.A. in Theatre Education at The University of Arizona.

Additional Instructor: TBA

Photojournalism Camp
Grades 7 – 11

Working on a school yearbook or newspaper? Interested in becoming a photojournalist or maybe just in taking better pictures? Here’s your chance! Using your camera, you will learn to visually tell a story by gathering information (who, what, why, where, and when), edit/refine that information to the most important points, and then present that information to readers/viewers in an interesting way.

In addition to making compelling, story-telling photographs, class members will participate in critiques and discussions, making suggestions that generate ideas and alternatives. The basics of lighting, focus, and composition will be demonstrated using students’ cameras as they shoot specific assignments and pursue specific themes. Basic lessons in image downloading and editing with a computer will produce a short picture story presentation that students can take home.

Each student must bring in his or her own digital camera, a computer connector cable, an instruction booklet, and a flash drive, which will be used so that final presentations can be taken home.

Enrollment limited to 20 students.

Code: AYUPHOTO
Dates: June 2 – 6, Mon – Fri (Session 1)
June 9 – 13, Mon – Fri (Session 2)
Times: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: UA University Services Building, 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 310
Cost: $325 per one-week session / $16.25 per hour

Instructors:

Gary Gaynor retired from the Tucson Citizen in 2007 after working for 39 years as a photojournalist. Nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize, his photography and writing told stories from every corner of the Tucson community. Beginning his career with a 4 X 5 film camera, he transitioned into the computer and digital age and became proficient using video cameras. Raised in Tucson, he graduated from Catalina High School and attended The University of Arizona while working the night shift at the Citizen. He and his wife Cinda have five children and currently live in rural St. David.

Jean Discorfano (Assistant) has been an employee of The University of Arizona for 15 years, teaching several computer classes for the campus community. She has been a computer instructor for six years and has worked with AYU’s summer camp program for the last five years. She currently teaches computer classes for OASIS and has designed many Web sites.

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SCIENCES

Astronomy Camp
Grades 7 – 10

Offered in conjunction with the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO), this program offers an exciting chance to learn about astronomy through fun hands-on activities, including the opportunity to learn more about Mars! Join us for a dynamic and informative week that includes five half days on the UA campus and an added bonus of participating in a night-viewing field trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory (weather permitting). Parents and guardians need to accompany their children on the night field trip to Kitt Peak. (An additional charge of $35/parent will be assessed by Kitt Peak to cover the cost of night-viewing instruction and dinner.) More information about the night-viewing program will be given in class by the instructor.

Enrollment limited to 25 students.

Code: AYUASTR
Dates: June 2 – 6, Mon – Fri
Times: 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
The Friday class runs from 12:30 p.m. until the return from the Kitt Peak night-viewing program (approximately 11:00 p.m.) WEATHER PERMITTING
Location: UA Flandrau Science Center, 1601 E. University Blvd., Mezzanine
Cost: $260 per one-week session / $9.60 per hour

Instructor:

Robert Wilson earned a B.A. from National University in California, and received a master’s degree from California State University. He is currently NOAO’s program coordinator for public outreach. As an ASTRO partner, Wilson visits local schools and helps students understand more about the universe and science by engaging them in hands-on, inquiry-based activities that let them experience what scientists do. Wilson is a member of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association, which fosters public awareness of astronomy and advances astronomy education.

Consultant:

Connie Walker is a senior science education specialist and an astronomer at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) in Tucson. Locally, she is responsible for creating, coordinating, preparing, and implementing programs and workshops that train K – 12 teachers and community educators by partnering them with professional and amateur astronomers to involve students and their families in hands-on, inquiry-based astronomy and science activities. Her astronomical research interests include studying star formation in galaxies at different ages of the universe.

 
 
CSI Science Investigation Camp
Grades 7 – 8

Did you know that medical research can be a fascinating investigation into what caused the crime? Be part of an elite team of medical-evidence experts who investigate their cases in the Arizona Cancer Center. At CSI Science Camp you will be part of an investigation team that seeks out where germs hide, discovers what damage the environment causes to living cells, and learns how to uncover other clues in medical science. In a series of fun, hands-on, laboratory-based activities, you will learn how these clues can be used to improve patient care or to develop guidelines for good health. Each student will receive a lab coat and a special CSI kit to use in research investigation.

Enrollment limited to 15 students.

This camp is currently FULL. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please call 621-UofA.

Code: AYUCSI
Dates: July 7 – 11, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: UA Cancer Center, 1515 N. Campbell Ave., Room TBA
Cost: $425 per one-week session / $10 per hour

Instructors:

Elizabeth Jacobs, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Arizona Cancer Center. Her research interests include environmental and genetic risk factors for cancer. This is her third year as an instructor and organizer in the Science CSI camp.

Tamara Burkhead is a senior research specialist at the Arizona Cancer Center with 20 years of clinical research experience. She received her bachelor’s degree from The University of Arizona and is a registered pulmonary function technologist and respiratory therapist. She has coordinated numerous community outreach programs and teaches a clinical research coordination class at Pima Community College.

Faculty, staff, and graduate students in the field of basic science and teaching will also be part of the teaching staff.

Environmental Science Research Camp
Grades 8 – 11

Help protect the environment by joining our team of young ecoresearchers! As part of a continuing Arizona Youth University research project, you will work both in the lab and in the field of the Catalina Mountains, helping to monitor the Coronado Forest’s recovery from the devastating Aspen fire of 2003. Each student will train with state-of-the-art Global Positioning System (GPS) tools, learn computer mapping with the U.S. Forest Service’s digital archive, and gain hands-on experience gathering and analyzing environmental data. The camp includes a day of training, three days in the mountains collecting fire recovery data, and one day of final data analysis. This is not just a summer camp exercise: at the end of the course, students will present their data to U.S. Forest Service officials, who will use the results to help them decide how to protect and manage our nation’s forests. This is a singular chance to have fun, learn new skills, get your hands dirty, and make an environmental difference for the future. This camp is taught in cooperation with the UA Department of Geography and Regional Development.

Enrollment is limited to 25 students.

Code: AYUECO
Dates: June 9 – 13, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: UA Harvill Building, 1103 E. 2nd St., Room 402
Cost: $450 per one-week session / $11.25 per hour

Instructors:

John Baldridge earned his master’s degree from Colorado State University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Geography. He is an avid sailor, hiker, canoer, has been a SCUBA instructor since 1999, and believes in the power of hands-on, experience-based education, especially in outdoor environments. He has taught laboratory sections of computer cartography at the UA since the fall of 2006.

Morgan Apicella (Assistant) is a junior in the Geography Department at The University of Arizona. He is an experienced hiker, rock climber, and mountain biker. He has been a classroom teacher at a charter school, a counselor at an outdoor adventure camp, and is presently teaching cooking classes to kids at a local school and guiding mountain bike tours in Sonora and Chihuahua. He believes that getting people outside of their everyday experience can tap into realms of personal potential.

Engineering Robotics Camp
Grades 6 – 8

Explore sensor and sound options while working on your own robotics project! Lectures will introduce the concept of speed using gears, belts, pulleys, ramp angles, and forces, while the team challenge will be to design a car/robot that can climb a ramp at the largest calculated angle. Students will have hands-on experience testing and using the concepts they learn in science and math classes by using e-Blocks. By creating a set of basic intuitive building blocks students can implement a variety of systems without having any special programming or electronics knowledge. Students will build and program remote-control cars that will be tested for speed and stability on an obstacle course, and will write up their reflections in journals and group notes on the final project. Following final presentations, awards will be given for creativity and best overall design. The week-long program uses Lego-Mindstorm Robotics Kits.

Code: AYUROB
Dates: June 2 – 6, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: UA Old Engineering Building, 1209 E. Second St., Room 214
Cost: $350 per one-week session / $9.33 per hour

Director:

Dr. Ray Umashankar, Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, is the director of Robotics Camp.

Instructors:

UA College of Engineering faculty, practicing engineers, and graduate and undergraduate students.

Optical Sciences Camp
Grades 9 – 12

Do you like science and math? Do you like high-tech gadgets? Then the Optical Sciences Camp is for you! You will learn all about optics – the science and technology of light. Optics isn’t just telescopes and microscopes any more, but an integral part of the technology that enables you to view DVDs, take a picture with your cell phone, drive at night, save and share information on CDs, enjoy great special effects in movies, create virtual realities, and much more.

Optical Sciences campers will learn the properties of lasers and laser applications such as transmitting music through a laser beam, learn about the many sources of light and their properties, view the world through an optical lens, view images inside the human body, and more.

The camp will provide students with a basic knowledge of optics and allow them to interact with internationally renowned professors in the UA College of Optical Sciences. This course is offered in conjunction with the UA College of Optical Sciences.

Note: The above camp description includes the information that is available at the time of publication. Please be aware that activities and discussion topics may change slightly.

Enrollment limited to 20 students.

Code: AYUOPTIC
Dates: June 9 – 13, Mon – Fri
Times: 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Location: UA College of Optical Sciences, Meinel Building, 1630 E. University Blvd., Room 821
Cost: $340 per one-week session / $17.00 per hour

Instructors:

Charles M. Falco holds the UA Chair of Condensed Matter Physics. He has over 250 scientific publications, primarily on the properties of thin films, and has given 145 invited talks on his research at conferences in 22 countries and 191 seminars in 14 countries. In addition to his scientific research, in 1998 he co-curated the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum’s “The Art of the Motorcycle” exhibition, which went on to become the fifth most attended museum exhibition of any kind ever presented. More recently, in collaboration with the artist David Hockney, he made discoveries that showed artists early in the Renaissance used optical projections as aids for creating some of the most famous paintings of European art. These discoveries have received widespread coverage, including an hour-long BBC special and a segment on CBS’s 60 Minutes.

Jason Jones is Assistant Professor at The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico in 2001. Prior to coming to the UA in 2006, he was a Senior Research Associate of JILA at the University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology. His research background is in ultra-fast optical sciences and precision measurements in atomic, molecular, and optical physics. His research group is developing novel laser systems to explore coherent interactions between light and matter in the visible and extreme ultraviolet spectrum.

Matthew A. Kupinski is an Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences and Radiology at The University of Arizona and is also affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2000 and joined the faculty at The University of Arizona in 2002. Dr. Kupinski’s research is in the area of Image Science and Medical Imaging. He, his collaborators, and his students are currently developing methods for designing medical imaging systems that will improve tumor detectability through better image quality.

Carl Maes is Associate Dean for Academic Programs of the UA College of Optical Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in Optical Sciences in 2003 and has 10 years experience working in laser laboratories in the Air Force doing work with adaptive optics, solid state lasers, and laser cooling and trapping. His primary area of interest is the theoretical study of laser resonators and electromagnetic wave propagation.

UMC Camp Scrubs!
Grades 7 – 8

Are you interested in science, technology, or math? Maybe you think you’d like to teach or spend time helping others? Being a nurse includes all these things and more! Nurses travel around the country, fly in helicopters and planes, and provide care for patients in a wide variety of settings, including disaster locations, hospitals, schools, homes, and clinics. Join University Medical Center (UMC) for Camp Scrubs, a weeklong look at the many roles nurses play in caring for patients. Through hands-on experiences in the operating room and emergency department, as well as in time spent shadowing working nurses, you’ll learn about the important roles nurses play in our lives. While at Camp Scrubs, you will learn first-aid skills, become certified in CPR, and work with heart recording and defibrillating equipment. What an exciting way to spend a summer week! Bring your own lunch or money to buy lunch in the hospital cafeteria, along with a drink or water bottle. Snacks will be provided by UMC.

Note: Due to construction at UMC this summer, two classes (CPR and First Aid) will be held at the UMC classrooms at First Avenue and River Road. Transportation to these classes will be provided by Camp Scrubs.

Enrollment limited to 20 students.

This camp is currently FULL. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please call 621-UofA.

Code: AYUSCRUB
Dates: June 9 – 13, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: University Medical Center, 500 N. Campbell Ave., DuVall Auditorium, main floor
Cost: $360 per one-week session / $9.60 per hour

Instructors:

Lauri McCanless, M.S., R.N.C., C.N.S., works for University Medical Center as the clinical nurse educator for Women and Children’s Services (Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery, Neonatal ICU, Pediatrics, and Pediatric ICU). Her past positions include staff nurse, camp nurse, research assistant, pediatric home health nurse, faculty member, nurse manager, and clinical nurse specialist. She has taught nursing education course concepts to undergraduate students, graduate students, and in continuing education programs.

Jo Anne Kane, R.N., B.S.N., has been a Registered Nurse for more than 24 years, working in many different roles. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona. She has worked at UMC for the past 20 years, first in the CVICU. She currently works as a Nurse Recruiter. Part of her role at Camp Scrubs is to share with students the many opportunities available within the nursing profession.

Ellice Mellinger, R.N., M.S., C.N.O.R., is employed at the University Medical Center as a clinical educator for Perioperative Services (Operating Room, Pre- and Post-Op Care Units, and Sterile Processing Department). She participates in many programs with medical, nursing, scrub tech, high school, and school age students, introducing them to perioperative nursing. Mellinger has also worked as a staff nurse in the operating room and on a medical-surgical unit.

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...AND MORE GREAT CAMPS!

Geography & Chess Camp
Grades 3 – 5

Chess: The classic game of strategy will be played daily with instruction that includes learning the basics of the board, understanding the three parts of a game (opening, middle, and end), and the chance to participate in mini tournaments.

Geography: This camp will help children “see” and understand the world from a geographic perspective. Through discussion, arts and crafts, music, sports, videos, field trips, and experiments, children will discover how people shape and interact with their world. This camp is an exciting, hands-on experience that will introduce children to many of the topics being explored by geographers today. Imagination, rather than maps, will be the primary resource used in this camp.

Enrollment limited to 20 students.

Code: AYUCHGE
Dates: June 2 – 13, Mon – Fri (Session 1)
Times: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: UA University Services Annex Bldg., 220 W Sixth St., Room TBA
Cost: $280 per two-week session / $7 per hour

Instructors:

Jim Talmadge (Chess) is a retired teacher from Sam Hughes Elementary School in the Tucson Unified School District. He has been a chess club coach since 1975 and is active in retirement working with chess teams for both the TUSD and Amphitheater School Districts.

Jeff Garmony (Geography) holds an M.A. in Geography and Regional Development from The University of Arizona and is currently working on his Ph.D. in this field. He specializes in human and cultural geography, focusing upon the ways in which people all over the world interact with each other and their environment. Jeff has considerable experience with children in diverse settings, including working as an English and math teacher, developing NOAO science programs for kids, acting as a ski instructor, coaching baseball, and being an Eagle Scout.

Classics Camp: The Ancient World of Gladiators, Gods, Greeks, and Romans!
Grades 7 – 10

Come and experience the glories of two of the world’s greatest and most influential cultures! This camp introduces middle- and high-school students to many different aspects of Greek and Roman life, including classical Latin, ancient Greek, mythology, food, art, and history. Students will decorate their own Greek vases, excavate for buried archaeological remains, create illuminated manuscripts, design mosaics, and write skits in Latin. There will be numerous field trips, including private tours of museum collections and an excursion to the Special Collections wing of the UA Library. Campers can bring their own lunch or buy it under supervision at the Student Union, except for the last day of camp when there will be a Roman banquet!

Enrollment limited to 25 students.

Code: AYUCLAS
Dates: June 9 – 13, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: UA Learning Services Bldg., 1512 E. First St., Conference Room 246
Cost: $375 per one-week session / $9.38 per hour

Instructors:

Cynthia White is an associate professor and director of the Latin Program in the Department of Classics at The University of Arizona. She completed her Ph.D. in Greek and Latin at The Catholic University of America, with an emphasis upon patristic and late antique texts. She has published on Latin pedagogy, classical and early Christian marriage, medieval bestiaries, and a twelfth-century Latin travel guide to Rome. She studied Latin in Rome with the Papal Latinist Reginald Foster, O.D.C., and regularly teaches in the Classics Department’s Study Abroad Program in Orvieto, Italy. Each March during spring break, she organizes a 10-day tour of Italy.

Laura Provance is preparing for her second year of graduate school at The University of Arizona. She was raised in Missouri, where she got her undergraduate degree in Classics from Truman State University. Her primary focus is Roman history, but a special interest in Roman iced desserts and their modern counterparts blossomed when she moved to Arizona last summer.

Holly Cohen received her M.A. in Classical Philology from The University of Arizona in May 2005. She has taught various levels of Latin at the UA, Pima Community College, and the Centro Studi Classici di Orvieto in Italy. Holly has also taught Ancient Greek, Classical Literature in translation, and Art Appreciation. She is currently the Latin instructor at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson. Holly is a grammar-nut who enjoys incorporating elements of art, literature, and science into her classroom. Currently, her favorite topic of discussion is Roman toilets.

Fencing Camp: Beginners
Grades 6 – 12

En garde! This summer, challenge yourself with one of the best physical and mental workouts ever: the skillful swordplay of fencing. During this beginner’s camp, students will learn the fundamentals of the sport, enhance agility and balance, build strength, and increase hand-eye coordination. Offered at the beginning level, classes will cover essentials such as footwork, bladework, rules, strategy, and fencing tactics and timing. Each day, before donning protective gear, there will be a series of stretching and warm-up activities. All equipment (masks, gloves, jackets, and swords) is provided.

Enrollment limited to 20 students.

This camp is currently FULL. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please call 621-UofA.

Code: AYUFEN
Dates: June 2 – 6, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Arizona Fencing Academy, 1520 E. Broadway Blvd.
Cost: $240 per one-week session / $16 per hour

Instructor:

Yvonne Gallego is the owner of Arizona Fencing Academy and has taught fencing for more than 39 years. She is currently the coach for The University of Arizona Fencing Club.

Note: Fencing training is available year round at the Arizona Fencing Academy. During camp sessions, students will have an opportunity to register directly with Yvonne Gallego. This is an ongoing Junior Olympic Training Program.

Girls with Tools I
Grades 8 – 12

Have you ever watched a home improvement show and thought to yourself, “I wish I could do that?” Well, now you can! Become a “Tool Belt Diva” and have fun while attending the Girls with Tools Camp. Here you will learn the scientific principles behind mechanics and electricity, and how to plan projects and estimate costs. Our handson activities will teach girls to safely use hand and power tools as they master basic carpentry, welding, and metal working. Campers will demonstrate their new skills on three take-home projects:

 

 

  • Metal decorative yard ornament (silhouette)
  • Wooden CD organizing stand
  • Wooden tote box

This camp will take place at the Campus Agriculture Center on Roger Road and Campbell Avenue in the Agricultural Mechanics Laboratory facilities. Safety procedures and dress code will be strictly enforced. A syllabus will be sent out to participants prior to the start of camp.

Enrollment limited to 24 students.

Code: AYUTOOL
Dates: June 2 – 6, Mon – Fri
Times: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: UA Campus Agriculture Center, 4101 N. Campbell Ave. (Roger and Campbell), Agriculture Mechanics Laboratory facility
Cost: $350 per one week session / $10.00 per hour

Instructors:

Frank Santiago has a B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Education and has taught Agri-Science and Agricultural Mechanics classes at the junior high, senior high school, and adult education levels. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Student Services in the Higher Education Program at the UA.

Additional Instructor: TBA

Girls with Tools II – Advanced Metal and Woodwork
Grades 8 – 12

This advanced offering of Girls with Tools is for students who wish to build on the skills that they learned in the original Girls with Tools camp. Students will hone their wood and metal working skills on two advanced take-home projects that will give them experience with decorative metal work as well as advanced carpentry and welding skills.

This camp will take place at the Campus Agriculture Center on Roger Road and Campbell Avenue in the Agricultural Mechanics Laboratory facilities. Safety procedures and dress code will be strictly enforced. A syllabus will be sent out to participants prior to the start of camp.

Prerequisite: Only students who have completed Girls with Tools I will be eligible to enroll in the Girls with Tools II camp unless they have met with the instructor for a skills evaluation test prior to registration.

Enrollment limited to 20 students.

Code: AYUTOOLII
Dates: June 23 – 27, Mon – Fri
Times: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: UA Campus Agriculture Center, 4101 N. Campbell Ave. (Roger and Campbell), Agriculture Mechanics Laboratory facility
Cost: $350 per one week session / $10.00 per hour

Instructors:

Frank Santiago has a B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Education and has taught Agri-Science and Agricultural Mechanics classes at the junior high, senior high school, and adult education levels. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Student Services in the Higher Education Program at the UA.

Additional Instructor: TBA

Law Camp
Grades 8 – 12

Law is exciting, challenging, and as current as today’s newspaper. Everyone should have a basic understanding of how our law works, what lawyers do, and how they approach and solve problems. This is a hands-on class; from the first morning, students will be involved in “lawyering,” discussing and debating current legal issues such as: Should a teen arrested for marijuana possession be put on probation or sent to jail? What gives the Supreme Court the right to throw out Arizona laws? Are there any limits on judicial power?

At the end of the week students will conduct a trial (with friends and family sitting as jurors). Students will learn legal principles and will consider ethical issues faced by lawyers. They will also get a healthy dose of “thinking like a lawyer.” Time and time again, they will have to articulate and defend their positions, to listen closely and to consider other points of view, and, perhaps most critical for teens, to consider the long-range implications of short-range decisions.

Enrollment is limited to 18 students.

Code: AYULAW
Dates: June 2 – 6, Mon – Fri
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Location: UA James E. Rogers College of Law, 1201 E. Speedway Blvd., Room TBA
Cost: $365 per one-week session / $10 per hour

Instructors:

The class will be taught by two UA law students under the supervision of law professors Kenney Hegland and Paul Bennett.

Kenney Hegland is the author of Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law, a book used by students in many of the country’s law schools. He also produced educational law-related videos that are distributed nationally. He has recently completed a book on the law for general audiences titled Alive and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers.

Paul Bennett is the head of the UA Law College’s Child Advocacy Clinic and is a national leader in clinical legal education.

New! iD Tech Camps
Ages 7 – 17

Arizona Youth University is extremely proud to welcome iD Tech Camps to our summer camp family! Both Day (Commuting) and Overnight Camps are available. For more information about The University of Arizona camps and registration procedures, please visit the iD Tech Camp Web site at https://internaldrive.com. (Search for “Tucson”)

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