From the fine arts to health care, explore all that Ohio University offers for kids and teenagers at the Athens and regional campuses.
Athens Campus
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Camp BoostThe Center for Intervention Research in Schools offers summer camp opportunities for children ages 6 – 12 to help them get a jump-start on the school year while providing a fun, social and recreational environment.
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Green Project CampThe Green Project Camp is an environmentally-focused educational camp experience for 6-12 year old students. We will also be offering Reading and Math Boosts before and after camp.
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High School Journalism WorkshopScripps College of CommunicationThe School of Journalism at Ohio University offers high school students and teachers the opportunity to interact with our faculty and professional journalists while learning journalism’s established practices and latest innovations in a campus setting.
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High School Media WorkshopScripps College of CommunicationThis overnight, on-campus experience will allow you to work with other high school students to create original work in the OHIO studio and lab spaces.
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J'COB College Experience Summer ProgramJ'COB is designed to empower rising high school seniors from historically underrepresented communities to become global business leaders. The summer program is a competitive week-long residential experience for rising high school seniors.
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Summer Arts ProgramsChaddock + Morrow College of Fine ArtsThis summer, immerse yourself in the fine arts with Ohio University’s Summer Arts Programs — intensive, hands-on explorations in the Schools of Art + Design, Music, Dance, Film, and Theater. Develop your personal voice while creating and performing college-level artworks in our professional studio facilities.
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Summer Law & Trial InstituteThe Summer Law & Trial Institute is a two-week program that aims to increase understanding of the law and its possibilities among Ohio high school students from Southeast Ohio. The program also seeks to foster an interest in all aspects of legal education, service, and issues, and to create the next generation of legal, advocacy, and community professionals.
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Tech Savvy 2024Kids on CampusTech Savvy is a great opportunity for youth who love STEM! This event provides an opportunity for students in grades 5-9 to come on the Athens campus, participate in exciting workshops and engage with their peers.
Regional Campuses
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Kids in CollegeChillicothe CampusFor over 40 years, Ohio University Chillicothe has offered an opportunity for highly motivated students (Kindergarten through 8th grade) to reinforce the knowledge and instruction they received in school.
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Medical AcademyDublin CampusThe Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine at Dublin will host its ninth annual Medical Academy health careers discovery program this June.
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Kids and Cops DayLancaster CampusThe Ohio University Law Enforcement Technology, Lancaster Citizen Police academy and the Lancaster Police Department are working together to provide children with the opportunity to interact and feel comfortable with law enforcement community, while learning about equipment and technology which law enforcement personnel use.
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Bobcat AcademySouthern CampusOHIO Southern invites you to participate in the 2023 Bobcat Academy. Join us for eclectic youth workshops and opportunities to develop leadership, academic, and imaginative skills. For students entering 1st through 6th grades.
Other Opportunities
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Terrapin Experiential Learning Opportunity in MD
Hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences
When:May 15 - August 7, 2024
Where:Poplar Island, Maryland
Apply for an internship working on Poplar Island in Maryland for the summer with diamond-backed terrapins ( Malaclemys terrapin )
What students can look forward to:
- Participate in field capture and fishery techniques
- Work in an ongoing population study learning conservation, restoration, and demographic research tools
- Observe and handle a variety of different organisms in an estuarine environment
- Paid positions available through PACE and Experiential Learning
- 15 May to 7 August, Room and Board included
Email Dr. Willem Roosenburg for more details!
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OHIO Museum Complex Self-Guided Activities
The OHIO Museum Complex (OMC) is home to a broad range of self-guided activities for K-12 and general public audiences. An immersive nature gallery on the second floor of Lin Hall houses an exhibition entitled Through the Appalachian Forest, featuring self-guided exploration of connections across nature, art, geography and history—with immersive nature sounds and hands on arts activities that change from week to week.
Explore OMC’s Outdoor Museum visitor area which begins just outside the front door of the museum, with a pollinator garden and an interpretive trail system that encourages outdoor experiential learning in a beautiful parklike setting spanning 700 acres on The Ridges.
OMC’s web-based app ( mAppAthens ) features dozens of tours curated by local experts on a variety of topics, from history to poetry, nature to wellbeing, that enable unique exploration of the campus and community.