Want to dig into lab work, learn to code, get behind the yoke of an airplane, or try your hand at running an excavator? Get a taste of what’s behind some really cool careers — and have a whole lot of fun, too — with Vermont State summer camps!
Campers get hands-on opportunities explore what the world has to offer them and what they have to offer the world, and will take positive risks in a safe and nurturing environment.
Questions? Contact: Bridgett.Taylor@VermontState.edu
Upcoming Youth Camps
The National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) is a fun, interactive, FREE program held on the Randolph and Williston campuses!
The program provides students with hands-on exploration of future careers in transportation through awareness of the complex transportation system we’ve come to rely on. Interactive labs, field trips and guest speakers will engage the students as they drive a big rig in the CDL simulator, visit mass transit systems, and learn how bridges are designed and created. Exploring energy, the environment and eco-friendly transportation systems gives focus to how Math, Science, and English all relate to transportation careers. The NSTI is sponsored by the Vermont Agency of Transportation and funded through a grant from the Federal Highway Administration.
Experience this incredible opportunity by:
- Visiting mass transit systems: Ferries, planes, buses, trains, and more;
- Exploring energy and the environment: alternative fuels, eco-friendly transportation;
- Connecting how Math, Science, and English relate to transportation careers;
- Learning about transportation safety;
- Studying how bridges are designed and made.
Program Overview:
- Extensive field trips to sites throughout Vermont;
- Qualified instructors and counselors oversee all aspects of curriculum and activities;
- Group and independent exploration and learning.
Dates
- NSTI High School, Overnight in Randolph: July 19 – 26
- NSTI Middle School, Day Camp in Williston: August 5 – 9
Vermont State’s summer STEM Camp is a place where youth will get hands-on experience in science, health, advanced manufacturing and more on Randolph campus.
Youth ages 12-16 will get hands-on experience in science, health, advanced manufacturing and more at this fun day camp on Vermont State’s Randolph campus. Campers will be able to enhance their leadership skills as well as get their hands dirty, express themselves creatively, explore what the world has to offer to them and what they have to offer the world, and take positive risks. Camp is a safe, supportive, equity-centered environment, with teamwork and tons of fun woven in!
- Learn more about advanced manufacturing, cutting-edge research, health sciences and more!
- Hands-on activities every day
- Indoor and outdoor recreation and fun on Vermont Tech’s beautiful Randolph campus
Note: Admission to camp is reliant on camp capacity.
Dates
- June 24 – 28
The Vermont State University 3D Technology Camp is a FREE, residential summer program where advanced high school students will gain valuable experience with cutting-edge 3D technologies while earning up to 9 college credits and a certificate in 3D Technology from Vermont State University.
The 3D Technology Camp is designed to provide rising juniors, seniors, and recent high school graduates with intensive hands-on training in technologies with rapidly expanding career applications. Participants will learn to:
- Capture reality in a digital form using state-of-the-art handheld 3D scanners and photogrammetry.
- Develop and create advanced 3D models and animations using industry-standard software and applications.
- Utilize an array of consumer and professional-grade 3D printers to develop and create physical models.
Students will learn through hands-on instruction on the Randolph campus using facilities provided by the Advanced Manufacturing Center and the Castleton Innovation Lab.
The program is divided into three two-week intensive courses:
- June 23 to July 5 – 3D Imaging
- July 7 to 19 – 3D Printing
- July 21 to August 2 – 3D Modelling
If a student successfully completes all three courses, they will receive the Vermont State University Certificate in 3D Technology.
The capacity for each two-week course is 20 students.
Please note: This program is supported by a generous appropriation from the State of Vermont (H.494. Sec. F.12). All course tuition, housing, and on-campus meals are provided free of charge to eligible Vermont residents.
