Dates: June 3 - 7, 2024, 9am - 5pm
Cost: $350
The Economic Development Bootcamp has been designed to introduce the fundamentals of the economic development process with a focus on market research. The skills learned in this bootcamp are transferrable to a wide range of occupations including those of economic development professionals in government, non-profit, private companies and international organizations. This program is geared towards individuals seeking careers in Economic Development. The cost of the program includes: materials, meals and transportation to and from business visits.
Dates: July 8 - 12, 10am - 3pm
Cost: $600 (includes registration, meals and tshirt)
Don't let this summer pass you by: Secure your spot at the NKU Esports Camp 2024 today! Whether you're a casual gamer or a hardcore esports enthusiast, there's something for everyone at NKU. Get ready to level up your skills, forge new friendships, and embark on the ultimate gaming adventure!
Dates: One-week camps, June 17-Aug. 16, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Grades: 6-12
Cost: Varies
Find your path at Camp Norse! Our day and overnight camps offer engaging interactions with NKU faculty, immersive activities, optional early drop-off and aftercare services for convenience. From game design to healthcare exploration, Camp Norse inspires the next generation of thinkers and leaders.
Dates: June 3-7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Grades: 7-9
Cost: $315
Summer campers grades 7-9 will explore the diversity of nature by making field collections and observations of animals and plants, documenting them in both art and writing. We'll be locating incredible insects, amazing amphibians, fantastic fish and more in their wild habitats. There's no nature deficit in this camp, as most of the discoveries are in the 150 acres of pristine wetlands and upland woods habitat associated with the NKU Research and Education Field Station (REFS) in Melbourne, KY.
Dates: June 24-28, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Grades: 7-9
Cost: $140
Join us for a hands-on camp designed exclusively for middle schoolers, where budding scientists and engineers can explore the exciting world of making and creating. From designing various creations to programming with micro bits, we guarantee a week filled with discovery and fun!
Dates: June 24-28, 1-4 p.m.
Grades: 7-9
Cost: $140
Lasers! Music! Create a laser light show with music while learning the scientific fundamentals of light. The show your team produces will be shown at the end of camp.
Dates: July 8-12, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Grades: 4-6
Cost: $140
Come explore STEM through exciting hands-on engineering challenges! From designing engaging games to chemistry investigations, this week is packed full of fun and exciting activities!
Dates: July 8-12, 1-4 p.m.
Grades: 4-6
Cost: $140
Step outside and engage with the natural world around you! Students will learn the importance of protecting nature, identifying problems within nature, and how to come up with solutions for those problems. From backyard bees to ocean oil spills, this week is packed full of environmental learning and challenges.
Dates: July 15-19, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Grades: 2-3
Cost: $140
When disaster strikes, it's Robots to the Rescue! Campers will build and program LEGO WeDo robots that can rise to the challenge of saving people and animals as well as protecting property.
Dates: July 15-19, 1-4 p.m.
Grades: 4-6
Cost: $140
Looking for a fun summer camp where you can construct and code a LEGO® robot? Connect with other campers to build using the newest LEGO SPIKE™ Prime robotics kits, and code using the LEGO drag-and-drop programming software. The final day will include a collaborative robot performance event for families.
Dates: July 29 - Aug. 2, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Grades: 4-6
Cost: $140
Come explore STEM through exciting hands-on engineering challenges! From designing engaging games to chemistry investigations, this week is packed full of fun and exciting activities!
Dates: June 10 - 14, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Grades: 9-12
Cost: $180
Learn about artificial intelligence and experience it firsthand! In this summer academy, we explore what AI is and isn’t, as well as what it can and can’t do. We’ll cover AI through a series of short lectures, with students gaining first-hand experience using AI programming languages, tools and applications. At the end of the week, we discuss the ethics of AI and what the future might hold.
Dates: June 10 - 14, 12 - 4 p.m.
Rising Grades: 10-12
Cost: $180
How does your cell phone affect your attention span? Is your left or right brain more active under stress? How can you prevent test anxiety? NKU BRAIN will provide opportunities for high school students to conduct neuroscience experiments that are relevant to their personal lives, including how to conduct EEGs.
Dates: June 24 - 28, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Rising Grades: 9-12
Cost: $315
This beginner’s cybersecurity academy for high school students will immerse participants in an intensive five-day experiential learning and professional development experience. The program will provide participants with an introductory knowledge base and initial set of resources on cybersecurity education.
Dates: July 15 - 19, 12 - 4 p.m.
Rising Grades: 9-12
Cost: $180
Are you a high school student with a passion for exploring the field of engineering? If you are curious about the intricacies of electric circuits and eager to delve into the realms of digital and analog circuits, this week-long camp is designed just for you!
Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024 - 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Cost: $149 Early Registration before June 30, $175 after June 30
Ages: 16+
Collage is the art of recycling. It takes the old and makes it new again through fragmenting, recontextualizing and combining imagery in new and interesting ways. This one-day live workshop will explore the many possibilities that collage can offer. Several techniques will be explored in this hands-on workshop including creating visually compelling imagery through the use of layering, using color effectively, how to create a strong composition and more. This workshop is open to both beginner and advanced artists. A material list will be provided before the course starts.
Date: July 15-18, 2024, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost: $149 Early Registration before June 30, $175 after June 30
Ages: Adults and Ages 16+
What is a Risograph?
Risograph printing is a technique best described as ‘digital screen printing’. The process is much like screen printing, but with the convenience of an office copier. It’s known for its vivid colors and its specific textures. These machines deliver ‘perfect imperfections’ and provide a cheap and easy method for reproducing work at large quantities, like posters, prints and zines.
This four-day, in person, workshop focuses on the basic techniques for risograph printing. Emphasis is placed on printing multiple color layers and registration. Participants can use digital or hand drawn elements or a combination of both, to create a large edition one-page artist zine, where personal content will be explored. This workshop is open to both beginner and advanced artists.
Dates: Monday through Thursday, July 15-18, 2024, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Cost: $149 Early Registration before June 30, $175 after June 30
Ages: 13-18
In this four-day workshop, we will create characters and settings for your characters using either digital or analogue media, or both in combination. Figure drawing, basic color theory, visual research, and group feedback will guide students as they develop their unique creative style.
Illustrated books, comics, animation, design, and films are a few of the many places where characters can be found. In our workshop, we will talk about character style and formation, as well as how they can function in various story formats.
If you are a student interested in developing skills in character design and experimentation with a variety of materials and techniques, this workshop is for you! Students of all levels of experience are invited to participate!
Dates: Saturday, July 13 and Saturday, July 20, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Cost: $149 Early Registration before June 30, $175 after June 3
Ages: Adults and Ages 16+
The art of bookmaking is a creative mixture of traditional and non-traditional techniques, materials, and exploration. This introductory two-day workshop explores a variety of creative book structures – hard cover accordion book, single-section pamphlet stitch, Japanese stab binding, and more. Participants will leave with a variety of hand-made books and the templates for each as a jumping off point for future projects.
This workshop is designed for beginners and those interested in refreshing their basic skills of hand-crafting books. A list of material will be provided before the class starts.
Dates:
5:00 pm – 7:45 pm
Cost: $149 Early Registration before June 30, $175 after June 30
Ages: Adults and Ages 16+
Join us for an immersive pottery workshop focused on crafting stunning planters using the pottery wheel! In this hands-on session, you’ll delve into the fundamentals of wheel throwing while creating functional and stylish planters for your greenery.
Throughout the workshop, our skilled instructor will lead you through each stage of the pottery-making process, from centering and shaping clay to adding unique textures and finishing touches. You’ll learn essential techniques to create vessels that not only house plants but also serve as beautiful pieces of art.
No prior pottery experience is required; this workshop is open to beginners and enthusiasts alike. Come unleash your creativity, get your hands dirty, and leave with one-of-a-kind planters that will add a touch of elegance to any botanical display. Join us for an inspiring journey of clay and growth!
Dates:
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Cost: $149 Early Registration before June 30, $175 after June 30
Ages: 13-18
In this two-day workshop, we will practice creating artwork that contains visual distortions often seen in the traditions of surrealism and neo-surrealism. Students can work with either analogue or digital media. Basic drawing and sketching, visual research, and group feedback will guide students as they develop their unique creative styles.
Surreal art allows us to see visual expressions of metaphors, symbols, allegories, dreams, and so much more. In this workshop, we will borrow ideas from historical and contemporary surrealists and practice drawing distorted images.
If you are a student interested in exploring imaginative drawing, painting, or digital art techniques, this workshop is for you! Students of all levels of experience are invited to participate!
Dates:
Cost: $149 Early Registration before June 30, $175 after June 30
Ages: Adults and Ages 16+
This session introduces students to the world of sound awareness and amateur audio production. They’ll record sound then manipulate their recordings with Audacity, a free audio software available for Mac and Windows. With basic editing skills students will alter, layer, and recombine sounds to make audio environments, textures, and narratives. Students can also construct soundtracks, walking tours, and audio stories. Those interested in mindfulness and sensory awareness can use this session to create ethereal audio environments and sound textures for relaxation, meditation, improved sleep. Students considering work in audio production will learn the basics of foley, voice recording, and editing.
Dates:
Cost: $149 Early Registration before June 30, $175 after June 30
Ages: 13-18
This session introduces students to dyeing with two natural dyes—black walnut hulls and locust wood—and to unusual methods of manipulating dyed fabric. Emphasis is on artistic use of dyes with a variety of fabrics. Using their dyed fabric—wet and dry—students will learn and invent techniques for manipulating fabric and creating patterns and textures. Pattern and texture techniques include resist dyeing, drying fabric unevenly, rust printing, punching, and various kinds of cutting and abrasion. Manipulation techniques include tearing, weaving, crushing, knotting, and fraying. Students will stitch with rope, steel wire, vines, and other unusual sewing materials.
Note: This session is not for dyeing garments. Dyeing methods used will produce uneven colors that are not colorfast.
Dates: June 10 - 14, 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
1+ years experience required
Cost: $150
Strings Camp is for students with 1+ years’ experience on the violin, viola, cello or upright bass. Throughout the week students will participate in a full string orchestra, smaller chamber groups, musicality activities and performances. Students will get to connect and perform with other young musicians from the Tri-State area while receiving high-quality instruction from our excellent Master Teachers and Teaching Assistants at NKU! Chamber Music Workshop is for string students with 4+ years experience. They will work in chamber orchestra and chamber ensemble settings with NKU faculty and staff. To register, sign up for Strings Camp. We will assess your level as we get closer to camp!
Dates: Tuesdays, May 14 - July 23
Ages 18+
Cost: $225
The Summer Adult String Orchestra is for all string players ages 18+ who enjoy the benefits of playing music together in a fun, relaxed environment. Participants should be well-versed in how to play their instrument and be able read notes with ease (or practice). The repertoire is multi-part and ranges in difficulty level so that everyone can be challenged and have a great time, too!
Other camps coming soon!
