S.T.E.P. (Secondary Technical Education Program)

Summer Academic Opportunities 

Summer Academic Enrichment Program Funds Available for Minnesota Students – Learn more here

• Great Resources:
  • AmeriCorps Summer Servicehttps://teenlife.com/ 
  • https://www.volunteermatch.org/ 
  • MN Private Colleges Summer Programs
  • MN State Summer Programs

• Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources
  • Culinary Camp at NDSCS
  • Conservation Corps MN and Iowa Summer Youth Corps
  • Great River Energy Cooperative Career Camp (Elk River, MN)

• Arts, Communications, and Information Systems
  • Girls Who Code
  • Alex Tech Cybersecurity camp (free)
  • Analytics U:  Analytics U at the Carlson School of Management is a free week-long pathway program for underrepresented high school students, introducing them to how data science can play a critical role in solving real world problems that impact our everyday lives.
  • Young Writer’s Workshop at Hamline University
  • Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth: Expand your Mind Program in arts, humanities, STEM
  • IT Tech Camps at Macalester
  • Minneapolis College of Art & Design
  •  Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
  • St. Kate’s Summer Fashion Workshop
  • California College of the Arts
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
  • SDSU Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute 
  • Bard College Young Writers Workshop
  • Lake Forest College Creative Writing Camp
  • Lewis & Clark Fir Acres Writing Workshop
  • Communication and Media Preview at University of Alabama
  • Design Camp at University of Kansas
• Music:
  
  • Upper Midwest String Camp at College of Saint Benedict
  • Music Academy at St. Olaf College
  • Grammy Camp
  • Wartburg College Meistering All-State Camp
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Summer Music Clinic
• 
  Business, Management, and Administration
  • Minnesota Business Venture Camp at the University of St. Thomas
  • Women Learning to Lead and Influence at St. Kate’s
  • Bethel Business Academy at Bethel University
• 
  Engineering, Manufacturing, and Technology
  • MN Ace Camp (Aviation careers)
  • MnDOT Phoenix Worker Program
  • Dunwoody P2C Summer Experience (paid)
  • Discover STEM (at U of M-Twin Cities)
  • Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth: Expand your Mind Program in arts, humanities, STEM
  • MN Aviation Career Information Days
  • Bethel University Biochemistry Research Camp
  • MN ASM Materials Camp
  • Pre-College Programs at Milwaukee School of Engineering
  • Engineering Summer Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • High School AI + Social Good Program by MIT and Stanford Graduates
  • Cornell Engineering High SChool summer program
  • Michigan Technological University
  • UND International Aerospace Camp
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Lumiere Research Scholar Program (STEM, 12 weeks) 

• Health Science Technology
  • Go4Brains
  • Mayo Clinic Career Immersion Program
  • Scrubs Program (general overview),
  • Summer Academy of Medicine at St. Norbert College, WI
  • TheLearningJet.org - 1st Responder Camp

• Human Services
  • Anoka County Mock Trial Summer Camp
  • Just the Beginning Summer Legal Institute
  • Carleton Liberal Arts Summer Institute
  • Alexandra House - Youth Leadership Institute
  • Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth: Expand your Mind Program in arts, humanities, STEM
  • Summer Legal Institute
  • James Madison Program’s Summer Seminars in Princeton, NJ
  • SLW Academy for Intellectual Property Law (Free)

• Language Camp Opportunities
  • Concordia Language Villages
  • Beloit Summer Language Program
• Elite Talent Identifiers  (cost of attendance is either free or heavily subsidized, or significant financial aid is available)

• • Summer Science Program (sites in New Mexico and Colorado)
  • Telluride Scholars Program
  • Research Science Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Joyce Ivy Foundation Summer Scholars
  • Young Writers’ Studio at University of Iowa

• Outreach Programs
  • Summer Engineering Seminar at Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
  • PREFACE Summer Engineering Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • National Hispanic Institute
  • College Horizons
  • Questbridge

• Other Ideas:
  • Camp College - for current Juniors
  • United States Naval Academy Summer Programs
  • MN Private College Summer Enrichment Opportunities
  • Concordia Language Villages
  • MN Institute of Talented Youth
  • North Suburban Summer Academy
  • Winona State University Summer Camps
  • Discovery Internships
  • Institute for Educational Advancement, Gifted Students Summer Program
  • Summer Discovery
  • The Witherspoon Institute (Princeton, NJ)
  • University of Notre Dame Leadership seminars
  • Summer Academy at St. John’s College (Santa Fe, NM, and Annapolis, MD)
  • National Student Leadership Conference

* Go to the college website(s) you are interested in and type in summer camps. *