GREEN BAY– The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will keep young minds engaged this summer with more than 30 in-person and virtual youth programs, designed to inspire creativity, exploration and learning for students going into second through 12th grades.

“We are excited to finally have kids back on campus this summer,” said Jason Mathwig, director of Education Outreach. “We have a variety of commuter and virtual programs to choose from in the areas of STEM, art, music, along with Camp Lloyd, PRIDE and Summer Scholars.”

Orientation for Camp Lloyd will take place July 1, with camp running July 6 to 10. Camp Lloyd has been offered at UW-Green Bay every summer for the past 16 years. It is a week-long camp for grieving children to explore their feelings and benefit from the support of their peers, professional grief counselors and trained student interns from UW-Green Bay.

UW-Green Bay’s Pride Center helps run Pride Camps for students in middle school July 26-30 and high school Aug. 2-6. Both camps are offered free to students through the generosity of The LaForce Family Foundation. Students will meet LGBTQ+ peers and allies and work toward expanding their personal awareness of the LGBTQ+ community.

STEM camps

UW-Green Bay has collaborated with Project Einstein to create a series of camps that encourage problem-solving, hands-on learning and tinkering.

Virtual

— Modern Mobile Web Application Bootcamp: June 15-July 8;

— Rise to the Equation – Interactive Algebra: July 26-Aug. 6.

In-person

— Design Tech Level 1 (elementary): July 12-16;

— Design Tech Level 1 (middle school): July 19-23;

— Design Tech Level 2: Aug. 9-13;

— Aquatic Robotics: Aug. 2-6;

— Video Game Programming Level 1: July 19-21;

— Video Game Programming Level 2: July 26-30;

— Rise to the Equation – Interactive Algebra: July 26-Aug. 6.

Art, writing and music camps

Students can experience self-expression and stress relief in an art, writing or music camp designed to unleash their creative potential.

— Ceramics (middle school): July 12-16;

— Ceramics (high school): July 19-23;

— Jazz on the Bay: July 12-16;

— From Thought to Page — Elements of Creative Writing: July 22-23;

— Screen Printing: July 26-30;

— Mixed Media (middle school): July 26-29;

— Mixed Media (high school): Aug. 2-5;

— Strings (middle school): Aug. 2-6;

— Strings (high school): Aug. 9-13.

Branch campus locations

Day camps are available at UW-Green Bay’s branch locations — each taking advantage of the unique characteristics of their university communities.

Manitowoc and Marinette

— Washed Ashore: Art to Save Our Waterways: July 15 and 20.

Marinette

— Theatre Dance Workshop: July 19;

— Theatre Dance Workshop Teen: July 26;

— Improv/Acting Workshop: July 20;

— Improve/Acting Workshop Teen: July 27;

— Musical Theatre/Voice Workshop: July 21;

— Musical Theatre/Voice Workshop Teen: July 28;

— Wizarding Academy I: Aug. 3;

— Wizarding Academy II: Aug. 5.

Sheboygan

— Discover U: July 22.

High school juniors and seniors can get a head start on their college education with Summer Scholars, a four-week online college course designed to save time and money — up to 40%. Students can choose from three engaging courses.

“For in-person programs,” Mathwig said, “protecting students from COVID-19 is of utmost importance to us. We are taking guidance from UW System, which has developed all their policies from the American Camp Association, YMCA and CDC, involving masks, social distancing, daily health assessments and daily cleaning. Also, there might be testing for longer camps.”

Camps are now open for registration and fill up fast. For more information, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/camps or contact Jason Mathwig, director of Education Outreach, at mathwigj@uwgb.edu or 920-465-2267.