Registered Campers
All camps run from 9:00 to 4:15 pm; the programs are the same for overnight and day campers. Regular drop-off starts at 8:30 am and regular pick-up ends at 4:45 pm. Early drop-off starts at 7:30 am and late pick-up ends at 5:30 pm.
THE OVERNIGHT PROGRAM
We are very proud of our overnight program, and encourage anyone eligible (even if you live right across the road from the University!) to consider it. Usually our youngest "overnighters" are rising 5th graders. Thay stay in Witherspoon Hall, a safe (locked) building, with overnight security and a resident housing co-ordinator who is an adult employee of the University. Our counselors are well trained and many have First Aid certification. We usually have 7 - 8 counselors staying in the residence hall with an average of 40 campers, so there’s plenty of supervision. Evenings are full of activity – from swimming and other organized (or disorganized!) games, to campus tours, to a star party in the observatory, to the infamous Talent Show, to meeting with college students and professors in cool departments, to “drop everything and read” last thing at night … there’s simply no time to get bored! Please encourage your overnight campers to participate in our 30 minutes of reading every evening, by making sure they have a book they’ll enjoy. (We have a small library too.) Our counselors are highly trained in nagging! We think the overnight option is a great opportunity for young people to live on a college campus and get a taste of where education can lead them.
PLEASE have campers leave valuables at home! They can’t bring computers or TVs, and we strongly discourage cell phones. These are not allowed in classrooms, and are THE one item most likely to be lost. Every year we observe that they keep children from making personal connections with new friends. We can arrange for your child to make or receive a phone call at any time, through a counselor, camp leader, or our office.
| PAPERWORK |
|
Below we put links to the paperwork for each week. We try to get this ready about 4 weeks before the start of each camp. There is:
|
|
| WEEK 1 6.15 - 19 done! :-)
|
|
|
WEEK 2 PAPERWORK 6.22 - 26
done! :-)
|
|
|
WEEK 3 PAPERWORK 7.6 - 10
done! :-) |
|
|
WEEK 4 PAPERWORK 7.13 - 17
done! :-) |
|
|
WEEK 5 PAPERWORK 7.20 - 24
done! :-)
|
|
|
WEEK 6 PAPERWORK 7.27 - 31
done! :-) |
|
|
WEEK 7 PAPERWORK 8.3 - 7
done! :-) |
MEET YOUR COUNSELORS! (2009)
Colby Anderson 
is excited about returning to camps on campus for his 5th year. He's looking foward to spending time in Aspire! Nanoscience, Aspire! Journalism, Aspire! Drama, The Game of Politics, and many more camps. He's also looking forward to Undercover University with the UNCC Police Department, swimming, team building activities, and--of course--the talent show. |
 Marc Gray
|
Katy Harding Hi there! I’m Katy. I’m a theatre major, with a minor in musical theatre. I’m also involved in tech theatre, and outside of school I do some tap and jazz. I love to be around people and I have a very friendly, bubbly personality. I’ve been to camps several times but this will be my first year working with the program. I’m so excited to be able to get such a great experience and to be around such wonderful people. I can’t wait to meet you all. |
 Emily Heavner Hey! My name is Emily Heavner. I have been to Camps on Campus for a number of years and I loved every second of it. This year I am very excited to be working as a Counselor in Training. I can not wait to meet all the new campers this summer and see some of the familiar faces! |
 Matthew Helton Hey! My name is Matthew Helton. I have attended musical theater on Camps on Campus for a number of years. This will be my second year as a Counselor and I hope to teach you along with Tiffany and others how to dance and sing while having fun. Can’t wait to see you!
|
 Andrew James Hey, I'm Andrew James. This will be my first year working as a counselor at Camps on Campus, although I have attended the camps for the last 3 years. I like to have fun and laugh a lot. I am very excited about this summer and cannot wait to meet you. |
|
Michael Lane  My name is Michael Lane, and I'm from Gastonia NC. I enjoy writing, reading and playing sports. I am interested in being a pharmacist, and in the healthcare field in general. I have done job shadowing at Walgreens, performing lab tech duties. I have also volunteered at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. There I became accustomed to the hospital environment while assisting patients. I am pleased to have the opportunity to share my experiences with prospective campers, particularly in the two weeks of MEDcamp. |
 Scotty Kent
My name is Scotty Kent, I will be a senior at East Carolina University next year. I am a Middle Grades Education major with a concentration in Language Arts and History. I am a die-hard Carolina Panthers and Charlotte Bobcats fan, as a result of being born and raised in Charlotte. I am thoroughly looking forward to spending some time back in my hometown. This is my second year with Camps on Campus, and can't wait to be back at camp once again. |
 Kathy Kombol Hello! My name is Kathy Kombol. This is my third year as a counselor for Camps on Campus. I am a Studio Art major, a vegetarian, a lover of pretty much all things, and I am extremely excited to be back with everyone this year with Camps on Campus!
|
 Thomas Kombol Hello - I'm Thomas Kombol and I'm going to be a sophomore at Brevard College next year. This will be my third year as a counselor with Camps On Campus. I really enjoy the outdoors and I love to drive my car. I am very excited to be back as a counselor and can't wait for the summer to start. |
 Amanda Lupien
Hello all! My name is Amanda Lupien, and I am a Sophomore in the Civil Engineering program at UNC Charlotte. I absolutely love Camps on Campus, and this will be my second year as a counselor. I am a very active person and enjoy every sport or activity that I can think of. I strive to always have fun and keep a positive attitude, and I am very excited to meet all of this summer's campers! |
 Emily Mason Hi, I'm Emily and this is my first year working at Camps on Campus - I have attended for the past 6 years, and love it! I spend most of my time performing and singing. I attend high school at Northwest School of the Arts. I can't wait to meet all this year's campers!
|
 Victoria Schuch My name is Victoria Schuch, and this will be my first year working at Camps on Campus. I am currently involved in cheerleading and student politics. I also enjoy gymnastics, and work with children at Little Gym. |
 Alexandria Smith My name is Alex Smith and I am a full-time student at Appalachian State University. I am a political science/pre-law major with a business minor and I enjoy singing, skiing, and hiking. I am in many leadership positions on campus at Appalachian and I love working with and getting to know others around me. |
 Katie Starrett My name is Katie Starrett, and I'm really excited for my fourth year as a counselor at Camps on Campus. I'm involved in dance, and I love to read and write. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this summer!
|
 Anna Toole Hey I'm Anna! I love to play soccer and I play for club teams and my school. My favorite season is summer and I love the beach. Can't wait to meet you at Camps on Campus! |
 Cameron Walther My name is Cam Walther and I'm really excited to come back for my second year at Camps on Campus. My favorite part of camp is the talent shows that the overnight campers put together for Thursday nights. Overall camp is a ton of fun and I'm looking forward to another great summer with all of you. |
|
Renee Welsh Noel
Renee Welsh Noel has been dancing, singing, and acting her entire life - and she loves it there. She loves being outside and taking pictures of everything. She 's been going to camps on campus for four years and can not think of a better place to work.
|
EVENING ACTIVITIES 2009
There is swimming every evening in the University pool between 6:30 and 7:15, so don't forget your swimsuit and towel. And you should bring a favorite book for Drop Everything And Read every night. (Otherwise we'll make you read one of our collection of Victorian novels.)
Monday evenings at 7:30, (after swimming) be ready for some fun outdoor activities with the Venture program.
Tuesday is "Undercover University" night - your chance to go behind the scenes at UNC Charlotte and learn about some cool professors and their research, from Motorsports to Marine Ecology, or behind the scenes at Belk Theater. On Tuesdays, Aspire! participants also get to meet with a representative from our Admissions office, so if you have questions about UNC Charlotte or about being admitted to college, this is your chance to get them answered!
On Wednesday evenings, all Aspire! participants meet with Timeka Ruffin, a representative of the College Foundation of North Carolina, for an informational session covering college applications, career advice, scholarship opportunities, etc..
Thursday night is your opportunity to show off at "So You Think You're Talented!" in the Black Box theater.
FOOD 2009
Overnight campers get a meal card to cover meals between breakfast Monday and lunch Friday, as well as advice from their counselors on how to make it last all week! (Have dinner/supper on Sunday before arriving on campus between 7:00 and 8:00 pm.) Day campers may choose to bring a lunch, or to buy one here. Participants in each program will eat together, with their counselor, in the Prospector restaurant. Please be aware that there are many different sections in the restaurant building, but we simply don't have the staff to escort each child individually to his or her favorite food station. Chartwell's catering services have very kindly made available to us the special camps menu here for $5.00 including tax; a counselor will help the younger children collect and pay for this meal.
Older campers can choose to buy lunch at one of the 5 different "stations" in the Prospector Building - Coyote Jack's, Mama Leone's, Chick-fil-A, Mondo Subs or Salsarita's. You can use this dining services link: http://www.dineoncampus.com/unccharlotte/index.cfm to get an idea of the menus and prices. These are designed for college students and may be too big and too expensive for smaller children. The Prospector is very crowded at lunchtimes and we don't let the smaller children go alone to a different station, so if your child wants to buy lunch and is too young to manage the transaction alone, in the interests of safety we will use the Camps menu above.
|
Awards for the Office of Summer Programs:
Cool School won a North American Association of Summer Sessions (NAASS) Creative and Innovative Programs in 2005! Click here for the PowerPoint slide show.
(Microsoft PowerPoint is required to view it.)
|
|
Our Advantage program for incoming Freshmen was a winner of the NAASS Creative and Innovative Programs award in 1999.
|
|
UNC Charlotte's MathCAMMP, now operated through the College of Education, was for many years one of the most popular Camps on Campus programs. It won the NAASS Creative and Innovative Programs award in 1994. Dr. Jack Piel and Dr. Ken Burrows presented this paper at the North American Association of Summer Sessions annual meeting at Kansas City in fall 2006. It celebrates how MathCAMMP has thrived in the 12 years since winning this award.
|