Summer Camps
Rise above a
boring summer
July 8-12, 2024
Looking for something fun to do this summer? Join us on the UW-Green Bay campus for five days, four nights of fun! Campers will spend the week learning a new skill, living on-campus like a college student, dining in our university dining hall, and meeting other GEAR UP students from all over the state of Wisconsin. Need another incentive? This experience is FREE to all GEAR UP students!
LIVE ON CAMPUS
Live like a UW-Green Bay student for a week! Campers will live on the UW-Green Bay campus in one of our residence halls to experience what it is like to live on-campus like a college student.
Dine like a student
Refuel throughout the week in our on-campus dining hall. Campers will dine just like a UW-Green Bay college student in our Cloud Commons dining hall. Don't worry about paying, GEAR UP has got you covered!
Learn SOMETHING NEW
Camp is not just about having fun, but learning a new skill. With the help of our partners from the Einstein Project, Brown County/4-H, and the UWGB Art Department, students will walk away from camp with a new found skill that they can show off to their classmates!
Summer 2024 Camp Offerings
UW-Green Bay GEAR UP is excited to offer three brand new camps for summer 2024! Check out the offerings below and be sure to pay close attention to the grade levels that each camp is open to. The grade levels are based on your grade as of the 2023-2024 school year.
Design Tech: Board Game Mastermind
Grades 7-10
Have you ever wanted to redesign your favorite board game? Maybe you have an exciting idea for a brand new one that hasn't been created yet? Design Tech: Board Game Mastermind will help you bring that idea to life! We will start the week learning the basics of Tinkercad, 3D printing, and laser cutting and we will end the week by utilizing those new found skills to create your own board game or redesign your favorite!
Cardboard City
Grades 6-9
Join us for this highlight interactive cardboard camp where campers will make their dream homes into a cardboard reality, from blueprint to final construction. Then, working as a group, we will engineer and build a city - grocery stores, hospitals, a post office, restaurants, schools, etc. The only limit in this city is your imagination!
Graffiti & Darkroom Photography
Grades 10-11
Calling all future artists! Join the UWGB Art Department for a week of artistic expression! Campers will spend the morning learning the art of graffiti painting with UWGB alumnus and owner of Trackside Designs, Beau Thomas. In the afternoon, UWGB Art Professor, Sarah Detweiler, will guide students through the scientific process of darkroom photography where they will create paintings with light to produce unique works of experimental photography.
Have a question? We've got an answer!
If at any point you have a question about the GEAR UP camp offerings, please do not hesitate to reach out to our GEAR UP Services Specialist and Camp Director, Ben!