Mid-State Technical College’s (MSTC) annual College Camp will be held Thursday, June 17 at MSTC’s Wisconsin Rapids Campus, 500 32nd Street North. This year’s camp theme is Game Day 2010. College Camp offers students entering grades 6, 7 and 8 hands-on opportunities to explore careers and skills needed for tomorrow’s jobs. During Game Day 2010, attendees will participate in three career sessions from the following “gaming” opportunities:
- Boggle – Machine Tool
- Candy Land – Early Childhood Education
- Chutes and Ladders – Junior Fire Fighting
- Clue – Laboratory Science
- Cranium – Journalism
- Don’t Break the Ice – Civil Engineering
- Monopoly – Criminal Justice-Corrections
- Operation – Nursing
- PayDay – Business
- Rock’em Sock’em Robots – Electronics
- Scene it – Mass Media
- Shark Attack – Computer Information
- Sorry – Energy Efficiency
- The Barbie Game – Cosmetology & Barbering
- The Game of Life – Renewable Energy
- Trouble – Law Enforcement
According to Betsy Feaster, Enrollment Advisor, the primary goal of MSTC’s annual College Camp is to broaden a young person's perspective of career possibilities through on-site, hands-on and fun career exploration. “It’s a great opportunity to explore careers and skills needed for tomorrow’s jobs.”
College Camp’s $30 fee includes all exploration sessions, snacks, lunch, duffle bag and bus transportation. For more information about College Camp, including session descriptions and a registration form, visit http://www.mstc.edu/collegecamp.htm or call MSTC at 715-422-5413.
Transportation to MSTC’s College Camp, Game Day 2010, is available at no extra cost from the following sites:
- Adams-Friendship, MSTC Adams Center
- Auburndale, "The Store"
- Marshfield, MSTC Marshfield campus
- Nekoosa, Riverside Park
- Plover, 5 Star Lanes
- Port Edwards, Christian Life Fellowship
- Rudolph, St. Philip’s Church
- Stevens Point, MSTC Stevens Point campus
- Vesper, Community Park
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