Academic Conferences
These are the camps and conferences that UNC offers this year that relate to academic topics in various disciplines.
Colorado Girls State
Dates: June 9, 2019 through June 14, 2019
To provide an outstanding, unique, and coveted educational opportunity for the young women of our nation that instills the basic ideals and principles of American government through the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation citizenship training programs.
MAST: Higher Education Flipped Learning Conference
Dates: June 13, 2019 through June 15, 2019
This conference will allow higher education flipped classroom practitioners to exchange information, highlight faculty engaged in assessment of flipped classrooms, and discuss the future of flipped learning in higher education including the professional development with those interested in flipped learning.
Frontiers of Science Institute
Dates: June 16, 2019 through July 27, 2019
Six-week residential immersion program for high school juniors and seniors who have a strong interest in STEM subjects. FSI's primary goal is to provide students with authentic, engaging experiences to stimulate their knowledge, skills, and interest in STEM subjects. Additionally, FSI students are challenged to build their self-confidence and ability and to initiate their future academic and professional planning. Students benefit from experiences where they step outside their comfort zones, realize important societal roles they can fill, and pursue their most ambitious goals.
ASLIS: TASL MA Program
Dates: June 17, 2019 through July 19, 2019
The Teaching American Sign Language (TASL) Program provides you with the pedagogical coursework to teach ASL as a foreign/modern language in numerous settings including secondary and post-secondary schools.
NAIE: National Association of Interpreter Education
Dates: June 20, 2019 through June 23, 2019
ASLIS: ASLEI BA Program
Dates: June 24, 2019 through July 19, 2019
The ASL-English Interpretation program at UNC is founded on the principles of bilingual/bicultural interpreter education. Essential components of the program include native/near-native competencies in both American Sign Language (receptive and expressive) and English (written and spoken). UNC's ASL-English Interpretation program will prepare you to interpret in community or educational settings that require you to be able to quickly and accurately integrate visual and auditory information providing linguistic and cultural equivalency appropriate to both languages (ASL and English).
Summer Enrichment Program
Dates: July 8, 2019 through July 29, 2019
2018 marks the 41st year of the Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) serving children and youth who are gifted, talented, and/or creative in a supportive academic and social setting. Designed for students entering 5th grade through 10th grade, this residential program offers high interest, hands-on, brains-on courses developed by specialists in gifted education and/or in specialized content areas. On the day they arrive, students select courses for their two week session. Courses meet daily during four 75 minute periods. After classes are done for the day participants choose a variety of "options" varying from active sports and recreation, craft activities and time to visit with new and old friends. Students come to SEP from around 25 states, provinces and foreign countries. Dorm counselors who are college age and older supervise students during all hours that the students are not in class.
Summer Enrichment Program / LEP
Dates: July 8, 2019 through July 19, 2019
The Leadership Enrichment Program (LEP) accepts 24 high school students who are entering their junior and senior years. The focus is on understanding one's personal, unique gifts and talents, learning about leadership styles and developing traits and characteristics of leadership. They spend three periods a day on leadership topics and one period assisting an SEP teacher for a class of their choice. They assist SEP counselors with afternoon and evening options and teach mini-courses on the Saturday between the weeks of their session. Special activities, meals and creative options make LEP unique and memorable.
Clinical Cancer Exercise Specialist Workshop
Dates: July 21, 2019 through July 27, 2019
