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MILLIGAN COLLEGE, Tenn. (March 11, 2019) — This summer, high school students can build a rocket, write and produce a short-film, program a Raspberry Pi computer, and earn CPR certification—all at Milligan’s Summer Camps, offered July 8-12. A $100 discount is available for registration prior to June 1.
Milligan’s uniquely designed camps offer concentrations in engineering, nursing, computer science and digital media.
Students will have the opportunity to come for the day to the college’s beautiful campus located near Johnson City, Tennessee. This five-day camp will enhance students’ skills, present new techniques in their field of interest and connect them to other college-bound students in a supportive, Christian environment.
“Milligan Summer Camps offer teens incredible opportunities to learn from the college’s experienced faculty and be mentored by Milligan student counselors, who are respected by their peers and faculty,” said Dr. Lee Harrison, vice president for marketing and enrollment management. “Our summer camps provide high school students with a diverse array of academic offerings from which they can explore future college majors and career paths.”
In the engineering camp, students will explore the worlds of mechanical and electrical engineering with Milligan’s esteemed engineering faculty, whose experience includes NASA, West Point and the United Nations. Students will participate in friendly competitions, including programming a robotic car, creating high-pressure water-rockets and building wooden bridges.
Students in the nursing camp will learn from Milligan’s experienced nursing faculty, develop hands-on skills used by registered nurses every day, earn their CPR certification, tour area health care agencies and more.
At computer science camp, students will learn how to program a microprocessor, gain important team building skills and create a mini super computer out of Raspberry Pi computers.
The digital media camp will provide students with hands-on experience in the foundational elements of digital media, including digital photography, digital video filmmaking and graphic design.
Milligan Summer Camps are open to rising high school freshmen through seniors. For more information or to register, call 423. 461.8410, email camps@milligan.edu or visit www.milligan.edu/camps.