Educational summer camps offered for deaf and hard-of-hearing students

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Thu, Mar 14th, 2013
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Camps for are planned this summer at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, where deaf and hard-of-hearing teenagers will get hands-on experience building computers or other high-tech devices, learn which college majors and careers may be best suited for them and meet other campers from around the country while enjoying recreational activities.

Explore Your Future is a six-day career awareness program for college-bound high school sophomores and juniors who are deaf or hard of hearing. Students experience college life, enjoy hands-on activities and get a taste of real world careers in the fields of art, business, computing, engineering, health sciences and science. Two sessions of the camp are being offered this year: July 13–18, or July 20–25. Deadline to apply is April 30. For details, go to www.rit.edu/NTID/EYF.

TechGirlz and TechBoyz are six-day summer camps for deaf and hard-of-hearing girls and boys entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade and who are interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Campers build high-tech gadgets to take home, conduct experiments in a high-tech lab and more. Dates for these camps are July 28-Aug. 2, 2013. Deadline to apply is May 31. For details, go to www.rit.edu/NTID/TechGirlz or www.rit.edu/NTID/TechBoyz.

And Steps to Success is a weekend mini-camp for 7th, 8th and 9th grade African American, Native American and Latino students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Campers enjoy hands-on career-related activities and meeting new friends. Dates for this camp is July 26-28. Deadline to apply is May 31. For details, go to www.rit.edu/NTID/StepstoSuccess.

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