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Registration for 2019 Engineering Challenge Camps is now open!

Registration links are below each camp title. Click on the appropriate link to register.

High School Engineering Challenge Camps 2019

High School camps run as overnight camps. Campers will have the opportunity to stay in a WVU residence hall (Bennett Tower). All meals and evening programming/supervision will be provided.

Students entering 9th-12th grade in the upcoming fall are eligible for high school camps.

Cost of Camp: $700 (Limited financial aid may be available upon request)
Each high school camp is limited to 30 campers
High school camps will be based on the Evansdale Campus in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Dates and Themes for the 2019 high school camps are below.

June 16-21 - Halliburton's Females in the Field

This female-only camp will focus on fieldwork careers within the engineering industry.
2019 Females in the Field Agenda

June 23-28 - Engineering in Innovation

This co-ed camp will have an emphasis on innovative, creative problem solving within various disciplines of engineering.
2019 Engineering in Innovation Agenda

July 7-12 - Engineering in Action

This co-ed camp will learn how engineering is integrated into the world of sports and recreation.

Engineering in Action is full. You can sign up on the wait list.
Tentative Agenda

July 7-12 - Engineering in Coding

This co-ed camp will introduce campers to computer science and the different applications within industry and everyday life.
Registration for Engineering in Coding
Tentative Agenda

July 14-19 - Engineering in Healthcare

This co-ed camp will teach campers about the intersection of medicine and engineering to solve health related problems.
Engineering in Healthcare is full. You can sign up on the wait list.
Tentative Agenda

Middle School Engineering Challenge Camps 2019

Middle School camps run as week-long, full day camps, 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. with lunch included. Projects will be different than previous years. The 2019 theme will be "Assemble the Adventure". Each week of camp will have the same curriculum; campers can only register for one week of camp.

Cost of Camp: $425 (Limited financial aid may be available upon request)
Camp registration is based on what grade your student will enter in the upcoming fall. Middle school camp is for students entering 6th-8th grade
Limited to 30 campers per week
Final camp agenda will be available by April 1. You can see the tentative agenda below.

This camp will focus on how the engineering design process plays into recreational activities such as arcade games, outdoor adventures, and amusement parks.
Middle School Engineering Challenge Camp Tentative Agenda 2019

Each week will have the same curriculum.
Middle school camps will all run on the Evansdale Campus in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Middle School Camp Dates:

Middle school camp for June 17-21 is full. You can sign up on the wait list.
Middle school camp for June 24-28 is full. You can sign up on the wait list.
Middle school camp for July 22-26 is full. You can sign up on the wait list.

Elementary Engineering Challenge Camps 2019

Elementary camps will run as week-long,half-day camps with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30p.m. and 4th and 5th graders from 1 to 5 p.m. Projects will be different than projects of previous year. The 2019 theme will be "Story Laboratory," and campers will use the engineering design process to solve problems that characters face in different popular books.

Cost of Camp: $250 (Limited financial aid may be available upon request)
Camp registration is based on what grade your student will enter in the upcoming fall
Limited to 30 campers per week
Final 2019 camp agenda will be available by April 1. You can see the tentative agenda below.

The 2019 theme will be "Story Laboratory," and campers will use the engineering design process to solve problems that characters face in different popular books.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade Tentative Agenda
4th and 5th Grade Tentative Agenda

Dates for the 2019 elementary school campers are below. Each week will have the same curriculum.

July 15-19 (We will be running an elementary camp on both the Morgantown campus AND the Beckley campus during this week.)

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade camp for July 15-19 (Morgantown Campus) is full. You can sign up on the wait list.
4th and 5th Grade camp for July 15-19 (Morgantown Campus) is full. You can sign up on the wait list.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade Registration (July 15-19) Beckley Campus
4th and 5th Grade Registration (July 15-19) Beckley Campus

July 22-26 (Only Morgantown Campus)

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade camp for July 22-26 is full. You can sign up on the wait list.
4th and 5th Grade camp for July 22-26 is full. You can sign up on the wait list.

July 29-August 2 (Only Morgantown Campus)

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade camp for July 29- August 2 is full. You can sign up on the wait list.
4th and 5th Grade camp for July 29- August 2 is full. You can sign up on the wait list.

Due to the popularity of our programs, we must limit each camper to one camp experience annually.

Questions About Camp

If you have any questions about camp, please email Cate Schlobohm or call her at 304-293-0399.

Camp FAQs

Past Camp Agendas

Are you interested in what activities your child would be involved with at an engineering camp? If so, check out the agendas from the Statler College's past camps. This year's agendas will be posted by April 1.