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Show Camps teach 8th-grad- girls, high school sti e Summer counselor positions available for qualified students Anna Hansen StafFWriter Flyers around campus have been advertising the opportunity for Westminster students to work as camp counselors this summer for both the College Experience camps offered to high school aged students across the country and, for female students, the AWESUM math and science camp for local junior high aged girls. For AWESUM, Camp Coordinator Emily Had-fie- ld will be hiring only female camp counselors, but the College Experience camps are staffed by co-e- d students. She will likely need two to three counselors per camp but said it depends on the number of attendee registrations. Westminster students selected to be camp counselors will be paid a stipend as well as free lodging in the residence halls and meals on campus for the duration of the camps. "The best part about it was getting to know the campers and being able to be a role model for them." Megan Gorringe As for the qualities Hadfield is looking for in a Westminster student camp counselor, she said mostly about it was getting to know the campers and being for work student a to Its availability." only able to be a role model for them. possible one of the weeks, but Hadfield prefers to hire people who are available for both the June and the July camps. "At start age Other qualities she looks for include dependability and in an upbeat attitude, plus students who are able to reboys." school The late to junior high or high aged students." Emily Hadfield ideal candidate is someone who will be encouraging The College Experience camps cover a variety of and excited, she said, and not just stand in a comer academic topics and are targeted to students entering text messaging. There are two sets of camps, one held June Westminster graduate Megan Gorringe was a coungrades 12. The four June and the other held July 13-- 19. selor for the 2007 camps, both AWESUM and the 22-- 28 College Experience camps, and said the experience camps are Writing Your World, Paleo Camp, Environmental Studies and Musical Theatre. For July there are was definitely worth it. She said its a good part-tim- e summer job, especially if youre traveling or doing other three camps: Robotics, Aviation and Money 101. The things. She worked a total of four or five weeks as a paleo and robotics camps are new this year, said Hadcounselor last summer, she said, and really enjoyed her field. Each academic camp is directed by a Westminster time. Its really interactive. Youre always doing somefaculty member. she said. The cost to attendees for the College Experience thing, besaid also divided counselors are the Gorringe camps is $639, which includes all lodging, meals, matween day and night shifts, which can alternate day terials and activities for the week The aviation camp by day for the College Experience camps. Night shift comes with an extra $200 flight fee, but Hadfield said means you stay overnight in the residence halls. You this camp continues to be the most popular choice behave a three-ho- ur time slot in which you have to be cause in addition to workshop and simulator time, it awake, but the rest of the time you can sleep. If you includes two actual flight lessons for each student in a get the night shift, it counts as a full day of work, said Piper Archer plane. Gorringe, and you get the next full day off. The experience of living like a college student for a week is valuable to camp attendees, said Hadfield. all They get a feel for being "You in a an actual college student living on campus, which she thinks is important. When it comes time for them to move away to college they Hadfield Emily wont be as worried about it theyll already know For the four-da- y AWESUM camp, on the other what its like. Hadfield said that all of the camps are highly interachand, Gorringe said, If youre day shift, you stay day shift because each counselor is assigned a group of girls tive and filled with field trips, group activities, learning to work with. I had a group of about 12 girls, and my opportunities and some free evenings to socialize with halls. You girls were my girls, she said. We were with them all all of the other students in the residence day every day. She said she liked AWESUM better dont sing Kumbaya around a campfire, you dont make than the high school camps partly because she majored lanyards, she said. On the other hand, You dont sit in in math but also because of the girls she worked with. a classroom all day and look out the window. Group Of her summer experience, she said, The best part activities include a Gateway night with admission to an that not wanting you to look nerdy front of the 9-- classroom don't sit day and look out the window." VOLUME XU: ISSUE 15 2 IMAX movie, a ropes course and an etiquette dinner. activities, students from each During these all-gro- up different camp come together. The AWESUM camp runs twice and for four days and the cost of each time, June 16-- 19 and July 7--10, attendance is only $50. Hadfield said the AWESUM camp gives girls entering 8th grade a chance to explore math and science in a girls-on- ly atmosphere. At that age you start not wanting to look nerdy in front of the boys, Hadfield said. The workshops and activities are led by Westminsters female math and science professors and some of their female students. "They get a feel for being an actual college student living on campus. When it comes time for them to move away to college they won't be as worried about it they'll already know what it's like." Emily Hadfield Students interested in working as a camp counselor this summer should submit a resume and application to Camp Coordinator Emily Hadfield. Applications can be obtained by sending an to summercamps westminstercollege.edu or in person from Hadfields office, Gore 216A. There is no fixed deadline to apply. ail The Forum 2008-0'( ' 9 Congratulations to the following: Editor: Jonny Bonner Production Manager: Kaitlyn Thomas Business Manager: Myles Starr Thank you to everyone who applied. |