About this Program
Knowledge and Adventure Await
Encourage your kids to step out and explore a new interest or potential career in a fun and relaxed environment at Eastern Michigan University. EMU faculty, staff and students will be on hand to ignite imaginations and open up a variety of topics from intellectual pursuits to athletic achievement. Available camps will be listed below as they are open for registration.
Engage@EMU produces camps in two ways:
- Partnership Camps - These camps are partnership camps in which an external entity such as Wayne Westland Schools, Lincoln Middle School or Girls in Engineering employ Engage@EMU in designing, developing and implementing a high-quality camp. These camps can be week-long residential or month-long non-residential programs.
- Open Enrollment (Community) Camps -Community camps are open enrollment camps put on in collaboration with the REC/IM, EMU esports, Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan, and the Ann Arbor YMCA to name a few. These camps are promoted and all are welcome to register!
2025 Camp scholarships are available, contact [email protected]
EMU Health Professional Pathway Camp 2025
Join us for the EMU Health Professional Pathways Camp to discover the health and human services career opportunities available with an Eastern Michigan University degree. Campers will participate in hands-on activities that will give them a glimpse into a variety of health professions including dietetics, occupational therapy, recreation therapy, clinical lab sciences, nursing, social work, public health, orthotics & prosthetics, athletic training, and more! Activities will take place on EMU’s campus in laboratory classrooms and simulation labs. Camp is geared towards students entering 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th grades beginning Fall 2025. The camp will be held at Eastern Michigan University on June 24, 25 & 26, 2025 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Lunch will be provided daily and all campers will receive a certificate of completion as well as CPR, AED, and first aid training certification. Cost is $125 per student - scholarships are available.
Deadline to register is June 13, 2025.
Questions? Contact: [email protected]
Girls in Engineering Academy Residential Camp
Eastern Michigan University and Engage@EMU reopened their doors to host the Girls in Engineering Academy (GEA) Residential Camp. This camp will be in person, 57 - 7th and 9th-grade girls have had an on-hand experience in taking the next steps toward building a career in STEM and engineering. Click here to learn more about our partner, The Engineering Society of Detroit and their academy.
Flights of Imagination Summer Camp 2025
The Flights of Imagination Summer 2025
Flights of Imagination 2025 is a program provided by the Children's Institute at Eastern Michigan University. The summer program at EMU Children's Institute is a theme-oriented, play-based program utilizing the Creative Curriculum. The program will reflect the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) grade level expectations for children going into Kindergarten and First Grade. Our program is supervised by professional teachers from the Institute. Experienced and energetic students at Eastern Michigan University oversee the activities. The program is divided into ten sessions with exciting activities every day. You have the option of enrolling your child in as few as one weekly session or as many as ten weekly sessions.
The Children's Institute was awarded an Out-Of-School-Time grant through the Michigan Dept. of Education that allows us to provide a 15% tuition discount per child for Flights of Imagination. This discount will be reflected on your billing statements.
Special Features
- Full-day or half-day sessions
- Morning breakfast, noon lunch and mid-afternoon snack provided
- Themed activities every week, virtual field trips, and more!
- For more information and to register, visit
Inkstains Summer Writing Camps 2025
Inkstains Summer Writing Camps 2025
All 2025 camps will be hosted on the campus of Eastern Michigan University.
ELEMENTARY (Incoming grades 3-6)
July 28-Aug 1, Monday - Friday, 9am to 12pm
$100 for the first student, $90 for siblings
MIDDLE SCHOOL (Incoming grades 6-9)
July 28 - Aug 1, Monday - Friday, 9am - 2pm
$160 for the first student, $150 for sibilings
HIGH SCHOOL (Incoming grades - recent 2025 graduate)
July 21 - 25, Monday - Friday, 10am - 2pm
$160 for the first student, $150 for siblings
REGISTER BY JULY 1, 2025 Scholarships Available!
Questions? Contact: [email protected] or [email protected]
Computing Programs for Girls 2025
Sponsored by Michigan Space Grant Consortium, funded by NASA
Bits & Bytes
Summer Computing Camp for Middle School Girls
June 23th - 27th, 2025 @ EMU, 9am - 4pm
Bits and Bytes is an all-day, week-long, summer computing camp for middle school girls. It introduces computing and technology from theoretical concepts to applied projects. Coding is introduced through educational software and robots with the support of student mentors. The camp concludes with a hackathon and a career discovery event. It is staffed by the Women in Computer Science (WICS) club members at Eastern Michigan University and led by a faculty member.
This camp is free of cost. Camp Registration Fee is $50
(scholarships are available, contact [email protected] for more info)Gigabytes
Summer Computing Program for High School Girls
July 21st - 25th, 2025 @ EMU, 9am - 4pm
Gigabytes is an all-day, week-long, summer computing program for high school girls. It introduces computing and technology through robot-based programming. Coding is introduced through educational robots with the support of student mentors. The program concludes with a hackathon and a career discovery event. It is staffed by the Women in Computer Science (WICS) club members at Eastern Michigan University and led by a faculty member.
This camp is free of cost. Camp Registration Fee is $50
(scholarships are available, contact [email protected] for more info)Other EMU Camp Options
EMU Sports Camps
Eastern Michigan University annually sponsors summer youth camps in multiple sports. All EMU Camps and Clinics are open to any and all entrants who meet the appropriate age, gender, or grade requirement for the specific camp or clinic. For a complete list and dates, visit the EMU Sports Camps page.
Contact Us
Jaclyn Hassenzahl
[email protected]
734.487.9045
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- Engage@EMU
- Ypsilanti, MI 48197
- Call: 734.487.6570