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, Jalen Rose Academy 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!

2023 Camp scholarships are available, 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 2023

    The Flights of Imagination Summer 2023

    Flights of Imagination 2023 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.

    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!
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    • For more information and to register, visit Children's Institute, Flights of Imagination 

  • Inkstains Summer Writing Camps 2023

    Inkstains Summer Writing Camps 2023

    All 2023 camps will be hosted on the campus of Eastern Michigan University.

    ELEMENTARY (Incoming grades 3-6)

    July 24-28, Monday - Friday, 9am to 12pm

    $110 for the first student, $100 for siblings

    MIDDLE SCHOOL (Incoming grades 6-9)

    July 24-28, Monday - Friday, 9am - 2pm

    $190 for the first student, $180 for sibilings

    HIGH SCHOOL (Incoming grades - recent 2023 graduate)

    July 17 - 21, Monday - Friday, 9am - 2pm

    $190 for the first student, $180 for siblings

    REGISTER BY JUNE 1

    Click Here to Register!

    Questions? Contact: [email protected]

  • Computing Programs for Girls 2023

    Bits & Bytes

    Summer Computing Camp for Middle School Girls

    June 26th - 30th, 2023 @ EMU

    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 $25 

    (some scholarships are available)
     

    Click Here to Register!

    Gigabytes (New!)

    Summer Computing Program for High School Girls

    July 17th - 21st, 2023 @ EMU

    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 $25

    (some scholarships are available)
     

    Click Here to Register!

  • 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.