4/21/2020: The computer science and engineering set for June 22-26 has been canceled. At this time, the electrical engineering camp set for July 20-24 will still be held as scheduled. We are closely monitoring the situation with the community’s best interest in mind, as part of Penn State’s efforts to maintain public health and safety in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. If the electrical engineering camp is canceled, campers will be notified as soon as possible. For the latest Penn State updates and information, visit virusinfo.psu.edu.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Building on the success of previous years, the Penn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) will host two weeklong summer camps geared toward girls in middle and high school.
The computer science and engineering camp, Building Blocks for Our Future: Using Computer Science to Design a Better Tomorrow, will be held June 22-26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Westgate Building on the University Park campus. Participants will experience how computer science designs are constructed as building blocks in both virtual and physical worlds. They also will learn how to build and program virtual worlds and automatic devices.
“The camp is amazing,” said Zoey Steiner, a 2019 computer science and engineering camp participant. “I love how hands-on it is, how instead of them showing you how something works and then doing things for you, they show you how it works, and then they let you figure it out on your own.”
The camp is open to anyone entering seventh through ninth grades.