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Middle School

•   UAA Dance Camp

  UAA Dance Camp

  UAA Department of Theatre and Dance

  The purpose of the dance camp is to welcome middle school aged students into the university to take classes in ballet, social dance, musical theatre, and choreography (could be other styles, but a variety of different types of dance is the goal). The goals will be to engage the students in learning dance techniques and choreography and to put on a small showcase at the end of the week to perform for parents.

   

  Instructor: Katie O'Loughlin

   

  Grades: 6-8th

  Dates: June 2-6

  M-F 8:30 am- 3:30 pm

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•   Brain Explorer Camp

  Brain Explorer Camp 

  UAA Department of Psychology

  LEARN ABOUT THE BRAIN AND MIND, EXPLORE CAREERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, AND MEET (AND TRAIN) A REAL LIVE LAB RAT

  Instructor: Kristin Riall

  Grades: 6-8th 

  Dates: June 10-14

  M-F 8:30 am- 3:30 pm

   

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•   Bone Detectives: Forensic Anthropology  See content disclaimer  

  Bone Detectives: Forensic Anthropology

  UAA Department of Anthropology & Geography

  This summer camp will introduce forensic anthropology to the campers, and provide them with the opportunity to collect human skeletal remains (plastic) and personal items from a field setting, as well as laboratory analysis of these items. Other outcomes include reconstructions of potential crime scenes, documentation of individual specifics, trauma, and injuries, and generating descriptions of the crime and victim. Laboratory activities will include examining items recovered from outdoor instructor-created crime scenes and examining the recovered human skeletal remains for signs of injury and/or trauma. Other activities will include comparisons of recovered evidence to age-appropriate crime scene photographs and or inventory lists, and generation of crime scene descriptions. Hands-on lab activities include blood spatter analysis, microscopic hair analysis, shoe impression recovery, and analysis. Campers apply the above concepts to a specific forensic case they are reconstructing as a group. During the last day, we will go over their interpretations of this case based on their experiences with the hands-on lab activities.

  Disclaimer: This camp will be discussing topics that may be sensitive to some.

  Instructor: Mallory Anctil

  Grades: 6-8th 

  Dates: Camp 1: June 2  - June 6, Camp 2: June 9 - Jun 13

  M-F 8:30 am- 3:30 pm

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•   Guitar Camp

  Guitar Camp

  UAA Department of Music

  The purpose of the UAA Guitar Camp is to improve participants' technique, musicianship, and ensemble playing. The goals of the camp are to introduce students to important elements of guitar technique, chord reading, fingerpicking, and playing together.

   

  Instructor: Armin Abdihodzic

   

  Grades: 6-8th

  Dates: June 9-13

  M-F 8:30 am- 3:30 pm

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High School

• Mystery! Romance! Sci-Fi and Fantasy! Creative Writing Storytelling

  Mystery! Romance! Sci-Fi and Fantasy! Creative Writing Storytelling

  UAA Department of English

  Students will have the opportunity to learn and practice good writing techniques and to write a completed short story by the end of the camp. We will have classes, writing time, and peer review during the camps, and at the end all stories will be “published” in a little literary journal or anthology that can be taken home!

  Instructor: Sharon Emmerichs

  Grades: 9-12th 

  Dates: June 2-6

  M-F 8:30 am- 3:30 pm

   

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• On the Record: Journalism Camp

  On the Record: Journalism Camp

  UAA Department of Journalism and Communications

  Throughout history, journalism has always been integral to keeping the public informed to the goings-on of the wider world, from the muckrakers of the early 1900’s, to todays bloggers and podcasters. Now you can learn valuable skills of the trade from UAA professors and local journalists in a week long camp!

   

  Instructor: Paola Banchero

   

  Grades: 9-12th 

  Dates: June 9-13

  M-F 8:30 am- 3:30 pm

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• Printmaking with Recycled Materials, Painting with Plants Camp

  Printmaking with Recycled Materials, Painting with Plants Camp

  UAA Department of Art

  We will be learning how to identify and collect natural materials from the nature and then process them into paper and paints!

  Instructors: Jimmy Riordan & Cecilia Karoly-Lister

   

  Grades: 9-12th 

  Dates: June 16-20

  M-F 8:30 am- 3:30 pm

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• Better Painting Camp

  Better Painting Camp

  UAA Department of Art

  This program introduces students to think about painting and art history not as separate entities as they’re often taught, of how one can inform and enrich the other. There’ll be an art historical/contemporary art component, introducing students to core painting concepts and projects abound!

  Instructors: Graham Dane

   

  Grades: 9-12th 

  Dates: June 16-20

  M-F 8:30 am- 3:30 pm

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CAS Affiliated Camps

• CLOSED Chamber Music Camp

  Chamber Music Camp

  UAA Department of Music

  Grades: High School, Junior High and Elementary levels

  Dates: May 27-31 & June 3-7

  Application Deadline: May 20

  We’ll meet at 10am to learn more about how to get the most enjoyment and improvement out of your practice time, enjoy a daily masterclass with student volunteers and group scales, rhythm and pitch work. Then each student will have a coaching on a chamber music piece (quartet, trio, etc) with a professional faculty member. We’ll break for lunch, casual open performances for each other, and other creative activities. Then in the afternoon it’s back to another coaching or two. The week will wrap up with a celebration recital for friends and family. All this takes place in the Fine Arts Building on the beautiful campus of the University of Alaska, Anchorage.

   

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Click here to check out the recap blogs from 2023 Summer Camps!