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| National History Day in Minnesota | Communication, Diversity, History, Languages and Social Studies | National History Day is a research project for students in grades 6-12. It teaches students to: conduct in-depth research, use primary and secondary sources, read variety of texts, analyze and synthesize information, and write and present content. |
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| UMM Track and Field Throws Clinic | Recreation | This clinic is open to boys and girls entering grades 4-12th in fall 2018. This clinic will focus on the fundamentals of Shot Put and Discus. Along with some basic strength principles. It is guaranteed to be lot of fun! |
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Jun | Morris (West Central MN) |
| Upward Bound Vision Quest | Leadership and Citizenship | Upward Bound Vision Quest is an academic and college preparatory program funded by the US Department of Education. The purpose is to develop the skills and motivation for students to complete high school and to enter and succeed in college. |
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| Youth Engagement in Arboriculture |
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The YEA program introduces youth to careers in arboriculture, sending participants home with a tangible and memorable experience by safely and technically ascending trees assisted by professional arborists, University faculty, staff, and students. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Arboretum Summer Day Camp Programs |
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Programming for kids ages pre-K through 15 years old on-site at the MN Landscape Arboretum. Programming includes Children's Garden weekly program, 1 day, 3 day, and 4 day daycamps as well as a Parent Child weekly activity program called Pea Pods. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Stem in Motion | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Exploring how to make things move with STEM principles. Open to youth that have completed 6 -8 grade. Held Monday - Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. Students must bring their own lunches and transportation to and from UMD campus is not provided. |
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Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Growing Good |
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Children's Garden in Residence, works in partnership with youth serving community organizations to present a seven week hands-on science in the garden program. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Summer Forestry Adventures Days | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | Youth are invited to the Cloquet Forestry Center for activities such as a scavenger hunt, wagon ride, boat races, leaf/flower pounding, plaster track making, as well as learn about aquatic invasive species, Minnesota minnows and fire science! |
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Jul | Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Summer Computing Academy for Female Students | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | The academy teaches computer programming using python in an intense hands-on program. It will include lectures on the fundamental programming concepts and the python programming language together with extensive hands-on experience. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| UMD Athletic Summer Camps | Recreation | Bulldogs Sports Camps provide opportunities for athletes to develop their skills in a fun, sportsmanlike environment. In addition to fundamental instruction, campers will be exposed to sport specific strategies. |
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Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Sunday Funday |
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The program offers parents and children, the chance to be engaged with art, history, and fun. Every month, there will be a new theme related to the weekend’s event. The series will take place on Sundays from 1 - 3 pm in Glensheen’s Winter Garden. |
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Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Bee Squad Pollinator Ambassadors | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | The goal of the Pollinator Ambassadors program is to provide hands-on training to youth about pollinators in order for them to provide outreach to the public. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| North Shore Summer Music Experience | Art, Design, Music and Theater | A summer music program for youth in grades 7 - 12. |
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Jun | Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Robert F. Pierce Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic |
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The RFP Clinic is the teaching clinic in the UMD Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Under the supervision of licensed speech-language pathologists, interns provide speech-language therapy to individuals with communication disorders. |
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Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| University Youth & Community Programs Summer Day Camps |
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Summer Youth Programs are structured as weekly day camps. All camps feature rock climbing, swimming, high quality facilities, and energetic staff to create a full day of quality activities and a summer like no other. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Gym Jam |
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Children, alumni and friends of the Shirley G. Moore Laboratory School come together at the U’s indoor football field to play while raising money for the School. The event raises money to buy equipment for kids to use their developing motor skills. |
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Feb | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| UMC Softball Fall Camp | Recreation | Teaching Softball Skills open to all age groups K-12 |
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Sep | Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| UMC Baseball Prospect Camp | Recreation | Development-Prospect camp, visit campus, and evaluate talent |
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Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| Mommy, Me & SWE | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at UMD hosts an event for girls in grades 1-3 and their moms or other female guardian or family member. The event provides young girls with an opportunity to learn about engineering through hands-on activities. |
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Nov | Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| School of Dentistry Open House: Explore Dental Careers | Health, Nutrition and Human Development | The Office of Admissions and Diversity is holding the School of Dentistry Open House: Explore Dental Careers for high school and college students on Saturday, June 15, 2019. |
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Jun | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Community Music | Art, Design, Music and Theater | Individual music lessons for all ages. Students have the opportunity to study with professional teaching artists who possess advanced degrees in music and/or significant professional teaching and performing experience. |
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Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Big Friend, Little Friend | Leadership and Citizenship | Big Friend, Little Friend is a mentoring program pairing children in grades K-6 with college student mentors who spend two hours/week with one another, in addition to monthly community events. |
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Morris (West Central MN) |
| TRIO Upward Bound |
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TRIO Upward Bound (TRIO UB) is an academic and college preparatory program funded by the US Department of Education. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Legal Education Awareness Program (LEAP) 2019 | Leadership and Citizenship | LEAP is an annual event hosted by Minnesota Law Schools designed to encourage high school students from racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the legal profession to consider a career in law. |
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Feb | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| University of Minnesota's Talented Youth in Mathematics Program (UMTYMP) in Rochester | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | UMTYMP (pronounced "umm-tee-ump") is an accelerated mathematics option for students who are highly gifted in mathematics. |
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Rochester (Southeast MN) |
| Tutoring, Reading, and Empowering Children | Leadership and Citizenship | TREC’s mission is to: Promote literacy in children ages 0-18 Provide school-aged children with meaningful tutoring and mentoring experiences... |
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Morris (West Central MN) |
| Skynet Scholars | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Skynet Scholars is a program for middle and high school students that puts them in the driver’s seat to conduct their own scientific explorations of the universe. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| School Release Day Camps | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Bell camps offer kids a fun and enriching environment that encourages them to explore their scientific passions as well as new subjects. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| 4-H Map to Leadership |
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This event is being offered to youth and adults and they will be learning about leadership. |
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Morris (West Central MN) |
| UMC Winter Volleyball Camp | Recreation | Teach individual volleyball techniques/skills to athletes who are interested in volleyball. |
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Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| UMC Baseball Day Camps | Recreation | Fundementals: holding bats, throwing techniques, hitting, pitching, etc. |
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Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| UMC Baseball Day Camps | Recreation | Hitting and pitching camp |
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Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| UMC Baseball Day Camp | Recreation | Hitting- Defense camp |
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Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| UMC Baseball Day Camp | Recreation | Fundemental Camp: hitting, throwing, and fielding skills. |
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Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (U of M Twin Cities) |
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PSEO allows motivated high school juniors and seniors to take classes at the U of M for both high school and college credit. The cost of University tuition, course fees, and textbooks is covered by the Minnesota Department of Education. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Minnesota 4-H |
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In 4-H, youth collaborate with caring adults to lead hands-on projects in areas like science, health, agriculture, citizenship and the arts. Mentors provide a positive environment where youth learn by doing. 4-H is offered year-round across Minnesota. |
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| 2019 Softball Clinics | Recreation | Softball skills clinics |
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Morris (West Central MN) |
| Minnesota Youth Leadership Conference: Youth Exploring Leadership & Learning Out loud! (YELLO!) | Leadership and Citizenship | YELLO is an exciting and fun event for youth in grade 6-12. Participate in hands-on workshops, career exploration, field trips, and relationship building experiences. The program is planned by youth leaders. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Northern Great Plains Youth Institute |
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The Northern Great Plains Youth Institute is a life-changing experience at the University of Minnesota Crookston where high school students engage with local leaders and experts on critical global challenges, participate in hands-on activities, and explor |
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May | Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| Raptors of Minnesota |
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This program is ideal for groups or interactive family events. We explore the different raptors found in Minnesota and their role in the environment. Participants learn the three key features of all raptors and learn why they are different from other bird |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Raptors of Minnesota Red-Tail Trail Scouts Program |
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Treat your troop to a raptor learning adventure. We offer both on-site and at-your-site programs for Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of all ages. Scouts will learn about Minnesota raptors and how humans impact the birds' environment as well as specific actions |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Hatchday Birthday Parties |
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Celebrate your birthday with The Raptor Center! This two hour celebration consists of a program where participants will see three different raptors on the glove, a private tour of our education facilities for party guests, and a 1-hour party room rental. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Physics Force | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | The Physics Force is an outreach program through the University of Minnesota. Physics Force does things on a grand scale to bring excitement and wonder to the thousands of students who attend our shows every year. |
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Jan | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Youth Raptor Corps |
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Are you in grades 5-8, and interested in helping raptors, the environment, and developing into a budding naturalist? Join our youth service-learning club, Youth RaptorCorps! |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| The Medieval Book in the K-12 Classroom | Communication, Diversity, History, Languages and Social Studies | This program takes advantage of children’s fascination with the popular trappings of medievalism (knights, princesses, sorcerers, dragons) by using it as a gateway to stimulate an appreciation of books in general and history and literature in particular. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO)-Morris |
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The Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program at the University of Minnesota-Morris allows eligible high school juniors and seniors to take on-campus and online classes through the Morris campus for both high school and college credit. |
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Morris (West Central MN) |
| UMD KIDSROCK | Recreation | UMD KIDSROCK provides a large number of youth programs for kids of all ages in the Duluth area! Most popular is our UMD KIDSROCK Summer Camp with nine weeks of fun play-based day-camps for 5-12yo, and eight different specialized camps for 8-15yo. |
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Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Spring Forestry Adventures | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | Youth are immersed in the beauty of the Cloquet Forestry Center while learning about the environment they are in. Scavenger hunts, walking and or wagon tours, and natural boat races are typically occurring events, but are limited by weather. |
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Apr | Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Growing Brains Outreach | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | This is a program for students studying child psychology and related topics to disseminate a one-hour curriculum about developmental neuroscience to students in 4th-8th grade. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| CSE Field trips | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Educators bring their class or other student group to the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) to learn about college, our campus, and current research. Customized field trips may include campus or lab tours, hands-on activities, undergraduate panels, |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Eureka! |
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Eureka! is a five-year summer and school year program for girls focused on science, technology, engineering, and math. Run as a partnership between the College of Science and Engineering and Girls, Inc at the YWCA of Minneapolis, the Eureka! program build |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Discover STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Week-long summer day camps for high school students that offer a hands-on introduction to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics opportunities. Students experience campus life, learn more about academic programs, and explore potential careers t |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| UMD Math Prep for STEM Careers | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | The program is for incoming students to UMD from underrepresented groups who plan to pursue a STEM degree. The students stay on campus for five days in June (dorms overnight) for a STEM camp. |
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Jun | Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Lake Superior Youth Symposium | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Students in grades 8-12 are invited to join us for Lake Superior-focused fun, including field trips, workshops, and opportunities to present Lake Superior-inspired projects. |
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May | Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| STEM Discovery Day | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | This is a hands-on science, technology, engineering and math activities day designed for middle and high school students here at UMD. This is a free all-day event! |
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Mar | Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Science On Deck | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) will host Science on Deck, a day of informative tours on board the research vessel Blue Heron for 6th-12th grade students. |
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Jun | Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| UMC Volleyball Satellite Camp | Recreation | Teaching individuals volleyball techniques/skills to athletes who are interested in volleyball. This camp is a satellite Camp meaning it is held off campus and will be in Staples Minnesota. |
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Southwest MN |
| Energy and U May 2019 shows | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Starting with the simple idea of getting elementary students excited about science and engineering and going to college, the free Energy and U Show brings together more than 13,000 3rd-6th grade students to the University of Minnesota. |
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May | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Culture and Language Integration in Chinese and English |
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This program organizes American high school students who attended Chinese immersion schools for 6-8 years and U of MN students from China, and facilitates weekly 90-minute conversation sessions, with 45 minutes in Chinese, and 45 in English. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Institute for Engineering in Medicine High School Inspire Program |
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One-day event at McNamara Alumni Center in which high school students from throughout Minnesota listen to TED-like talks delivered by faculty scientists and medical technology professionals to inspire them to pursue future careers in medical technology. |
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Nov | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| German Language and Culture Festival |
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Half Day immersion experience for high school learners of German. |
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Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| Mn Landscape Arboretum School Services: On-site and In-school field trips |
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Hands on plant science experiences aligned with state science standards and presented by skilled educators. Choose from a menu of seasonal field trips at the Arboretum or book the plantmobile to come into your classroom. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Robotics & Technology Camp | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Robotics and Technology (sTEam) for K12 students and teachers. Focus on robotics: EV3, WeDo, SeaPerch and other sTEam education (this summer - GPS, and Solar Cars) |
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Aug | Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| Equine Kids Day Camps | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | Attend a day camp filled with horse fun! |
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Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| Men's Basketball Offensive Skills Day Camp | Recreation | Skills learning, Contests, and Games |
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Jun | Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| Men's Basketball 2019 UMC Varsity Team Camp | Recreation | Competitive Games |
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Jun | Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| Men's Basketball Junior Eagle Day Camp | Recreation | Skills learning, Contests, and Games |
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Jun | Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| Youth Tractor and Farm Safety Certification program | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | This youth farm and tractor safety certification program is required for 14- and 15-year-olds who wish to work with equipment with over 20 horsepower off of their family farm or homestead. |
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Jun | Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| Youth Tractor and Farm Safety Certification program | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | This youth farm and tractor safety certification program is required for 14- and 15-year-olds who wish to work with equipment with over 20 horsepower off of their family farm or homestead. |
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Morris (West Central MN) |
| Youth Tractor and Farm Safety Certification program - Caledonia | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | This youth farm and tractor safety certification program is required for 14- and 15-year-olds who wish to work with equipment with over 20 horsepower off of their family farm or homestead. |
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Jun | Rochester (Southeast MN) |
| Youth Tractor and Farm Safety Certification program - Owatonna | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | This youth farm and tractor safety certification program is required for 14- and 15-year-olds who wish to work with equipment with over 20 horsepower off of their family farm or homestead. |
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Jun | Southwest MN |
| Youth Tractor and Farm Safety Certification program - Preston | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | This youth farm and tractor safety certification program is required for 14- and 15-year-olds who wish to work with equipment with over 20 horsepower off of their family farm or homestead. |
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Jun | Rochester (Southeast MN) |
| VIP Leadership Retreat |
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A three-day, two-night retreat hosted by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities for Minnesota multicultural high school students |
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Jul | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Softball Summer Camp | Recreation | A mini clinic for teaching fundamentals of pitching and hitting. |
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Jun | Crookston (Northwest MN) |
| College Dollars & Sense | Business | Learn more about exploring your future career, paying for college, debt, savings, and credit. Explore the University of Minnesota and visit a local company. Hear from guest speakers in a variety of fields. Breakfast, lunch, and bus passes provided. |
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Jun | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| 2019 Flute Workshop | Art, Design, Music and Theater | A three-day flute event featuring some of the nation’s finest flutists teaching repertoire classes, orchestral excerpts, piccolo, technique clinics, daily warm-ups and flute ensemble. | 18 | Jun | Duluth (Northeast MN) |
| New Zealand's BLACK GRACE at Northrop on Nov 7, 2019 - School Matinee performance! | Art, Design, Music and Theater | Tickets ONLY $3.50 + Bus Reimbursement - Bring your students to experience an exciting blend of Pacific Island Heritage with modern & traditional dance, stomping, Samoan slap dancing, singing & drumming! |
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Nov | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| A.I.M BY KYLE ABRAHAM to Perform on Feb 27 & Feb 28 at Northrop - School Matinee Performance | Art, Design, Music and Theater | Tickets ONLY $3.50 + Bus Reimbursement - Bring your students to experience dance that blends hip-hop, visual arts, and classical music to explore issues of personal identity, race and social justice! |
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Feb | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Basketball Camp | Recreation | This camp is for students entering grades 4–8 in fall 2019. The camp will focus on the fundamentals for the complete basketball player with an emphasis on shooting the basketball. |
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Morris (West Central MN) |
| 9-Man Football Team Camp | Recreation | This is an exclusively nine-man team football camp for all players in grades 9-12. Camp objectives are to emphasize improvement on fundamentals of the game of football; team development in a safe, controlled, competitive environment; and team building. |
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Morris (West Central MN) |
| Youth Football Skills Camp | Recreation | This camp is designed for all youth football players who want to improve their skills. It will provide an opportunity to learn and practice skills that are conducive to winning football games. |
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Jul | Morris (West Central MN) |
| 2019 Cougar Soccer College ID/Prep Camp | Recreation | The Prep Camp portion of the camp is designed to prepare high school teams and individuals for their fall soccer season. The College ID portion of the camp is provides the students with a view into what the University student/athlete experiences. |
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Aug | Morris (West Central MN) |
| Cougar Throws Clinic | Recreation | This clinic is open to boys and girls entering grades 4-12 in fall of 2019. It will focus on the fundamentals of shot put and discus along with some basic strength principles. It is guaranteed to be a lot of fun! |
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Jun | Morris (West Central MN) |
| Cougar Throws Clinic | Recreation | This clinic is open to boys and girls entering grades 4-12 in fall of 2019. It will focus on the fundamentals of shot put and discus along with some basic strength principles. It is guaranteed to be a lot of fun! |
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Jun | Morris (West Central MN) |
| Volleyball Varsity Team Camp | Recreation | This high school varsity team camp will prepare you as a positional player and your team to compete at a higher level in 2019! We will have skill breakdowns, positional breakdowns and team training segments. |
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Morris (West Central MN) |
| Volleyball High Performance Camp | Recreation | This camp is geared towards students entering grades 10 through 12 in 2019. Our focus for this camp is to advance your skills to an elite technical level through training and competing. |
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Jul | Morris (West Central MN) |
| Volleyball Skills Camp | Recreation | This camp will give students the opportunity to learn and advance their fundamental level in passing, setting, serving, attacking, blocking and more! Learn from the UM-Morris Cougar Volleyball players and coaches in skill training sessions. |
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Aug | Morris (West Central MN) |
| Summer Computing Academy | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | The goal of this program is to teach computer programming using python in a hands-on program held on the University of Minnesota campus. The program will include lectures and activities in a computer lab. |
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Jun | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Summer Music Theatre | Art, Design, Music and Theater | Summer Music Theatre’s mission is to train and develop the next generation of music theatre performers. This program is open to middle, high school, and junior college students with a strong interest in musical theatre. |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| <run>:\the\world Machine Learning Camp | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Day camp for introducing students to machine learning, artifiicial intelligence, and data science. |
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Jun | Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Skynet Scholars | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math | Skynet Scholars is a program for middle and high school students that puts them in the driver’s seat to conduct their own scientific explorations of the universe. Scholars learn how to access a global network of research-grade telescopes that serve profes |
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Twin Cities (Central MN) |
| Jr. MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences) Leadership Institute | Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences | The Jr. MANRRS Leadership Institute is for underrepresented high school students with an interest in agriculture, food and natural resources (AFNR). |
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Sep | Twin Cities (Central MN) |