2010 Summer Manufacturing Camps
Below are manufacturing camps funded by NBT in the summer of 2010.
*See photos of camps noted with an asterisk.
| Camp Name |
When/Where |
| Advanced Manufacturing Camp |
June 7-11, 2010
June 14-18, 2010*
Pine Technical College
Pine City, MN |
| Advanced Manufacturing Camp |
June 7-11, 2010
Itawamba Community College
Tupelo, MS |
| Nuts Bolts and Thingamajigs Summer Camp 2010 |
June 11-12, 2010
Southeast Community College
Milford, NE |
| "Mind Over Metal" Summer Manufacturing Camp I & II |
June 21-25, 2010 (Camp I)
July 5-10, 2010 (Camp II)
Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, ME |
| Toolin' It |
June 21-25, 2010
Moraine Park Technical College
West Bend, WI |
| Biomanufacturing Camp |
June 21-25, 2010
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, PA |
| Camp Fusion: Welding, Robotics & Entrepreneurship |
July 12-July 15, 2010 (Welding)
July 19-July 21, 2010 (Robotics & Entrepreneurship)
July 22, 2010 (Tours)
College of the Sequoias
Visalia, CA |
| Dream It Scheme It Make It Take It Jewelry Camp |
July 19-22, 2010
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay, WI |
| Hot Sparks Welding Camp |
July 26-30, 2010
Yuba College
Marysville, CA |
| Got Robots? |
July 26-30, 2010
Lake Superior College
Duluth, MN |
| KidWorks |
July 26-30, 2010
Aug. 2-6, 2010
Rock Valley College
Rockford, IL |
| Minnesota Camps to Careers Manufacturing Camp |
July 26-August 5, 2010
Minnesota State Community and Technical College-Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls, MN |
| Camp Comet (Creative Opportunities in Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship and Technology) |
August 2-13, 2010
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, MA |
| The Power of Manufacturing |
August 9-13, 2010
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI |
| TechKnowledge! Summer Camp, Level I |
August 9-13, 2010
Lorain County Community College
Elyria, OH |
| Manufacturing Your Future |
August 16-19, 2010
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, MA |
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NBT and the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) have partnered together to launch a unique summer camp program that combines elements of manufacturing and entrepreneurship—how things are made and how businesses develop. The schools have hosted a 2010 camp as part of a pilot program that will eventually develop into a national program with as many as 300 locations across the United States.
Campers design and build a product experiencing the start to finish satisfaction of creating something they can show off with pride. Throughout the process, they learn how to do CAD design and operate various kinds of manufacturing machinery under the close supervision of expert manufacturing trainers.
They will also tour local manufacturing facilities learning what kinds of jobs exist, what skills and training are required, and how those businesses developed. They will have the opportunity to hear directly from local manufacturing company owners how they started their businesses, applying basic entrepreneurship principles to understand how a single product idea becomes a business.
Whether a young person aspires to work in manufacturing or medicine or law or any other field, having a basic understanding of how things are made and how businesses develop will make them more appreciative of the world around them and the "tools" they will use in their adult life.
Each camp is unique in its own way and addresses local needs. All are aimed at ensuring the future of manufacturing by changing the image of manufacturing for today's youth. For more information on these camps or to make a contribution in honor of one of the camps, call 888-394-4362.
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