Super GenCyber Camps 2023

Recognized in 2018, 2019, & 2021 as a camp of excellence!

Students working on a project at GenCyber camp

We are excited to offer two different Super GenCyber Camps this summer:

Super GenCyber Girls: For middle schoolers in grades 5th through 8th grade (2022-23 school year)
Super GenCyber Instructors: For current or future instructors teaching 5th through 12th grade in any curricula

Top 3 reasons why girls have loved our cyber camp:

It was fun!
I got to do awesome technology experiments.
I learned I could do things that I thought were hard.

Where

The Super GenCyber Girls Camp will be held in Discovery Hall at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

When

June 19 – 23, 2023
A 5-day exciting cyber camp from 8:00am to 3:30pm (Monday through Friday).

Cost

FREE

Activities

Programming with micro:bits (we start from the beginning!)
Coding with drones and robots
Cipher challenges and escape rooms
Unplugged activities (we don’t sit in front of a computer all day)
Lunch and nutritional snack breaks provided

students participate in an activity, holding lights above their heads

Where:

The Super GenCyber Instructors Camp will be held in Discovery Hall at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

When:

Virtual sessions:

1st session - Thursday, June 1st from 5:30pm - 8:00pm
2nd session - Thursday, June 8th from 5:30pm - 8:00pm
3rd session - Thursday, June 15th from 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Face-to-face session June 26-30, 2023:

A 5-day exciting cyber camp discussing STEM & cybersecurity teaching pedagogy and methodologies from 8:00am to 3:30pm (Monday through Thursday with a half day Friday).

Cost:

FREE; Stipend provided for instructors who are accepted and fully participate. Room and board accommodations provided for face-to-face camp.

Questions? Contact Dr. Angela Hollman, Program Director, or Cynthia White, Lead Instructor, at unkgencyber@gmail.com or 402.316.2419

These camps are held in coordination between faculty at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney Public Schools, and Utah State University.

These camps are funded by two prestigious national organizations; NSF (National Science Foundation) which primarily focuses on research grants and NSA (National Security Agency), a symbol of our Nation’s defense and that of cybersecurity.