Important News About the Two 2024 Tech Trek Camps
The first 2024 Tech Trek Florida Camp will be on the campus of Stetson University in Deland from Sunday, June 9th through Saturday June 15. The second camp will be on Sunday June 16th through through June 22nd on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter. There will be 48 girls at each camp. Science and Math teachers should identify 7th grade girls who have displayed an interest science in their classes and been identified as good candidates to attend a science camp attend and should submit their names to the Tech Trek Committee by December 15th. There is a limit of five girls per school. The Committee will email these girls an application which must be completed and returned to the Committee by January 31, 2024
Recap of the Tech Trek 2023 STEM Camp
This June there were two very successful in person Tech Trek camps for girls who entered the 8th grade in the fall. The first camp, Sunday June 11th to Saturday the 17th, was at Stetson University in Deland, Florida. The second camp, held Sunday June 18th until Saturday 24th, was at Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter. There about the same number of girls at each camp. They lived in campus dorms, ate their meals in the student cafeteria, utilized the University classrooms and labs for their core classes and workshops. The core classes and workshops at the camps were similar but not identical. Each camp had a professional STEM women’s dinner where each table was composed of a group of girls and a couple of STEM professionals. The girls selected to attend one of the camps were notified by Saturday March 25th.
Core Courses at the Florida Atlantic University Camp
These Core Courses that were held at the 2023 camp will be available at the 2024 Tech Trek Camp: Qualcomm Wearable Tech, Structural Engineering. Neuroscience and Marine Biology.
Workshops at the Florida Atlantic University Camp
The descriptions and schedule for the workshops available at the 2024 Tech Trek Camp will be announced after February 1, 2024.
Core Courses at Stetson University Camp
These Core Courses were available on the 2023 Tech Trek Camp: Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab, Marine Science, Environmental Science, The Fantastic and Dynamics of Flight. Some of these courses will be available at the 2024 camp.
Workshops at the Stetson University Camp
The descriptions and schedule for the workshops available at the 2024 Tech Trek Camp will be announced after February 1, 2024.
If you would like to see the presentation about the 2023 Camp , go to https://flipgrid.com/5e3992b4.
Federal income tax-deductible contributions for the two 2024 camps may be mailed to Tech Trek, c/o AAUW Florida Supporting Foundation, Inc, PO Box 126, Palm City, FL 334991. Checks must be made payable to the AAUW Florida Supporting Foundation, Inc. with Tech Trek noted on the memo line.
Camp History
AAUW has been a leader in the effort to interest more young girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The first summer Tech Trek camp was held on the campus of California’s Stanford University in 1998. Now there are ten California camps and ten additional camps scattered around the United States. Thanks to very generous sponsors and supportive donors, families pay only a $50 fee to send a girl to camp so that girls from a wide range of backgrounds are able to attend.