Please welcome to campus summer camps, conferences

Please welcome to campus summer camps, conferences

Five organizations will hold their summer camps and conferences on campus this week. Please welcome:

  • St. Paul Public Schools hosts its Summer Transition Program on campus again this summer beginning on Saturday, June 14, for two weeks.  Twenty-eight recent high school graduates with vision impairments will lean skills for independent living such as cooking, laundry, using public transportation, computer skills and looking at career choices.  They will reside in Selby Hall until Saturday, June 28.
  • Minnesota Vikings center Matt Birk will host his annual football camp at St. Thomas June 15-19 for youth ages 8 to 18. Birk has been with the Minnesota Vikings since being drafted out of Harvard University. He has made multiple Pro Bowls since replacing Jeff Christy, who left the Vikings in 2000.  For more information visit https://www.footballcamps.com.  
  • The Minnesota Resource Center for Blind/Visually Impaired will hold its annual Literacy Conference in the 3M Auditorium June 16-18.
  • UST’s head women’s basketball coach Ruth Sinn will conduct one of four Tommie Pride Basketball Camps for girls this summer.  The first one, June 16-20, is a residential camp.  Go here for more information.
  • For the second year in a row, the Minnesota-based Sounds of Hope Ltd. will make UST its summer home. This organization produces an annual Songs of Hope project for girls and boys from around the globe. More than a summer camp, Songs of Hope joins young people from many countries. For six weeks, these dynamic communities of young people live and rehearse together to create a music concert that culminates in a nationally recognized concert tour featuring songs and dances from the countries and cultures of the performers. They will reside in John Paul II residence hall.  For more information visit: https://www.soundsofhope.org.