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Registration Open for Duke Summer Camps

Duke employees receive discount on offerings spanning 3D printing, golf and more

A camper in the Duke Young Writers’ Camp participates in an action-adventure fiction class writing challenge.
A camper in the Duke Young Writers’ Camp participates in an action-adventure fiction class writing challenge.
By April Dudash

At some of Duke’s summer camps this year, children will share stories they wrote at a local bookshop, participate in a lacrosse scrimmage or crack codes during cryptology scavenger hunts on campus.

Duke summer camp registration is now open for children of Duke staff and faculty, who can select from at least 20 offerings that start in June or July. Duke employees receive a discount of $75 for most athletic camps and $50 or $100 for arts and academic camps, depending on if a child is a day or residential camper.

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“Attending a summer camp gives children a chance to be with a community of people with very similar interests and who are very passionate about what they do,” said Thomas Patterson, program director for Duke Youth Programs. “Because we attract campers from all over the U.S. as well as countries outside of the U.S., that gives campers the chance to build relationships and broaden their perspective of different cultures.”

Camp topics include lacrosse, cryptology and 3D printing, as well as the “Summer BOOST” camp, which is in its third year and teaches SAT test-taking techniques. Among other offerings are the “Duke Young Writers’ Camp” for sixth through 11th graders, and “Junior Golf Development,” which is sponsored by the Duke University Golf Club and teaches 8- to 17-year-olds how to play.

Gavan Fitzsimons, R. David Thomas Professor of Marketing and Psychology at the Fuqua School of Business and president of the Duke Golf Association, has sent three of his children to Duke golf camps, where they learned how to putt, chip and drive. He plans to send his youngest children, Callum, 10, and Fiona, 8, to camp again this summer, where they’ll play on the Duke University Golf Club course.

“Golf teaches important life lessons – patience and perseverance, for example,” Fitzsimons said. “It’s a game that takes a lot of time and repetitions to master. The pros that run the golf camp at Duke are just fantastic with the kids, and the kids went every morning really excited about going. It turned them into golfers while teaching them skills that will be highly useful off the golf course, too.”

Find more camp descriptions, schedules and registration information on the Duke Human Resources website.