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MSU Offerings

Child/Youth Programs

The following are MSU programs and camps that are offered to children and youth. Select one of the following categories:

NOTE: Visit the Spartan Youth Programs Web site for all programs and more details.

Music

Theatre and Dance

  • Act One Series (program features nationally touring youth theatre production companies in one-hour shows designed to educate and entertain young audiences)
  • High School Dance Clinics (an excellent chance for teams to learn new material together for games or other events they participate in during their season)
  • Lil' Dancers Clinics (an excellent opportunity for young dancers to have fun while spending a day with the MSU Dance Team.)
  • MSU Science Theatre (performances demonstrate basic scientific concepts and inspire audience members to develop an appreciation for science in their everyday lives)
  • Seats 4 Kids (program provides free tickets to local youth who could not otherwise afford to attend a performing arts event)
  • Young Playwrights Festival (high school students are invited to write and submit one-act scripts to a juried competition; finalists scripts are performed at the Wharton Center by MSU Department of Theatre students)

Multimedia, Film, and Design

Art and Art History

Literary and Cultural Arts

  • China Adventure (provides a three-week enrichment experience for high school students in contemporary Chinese culture and language)
  • Confucius Institute Language and Culture Camps (offers Chinese language and culture camps for grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12)
  • Explore Africa (offers activities that give special attention to the arts and cultural expressions of Africa, such as art, music, dance, literature, and cinema. For students entering grades 10-12)
  • MSU Museum's Folkpatterns Program (kids learn how to recognize architectural parts of a barn and farmstead as they photograph and document barns in a survey project)
  • German Outreach Programs (offers short and long-term German language and culture programs for elementary, middle and high school students)
  • Greenrock: High School Writers' Retreat (workshops are designed to encourage students to view writing as both personally meaningful and pleasurable as well as to improve student writing ability)
  • Intensive English Program (instruction to international students who need to improve their English language skills before beginning academic coursework)
  • Michigan-Shiga Student Exchange Program (designed to promote friendship and understanding among Japanese and American high school students)
  • Spartan Debate Institute (a 2-week, 3-week, and intensive 4-week institute with judged tournaments)
  • Spartan Writers' Camp (students meet other students from across the state while enjoying the campus facilities and improving their skill at expressing themselves in writing)
  • Summer Adventure Series at the MSU Museum (kids spend 4 action-packed mornings exploring Michigan's fossils before the dinosaurs)
  • Summer Journalism Workshop (gain cool skills, meet new people, experience a Big Ten campus and learn from outstanding instructors)
  • World Languages Day Workshops (a free, all-day conference for high school students, teachers, and parents. Participants can choose from a wide variety of sessions on language, culture, globalization, and general information about MSU)
  • Kids Classics Club (encourages children to explore the history, literature, and language of the ancient world)

Contact Information

  • Public Humanities Collaborative
  • 119 Morrill Hall • Michigan State University • East Lansing, MI 48824
  • Phone: 517.432.3910 • Fax: 517.355.0159 • E-mail: phc at msu.edu