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ENTREPRENEURSHIP 101 – June 18-30

Rising high school juniors and seniors and college freshmen will learn more about entrepreneurship, the idea generation process, elevator pitches and more. Through engaging lectures and class activities, site visits and guest speakers, students will have the opportunity to earn three credit hours and compete for up to $10,000 in UD scholarship dollars in an elevator pitch competition — all while living on campus and experiencing life in Dayton.

Learn more at go.udayton.edu/entrepreneurship101.

SUMMER SUSTAINABILITY: FOOD SYSTEMS – June 25-30

Rising high school juniors and seniors will study sustainable food systems, availability, scarcity and justice issues with the collaboration of community partners, UD faculty, and students within the health and social sciences. Students will develop skills in preparing nutritious meals, learn how local foods are connected to social and physical health, and see what access to food in an urban community is like. Participants can earn one credit hour, which may be transferred to any college or university.

Learn more at go.udayton.edu/summersustainability.

Launch of the Columbia Engineering Summer High School Academic Program for Engineers (SHAPE). This is an exciting new program for high school students to take STEM courses on Columbia's campus in two separate three-week sessions over the summer. SHAPE is a rigorous, selective program for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors who have demonstrated achievement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects. Students must live within commuting distance to Columbia's Morningside Heights campus. SHAPE students will take courses with Columbia Engineering faculty in robotics or computer science, while also developing research skills, exploring engineering labs and the MakerSpace, and also take part in weekly college preparation workshops and field trips around New York City. The priority application deadline is Tuesday, February 28, 2017, and the regular application deadline is Friday, March 31, 2017. Need-based scholarships are available; students applying for scholarships must submit their application by the priority deadline. Interested students can review the SHAPE website for further details; questions can be directed to engineeringoutreach@columbia.edu. This program is in addition to our long-standing Summer Programs for High School Students, offered through our School of Professional Studies, in which high school students can take courses from over a dozen departments at Columbia College in the fine arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Please note that students who have attended a program on the Columbia campus are not given preference in our admissions process.