Due to the growing economy, Stevens is planning on thinking of new ways to raise money to ensure that students are meeting all of their needs. So we are proud to announce that Stevens decided to expand their ventures and become a summer camp for children during the summer time, when the students are busy getting summer courses at other colleges, or getting summer jobs or internships. We believe that this is an awesome way for Stevens not only to get extra money to support their classes, but for children to understand the culture here at Stevens and potentially apply to Stevens when the time comes for them to start applying for colleges.
So, how does a Stevens summer camp sound like? It doesn’t sound like anything, because summer camps don’t make a sound. But in all seriousness, the summer camps start by temporarily renaming all of the dorms to the names of famous cartoon ducks. Castle Point Hall will become the Donald Cabin, Davis Hall will become the Daisy Cabin, Humprheys Hall will become the Daffy Cabin, Jonas Hall will become the Huey Cabin, Palmer Hall will become the Duey Cabin, River Terrace will become the Louie Cabin, and the UCC will become the Scrooge McDuck Cabin. The other buildings on campus, like Babbio Center, Burchard, McLean Hall, Edward A. Stevens, Howe Center, Kidde Hall, Pierce, the Schafer Gym, and the Library will all remain the same, with some of their rooms being the place where activities for kids will be held. While the Howe Center will remain the same, the Pierce Dining Hall will be renamed to the Pierce Mess Hall to keep in with the whole camping theme. The menu and the recipes for the various dishes will remain the same at Pierce, due many students comparing the Pierce Dining Hall food to bland, boring camp food.
What activities will be at the new Stevens Summer Camp? That’s a good question (it’s good because it is always kind and is always responsible). Stevens believes that the various activities at the Stevens Summer Camp should reflect activities that are typical for a Stevens student. Various activities will include constructing bridges out of marshmallows and toothpicks similar to the civil engineer majors, creating novel computer programs from Scratch to mimic creating computer games similar to the computer scientist majors, creating vinegar and baking soda volcanos to mimic the chemistry majors, doing math equations to mimic the math majors, learning how to budget and how the economy works to mimic the quantitative financial majors, learning how to compose their own symphonies and play various musical instruments to mimic the music majors, learning how to make their own animations to mimic the visual arts majors, and many more fun activities that are sure to be a blast, if not one million, one thousand, one hundred, and one blasts.
Of course, no camp is complete without a campfire! At the end of each day, the children and all their counselors gather around the campfire to cook nice, delicious smores with creamy chocolate and crunchy graham crackers. In addition to the smores, the counselors start to play all kinds of nice music on their guitars, including old favorites like “Oh, My Darling Clementine” and “Cotton-Eyed Joe”, as well as a country version of the Stevens alma mater, where kids can dance with each other to the music. Afterwards, the Dean gets to entertain the kids by telling them funny life stories that are sure to get the kids to giggle like they never giggled before.
So, let’s all support Stevens as they create this summer camp!
