Grand Valley State University hosts a wide variety of camps for students in grades PK-12. Use the search tool below to find the right one for your child by category, grade level, and dates. New camps are added throughout the year so be sure to check back regularly. Watch this video for how to best use this website and register for camps at GVSU. Sports camps are available here.
2025 Accounting Careers + Education Discovery Summer Camp
June 16 - 19, 2025
Unsure about a career in accounting? Come find out more through the free, 4-day ACED camp!
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2025 Excel Camp (for Battle Creek students only)
June 16 - 20, 2025
Excel Camp for College and Career Readiness is for rising seniors from Battle Creek Central High School. For five days, students will live on GVSU's Allendale campus and explore a variety of college and career opportunities. Meals and transportation are provided. Participants will earn a $600 stipend upon successful completion of the program.
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Advanced Manufacturing Camp 2025
June 23 - 26, 2025
Join us as we explore this exciting summer camp for middle school students in Advanced Manufacturing! This summer camp is a four-day hands-on immersive STEM experience for students entering 6th and 7th (this fall) in advanced manufacturing and careers. Students will participate in a large group introduction followed by breakout sessions facilitated by GVSU staff, students, and industry professionals from around West Michigan. Sessions will include hands-on activities in CAD, 3-D Printing, Design Thinking, and Automation that will provide a glimpse into the future of the largest industry sector in Michigan. An introduction to careers in advanced manufacturing will engage students in learning about career pathways from industry professionals from West Michigan. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in off-site industry tours.
Summer Writing Camps 2025: GRAND RAPIDS (Grades 3-5)
July 7 - 10, 2025
Our Summer Writing Camps are for students who are interested in writing! Our teachers will inspire creative thinking as the young writers explore various styles and genres of self-expression. They will meet and write with new friends.
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Summer Writing Camps 2025: GRAND RAPIDS (Grades 6-8)
July 7 - 10, 2025
Our Summer Writing Camps are for students who are interested in writing! Our teachers will inspire creative thinking as the young writers explore various styles and genres of self-expression. They will meet and write with new friends.
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Summer Writing Camps 2025: GRAND RAPIDS (Grades 9-12)
July 7 - 10, 2025
Our Summer Writing Camps are for students who are interested in writing! Our teachers will inspire creative thinking as the young writers explore various styles and genres of self-expression. They will meet and write with new friends.
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Young PI's Summer Scholar Program, July 7 - July 11, 2025
July 7 - 11, 2025
The Young Pis Summer Scholar program's goal is to introduce high school students to lab techniques and research methods. Over the course of a week-long summer camp, students will complete labs based on biomedical sciences, biology, physics, and chemistry. High school students will be paired with an undergraduate mentor and be able to discuss research, college life, and how they can best prepare to excel when they reach the university level. The camp will also include a community tour of Grand Rapids based research institutes, exploring careers based on the exploration of STEM.
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Forage to Farm
July 14 - 17, 2025
This four-day immersive STEM camp will provide students with hands-on experiences in foraging and sustainable agriculture. Through hands on activities in foraging, farming, and ecology students will learn where our food comes from and how it impacts the environment around us. Analyze issues that face farmers today and see Science in nature right in their own backyard. Visit GVSUs farm, walk the ravines on our Allendale campus with a forager, and meet industry professionals in this fun outdoor camp.
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Summer Writing Camps 2025: ALLENDALE (Grades 3-5)
July 28 - 31, 2025
Our Summer Writing Camps are for students who are interested in writing! Our teachers will inspire creative thinking as the young writers explore various styles and genres of self-expression. They will meet and write with new friends.
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Summer Writing Camps 2025: ALLENDALE (Grades 6-8)
July 28 - 31, 2025
Our Summer Writing Camps are for students who are interested in writing! Our teachers will inspire creative thinking as the young writers explore various styles and genres of self-expression. They will meet and write with new friends.
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Summer Writing Camps 2025: ALLENDALE (Grades 9-12)
July 28 - 31, 2025
Our Summer Writing Camps are for students who are interested in writing! Our teachers will inspire creative thinking as the young writers explore various styles and genres of self-expression. They will meet and write with new friends.
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Summer Writing Camps 2025: Write Your College Essay Workshop
August 4 - 7, 2025
Write Your College Essay is a workshop for high school students applying to college in the fall. The workshop includes 12 hours of group and individualized instruction, and feedback. Each student will finish the workshop with a completed Common App essay that will be ready to apply to colleges. Students will have to do work outside of designated class times to get the most from the sessions.
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