Although most students have left for the summer, Howard Payne University will be as busy as ever during June and July. Seven day camps and five overnight camps are scheduled to take place at HPU for the 2016 summer season. The university is expecting more than 1,200 overnight campers, a 25-percent increase from last year. Also, approximately 400 campers will be attending day camps this summer at HPU.
This week, HPU is hosting the JROTC Cadet Staff Leadership Course Camp for participants ages 14-18 and the JROTC Cadet Leadership Camp for participants ages 14-16. These cadets are from more than 40 high schools across the state of Texas.Later in June, HPU will host an overnight Band Camp and the BGCT’s Super Summer camp.
“These two overnight camps always bring lots of energy and excitement to the campus,” said Debbie Childs, director of university events. “Having camps during the summer is a unique and fun experience because we get to show off our campus to prospective students. We also have the opportunity for our staff to build relationships within our team and create new relationships with campers.”
HPU also hosts multiple sport camps and day camps including the university’s Summer Scholars and Young Scholars day camps to be held July 18-22. The HPU Summer Scholars and Young Scholars camps are for first- through sixth-grade students and feature innovative instruction in a variety of subjects including robotics and 3D printing.
HPU’s summer camp staff, led by Childs as well as Kathy James, special events coordinator, facilitates all of the summer camps to help ensure that all guests have fun, safe and Christ-centered experiences while on campus. The staffers for this year include Efrain Garces, junior social work major and psychology minor from San Antonio; Tom Kyle, senior cross-cultural studies major and biblical languages minor from Salado; Emily Peisker, May 2016 graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in studio art and a minor in marketing from Cedar Park; Jordan Pitman, sophomore cross-cultural studies major and psychology minor from Zephyr; Zac Sterling, May 2016 HPU graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in youth ministry from Farmington, New Mexico; Zachary White, May 2016 HPU graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in cross-cultural studies and a minor in Bible and biblical languages from Georgetown; Kelsan Wolverton, May 2016 HPU graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in cross-cultural studies and a minor in Bible and theater from Lampasas; and Spencer Wolverton, sophomore kinesiology major from DeSoto.
For more information about HPU’s array of summer camps, contact University Services at 325-649-8409.
Pictured above: HPU summer camp staffers are ready to facilitate camps at the university this summer. Pictured are Jordan Pitman (front row, left), Zac Sterling (front row, right), Spencer Wolverton (middle row, left), Kelsan Wolverton (middle row, center), Efrain Garces (middle row, right), Kathy James, special events coordinator (back row, left), Emily Peisker (back row, second from left), Zachary White (back row, center), Tom Kyle (back row, second from right) and Debbie Childs, director of university events (back row, right).
