College/ Enrichment Events
Youth Leadership Columbia County is a program designed to educate through experience and motivate young leaders and enable them to take an active role in their community. This will result in strong leaders who have hope for the future and the tools to influence a positive and progressive community.
Participants must be sophomores or juniors in Columbia County high schools or residents of Columbia County. They are selected after consideration of their recognized and potential leadership and the merit of their application. The Selection Committee strives to achieve a geographical, racial and socio-economic balance in their selections.
The CSRA College Night is a cooperative effort among Department of Energy (DOE), Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS), SRP Federal Credit Union and IHeartRadio, along with local businesses and industry. The purpose of the event is to inform CSRA high school students (primarily 11th and 12th graders) and their parents of college education opportunities across the United States. In addition, professional and technical societies also attend. During the evening, attending juniors and seniors have the opportunity to register for scholarship drawings.
Over 130 engineering universities and liberal arts colleges/universities (TBA) from across the United States, which are accredited by one of the six Regional Accreditation Agencies, attend each year. Between 5 and 10 professional societies (TBA) attend and contribute to the scholarship fund and provide career information. Approximately 5,000 students, parents and educators attended last year.
The event originated in 1993 as the Engineering College Night for ABET Accredited Engineering Colleges and Universities only. In 1994, Engineering College Night was changed to CSRA College Night. A partnership was formed with eight independent schools in Augusta, GA (Liberal Arts College Night) to offer a joint fair.
Camp MAGIK is pleased to announce its 2020 spring schedule of healing camps for children and teens. Camp MAGIK (Mainly About Grief In Kids) serves children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or other close family member within the past three years. Camp MAGIK will provide an opportunity for children and teens to meet, talk, and process their grief with professional grief counselors. Time will also be spent on play and fun as a way to help the children heal from the experience of death in the family. Activities may include archery, canoeing, a ropes course, nature hikes, treasure hunts, hay rides, campfires, story-telling, and a talent show. Each camp will be divided into two groups,
It’s never too early to start planning ahead! As we look to 2020, the Office of Volunteer Services and Community Engagement would like to invite your students to join our 2020 Summer VolunTeen Program!
Attached is a flyer for next year’s program and gives a brief overview of what students can anticipate.
While the application for the program does not open until January 2020, there is currently an active interest link on our website for students to complete to be contacted when the application does open.
Augusta University will be hosting its annual residential summer camp, the Summer Leadership Experience, from from May 28th – May 31st. The Summer Leadership Experience is looking for students who classify as a rising freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior who exemplify what it means to be a student leader. Summer Leadership Experience campers are innovative thinkers, reflective learners, and students who have demonstrated a high interest in personal leadership development and a strong work ethic. The focus of the Summer Leadership Experience will be on topics relating to the distinctions of leadership, citizenship, and persuasive communication.
Students will participate in workshops and programs that are in line with the Student Leadership Challenge curriculum and can expect events such as:
- collegiate counselor led learning sessions
- keynote speakers
- teambuilding obstacle course
- lip-sync battle
- community service project
- personal development activities.
