Grant-Funded K-12 Programs
GenCyber - Summer Camp
SSU conducted its 1st GenCyber Summer Camp in June 2018, through funding from the National Security Agency, and has conducted 2 more (2019, 2021). SSU has been funded by NSA to conduct a 4th GenCyber summer camp in summer 2022. Starting from the 1st program, when 37 seven middle school students (grades 6-8) participated, the summer camps are now serving 50 students each summer. The students receive hands on instruction in cybersecurity first principles, including how to calibrate, configure, and program Raspberry Pis and how to encypt messages as well as instruction on cyberbullying and online ethics. For more information about the camp, please contact the camp director, Mr. Alberto de la Cruz, Computer Science Technology, at delacruz@savannahstate.edu or 912-358-4267 or go to SSU GenCyber Webpage
TRIO Programs
Savannah State University has several long-standing US Department of Education-funded TRIO programs which for many years have served large numbers of middle and high school students of the Savannah Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) with academic year tutoring and counseling and summer camps, with the goal to support them to attain the high school diploma and prepare for college admission.
STEM 360 Summer Enrichment Camps
SSU's College of Sciences and Technology provides STEM summer enrichment programs every summer for area K-12 students, with funding from the US Department of Education Title III Program. For information about these STEM 360 camps, please contact Patrick Dean at deanp@savannahstate.edu.
Coast Camp
SSU Coast Camp are summer camps that serve 50-100 kids per summer, grades 2-12. The focus is to serve underrepresented students to interest them in STEM fields. Topics covered during the camp include marine science, geology, life science, ecology, physical science, and chemistry. For information, contact Victoria Young at youngv@savannahstate.edu.
AEOP REAP
The US Army Educational Outreach Program funds a REAP program at SSU each summer, which supports area high school students in engineering technology training, to prepare them for STEM careers. In Summer 2018, 2 REAP trainees from Beach and Jenkins high schools wrote code to operate a Parrot AR Drone and learned to design 3D objects using SolidWorks. Their training was profiled in the local newspaper Area High School Students Program Drones. For more information about the REAP program, contact Dr. Asad Yousuf at yousufa@savannahstate.edu.
JETS UNITE
SSU's Department of Engineering Technology runs annually a JETS UNITE summer program, funded by the US Army Educational Outreach Program. This is a pre-collegiate summer program for 15 talented high school students from groups historically underserved in STEM fields. Activities include hands-on activities in robotics, field trips to army engineering sites, and STEM classes and STEM guest speakers. For more information, contact Dr. Asad Yousuf at yousufa@savannahstate.edu.
