GenCyber Cybersecurity Summer Camps UAH hosts GenCyber cybersecurity summer camps for high school students and teachers. We also provide lead support for camps hosted at other institutions. These camps are jointly funded by the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation. Questions about camp or other K12 cybersecurity events should be directed to k12cyber@uah.edu Student Camps GenCyber Camp for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students June 17-21, 2024 Hosted at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, Spartanburg, SC Cybersecurity summer camp for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing high school students. Campers engage in a 5-day residential camp to learn cybersecurity and STEM skills through hands-on experiences and group activities. Students must at least be entering 9th grade in fall 2024 to be eligible. No cybersecurity experience or knowledge required. GenCyber is funded by government grants and is free to all students. Camp is taught by both deaf and hearing instructors. Sign and voice interpreting will be provided. Travel assistance is available to the camp in South Carolina. 2025 camp dates will be announced in the early spring. APPLY TO DEAF and Hard-of-Hearing STUDENT CAMP Teacher Camps GenCyber Camp for Teachers July 15-19, 2024 Hosted at Motlow State Community College, Smyrna Campus, TN A cybersecurity summer workshop for middle and high school teachers. GenCyber will create cyber-savvy educators through hands-on lab exercises, demos, and group-based curriculum integration sessions. No cybersecurity experience required. 2025 camp dates will be announced in the early spring. APPLY TO TEACHER CAMP GenCyber Southeastern Network for Cybersecurity Education (SENCE) Coalition The SENCE Coalition provides teacher and student camps and outreach opportunities for underrepresented and under-resourced populations, specifically deaf and hard of hearing students, students with visual impairments and their teachers, and students and teachers from Title I schools. SENCE Coalition partner institutions include: University of Alabama in Huntsville (Coalition lead) Gallaudet University Auburn University at Montgomery North Carolina Central University Motlow State University College of Engineering Camps The UAH College of Engineering holds various cybersecurity and engineering camps each summer for middle and high school students. View College of Engineering Camps UAH partnered with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and Cyber Huntsville to launch the inaugural U.S. Cyber Camp for Alabama high school students in July 2017. The CCRE provided curriculum development and instruction for the U.S. Cyber Camp endeavor for two years.
