On Campus Accommodations Experience
This experience is available as an add-on to majority of our high-school grade-level programs. During Summer 2026, Engineering Superheroes & Exploring Engineering: Robotics participants are not eligible for this add-on.
Some of the most transformational experiences take place outside of the academic sessions. With the opportunity to add-on residential accommodations as a part of the Summer Youth Academy, high school participants get a glimpse into the residential experience of living on a college campus. Living together helps students foster skills in sharing spaces, communicating, and further developing their people skills.
Outside of academic session hours, participants staying overnight share additional breakfast & dinner meals and engage in social programming and teambuilding activities with students from the other Summer Youth Academy programs. Participants are supervised by Conference Services staff during these structured activities.
Overnight accommodations are in a shared suite located in one of the University’s air-conditioned residence halls. Each suite offers 2-6 bedrooms joined together by 1-2 bathrooms and common space for 2-6 students. Each bedroom includes a bed with twin XL mattress, desk with chair, and dresser per person. There is a common lounge near each elevator landing and a main lounge on the first floor.
Students check-in the Sunday evening prior to their academic session start-date to enjoy dinner together on the night of their arrival before ice-breaker activities. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided Monday-Thursday; Breakfast & lunch are served Fridays, with check-out immediately following conclusion of academic sessions that day.
Sample schedule for our program can be found below:
| 7:45 - 8:30 a.m. | Commuter/Day-student check-in |
| 8 - 8:30 a.m. | Group breakfast - residential students |
| 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Morning Academic Session |
| 12 - 1 p.m. | Group Lunch - all participants |
| 1 - 4:30 p.m. | Afternoon Academic Session |
| 4:30 - 5 p.m. | Commuter/Day-student check-out |
| 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Decompress & Rest |
| 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Group Dinner - residential students |
| 6:30 - 9 p.m. | Evening Activities – residential students |
| 9 - 10 p.m. | Bed Checks & Lights Out |