Dates: Summer 2010. Location: Alpine, Arlington, Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Edinburg, Fort Worth, Harlingen, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, McAllen, Permian Basin (Midland-Odessa), San Antonio, and Victoria, Texas. Level: Middle and High School Students.

TexPREP, founded on the campus of The University of Texas at San Antonio in 1979 by Dr. Manuel Berriozabal, now operates on thirty-five Texas community and senior college campuses in sixteen Texas cities. The program recruits middle and high school students for an eight-week summer program designed to enrich their scientific skills, provide them mentoring, increase their chances of going to college, and motivate them to pursue science and engineering studies. For more information, click here

The Summer 2010 TexPREP sessions will be held in Alpine, Arlington, Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Edinburg, Fort Worth, Harlingen, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, McAllen, Permian Basin (Midland-Odessa), San Antonio, and Victoria. Students in these cities who are interested in attending the 2010 session are encouraged to contact the directors listed under TexPREP SITES.

Filed under: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, K-12 Outreach Programs

Tags: Science and Engineering, Summer Camps & Programs (Students)