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Summer Camps

discover, learn & grow

Explore new areas of interest, pursue your passions and experience life at Columbia College at one of our innovative summer camps.

Choir Fest campers stand on stage with their music stands in front of them, performing a song while the instructor leads them.

Jun 04, 2025

CC Choir Fest Camp

Join others who share your passion for singing.

Columbia College nursing student.

Jun 09, 2025

CC Summer Nursing Camp

Gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art healthcare simulators.

Six students sit on stools around work tables, looking at information on the board, with the camp instructor standing.

Jun 09, 2025

Bling It On: Silversmithing 101 Camp

Learn through hands-on experience in a jewelry lab.

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Female camper sitting outside on a bench, writing in a journal.

Jul 14, 2025

One Week, One Story Camp

Ignite your creativity at a week-long creative writing camp.

Two female campers using a black light to review staged crime scene evidence.

Jul 14, 2025

CSI: Columbia College Camp

Learn the techniques of forensics with hands-on experience.

A field of colorful spring tulips dominate the foreground, with St. Clair Hall in the background.

Jul 14, 2025

ColorShift and Storytelling Through Costume Camp

Explore how different colors and hues shape characters and tell a story.

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Four business students sitting in a classroom at tables holding their laptops.

Jul 14, 2025

Voices Of Leadership Camp

Strengthen your leadership skills and learn about vision setting and culture building from current and former leaders in the Mid-Missouri area.

Seven campers seated or standing around a table in full theatre regalia.

Jul 21, 2025

Fantastical World of Reader’s Theater Camp

Practice character readings, work on a simple background scene, and put on a one-act reader’s theater production.

Colorful collection of a game board and gaming pieces, with chips, dice, and scoresheets.

Jul 28, 2025

Game On: Where Math Meets Play Camp

Explore complex mathematical concepts through popular video and board games and design your own math-based games.

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Support Our Camps

Everyone’s very friendly and I enjoy the games they offer to play. I’ve made a lot of friends here.

Sophia Wang, 13 - Published in the Columbia Missourian

Donations to our summer camps enable us to expand programs and capacity.

because a future built by you is a future built for you.

Too many people have been made to feel that higher education isn’t a place for them— that it is someone else’s dream. But we change all that. With individualized attention and ongoing support, we help you write a new story for the future where you play the starring role.