KALAMAZOO — Registration is underway for youth and lifelong learners to participate in camps at the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project.
Sponsored by Western Michigan University and the City of Niles, the summer camp program provides an opportunity for the public to engage in history and search for evidence at the Fort St. Joseph archeology site. Led by WMU Public Education Instructor Tim Bober, participants spend a week discovering the extensive history of Fort St. Joseph and work alongside university students conducting onsite excavations, wet screening, mapping and analysis of recovered artifacts.
An approved continuing education program, the lifelong learner camps offer students three WMU graduate credits, nine State Board Continuing Education Units in Michigan, credits for recertification in Illinois, and/or credits applicable toward the Professional Growth Plan in Indiana.
Camp dates and target audiences are July 17-21, middle school students in grades six to nine; July 24-28, high school students in grades nine to 12; and July 31-Aug. 4, lifelong learners and teachers.
Applications are available at nileshistorycenter.org until all camps are filled. The camp fee is $150.
For more information about the camp program, contact Mollie Watson at mwatson@nilesmi.org or (269) 845-4054 or Timothy Bober at (616) 581-6729.