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New freshmen have even more opportunity to take part in FIU’s Panther Camp with the expansion of the popular, off-campus, summer program.
This year, there will be three sessions of Panther Camp and registration is now open for all three. The cost for the three-day program is $75. Registration will remain open until all 130 spots are filled for each camp:
July 22-24: Open to any incoming freshmen who are enrolled in Summer B courses.
Aug. 10-12: Open to incoming freshmen who begin classes in the fall.
Aug. 17-19: Open to incoming freshmen enrolled in both Summer B and the fall.
Panther Camp gives new freshmen an opportunity to make new friends, learn about university traditions and find out about all FIU has to offer. Voted the Outstanding Student Organization for the last three years, the camp takes place at Lake Placid Camp and Conference Center in Lake Placid, Fla., about two and a half hours north of MMC.
“We’re really happy to be able to expand Panther Camp to three sessions,” said Student Affairs Panther Camp advisor Marc Mobley. “The interest in the program is high. We’ve had a waiting list and we didn’t have enough space. We’re looking forward to a great summer.”
Panther Camp programs are organized and run by student executive board members and facilitators, many of whom were Panther Campers themselves.
Students routinely give Panther Camp rave reviews. Honors College student and biomedical engineering major Carson Sutton signed up last year as a way to meet new people. Afterward, Sutton said she was so glad she went.
“It’s amazing,” she said. “I met so many people. I’m so excited to be going to school at FIU.”
The $75 registration fee includes:
* Air-conditioned coach bus ride to and from camp
* Lodging – Males and females sleep in separate, air-conditioned cabins that have carpeting and indoor plumbing
* All meals
*T-shirts, gifts and a four-year Student Alumni Membership
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My daughter was scheduled for august 10-12 for panther camp. She made a mistake yesterday and changed it to August 17-19; She moves in the dorm the morning of the 19th and I need to change it back. How can we do this?
Kayla, contact the Orientation Office.
http://orientation.fiu.edu/
305-348-6414
Hope this helps!
Additionally, all incoming freshmen are required to attend every home football game.
Thank you 🙂
I will not be able to attend the July 22-24 panther camp session, is there any way i can change it to the August 17-19 senssion instead?
Please contact the Orientation Office at 305-348-6414 if you’d like to reschedule.
Looks like a GREAT program! I would have loved to attend that as an incoming Freshman. My freshman year I was placed in a FIG (Freshman Interest Group), and I still talk to a few of those original members years after graduation. I could only imagine the relationships Panther Camp builds.
Can Transfer students attend this camp?
Panther Camp is currently only for freshman students, but we definitely encourge transfer students to get involved in other ways on campus and come out to the various Week of Welcome events!
I regret not going to one of these when I was a freshman! Don’t miss out.
Would I be able to register for Panthercamp at Freshmen Orientation even though orientation is August 1st-2nd? Would there still be space left?
Ele, you can register for Panther Camp whenever you’d like. It doesn’t have to be at or after Orientation. However, spaces for Panther Camp always fill up and there’s always a waiting list so I suggest registering for it as soon as possible before that does happen.
There’s at least 3 more freshmen orientations before the August 1st one and each orientation has a minimum of 300 incoming freshmen.
Hope this helps!
THANK YOU! Panthercamp sounds like too much fun to miss, especially for a freshman coming from outside of Miami :). I will be registering soon.
you do not have to wait until orientation to register, in fact we encourage everyone to register as soon as possible because spaces are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. You can find the registration form at orientation.fiu.edu/panther_camp.html. Print out the form, fill it out and mail it in with the payment to reserve your spot!!
Hope to see you at camp!!
Ele write me: muhendisbey41@hotmail.com ok?
i am waiting news from you
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