University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Education and CU women's basketball coach Ceal Barry are collaborating on a computer camp for 25 female African American and Latina students grades six to eight June 24 to June 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Ìý
Barry and assistant coach La Tonya Watson will conduct a basketball mini-clinic on June 25 at the CU Recreation Center. Watson, an African American, also will speak to the students during lunch about her life experiences and becoming assistant coach.
"We attempt to build learning experiences in science and technology around the girls' existing strengths and interests in topics like basketball and health," said Professor Margaret Eisenhart, director of "Simply the Best!" and co-sponsor of the computer camp.Ìý
"Simply the Best!" is an after-school program that runs during the school year for the Five Points neighborhood in Denver.
The Ceal Barry Computer Camp focuses on teaching students how technology and health can impact their lives for the better. Students will learn how to write Web pages, design t-shirts and make their own business cards. Faculty from the biology department will assist with activities explaining the cardiovascular system and will help students conduct lab experiments.
Other departments involved in the activities of the five-day camp include the Leeds School of Business; anthropology; molecular cellular and developmental biology; the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory; the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; the Pre-Collegiate program; the Office of Admissions; and the athletics department.
Barry and Leslie Edwards of the School of Education are co-coordinators of the program. Edwards has worked with minority girls from Five Points before in Simply the Best! She has been with the program for the past three years as the head teacher.
For additional information, contact Edwards by calling (303) 466-8827.