Do you want to
develop your speech skills?
learn the art of effective delivery?
concentrate on enhancing your performance?
meet students with similar interests?
Choose to Specialize from one of these areas:
Humorous/Dramatic Interpretation
Humorous/Dramatic Duet Acting
Original Oratory
Oratorical Declamation
Prose/Poetry Reading
Original Comedy/Special Occasion Speaking
Extemporaneous/Impromptu Speaking
Develop and enhance your knowledge in a specific area of speech by selecting or writing speeches, honing research skills, memorizing pieces, and practicing the art of effective delivery. Improve your skills by watching and analyzing taped speeches, and enjoy the cooperative, noncompetitive spirit of this popular camp!
NIU Summer Academic Camp General Schedule
Sunday
6:30 - 7:30 pm Arrival & Check-In at Grant Towers North
8:00 - 10:00 pm Orientation at Grant Towers North Formal Lounge
10:00 - 11:00 pm Back on floor, room check & lights out
Monday - Thursday
7:15 - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 am General Meeting
9:30 - 11:30 am Group Sessions
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 pm General Meeting
5:00 - 6:00 pm Dinner
6:30 - 9:30 pm Evening Activity - Softball, movie, skits, bowling
10:00 - 11:00 pm Back on floor, room check & lights out
Friday
7:15 - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:15 - 8:45 am Departure Preparation
9:00 - 11:30 am Feedback Sessions
11:45 am - 1:00 pmCertificate Presentation
1:30 - 2:30 pm Camp Conclusion & Departure at Grant Towers North
Who should attend?
Speech Camp is for students who have completed grades 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12.
Fees
Residential campers $495 ($525 after June 1, 2008); returning LA&S Academic Summer campers are eligible for a $25 discount on request. Register now Speech Camp fills quickly! For more information contact College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming: call 815-753-5200, e-mail LASEP@niu.edu or visit www.niu.edu/clasep (Click on Summer Academic Camps.)
Speech Camp Director
Judy Santacaterina, an instructor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University, has served as the director of Individual Events at Northern since 1980 and has taught at the junior high, high school, and university levels. She has been involved in Illinois forensics activities for the past 18 years and has been the director of the Speech Camp since it began in 1987.