Culinary, Baking & Pastry, Med camps also available
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- High school students will have the unique opportunity of learning how to cook for astronauts through a summer camp partnership between Sullivan University and NASA.
Sullivan University's renowned College of Hospitality Studies Culinary Arts Program has teamed up with NASA's HUNCH program to offer a summer camp that will prepare students for the NASA HUNCH Culinary Competition, which gives students the opportunity to make the meals that will be served to astronauts on the International Space Station.
"If you're passionate about food and the science behind it, and want an experience that is out of this world, then this camp is for you," said Nina Martinez, Sullivan University's Vice President of Enrollment Management. "Students can also learn how their schools can participate in the NASA HUNCH Culinary Challenge."
Each year, the National HUNCH Culinary Challenge sends the food prepared by one high school to the International Space Station. Chefs and instructors from Sullivan's culinary program have judged the competition in the past.
"NASA Hunch Camp is a camp experience that definitely is out of this world," said Sullivan Chef Representative, Chef Dom Tardy, who has judged and helps coordinate the competition. "It has been a great collaboration of NASA Engineers and classically trained chef creating a culinary training like no other out there. Each camp day pushes the limits in food science training, and challenges students to blast the limits in space food production to another level."
"With the NASA Hunch Culinary Camp, we want to fully prepare students to learn about the Hunch competition as well as challenge them," Chef Dom said.
While at camp, students will experience what college life looks like. They'll stay at our Gardiner Point dormitory, use the shuttle to campus, walk the same halls, and work in the same classrooms with our instructors.
"Student campers are truly immersed in the college experience," Martinez said.
The NASA HUNCH Challenge Culinary camp is scheduled for June 12 to 17; open to upcoming sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduating seniors.
Sullivan will also offer a number of other unique, exciting, and educational camps this summer:
Culinary Camp
Students will explore the art and science of cooking, gain priceless experience working in Sullivan's kitchen labs with internationally accomplished chefs, and take an industry specific field trip. Open to upcoming sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduating seniors.
Advanced Culinary Camp
The camp is designed for students who have taken at least one year of culinary training at the high school level. The camp focuses on strengthening culinary competition skills and fine-tuning individual cooking techniques. An industry-specific filed trip is planned. Open to upcoming sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduating seniors. Students should apply no later than May 30.
Baking & Pastry Arts Camp
Designed for students who have taken at least one year of culinary training at the high school level, the Advanced Baking and Pastry track focuses on strengthening baking and pastry skills and fine-tuning individual cooking techniques. An industry-specific filed trip is planned. Open to upcoming sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduating seniors. Students should apply no later than May 30.
Med Camp
Med Camp gives campers the opportunity to experience a variety of popular healthcare careers. Students will work with Sullivan University's instructors in the school's medical labs to participate in unique, hands-on activities that will help students discover the medical career that inspires them the most. Open to upcoming sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduating seniors.
Louisville Housing
Summer campers will stay at Gardiner Point, Sullivan's residence hall, which features amenities that include:
- Large, furnished rooms with private bathrooms
- Dining facility
- Convenience store
- Student lounge
- Computer lab
- Wireless internet
- Heated pool
- Recreation area offering ping-pong, fitness center, video game room, and a mini-movie theater.
Students can register for any of the camps by following this link, by email Janet Sanford at [email protected] or by calling 812-946-1176.
About Sullivan University
Sullivan University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, baccalaureate, masters and doctorate degrees. Questions about the accreditation of Sullivan University may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC's website (http://www.sacscoc.org).
The University offers numerous certificates, diplomas, and degrees in career-orientated programs, ranging from business, pharmacy, human resources, I.T. and cybersecurity, supply-chain management, culinary and baking and pastry arts, hospitality studies, conflict management, nursing, allied health sciences, HVAC-R, interior design, and legal studies. Sullivan University has campuses in Louisville and Lexington, an extension in Fort Knox on the U.S. Army Post and a Learning Center in Louisa. Sullivan University also has many programs available partially or wholly online. For more information, visit http://www.sullivan.edu.
Media Contact
Nina Martinez, Vice President of Enrollment Management, Sullivan University, 502-413-8764, [email protected]
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