ImpactU

ImpactU Week 1 Camps: June 2-6, 2025


During this five-day camp, you will focus on the fundamentals of good acting for both stage and film, learn from Asbury faculty and develop friendships with other campers, all while having a blast! You’ll act through improv games and exercises, all the way to scene work for a comedy theatre showcase.

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  • Engage in a fun learning experience with an encouraging supportive community.
  • Learn professional style acting for stage.
  • Special session on tips of how to stand out in auditions
  • Learn easy techniques of how to act for camera.
  • Discover how to be natural and believable on film.

Join industry professionals for this five-day intensive utilizing Asbury’s cutting-edge Media Communication facilities. Film I provides an introduction to the art and skill of filmmaking.

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  • Each student will work with professional film gear
  • Each student will learn the essentials of filmmaking, e.g. writing, directing, and editing
  • Each student will play a key role in the production of their short films
  • Each student will be able to screen their films for friends and family at the end of camp. This will occur in Asbury’s state of the art screening room
  • Other industry professionals will be visiting or teleconferencing into the film camp

Learn from some of Kentucky’s best teachers how to put the joy in teaching. Through a variety of engaging activities, you will experience learning facilitated by some of Kentucky’s best teachers. These master teachers share their contagious excitement for learning in ways that will inspire you to affirm your desire to become a highly effective teacher.

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  • Create classroom instruction, bulletin boards, activities, and assessment materials
  • Hear experiences and stories from career professionals
  • Experience real-world education scenarios in our classrooms

Hit the open trails this summer! Join the team from Asbury’s renowned Equine Program for five days of hands-on learning. You’ll not only ride on Asbury’s riverside trails, but also learn the dynamics of horsemanship and equine service & ministry.

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  • Learn about horse care and ministry
  • Hands on horsemanship and riding
  • Learn principles of stable management

Spend five days exploring faith, art, and nature through poetry! In this course, we’ll turn our poet’s eye toward creation and praise God, as Gerard Manley Hopkins says, for “dappled things.”

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  • Learn how to use poetic devices, such as image, metaphor, sound, and rhyme
  • Read and respond to great poets and writers of the past
  • Get outside and write about divine artistry in nature
  • Write ekphrastic poems in response to classic and local works of art

The Kentucky Outdoor Institute is excited to bring back the ImpactU Adventure camp this summer! Learn the basics of climbing, canoeing, and backpacking, as well as develop skills in risk awareness, decision-making, and camp craft during this camp. This camp has limited spots to maintain a high instructor-to-student ratio. Join us for a week full of experiencing God’s creation through outdoor adventures!

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Weather permitting:

  • Campfire under the stars
  • Teambuilding
  • An overnight canoe or backpack trip
  • Caving
  • Rock Climbing

Week 2 Camps: June 9-13, 2025


Join industry professionals for this five-day intensive utilizing Asbury’s cutting-edge Media Communication facilities. Film II is a more advanced camp that builds on the basics, so previous experience in film is helpful.

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  • Each student will work with professional film gear
  • Each student will learn the essentials of filmmaking, e.g. writing, directing, and editing
  • Each student will play a key role in the production of their short films
  • Each student will be able to screen their films for friends and family at the end of camp. This will occur in Asbury’s state of the art screening room
  • Other industry professionals will be visiting or teleconferencing into the film camp

Hit the open trails this summer! Join the team from Asbury’s renowned Equine Program for five days of hands-on learning. You’ll not only ride on Asbury’s riverside trails, but also learn the dynamics of horsemanship and equine service & ministry.

Learn More and Register

  • Learn about horse care and ministry
  • Hands on horsemanship and riding
  • Learn principles of stable management

Join Asbury professors for five days of hands-on learning, using many of the latest techniques employed in ecology, biotechnology, and conservation biology today.

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  • Conduct DNA fingerprinting on your own DNA
  • Collect and identify many aquatic invertebrates; take home your own collection
  • Examine genetically modified fish using molecular techniques to observe the foreign gene
  • Identify and collect many reptiles and amphibians while studying basic herpetology
  • Use environmental DNA detection and identification of captured organisms based on differences in their genomic DNA sequences

Join Asbury faculty for five days of hands-on learning and mystery-solving while you gain skills and experience in the field of forensic science. Play detective and explore the tasks involved in modern crime scene investigation by reconstructing an accident just like the professionals.

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  • Evaluate an accident scene using attention to detail and deductive reasoning.
  • Collect and analyze prints of all kinds – fingerprints, shoe prints and tire prints.
  • Examine evidence collected using lab techniques, including physical characteristics of dirt samples and chemical aspects powder and blood samples
  • DNA analysis
  • Report findings in a mock court case before a jury of parents.

Come spend a week storytelling with us! Screenwriting camp will be a five-day deep dive into the world of writing scripts, including structure, idea generation, habits of the writer, and sparking creativity. Learn alongside an Asbury professor with professional experience in film, television, web, animation and more.

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  • Develop and write several short scripts
  • Learn structure and characterization tricks and tips
  • View shorts/features from the masters to see how it’s done
  • Discover sources to unlock your creativity
  • Garner insight to the business of screenwriting
  • Seamlessly blend your faith with all manner of stories
  • Have fun doing it!

Camp Tuition

Total Cost: $550

  • This sum includes a $100 non-refundable deposit at time of registration. You will receive an email after you register with a link to pay the remaining $450 balance. Upon payment, a receipt will be emailed to the student email address that we have listed on the registration form.
  • If you register now, payment in full is due no later than June 1, 2025. If you register after June 1, payment is due within one week of registration (or at time of check-in if registering less than one week before camp begins).

Discounts

CEP Schools Discount: $55 off

Sibling Discount: each sibling receives $25 off each camp 

Students of AU or ATS Staff/Faculty: $100 off

Sample Schedule for Week 1 & 2

Monday

TimeActivity
1 p.m.Check-In & Move-In
2 p.m.Welcome Session (student & families welcome) *Families depart
3 p.m.Academic Session (by camp)
5 p.m.Supper (all campers)
6 p.m.Activities (all campers)
10:30 p.m.Debrief in Dorms
11 p.m.Lights out

Tuesday-Thursday

TimeActivity
8 a.m.Breakfast (all campers)
8:45 a.m.Worship (all campers)
9:30 a.m.Academic Session (by camp)
NoonLunch (all campers)
1 p.m.Academic Session (by camp)
5 p.m.Supper (all campers)
6 p.m.Activities (all campers)
10:30 p.m.Debrief in Dorms
11 p.m.Lights Out

Friday

TimeActivity
8 a.m.Breakfast (all campers)
8:45 a.m.Worship (all campers)
9:30 a.m.Academic Session (by camp)
NoonLunch (all campers)
1 p.m.Academic Session (by camp)
2:30 p.m.Individual Camp Showcases (by camp – families welcome! Location will be announced at Welcome Session) 
3:30 p.m.Pack Up
4 p.m.End of Camp Showcase (families welcome)
5 p.m.Campers Depart

Questions?
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