Model United Nations at Cornell University & UN 17 SDG INSTITUTE DIGIVATIONS XGENS
WELCOME TO DIGIVATIONS!
NASA Award Winning DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE, on the campus at Cornell University, July 2-August 5, is a camp and academy fusion where literary and media themes incorporating role play serve as the key vehicle for campers/students through which they learn from international faculty about Ancient Cultures, Languages & Greece, the Arts including aural (music & composition & sound design) & visual (drawing and painting), Drama & Theatre including play writing, costuming.
Introduction to Innovation & STEM subjects encompassing AI/Metaverse challenges, cellular biology processes, CRISPR advances in the context of genetic modification, comparative medicine, nanotechnology, neuroscience, plant science, and quantum physics, sustainability, Model UN & the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goal concepts along with a plethora of additional topics and subjects. Guest faculty from Cornell, University of California and Johns Hopkins, among others. INNOVATION TOPICS LEAD TO CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT WHERE CAMPERS CREATE NEW WORKS FOR THEATER, MUSIC, QUESTS, AND THE ARTS.
DIGIVATIONS XGENS, XGENS.org, July 23-August 5 delegation comprises delegates from throughout North America and the Globe. They are exceptionally motivated to learn about and contribute to their respective Committees with foundations deeply rooted in international affairs, European Leadership and governance, as well as respective policy strategies, and innovations. They are exceptionally capable students who will build upon their knowledge acquired through NASA award winning DIGIVATIONS, digivations.org, academies and programs which contextualize domestic and international affairs, government policies and political theory within a framework inculcating arts, sciences, and humanities informed by 17 the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
This curriculum requires students/delegates to engage in research reflecting an understanding of primary, secondary and multi source research, creative and persuasive writing including drafting directives and resolutions, as well as issues specific position papers, preparing oral presentations, and developing and refining in accordance with Model UN, as well as Parliamentary procedures, negotiating skills development and oral advocacy talents.
Students role play as leaders of such times while solving problems of today through DIGIVATIONS Overnight Innovation & Literary Academies, campdemigod.org. The opportunity to immerse themselves in the knowledge and history of ancient cultures while applying their creative problem solving, imaginations, and strong analytic and literary capacities to resolving underlying Crises in their respective Committees is an opportunity which will inspire them for a lifetime.
Our NASA award winning programs open up exciting windows of interdisciplinary knowledge and opportunity which naturally motivates a connection between each person's interests and the broader world. They develop personal perceptions of how and why their lives matter, and how they can make a positive difference in their own community and the world.
Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and Model United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
International students (ages 12-17) will experience our unique NASA award winning program located on the campus of Cornell University in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York centered on innovation, mentorship, leadership and community-building. EACH WEEK IS DIFFERENT: 80 campers will be selected for IN PERSON overnight Camp Half-Blood, a blend of world building through innovation, role playing, Ancient Greece, Greek Mythology and speculative fiction. In addition to the Percy Jackson universe, students immerse in the World of Harry Potter Role Playing as Ambassadors & Delegates Solving Mortals’ Challenges to the Universe & Preparing to Succeed at the United Nations for a week for XGENS SDG INSTITUTE. Learn about our 2023 Faculty.
Charter Bus transportation from NYC. $195 application fee through this platform followed by a video call interview with the directors. Remaining tuition starting at $3300 (sliding scale) for your two weeks session due after acceptance. No child should be turned away due to the ability to pay full tuition. There is a payment plan available. Scholarships are available.
Parent Reviews (see more at www.campdemigod.org):
Excellent, knowledgeable and caring people and instructors. My daughter had the most wonderful time and made lasting friendships from all across the world. A definite must for any curious child with an active imagination and a hungry mind. - Anders O.
My son attending Camp Half Blood a couple of summers ago, and it was the one camp he's attended that he really liked and wanted to go back to. The activities are creative and open-ended, and the campers enjoy some freedom and some structure: going on quests, playing board games, playing soccer or another sport some afternoons, doing creative writing, learning some martial arts, trying new art media, and being encouraged to make and play and imagine in all ways. - Dana C.
- The DIGIVATIONS INSTITUTE programs are camper/student centric featuring programming where each youth, ages 12–17 will be able to pursue a wide range interests as they learn and apply new knowledge as part of quests and adventures, and include, among other topics, the sciences (artificial intelligence, biology, chemistry, genetics, commercial space, quantum physics); the arts, including fine arts, music including composition and theatre; humanities (ancient Greek history and language, anthropology, ethnography, linguistics, and creative writing); design thinking, physical, card, and board games such as capture the flag, D&D, Magic, Wizards Chess; and sports such as quidditch and gaga.
- Facilities are top notch located on a unique college campuse and a camp ground with cabins. At the college, DIGIVATIONS INSTITUTE offers multiple theaters/stages, dance and yoga studios, LEGO/robotics space, media arts space with Mac and PC laboratories, Innovation laboratory and Trading Room, fine art and music class rooms, art galleries and concert halls, science labs, college libraries, dining Hall, tennis courts, baseball fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, volleyball courts, archery ranges, Olympic size heated pools, and a beautiful lake all surrounded by forests. Students sleep in air-conditioned doubles, triple or quad dorms. All this located near Lake Placid, in quaint Upstate NY!
TUITION
- We invite you to apply with a $195 non-refundable application fee now, a portion of which is tax deductible. Successful candidates will be notified on a rolling basis, that they are accepted, and final payments will be due no later than April 15, 2023. Our Covid-19 procedures will be forwarded to accepted participants at that time. Late applications will be considered, but space is limited.
- IN PERSON Starting with $3,300 tuition (sliding scale based on an honor system) covers all traditional meals, housing, instruction, guest lectures, ImagineSTEM curriculum, mentoring, supervision, materials, and recreation fees. This amount does not include transportation to and from the camp located 4 hours from NYC or Boston at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. We encourage parents to book Cornell's charter bus to transport your youth to campus. NYC and Boston bus information will be provided upon request.
- Other optional items that are included in tuition may be booked in our on-line registration system include semi-private instruction in Advanced Technologies (Creative Tech), Music Composition, Martial Arts, Fine Art, Film Making, Creative Writing, Group Innovation Seminars and ESL. Parents may purchase merchandise, such as deluxe sword & personalized costume materials, Camp Store Credit (to buy Drachmas: Greek Money), and more! We are building an online store for print-on-demand apparel and merchandise.
CAMP THEMES
Harry Potter Sustainable Universe and UN SDG Institute at Cornell University
- The Model UN SDG Institute weeks will relate the Potter universe to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
- Camp Demigod based on the principles that kids have an enormous reservoir of creativity and innovative ideas which they look forward to sharing with other like-minded individuals who hold common interests.
- DIGIVATIONS’ programs are robust, staffed by outstanding leadership, staff and counselors, and will include holistically selected cohorts of outstanding student campers.
- Our NASA award winning programs open up exciting windows of interdisciplinary knowledge and opportunity which naturally motivates a connection between each person's interests and the broader world. They develop personal perceptions of how and why their lives matter, and how they can make a positive difference in their own community and the world.