Community Programs
In addition to serving its primary mission in educating full-time undergraduates, Susquehanna University offers a number of enriching programs for the benefit of others. These programs tap into the talents and expertise of dedicated university faculty, staff and students and take advantage of the university’s exceptional facilities.
Programs include:
Programs for the Community
Music Preparatory Program
Saturday Science
Science in Motion
Academic Programs for High School Students
High school students looking for exceptional summer educational programs have three options at Susquehanna University. Led by expert Susquehanna faculty, each program allows attendees to get a taste of college life as they are immersed in a weeklong program that will challenge, inspire and prepare for the future.
LIFE Institute (Leadership Institute for Entrepreneurship)
Achieving high school students interested in business are invited to attend the summer Leadership Institute for Entrepreneurship (LIFE). The weeklong program puts participants in teams that start and run their own business. Along the way, students learn how to handle the success and challenges that a new business might throw at entrepreneurs.
Wind Ensemble Institute
High school students talented in woodwind, brass and percussion instruments gather for the summer Wind Ensemble Institute. This weeklong experience focuses on chamber music and symphonic wind ensemble performance.
Writers Workshop
Some of the nation’s most talented high school writers come together each summer for the Writers Workshop. Participants spend a week in intensive, small-group workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry, headed by nationally recognized authors.
Kids’ College
Summer Camp
Junior Writers Workshop
Teen Summer Camp
