The Camp Owls Experience
Experience college before you Experience FAU

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OVERVIEW
     The Camp Owls Experience is designed to welcome you to Florida Atlantic University and explore the unique region of south Florida.  Each experience will give you an opportunity to make new friends, meet FAU professors, think about college, and prepare to succeed at FAU.  You will build valuable connections and friendships to help you successfully start your academic career. In addition, the overnight experience provides an unparalleled opportunity to explore leadership.  The Camp Owls experience will help you foster self-confidence and self-awareness – skills that will last a lifetime.

     At the end of your trip, you will return to campus energized, with a fresh perspective on college and a new group of friends – ready to begin your life at FAU. You will also have the opportunity to get together with the rest of the students on your trip throughout the fall semester to relive the excitement of the experience and touch base on how the college experience is going for each of you.

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LEADERSHIP
     To be successful in college, you need to be able to advocate for yourself on campus. All of the Camp Owls Experience trips are designed to provide you with opportunities to learn about yourself and FAU, all the while giving you opportunities to take on leadership roles. Whether it is listening to a FAU professor share leadership skills, fixing dinner, or sharing a kayak with another student, you will develop the leadership skills needed to help you succeed personally and academically. Through the Camp Owl Experience, you will return to campus with the potential to be a FAU student leader.

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Sponsorship
     The Camp Owls Experience is a joint program sponsored by departments within the Division of Student Affairs. New Student and Owl Family Programs, Campus Recreation, Housing and Residential Life, and the Dean of Students Office. All play a role in the creation and delivery of the Camp Owls Experience. In addition, Academic Affairs plays an important role on these trips, where a FAU professor is able to attend and participate in the activities.

Each trip is staffed with a current FAU student, a Student Affairs professional, and when possible a FAU professor. You are encouraged to interact with the trip staff as much as possible. These interactions will help you to better understand life at FAU.

Questions? – Contact New Student and Owl Family Programs at orientme@fau.edu or (561) 297-2733

New Student and Owl Family Programs wishes to make this event accessible to people of all abilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in this event please contact Bill Horstman at (561) 297-2733, or orientme@fau.edu, or TTY Relay Station 1-800-955-8770. Please make your needs known as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for effective accommodations, preferably by August 5, 2013, at 5:00 PM.