1. Camper and Family Orientation
Summer 2017
Year I, II, III, and IV

2. TexPREP at UTA Texas PreFreshman Engineering Program – TexPREP
Started at The University of Texas at Arlington in 1995
Located in the Mathematics Department, College of Science, led by Dr. Roger Kirby
In Summer 2014
Moved to Dean of Science office, directed by Dr. Minerva Cordero and Alice Lubbe
Partnered with Arlington ISD
In Summer Added Year II
Moved to College of Engineering, led by Dr. Carter Tiernan and Shaunyale Canada
In Summer Added Year III
In Summer Added Year IV

3. TexPREP Staff
Site Director - Dr. Carter Tiernan, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering
Asst. Director – Shaunyale Canada, Assistant Director for Recruiting and Outreach, College of Engineering
Coordinator – Ariel Pankratz, assisted by Sujan Shrestha
AISD coordinator – Electra Kitchin, Transformational Learning
Instructors – Garreth Durrant, William Glee, John Juneau, Edwin Vidler, Michael Wyant
Student staff – Zihan Hossain, Nasida Nawar, Bhargavi Guvvala, Daniel Nieto, Akshay Neil Mate, Sarah Ballinger, Shubahm Khichi, Gabriel Whites, Yusuf Adeshia, Maiko Frabosilio , Tasnia Mahmud, Dani Layne, Fara Islam, Yash Singh, Jonathan Walk

4. TexPREP Mission
The Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP) provides a challenging academic program designed to motivate and prepare middle and high school students for success in advanced studies leading to careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics fields.
PREP-USA is a national program with an emphasis on increasing the number of women and underrepresented minorities in these fields.

5. Schedule of TexPREP camp
TexPrep UTA schedule will be five days a week, Monday through Friday, starting Mon., June 12 and ending Fri., July 21 with a two day break on Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4.

6. Example TexPREP day Year 1 Green: Group leader Ms. G
Start
End
Trv
Activity
Bldg
Room
Instructor
8:30am -
8:40am
Roll Call in 1st class NH
109
Ms. G
9:55am 5m
ENGINEERING
Mr. Wyant
10:00am
10:25am
[Snack / Bathroom break/HW or logic puzzle] or [Lunch]
100
10:30am
11:45am
PROBLEM-SOLVING SH
101
Mr. Durrant
11:50am
12:15pm
1:05pm
Career Awareness
1:10pm
2:25pm
LOGIC WH
410
Mr. Vidler
3:15pm
Homework/Activities
3:20pm
3:30pm
Bathroom break
3:35pm
3:55pm
Journaling /Prompted writing
3:56pm
4:10pm
Student check out and departure

7. Curriculum Year I curriculum Year III curriculum Logic
Probability and Statistics
Intro to Engineering
Technical Writing
Year II curriculum
Year IV curriculum
Algebraic Structures
Project-Based Computer Sic.
Intro to Physics
Systems Thinking
All years
Reseach and Study:
Problem Solving
Journaling, Reports, and other writing
Career Awareness
Engineering Projects
Field Trips

8. TexPREP Grading and Credit
Students must maintain a 75 average or better during the program.
Attendance is mandatory and poor attendance can cause dismissal from the program.
Students are allowed a maximum of 3 (three) excused absences during the program.
Students will have homework.
If requested by the parent, a TexPREP student’s final grade can be reported to a school.

9. TexPREP Participant Expectations
Be Respectful
Ask Questions
Listen and Take Notes
Participate and Learn
Have Fun!

10. TexPREP Rules
Unsafe or inappropriate behavior is immediate grounds for dismissal from PREP. We have zero tolerance for it.
Dress code
Student IDs
Cell phones and other electronic devices

11. TexPREP Camp Rules
Promptly follow all instructions given by any Instructor, EVERY camp staff member, and the Program Director Dr. Tiernan
Do not leave any place without your assigned group.
Always get permission from your Instructor or group leader to go anywhere (including the bathroom) and inform the group leader of your return.
Always consult your Instructor or group leader immediately if you have any problem.
Always follow the classroom rules for your instructors.

12. Camp Health Rules Cover your mouth and nose if you cough or sneeze.
Wash your hands and/or use hand sanitizer after eating, coughing, sneezing, or visiting the restroom.
Inform your group leader immediately if you do not feel well.
Before the start of camp, please inform the Camp Coordinator if you take any regularly scheduled medication. Camp staff members cannot give medication but they can assist in reminding students if scheduled medications are needed.

13. Camp Lunch All students will receive lunch and a snack daily.
Students are free to bring their own lunches.
A menu for the summer will be provided to students on the first day of camp.
On designated days, students may be able to purchase lunch from the University Center. Families will be notified of these days.

14. Drop off and pick up locations

15. Transportation for AISD students 2017
Campus
Bus Pick-Up Location At Campus
Bailey Junior High
Flag Pole/Bowen Rd Driveway by 7:45am
Barnett Junior High
Flag Pole by 7:45am
Boles Junior High
Carter Junior High
Gunn Junior High
Nichols Junior High
Ousley Junior High
Shackelford Jr High
Workman Junior High
Young Junior High
*Each bus will have a UTA TexPREP sign. Bus numbers may not be the same each day.

16. Drop off and pick up location
Early wait area
For students not riding buses.
Students must be dropped off and picked up INSIDE the parking lot. They may not be picked up from the street. This is a safety issue.
Drivers waiting on campers should be courteous regarding UTA students looking for parking places in Lot 36.
Please do not block the drives in the parking lot. If you arrive early, please stay in the north end of the lot by Abrams until the campers come out.
Parking lot entrance

17. Morning Arrival Process
Car drop off – Students being dropped off by car must be dropped off in parking lot 36 on the north side of UTA Blvd. across from the Engineering Research Building no earlier than 8am. Students will be met by a camp staff member in the parking lot. Students will cross at the cross walk then they will be checked in by camp staff at the breezeway under the ERB. Camp staff will take the campers in groups to NH 100 from there.
No student may be dropped off in the street. Street drop off will count as an unexcused absence for the student. All drop offs must be made in the parking lot. Please contact us about early or late drop off.
Bus riders – AISD buses will drop students off at the corner of College and 1st St where they will be met by camp staff member who will check them in. Each student must check in as they get off the bus. Staff will take the campers in groups to NH 100 from there.

18. Afternoon Departure Process
Car pick up – Students being picked up by car must be picked up in parking lot 36 on the north side of UTA Blvd. across from the ERB no later than 4:15pm. Students will be brought by camp staff members to the ERB breezeway to wait for their ride. When they identify their pick up, the student must check out with the camp staff under the breezeway and then be accompanied by a camp staffer through the cross walk to the parking lot for pick up.
No student may be picked up in the street. Street pick up will count as an unexcused absence for the student. All pick ups must be made in the parking lot. Please contact us if you will be late picking up your student.
Bus riders – AISD buses will pick up students from the faculty/staff parking lot off of College St. Camp staff members will accompany them to the buses and will check them out as they get on the bus. Each student must check out as they get on the bus.

19. Transportation for AISD students 2017
Campus
Bus Pick-Up Location At Campus
Bailey Junior High
Flag Pole/Bowen Rd Driveway by 7:45am
Barnett Junior High
Flag Pole by 7:45am
Boles Junior High
Carter Junior High
Gunn Junior High
Nichols Junior High
Ousley Junior High
Shackelford Jr High
Workman Junior High
Young Junior High
*Each bus will have a UTA TexPREP sign. Bus numbers may not be the same each day.

20. Closing Ceremony for TexPREP 2017 at UTA
On July 21st, we will have a closing ceremony for TexPREP for this year.
Your student will receive details about this event during the camp.
We invite you to come join us for this celebration.

21. Next summer TexPREP 2018 at UTA
Invitations to participate in the following year of TexPREP will automatically be mailed out to those qualifying Year I,II and III TexPREP students.
UTA Engineering will host all four years of TexPREP in 2018.
Notify the UTA Engineering TexPREP Camp Coordinator if you have a change in address or telephone number or if you do not receive a following year application by March

22. Reminders
If you have any uncompleted paperwork, please turn it in immediately at the sign in table. Students with uncompleted paperwork will not be able to start the TexPREP camp.
If your student is not riding the bus to camp, please be sure to drop them off and pick them up in accordance with TexPREP hours. All students will need to be checked in and out of camp by a TexPREP staff member each day. The sign in table has reminder information about where to drop off and pick up students.
Every day, encourage your child to complete their homework during research and study time to avoid excessive homework at night.

23. E-mail: engineeringoutreach@uta.edu
Emergency Contact
Camp Coordinator Ariel Pankratz will be the emergency contact for the TexPREP camp. Her phone is always answered during the camp day.
Phone number: 817–272–1295

24. Questions?