The Land Grant Program also offers five summer camps for middle, junior high, and high school students. The Pathways and Access to Careers in Technology (PACT) is a one-week residential program that offers middle school students a series of academic experiences and hands-on projects in mathematics, science, and technology and the impact of technology on everyday life. One of the goals of the program is to demystify the complexity associated with math and science so that students envision themselves in careers that either create new technologies or make optimal use of technology. AgDiscovery (AgD) is a two-week residential program hosted by the Land Grant Program at KSU in collaboration with the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which is an agency under the USDA. AgDiscovery focuses on veterinary sciences and veterinary medicine by exposing middle and junior high school students to a series of hands-on labs, workshops, and fieldtrips that provide real-time experiences in the lives of veterinarians, and animal researchers, and businesses associated with animal processing across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Summer Transportation Institute (STI) is a partnership between the Land Grant Program at KSU, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KTC) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This three-week residential program for high school students provides experiences that enhance awareness of career opportunities that exist in the transportation industry. Students are exposed to such concentrations as highway designs, transportation of people and cargo, intermodalism, laws, regulations, safety, and environmental concerns. The Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) is a one-week residential program that is co-sponsored by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. Students are provided opportunities to learn the processes of starting and managing business enterprises, through hands-on experiences and by speaking directly with successful entrepreneurs and businesspersons from across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Students also increase their professional and personal skills through team-building exercises, the production and delivery of presentations, and recreational activities. High school juniors and seniors participate in the research program through the Research and Extension Apprenticeship Program (REAP), which is a six-week residential program that provides opportunities for students to work with a professional (as their mentors) on a research or public service-oriented project. Participants in this program improve research, presentation, program implementation, and interpersonal skills. They also gain new visions and perspectives for the opportunities that await them as future college students. For many students, career selections are strongly influenced by their REAP experiences.

hands-on experiences and by speaking directly with successful entrepreneurs and businesspersons from across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Students also increase their professional and personal skills through team-building exercises, the production and delivery of presentations, and recreational activities. High school juniors and seniors participate in the research program through the Research and Extension Apprenticeship Program (REAP), which is a six-week residential program that provides opportunities for students to work with a professional (as their mentors) on a research or public service-oriented project. Participants in this program improve research, presentation, program implementation, and interpersonal skills. They also gain new visions and perspectives for the opportunities that await them as future college students. For many students, career selections are strongly influenced by their REAP experiences.

The Cooperative Association of States for Scholarship (CASS) Program is a long-term international development project aimed at creating peaceful relations among the United States and the seven Latin American and Caribbean countries involved in the program. Students who have been identified as strong leaders by their rural communities in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic are awarded scholarships to come and study in the United States. The goal of CASS is for students to be trained as leaders who will return home after two years to give back to their families, communities, and countries. There are only 18 schools in the entire country who receive the CASS grant from Georgetown University in Washington D.C., and KSU is very proud to be one of these recipients. Twenty students will join the university in Fall 2007 and participate in a two-year program designed specifically for them.

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