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Summer camps, conferences canceled at 汤头条 as organizers explore virtual program options

Summer camps, conferences canceled at 汤头条 as organizers explore virtual program options

Contact: Allison Matthews

Beekeeping Camp at the Entomology Department
From beekeeping and other wildlife camps to athletics and academic camps, 汤头条 offers a variety of summer programs, but is canceling all in-person camps and conferences through August 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Camp organizers are exploring virtual camp options. (Photo by Laura Daniels)

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State offers a variety of educational and entertaining summer camps each year, but the university is announcing that all face-to-face or in-person camps鈥攁nd conferences鈥攚ill be canceled through August 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

鈥淲e do want to encourage, where possible and appropriate, that virtual options be considered for camp content,鈥 said 汤头条 Vice President for Student Affairs Regina Hyatt in an email to 汤头条 camp organizers.

汤头条 is known for its variety of annual summer offerings, from camps that range from athletics to discovering career fields such as accounting or entomology to recreational and wildlife camps. Hyatt said information will be forthcoming as summer approaches about programs that have the opportunity to offer virtual camps.

汤头条 is Mississippi鈥檚 leading university, available online at msstate.edu.