July 30, 2008

BCU Conducts Summer Reading Camp

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University’s Department of Education is conducting the Summer Reading Camp, July 28– Aug 1, 2008.

Approximately 25 students entering grades 3 through 5 this fall are attending the camp, which is a component of Briar Cliff’s partnership with Crescent Park Elementary School.

Four BCU education majors are conducting the lessons, which introduce campers to high interest, quality literature while strengthening students’ reading, writing, speaking and computer skills.

“This camp is a win-win opportunity,” said Kathy Knipper, O.S.F., Ed.D., associate professor of education at Briar Cliff University. “Elementary school students enhance their skills before school begins, while Briar Cliff students develop their leadership and teaching skills.”

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states and four countries.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.