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Global Citizen Summer Camp

Summer Camp 2022
Monday, June 8 - Friday, June 12
9 AM - 5 PM
OSU Columbus Campus

 

Registration opens March 9, 2026

2026 ALI Summer Internship

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The CLLC is seeking seeking four interns at the advanced level of language learning to get trained to teach languages and intercultural competence to middle school students participating in the Global Citizen Summer Camp.

5 Week Program: May 18 - June 18, 2026

  • Gain experience teaching a language
  • Mentorship and training from experienced professionals
  • Opportunity to put theory to practice
  • Valuable career-related skills

Applications open on Handshake in January, 2026. Apply by February 16th, 2026!

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About the Camp

The Global Citizen Summer Camp is a non-residential camp for middle school students (rising 6th through 8th graders). Through a variety of interactive and age appropriate activities, students are taught to step outside their comfort zone and gain a deeper understanding of what it means to belong to and navigate within multiple and diverse communities. Students will learn basics of four world languages (Arabic, Chinese, French & German) through an immersive experience and participate in activities that focus on developing intercultural competence and global citizenship.

 

Objectives

The overarching objectives are to promote skills in students to effectively:  

  1. Communicate in the language of the people with whom one is interacting  
  2. Interact with awareness, sensitivity, empathy, and knowledge of the perspectives of others
  3. Have developed cultural self-awareness and examined their beliefs, values, and assumptions regarding cultural differences
  4. Withhold judgment, examining one’s own perspectives as similar to or different from the perspectives of people with whom one is interacting
  5. Be alert to cultural differences in situations outside of one’s culture, including noticing cues indicating miscommunication or causing an inappropriate action or response in a situation
  6. Act respectfully according to what is appropriate in the culture and the situation where everyone is not of the same culture or language background, including gestures, expressions, and behaviors
  7. Increase knowledge about the products, practices, and perspectives of other cultures

 

Additional Information

  • The camp will cap at a maximum of 20 students
  • Students will spend half the day having a language (Arabic, Chinese, French & German) immersion experience and the other half learning about Intercultural Competence
  • The cost for the camp is $200 (with limited needs-based scholarships; a discount is also available for enrolling more than one student from the same household - check out our registration form for more payment details)
  • Students who attend the whole week of camp will be given a Certificate of Participation
 

Questions?

For any questions regarding the summer camp or to request to add your child/children to our waiting list, please email us at CLLCPrograms@osu.edu.

 

Photos

To see photos from previous summer camps, please check out our photo gallery!

Meet the Team

Sandhya Shanker
Sandhya Shanker is an Education Program Senior Specialist at the Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures and is the camp coordinator. She is largely responsible for coordinating and collaborating on existing initiatives as well as envisioning and designing new initiatives related to the promotion of Intercultural Competence (IC) on campus. Sandhya is also an instructor for a General Education course at OSU titled FRIT 3054 (21st Century Skill: Intercultural Competence for Global Citizenship) and is a Qualified Administrator for the IDI © assessment. Prior to joining the CLLC in July 2023, Sandhya served as Director of the Community Language School at Michigan State University where she developed and supervised language programs as well as language and culture events for the larger community serving preschoolers to adults.