Summer Camps
By Jerri Simmons

You’ve seen the campers on campus with the matching jerseys and the smiles on their faces. Whether they’re here for Sylvia Hatchell’s Basketball Camp, a C-Tops session or any of the other camps and conferences, there's one thing they all have in common, UNC housing.

Housing would like to see buildings filled with campers during the summer because housing and the University reap the benefits.

Assistant Director of Housing, Dei Allard says housing benefits now and students will benefit during the academic year as well.

“I know we tend to break pretty much even, so that we can again defray some of the costs of the student for the academic year that’s why we do summer camps and conferences. In general we try to make a profit of 1 million dollars for our summer programs, but that offsets some of the costs for construction more than anything,” she said.

Aside from the profit, Allard says the biggest benefit for the University is the possibility of recruiting young Tar Heels.

“They’re also potential Carolina students for the future so it’s important we impress them and say hey come to Carolina this is a great experience so look at us,” she said.

Camper Lonnie Atkinson enjoyed football camp and says he already knows where he's going to college.

"I like staying in the dorms with different college students and meeting people that go to UNC. That’s a college I would like to attend when I get to college,” he said.

The Camps will continue to run through August 1st, and after that housing will prepare its residence halls for the academic year.