About Frog Camp is an extended orientation program that connects new students with the TCU, Fort Worth, and global communities and develops upper-level students as leaders, facilitators, and mentors.
Camps
Alpine Colorado high adventure Casa Nueva Fort Worth culture Challenge spirit and tradition DC global citizenship London international leadership Quest community service Spain international scholarship Summit competition and teamwork
2013 Schedule
Challenge A June 4-6 Casa Nueva A June 11-13 Spain June 18-26 Casa Nueva B June 18-20 Quest June 25-27 London July 2-10
Alpine A July 16-20 Alpine B July 21-25 DC July 28-August 3 Challenge B August 8-10 Casa Nueva C August 8-10 Summit August 13-15
Learning Outcomes
Additional Outcomes
• New students will be able to articulate and appreciate the shared values of the TCU community. • Participants will learn TCU cheers, the fight song, Alma Mater, student creed, and other important TCU traditions. • Students who serve as Frog Camp Facilitators will demonstrate increased skills in leadership, mentoring, and small group facilitation. • Students who serve as Frog Camp Directors will demonstrate the ability to manage, teach, and lead others and work collaboratively to achieve stated goals.
• As a result of participating in Frog Camp, those involved at all levels (campers, facilitators, directors, and faculty/staff partners) will report a greater sense of connectedness to TCU • As a result of participating in Frog Camp, those involved will collaborate and interact with students, faculty, and staff from a wide range of perspectives, backgrounds, positions, and experiences across TCU. • Attending Frog Camp will help confirm a student’s decision to enroll at TCU and provide him/her with a variety of mutually enhancing relationships.
Frog Camp 2012 by the numbers
Where campers came from
47 total days of camp
5.4%
difference in retention between those who attend Frog Camp and those who don’t percent of campers who said attending Frog Camp was the thing that confirmed their decision to attend TCU
%
What campers had to say:
“Frog Camp taught me that TCU isn’t just a college campus, but a community. We are all in this together and we are all here to help. It doesn’t matter where you’re from or what your past is, you are now part of the Horned Frog family.” ~ “Frog Camp affirmed that TCU is the right fit for me. I learned that I am coming into a community of individuals who respect and care for each other.” ~ “From Frog Camp, I was able to get the reassurance and comfort that these next four years are going to be some of the best years of my life if I take along my love for learning, values, and faith in order to reach my full potential while in the University.”
97%
$ $2200
$200
40 scholarships awarded for a total of $8,250 two t-shirts and a waterbottle
what Frog Camp staff get paid
Over 15,000
miles Frog Camp staff travel over the summer
amount of training each facilitator receives
12 directors
Actual cost per camper
40 hours
104
faculty/staff partners
$3614
campers & work crew
Camper fees
$210
Camps 1,351 190 registered facilitators
June: Challenge A - Casa Nueva A - Quest - Spain - Casa Nueva B July: Alpine A - Alpine B - DC August: Challenge B - Casa Nueva C - Summit
What facilitators had to say:
“Frog Camp has taught me more about being a proper role model than any other organization I have ever been a part of.” ~ “Since my group was so diverse Frog Camp really opened my mind and eyes to the wide world perspectives TCU has.” ~ “Being a facilitator allowed me to discover things about myself I never knew I had. It gave me the confidence to believe in myself and my ability to lead a group.” ~ “Frog Camp is seriously the best experience and most meaningful organization of my time in college.”