About Frog Camp

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.”