Summer Programs
Fantasy World Building
Character Design for RPGs and Other Games
Dates: June 17-21, 2024
Move-In: June 16, 2024
Grades: Rising 7th-9th grades
Cost: Residential $710/Commuter $400 < What’s included in the cost?
Registration Due: May 1, 2024
Sponsoring Department(s): UM Office of Pre-College Programs
Have you ever daydreamed about a different world? Imagined yourself as a different person? Magic? Technology? Mythical creatures? With this class, you will focus on creating your own world. You will create biomes, landscapes, cities, towns, ancient ruins, and everything in between. You will populate this landscape with characters designed and imagined by you! Integrate RPG elements and utilize tools like Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition to help give us a framework from which we can begin our adventures!
Program Highlights
We will be creating maps, characters, models, and physics for our worlds. We will draw, paint, and sculpt our way into our imaginations, and come together as we enter these worlds through the tools of tabletop gaming for fun and adventure.
Residential students will live in a residence hall on campus under the supervision of live-in counselors. All counselors are undergraduate students trained in the supervision of minors and are background-checked. Evening recreational activities may include use of the campus recreational center, board games, and trips to locations on campus or in town.
Thomas Grosskopf
Thomas Grosskopf is an artist and art teacher living in Oxford, MS. When he is not painting frantically for art shows or commissions, he enjoys being with his family, farming, boxing, and playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Regular Registration Deadline:
- June Programs = May 1st
- July Programs = June 1st
Late Registration Deadline:
An additional $40 late registration fee will be charged per week registered.
- June Programs = May 20th
- July Programs = June 20th
Registration Instructions
Program registration is a 3-step process that should be completed in order:
- Step 1: Pay and secure your spot.
- Step 2: Create an account.
- Step 3: Complete registration and checklist items.
Please only complete one (1) student registration per transaction. If registering multiple students, complete one student's registration, then start the process over for the next student. This system does not allow entry of multiple students' information within the same registration.
Step 1. Pay and secure your spot
Pay using the payment portal linked above to secure your student's spot.
Step 2: Create an account
Please use a personal email account, not a school affiliated email address, as most servers block external emails.
Within 3 business days, you will receive an email from umprecollege@myschoolapp.com with steps to create your Admissions Portal through our Blackbaud MySchoolApp system.
Step 3. Complete your registration and checklist items before the deadline.
Once in the Admissions Portal, you will instantly see your program’s registration checklist that our admissions team has assigned you. Please complete the registration checklist before the program deadline and within 14 days of creating an account.
Registration includes standard questions (e.g., contact information, academic history, etc.) as well as instructions for submitting rules and guidelines agreements and medical information and forms.
Before the program begins:
Prior to the start of summer, you will receive a detailed pre-summer logistics email along with a pre-arrival checklist shown on your MySchoolApp account.
Incomplete or Late Registrations
After you have paid and secured a seat in the program, make sure to finish the remaining steps within two (2) weeks. If your registration is incomplete or an application is inactive for three (3) weeks, a $20 late fee will incur, unless an extension is requested.
Refund Policy
You must cancel your registration at least two weeks before the chosen session to receive an 80% refund. Refunds are not available to cancellations made less than two weeks prior to the chosen session. Full refunds will be issued if the camp is cancelled due to low enrollment.