Camp Dates:

Spring camp

Saturday, April 19th, 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Summer camp (week-long)

Monday ~ Friday, June 2nd -6th, 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

 Camp Daily Schedule (varies slightly depending on camp date)

• 8:30am - 9:00am:      Check-in and light breakfast

• 9:00am - 12:15pm:  Morning program (morning snack around 10:20am)

• 12:15pm - 1:00pm:  Lunch

• 1:00pm - 4:00pm:    Afternoon program (afternoon snack around 2:30pm)

• 4:00pm - 4:30pm:    Daily recap and/or Next Day preview

Highlights 

• Free breakfast, lunch and morning/afternoon snacks. 

• Lots of individual and team prizes.

• Notebook computers will be provided during course. However, attendees are encouraged to bring their personal computers if they prefer.

• Knowledge in cybersecurity. Students will learn fundamental cybersecurity concepts through lectures and demonstrations.

• Hands-on cybersecurity activities. Students will gain experience with exciting hacking tools and techniques. They will be engaged in hands-on activities for attacks and defenses.

• Group activities on cyber vulnerability investigation, capture-the-flag competitions, and team-based games.

Summer Camp Reminder for Students 

• GenCyber t-shirts will be handed out on the first day of camp. Please be sure to wear this t-shirt each of the remaining days of camp.

• We will have some activities on the basketball courts of UNLV’s Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). Students need to wear rubber-soled shoes; Crocs are okay. 

• We will be walking outside for lunch and to UNLV’s Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). Please bring sunscreen and or hats as needed. An extra pair of clothes is optional. 

Directions: UNLV Advanced Engineering Building (AEB)

Drop-Off and Parking

The UNLV GenCyber camp will be held at UNLV AEB (Advanced Engineering Building), located on the north side of the UNLV Campus. Please refer to the directions on this page (AEB), https://www.unlv.edu/maps/aeb.  Students can be dropped off at the end of the road along the parking structure (a.k.a. Cottage Grove Parking Garage). If students are driving their own vehicles, they can park at the parking garage or at the nearby SEB parking lot. Parking is FREE on Saturdays for the Spring camp. During summer camps, parking permits will be distributed on the first day for self-drivers.

If you wish to park and walk students in and out of camp, please note that UNLV parking is enforced during the week. You must park and pay at a meter, which may require you to download the “PayByPhone Parking” app. Metered parking is available on the first floor of the Cottage Grove Parking Garage.

If students are driving and parking themselves, parking permits will be distributed upon arrival on the first day of camp. Parking permits for self-drivers will be handed out at the end of the road along the parking structure (a.k.a. Cottage Grove Parking Garage). Driving students should familiarize themselves with all UNLV parking rules and regulations at https://www.unlv.edu/parking/rules, including always parking so that a license plate is visible and no backing into parking spots. 

Please note that we will not be able to waive or have removed any citations that camp participants receive.

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