Cancelled for Summer 2025

 CAMP T&T - Explore Trade and Technology

We Share Solar - Build a Solar Suitcase

(For students entering Grades 8-12)

June 24 - June 25, 2025
Minnesota State College Southeast - Winona Campus
1250 Homer Road, Winona Minnesota

Tuesday, June 24: 8:30 am to 9 am: Check in and drop off
Tuesday & Wednesday, June 24-25: 9 am to 3 pm
Cost is $20 - includes Camp T-shirt and lunch both days

The theme of Camp Trade & Technology this year is We Share Solar. As students build solar suitcases, they will learn about the impact of global energy poverty and gain skills in working with direct current (DC electricity), solar power, electrical schematics and symbols, circuits, and meter use.

The We Share Solar suitcase trainer is the same as one that Minnesota State College Southeast recently built and sent to one of the largest refugee camps in the world, Bidi Bide in Uganda, where it provides light for an entire school. The Camp T&T We Share Solar suitcases will be used for ongoing education opportunities across Southern Minnesota. 

Camp T&T will be led by Minnesota State College Southeast Mechatronics instructor Chris Schwertel and Automotive Technology Instructor Amanda Evenson.

REGISTER NOW

Questions: Contact Calvin Clemons, Director of Trade and Technology, calvin.clemons@southeastmn.edu. 

Note: A liability waiver form must be signed and returned before camp begins.