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The mission of Camp Cowboy is to introduce and engage incoming students with their peers and upperclassmen mentors to provide an experience full of fun, friendship, tradition and learning that will in-turn create a more meaningful and impactful collegiate experience at OSU. By attending Camp Cowboy, new students:
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For 25 years, Camp Cowboy has provided a purposeful extended orientation experience for new first-year students in support of their collegiate success. Participants in Camp Cowboy consistently exhibit higher student retention and graduation rates than OSU students who did not participate in the Camp Cowboy experience.
The Camp Cowboy PhilanthroPete campaign will expand access to camp by funding registration scholarships for campers.
"It was a blast! I got to know people within my major and my college, along with people who would be living in my building in the fall. The activities were fun, the staff were super-kind and I got to know so many amazing people!"
Campers experience engaging large group activities, interactive learning sessions, a community service project and intimate small group discussions facilitated by dedicated counselors, intentionally designed to help students forge meaningful connections, build a strong sense of community and prepare to embark on their new college journey. Each camp also includes a Cowboy Spirit Session, an exciting activity where students immerse themselves in OSU traditions, embrace the Cowboy culture, and hear stories from influential OSU figures who offer valuable insights into the lifelong OSU experience. Camp Cowboy participants leave their camp experience with confidence and pride in their college decision, excitement about the opportunities ahead, and a sense of belonging within the Cowboy Family.
"It was an amazing experience! It's a great way to learn your way around campus, make friends before class starts and feel like you belong in the Cowboy family!"
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Camp Cowboy is celebrating 26 years of supporting new students. Help us keep that support going strong by providing partial funding for a camp registration scholarship.
Whether it's braiding dog toys for clients of Our Daily Bread food pantry or creating hygiene kits for Mission of Hope, help campers experience OSU's mission of service by a partial scholarship donation that supports their ability to participate in a camp service project known as Project Pete.
Camp Cowboy kicked off in 1999. Help us honor the Cowboys who started it all by making a partial scholarship donation as a Camp Kick-off Crusader!
For Sumer 2025, the camp registration fee is $200. Provide a full camp scholarship for one student to participate in Camp Cowboy.
There are 579 active student organizations AND dozens of other programs and events where active Cowboys can be involved. Make a camp scholarship donation that will support 2+ campers in exploring these abundant involvement and engagement opportunities through a camp activity called The Orange Life.