SHP 2026 Coming Soon!
The Cook Honors College at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will offer Design, Build, Play as part of its 2026 Summer Honors Program from July 6 to July 24. This course will be offered for dual enrollment instruction credits as HNRC 281. This three-week course will be comprised of two hands-on workshops for one week on campus, with two weeks of online instruction that students can complete from home. The total cost for room, board, programming, and three credits of instruction is $675.
HNRC 281 is split into two main areas of focus: games and storytelling with Prof. Mike Sell (English) and creative engineering in our STEAMSHOP with Prof. Rick Adkins (Mathematics).
SHP Orientation: June 25 at 4:00 p.m.
Students need to register for orientation. Once registered, look for an email from orientation-testing@iup.edu with a Zoom link for the orientation.
Program Dates: July 6–24
- Week 1 (July 6–12) – asynchronous/online
- Week 2 (July 13–17) – on-campus/in-person
- Week 3 (July 18–24) – asynchronous/online
Application Deadline: May 20
Payment Deadline: June 19
What is the Timeline?
- March 1
- Applications open
- How to apply?
- May 21
- Applications due
- June 20
- Payment due in full in EasyPay
- How much does the program cost?
- How to pay?
- June 26
- SHP Orientation
- 4:00 p.m. on Zoom
- July 6
- Course begins on D2L
- How to use D2L?
- Last day to drop the course
- What does it mean to drop a course?
- July 12
- Required residential experience begins
- Move in: 1:00–3:00 p.m. at Ruddock Hall
- How to pack for SHP?
- July 13-17
- In-person class
- July 18
- Move out: 10:00 a.m.–Noon
- July 24
- Course ends