Register Here: https://prairielands.tentaroo.com/mbu2024

The Merit Badge University will take place on Saturday, July 27 with registration starting at 8AM and lasting until approximately 5:30PM.

Morning class sessions will start at 8:30 AM and run until 12:30 PM. Lunch will run from 12:30 PM to 1:30PM. The afternoon sessions will start at 1:30PM and run until 5:30PM.

The Merit Badge U will be held at Loomis Laboratory on the beautiful University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Loomis Lab will be the centralized location for classroom badges that do not have specific locations needs. Other badges will be held at remote locations throughout the campus. Some adults may be asked to help transport due to transportation plans falling through.

But wait, there's more!!! We will also have a 5 mile compass course that takes Scouts on a tour through our campus. This course was designed by Scouts, for Scouts, to complete Second Class requirement 3b. Bring your water bottle and comfy shoes as you traverse through parts of campus you may not have seen before!!

Think you will work up an appetite doing all this learning? Cost of the event includes lunch at the University's brand new, state of the art, dining center at Illinois Street Residence Hall. It is not your parent's dorm food. It has all the looks of a Vegas buffet, with the cuisine to match!

The cost is $25 per Scout, though some badges have additional fees due to having to hire specialized instructors.

Any questions or offers of assistance can be addressed to MeritBadgeU117@gmail.com