A dozen incoming students were on campus the week of July 20 for the 2016 Pathways to Excellence in Media, Communication and Information Summer Intensive. The intensive is a residential workshop that prepares incoming CMCI freshmen for academic success in the college's areas of study. Students get the chance to make their own advertising campaigns and multimedia projects, receive math and writing instruction and tour newsrooms and ad agencies. Here are few photos of their adventures, captured by CMCI student Gabriel Rodriguez.

Incoming students arrive at the Armory for the 2016 summer intensive
The soon-to-be freshmen got a chance to play some games before diving into the 10-day experience
Students Nathaniel Nash and Rachel Boyce get hands on experience with video equipment.
Marissa Kelley and Kristin Jihye Oh get familiarized with a video camera, part of the intensive's training on broadcast equipment.
Aabriti Shrestha interviews senior Christy Lambert during the broadcast training portion of the intensive.
The students ended the second day with a barbecue at journalism professor Paul Voakes' house.
After working hard, students got a break and a chance to enjoy the Colorado Rockies. The crew set off for some whitewater rafting.
Students then headed to Denver to take tours of some of the area's biggest news outlets. Here, students pose in the lobby of the Denver Post's downtown office.
Katie Pickrell checks out the green screen on set at CBS 4 in Denver.
The students not only learned what to look forward to at CMCI, but also got to explore some of what Colorado has to offer.