About NELP info / NELP Program

NELP is a University of Michigan academic program that takes place off campus during the Spring half-term. UM faculty and other instructors teach the courses, and students earn regular UM credit.

The program takes place at Camp Wohelo on Sebago Lake in Maine. For six and a half weeks, 40 students and 13 UM instructors live and work together closely, reading New England authors, writing, and exploring the New England countryside, its people, culture, and history.

In addition to formal academic work in literature and writing, instructors and students offer non-credit instruction in canoeing, camping, art, and nature studies. Students teach or co-teach classes as part of their NELP experience.