Old North State Council

Merit Badge College - South

Saturday, March 7th

Davidson/Davie Community College

Hosted by the Akela and Uwharrie Districts

Registration closes on Tuesday, March 3 at 11:59 pm.

Registration should be completed by the unit leader and not individual Scouts or families unless there is only one Scout from the unit attending. 

Cost: 

• The event fee is $13 (Out-of-Council is $18)

Lunch:

• Lunch will NOT be provided this year. Each scout will need to bring their lunch or coordinate lunch with their unit leaders.

Registration & Merit Badge Enrollment Open Dates:

• Registration opens Monday, January 19 at 12:00 am through Tuesday, March 3rd. 

Program:

• Class instruction begins at 9:00 am and ends at 4:00 pm with lunch from 12-1pm. (No Lunch will be provided)
• Scouts may enroll in 1 merit badge section for the day, or Scouts may enroll in 2 half-day merit badges.
• Scouts BSA merit badge offerings:

1. Citizenship in the Community - All Day
2. Citizenship in the Nation - All Day
3. Citizenship in the World - Afternoon
4. Collections - Morning
5. Communication - Afternoon
6. Cybersecurity - Morning & Afternoon
7. Digital Technology - Afternoon
8. Emergency Preparedness - Morning   
9. Engineering - All Day
10. Family Life - Morning & Afternoon
11. Fire Safety, Safety - All Day
12. Geology - Morning
13. Health Care Professions - Morning & Afternoon
14. Law - Morning
15. Mammal Study - Morning
16. Mining in Society - Afternoon
17. Music - Morning & Afternoon
18. Nature - Afternoon
19. Plumbing - Morning & Afternoon
20. Railroading - Morning
21. Sports - Afternoon
22. Sustainability - All Day
23. Truck Transportation - Afternoon
24. Weather - Afternoon

• Some merit badges have requirements that will not be covered during the merit badge college. 
  • See the Class Prerequisites Report under the "REPORTS" near the top left on your event reservation page.
  • Or review class prerequisites shown in the class catalog document.
• Adults can complete the following training classs:
  • Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Training* (Health Building 204)
  • Committee Member Training (WS10)
  • Committee Chair Training (WS10)
  • Merit Badge Counselor Training (D76)
  • Hazardous Weather Training (Need your My.Scouting username and password)

• Venturing Officers Association (VOA) training. (Health Building 205)
  • The VOA Training is YOUTH Venturing Training
  • Specifically introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews
  • This training is for Venturing crew participants. 
  • Register as Scouts BSA participant and select VOA officer training for your morning session. VOA officer training participants will have the option of taking a merit badge in the afternoon session. 

Schedule:

8:15 AM - Check-in opens

9:00 AM - Merit badge/Activity/Training instruction begins

12:00 PM - Break for lunch

1:00 PM - Merit badge/Activity/Training resumes

4:00 PM - Merit badge/Activity/Training ends

4:30 PM - All participants depart Rockingham Community College

Post-Event Advancement Paperwork:

Each unit will receive a Black Pug Import File for Scoutbook a few days after the college ends. Directions on how to import this file is included in the attachments section.

Questions:

Direct questions to the Merit Badge College Dean Bill Burns (bill@burnstech.com). The professional staff adviser for this event is Aaron Walters (aaron.walters@scouting.org).