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          • ​2004 BIENNIAL CONFERENCE - PITTSBURGH, PA
          • ​2006 BIENNIAL CONFERENCE - NEW ORLEANS, LA
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          • 1997 Biennial Retreat - Leesburg, VA
          • 1999 Biennial Retreat - Stowe, VT
          • 2001 Biennial Retreat - Columbus, MS
          • 2003 Biennial Retreat - Fargo, ND
          • 2005 Biennial Retreat - Richmond, VA
        • Annual Confrences >
          • 1995 Annual Conference - Pittsburgh, PA
    • FAQ
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      • Virginia Uldrick
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Virginia

​Since its inception in 1973, the Virginia Governor's School program has been providing some of the state's most able students with academically challenging and enriching programs that reach far beyond what is offered in their public school. With the support of the General Assembly and the Board of Education, the Governor's Schools include summer residential, summer regional, and academic-year programs. Educational opportunities are available in science, mathematics, technology, the arts, and humanities. Participants' experiences are consistent with Virginia's Standards of Learning as identified by the Virginia Department of Education.
SUMMER RESIDENTIAL GOVERNOR’S SCHOOLS

Summer Residential Governor's Mentorship in Engineering

​The Center for Gifted Education hosts the NASA/VIMS Summer Residential Governor's School, a 4-week mentorship program in June and July, for 18 gifted rising 11th- and 12th-grade students. Since 1993, this program has been serving high-achieving high school students throughout Virginia and providing participants with authentic experiences in engineering, aeronautical or marine research.

Twelve students are selected and each assigned to a research mentor at NASA/Langley and an additional 6 students are selected for the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, in Gloucester. Students participate in actual research projects, they work with professional research scientists and graduate students, either one-on-one or in small teams. They are expected to listen, observe and learn quickly so that they can participate and contribute to the project. Because this experience is truly a mentorship and the students join research teams that are already in existence, the topics and other details change each year. At the completion of the 4 weeks, the engineering students make an oral and technology-laden presentation to mentors and available NASA/Langley researchers, graduate students and staff at the National Institute of Aerospace. The VIMS students complete and present a research document - consistent with reports that would be expected should they choose a career in Marine Science research.

During the program, the students and staff live in a residence hall at Christopher Newport University.   
  • HOST: CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY
  • FOCUS: ENGINEERING
  • LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
NASA/VIMS

Summer Residential Governor’s Mentorship in Marine Science

​The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Governor's School is a 4-week summer residential school provided in cooperation with Christopher Newport University. Since 1993, this program has been serving high-achieving high school students throughout Virginia and providing participants with authentic experiences in marine research.

Each summer, VIMS hosts up to 6 students who have demonstrated interest in and aptitude for marine science. The program is structured as an apprenticeship, and is administered concurrently with a similar program sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  PickwormVIMS apprenticeships offer a broad variety of marine research experiences, and specific learner outcomes and achievements vary accordingly as each student works with a faculty sponsor on a VIMS research project.
  • HOST: CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY
  • FOCUS: Marine Science
  • LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
VIMS

Summer Residential Governor’s School for Agriculture

The Virginia Summer Residential Governor's School for Agriculture (GSA) at Virginia Tech provides academically rigorous educational enhancement for future scientists and leaders of Virginia, the United States, and the world. GSA students interact with and learn directly from internationally known teachers, scientists, and researchers from Virginia Tech, a leading research university. Students attending the Virginia Summer Residential Governor's School for Agriculture at Virginia Tech will be selected from the most able rising juniors and seniors from the Commonwealth's public, private, and home schools.
  • HOST: Virginia Tech
  • FOCUS: Agraculture
  • LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
VSA

​Summer Residential Governor’s School for Humanities

​The Governor’s School for Humanities and Visual & Performing Arts exists to:

Create a college experience that emphasizes free expression, intellectual curiosity, individual responsibility/maturity and respect for others.
 
Foster relationships characterized by commitment to scholarship and discovery, mutual respect and openness to ideas, and trust between and among students and staff.
 
Create an intellectually safe and challenging residential environment for learning in the humanities and the arts by providing unique classes that take advantage of traditional as well as contemporary instructional techniques.
 
Stimulate the creative process, encourage and support collaborative learning and instruction, and develop individual and group talents.
  • HOST: Radford UNIVERSITY
  • FOCUS: Humanities
  • LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
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​Summer Residential Governor’s School for Mathematics, Science and Technology

  • HOST: Lynchburg College
  • FOCUS: 
  • LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
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​Summer Residential Governor’s School for Medicine and Health Sciences

​The mission of the Virginia Governor’s School for Medicine and the Health Sciences is to provide an enhanced curriculum that explores the health sciences and medicine through a systems-based, problem-solving approach that utilizes case studies, laboratory investigations and real-world shadowing experiences. Students will see the connections among the patient, the community and the health scientist.

Students selected for the program spend a total of four weeks at VCU discovering the newly emerging fields and advancements that will revolutionize health care in the 21st century. This highly motivated group of students is carefully chosen through a rigorous application process. Once students are accepted from their districts, their applications proceed to the state level.
  • HOST: Virginia Commonwealth UNIVERSITY
  • FOCUS: 
  • LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
GSMHS

Summer Residential Governor’s School for Visual and Performing Arts

  • HOST: Radford UNIVERSITY
  • FOCUS: 
  • LENGTH: 4 WEEKS

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