NCoGS

The National Conference of Governor's Schools (NCoGS) is a national organization committed to establishing, supporting, and enriching summer residential governor's school programs. Its members are individuals involved in maintaining governor's school programs across the country, including administrators, statewide coordinators, faculty and staff members, alumni, parents, and other friends of state-sponsored summer residential enrichment programs for gifted and talented youth.

Following the October 2007 annual meeting in Louisville, members of the Executive Committee have been working to update the NCoGS Web site in order to bring all components of the organization -- members area, members email list-server, and public Web content -- to a single Web site. The work is mostly complete, and we are ready to convert memberships to the new system.

The 2008 Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Governor's Schools will be held October 9-11 in Memphis, Tennessee. The meeting is hosted by the Tennessee Governor's School for International Studies at the University of Memphis. We are looking forward to an excellent meeting and invite all interested parties to attend and participate. Membership in NCoGS is not required to attend the conference.

We are requesting that all participants (or one representative from a single program) complete our Case Study survey in preparation for the Case Studies extended sessions. These sessions will address this basic question: when things go in unexpected directions, how have your reacted and what lessons have you learned that you can share with your NCoGS colleagues? Download the  Case Study Survey form in Word format and send to Hope Smith by email attachment.

Several college scholarships are available to alumni of governor's schools. Eligibility for programs differs from school to school, and colleges and universities may change or update eligibility requirements without notice. Some scholarships are open to alumni from any governor's school program, which others are available to alumni from a specific program or specific programs. Review the information that follows carefully to determine eligibility.

The first and most significant benefit of membership in the National Conference of Governor's Schools is belonging to a group of like-minded individuals who are involved in the same project as you. Governor's schools are relatively uncommon across the nation, so the understanding and appreciation of fellow governor's school laborers and devotees is welcoming and refreshing.