COLUMBUS, Miss. – Approximately 75 scholars from around the state are attending Mississippi Governor’s School (MGS) at Mississippi University for Women through June 23. This year’s theme is "Embracing Our Differences to Unite the World."
MGS is a residential honors program established in 1981 by Gov. William F. Winter and the faculty and administration at MUW. MGS is designed to provide academic, creative and leadership experiences for a limited number of rising high school juniors and seniors who have demonstrated exceptional ability and achievement in academics and community involvement and who show high intellectual, creative and leadership potential.
Each summer, MGS brings together high ability learners from across the state of Mississippi for a three-week residential collegiate experience that blends cultural, academic, social and recreational components into a rich and natural learning environment. The community of interaction created by the MGS program inspires the love of learning, discovery of self and the desire to use gifts and talents to improve society.
The curriculum for the MGS is developed each year based on course proposals submitted by university faculty and other educators from Mississippi and other states.
Using humanities, the arts, science and mathematics and their interrelatedness as a forum, major courses examine the relationships between the application of knowledge and the social, economic, political, environmental, cultural and educational issues facing a changing world.
In addition to a major course and an interest course, the MGS scholars engage in leadership and personal development activities, team-building games, recreational activities such as dances, improvisational comedy, dinner theatre, a talent show, and more.
Since its establishment, MGS has provided more than 4,300 students from across the state of Mississippi with a high quality educational experience that has challenged them to grow as individuals. MGS is funded by the Mississippi Legislature, and there is no charge to attend.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2017
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
(662) 329-7124
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