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High School Seniors Sought for National Youth Science Camp® Honors

(Frankfort) - Governor Beshear has appointed Aristófanes Cedeño, Executive Director of the Governor's Scholars Program, to serve as Kentucky's selection coordinator for the 2010 National Youth Science Camp (NYSC). Two high school seniors will receive a full scholarship to exchange ideas with scientists and other professionals from the academic and corporate worlds. The nearly month-long experience includes lectures and hands-on research projects presented by scientists from across the nation; overnight expeditions into the National Forest; and a visit to Washington D.C. The selected delegates must not only demonstrate academic achievement in science, but also show potential for thoughtful scientific leadership.

The NYSC experience is offered at no cost to its participants, so that selected delegates may attend regardless of their financial status. Contributions to the National Youth Science Foundation® allow delegates to participate in this "once in a lifetime" experience.  Educational and recreational programming, as well as meals, lodging, and round-trip air passage on scheduled airlines are provided free of charge.

Delegates arrive in Charleston, West Virginia, on Tuesday, June 29, and depart on Friday, July 23, 2010. The NYSC is held near Bartow in the eastern mountains of West Virginia, within the Monongahela National Forest.  Application forms are available on the NYSC website at www.nysc.org/2010 and must be submitted directly to Kentucky's selection coordinator at the following address:

NYSC Application
c/o Dr. Aristófanes Cedeño
Governor's Scholars Program
1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 210
Frankfort, KY 40601

Applications must be received by Friday, January 22, 2010.
Please share this information with any Kentucky high school senior who may be interested in this opportunity.For more information, contact Dr. Cedeño.

Legislative Day 2010

Please mark your calendars: GSP Legislative Day 2010 will take place at the Capitol in Frankfort during the first week in February. Although this event will specifically target the 2009 scholars, we will welcome any alum who will be in the Frankfort area and would like to join us as we meet with legislators to emphasize the importance of the Governor's Scholars Program.

Further information, including registration materials, will be forthcoming in the January e-newsletter.

GSP Alum launches In2Lex

In2Lex is a new organization seeking to promote Lexington as a career, education and lifestyle destination for professionals in the creative and technical Fields. The group is made up of volunteers from various technology companies in the region as well as representatives from Commerce Lexington and city government. In2Lex is currently working on a series of events during the month of April, 2010, that will highlight the technical and creative opportunities in the Lexington community. They are looking for guest speakers for various events. Be on the lookout for more information in January.

In the meantime, if you are interested in learning more about In2Lex, Tech Month, or what's going on in Lexington in general, feel free to contact Randall Stevens ('84 EKU) at rstevens@archvision.com or Pamela Trautner at Commerce Lexington, ptrautner@commercelexington.com.

Tech Month Highlights, April 2010:

  • April 7-9: Creative Cities Summit featuring Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class.
  • April 8: Pecha Kucha, Vol. 4
  • April 16-17: Mobile Device Conference
  • April 21: E-Health Summit.  CIO Practicum.
  • April 23: TEDx, featuring the founder of Twitter.
  • April 24: Makers Fair.

The GSP website needs YOU!

We are currently in the process of revamping the GSP website.  One exciting new feature will be the Alumni Testimonials section, in which we will feature various alum's descriptions of the scholar experience and the benefits of participating in GSP.  Our hope is that hearing from enthusiastic alumni will help potential applicants better understand what it means to be a Governor's Scholar.  To contribute material for possible inclusion in the website, please send your testimonial-- a few sentences or a few paragraphs-- to Jerri Roberts.

2009 Scholars: Brown Fellows Program Applications Online

The Brown Fellows Program is designed to provide a diverse group of students with the opportunity to develop extraordinary leadership skills through academic enrichment, expanded opportunity, and personal accountability.  Each student selected as a Brown Fellow will work with an on-campus Program Mentor to develop his or her own Leadership Project.  This project will incorporate the Fellow's academic and research interests and will span his or her collegiate career.

The Brown Fellows Program experience begins with a group trip to an international destination during the summer preceding your first year of college.  Once each Brown Fellow returns from the leadership immersion trip, he or she will identify and pursue individualized enrichment opportunities pertaining to his or her Leadership Project.  The Fellow will engage in enrichment activities-- which may take the form of national or international research, leadership, and/or civic engagement-- during the summers following the first, second, and third years of college.  The Brown Fellows Program will fund these enrichment opportunities as well as the full cost of college attendance (including tuition, room and board, and associated fees).

To be eligible to become a Brown Fellow, high school seniors must have demonstrated a capacity for intellectual leadership and also have an interest in attending Centre College or the University of Louisville.

For more information regarding the Program, the application process, and deadlines, please visit www.brownfellows.org.

Spend Another Summer with GSP

Applications for faculty, office staff, and RA positions with the 2010 Governor's Scholars Program are now available on the Program's website.

Review of completed applications will begin in early January and continue until all positions have been filled.  Please download the application materials for more detailed information regarding the overall hiring process and specific due dates.

Please share this information with your fellow GSP alumni and anyone else you know who might be interested in joining the 2010 GSP community.