About the Program
Current 8th-grade students have the opportunity to create ways to Build a Sustainable Future as they study, dream, and play at West Virginia State University’s first year as host for GSMS.
Sixty (60) rising ninth graders will live on the revived campus of West Virginia State and will be housed in the residence hall that opened in 2014. Program coordinator, Dr. Sean Collins, and the faculty will create excitement for the students as they study environmental biology, weather and climate, biotechnology, game theory chemistry, physics, and calculus as well as Appalachian culture and social change.
Students will have the opportunity to explore some nearby ‘green” projects and they will take a field trip to a science center. There will be planned recreational activities daily, and they will be supervised by the resident assistants. There will also be evening programming.
GSMS students will be able to take full advantage of the compact but full-featured nature of WVSU’s campus, which puts all major facilities and venues within an easy 5-10 minute walk across level ground.
Faculty will be recruited from public schools and institutions of higher learning throughout West Virginia.