PA Governor's School 2009 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

[wombatsoup]

<p>Straight from the websites. Pay special attention to the last paragraph:</p>

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The recent economic downturn has necessitated cutbacks in a wide variety of state programs. The Governor’s state budget for fiscal year 2009 - 2010 does not contain funds for the operation of the Governor’s Schools during the summer of 2009. The following Governor’s Schools have been cancelled: </p>

<p>The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts at Mercyhurst College.
The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences at Penn State.
The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.
The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Teaching at Millersville University.
The following schools will move forward under different names and will be supported by a combination of private funding sources and tuition charges to participants. They are no longer called Governor’s Schools. Each has indicated that an attempt will be made to assist students with financial need. For information contact:</p>

<p>Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Contact: Ms. Trisha Alexy, (610) 758-3401, <a href=“mailto:tsa2@lehigh.edu”>tsa2@lehigh.edu</a>.</p>

<p>2009 University of Pittsburgh Health Career Scholars Academy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Contact: Ms. Karen Narkevic, (412) 647-8129, <a href=“mailto:pgshc@pitt.edu”>pgshc@pitt.edu</a>.</p>

<p>Information about the status of the School for Information, Society and Technology (Drexel) will be available on or about March 16, 2009.</p>

<p>Students who applied to one of the cancelled programs may explore the possibility of consideration for admission to a program that is continuing on a private basis. Contact Ms. Claudia Ebeling, (570) 524-5244, <a href="mailto:pgse@csiu.org">pgse@csiu.org</a>, before March 20, 2009 for more information.

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[Mike1234]

<p>Well it looks like the Information Technology one will be open to out of state students now… I wonder how costly it will be.</p>

[NotToo_Crazy]

<p>I just saw this on the website. All I can say is Bummer. And a virtual slap at Ed Rendell’s face.</p>