WINTER WEEKEND 2012
The Winter Weekend application period is over. Acceptance letters will go out January 25th.
Start planning now for a great summer! Summer applications go online February 1st.
What is Winter Weekend?
GIV’s Interdisciplinary Winter Weekend is a super-intensive, accelerated weekend packed full of learning and fun! This February 10-12th, 80 students will explore subjects they’re passionate about, gain exciting new skills and ideas, and make new friends from all over Vermont. All Governor’s Institutes are affordable for all Vermonters!
Each student at Winter Weekend picks one strand to be their primary focus for the weekend:
CURRENT ISSUES
So you want to combat oppression, injustice, environmental and social crises, and international conflicts? In this strand you and other concerned teens from throughout Vermont will learn new ways to analyze and create strategies for solving global, national, and local issues. We’ll especially look at ways that young people can lead, such as political organizing, using arts for social justice, and building strategic alliances and student activist networks, so that you can make a difference right away.
ENGINEERING
Again this year young engineers will explore biofuels and the creation of biomass stoves as a form of sustainable energy production. Students will work in teams or individually to create devices from scratch, measure and test their creations for burn rate, efficiency, and more, and participate in a judged contest, all while learning principles of engineering design and energy production. Expect this strand to be very hands-on, adventurous and a lot of fun!
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Augmented Reality: The Merger of Art and Technology. Monster or Robot? Spaceship or Spaceport? You decide! We’ll be creating fantastic futuristic worlds with realistic characters or objects using Google Sketch Up. With the guidance of game design and media experts, get hands-on with cutting-edge software like Layars, ARMedia, and Aurasma.
ARTS
Expand your creative boundaries by trying out new artistic media and expand your creative process and expectations about the arts! This unique strand weaves together performing and visual arts, with opportunities to focus in either realm and explore outside your artistic comfort zone. This strand will fill up fast, so apply early! Please specify whether you prefer to concentrate on visual or performing arts.