UNCG Membership

Membership Overview

UNCG membership provides unique opportunities to connect, learn, and collaborate within a supportive group of university professionals. Membership highlights include educational webinars, recommended readings, networking opportunities, and the annual conference. To join UNCG, please email uncg.ruckelshaus@wsu.edu with your university, department, and contact information. Both new and returning members can pay dues using the link below.

Voting membership is open to centers, institutes, and programs that engage in practice, scholarship, and teaching to increase the capacity for collaborative governance in their communities. Activities may include collaborative problem solving, third-party facilitation, and multi-party conflict resolution.

Non-voting membership is open to individual faculty and staff members who engage in practice, scholarship, and teaching to increase the capacity for collaborative governance in their communities. Student membership is open to any student who is currently enrolled in a program related to collaborative governance.

Membership Categories

Sustaining Centers: $1,000 / year

University centers that wish to be recognized as “Sustaining Centers.”

With Full-Time Staff: $445 / year

University centers that have at least two full-time staff members.

Without Full-Time Staff: $175 / year

University centers run by a single faculty member without additional full-time staff.

With Full-Time Staff: $495 / year

Centers that have at least two full-time staff members. Not affiliated with a university.

Without Full-Time Staff: $245 / year

Centers run by a single founding member without additional full-time staff. Not affiliated with a university.

Students: $30 / year

Current undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students at any university.

University Faculty and Staff: $75 / year

Faculty and staff currently employed by any university.

Affiliate Practitioners: $100 / year

Individuals who are not employed by a university but are working in collaborative governance.