Is my NCGE membership good for a full 12 months?
Yes, your membership is effective for one full year.*  If you join in the middle of a calendar year, you will have until the same date the following year to enjoy all member benefits.
*Except for 2-Year and Lifetime memberships.

Can I purchase a membership for a colleague?
Absolutely, and we appreciate this. Please, see the “Gift Membership” available in the Store and fill out the required information. NCGE will notify the person of your gift and get him/her set up with all member benefits.

I am a school principal or a pre-service teacher instructor. How can I purchase memberships on behalf of my staff or my students?
Please, see the “Gift Membership” available in the Store and fill out the required information.  Alternately, you may have individuals set up their own membership profiles and request an invoice to be billed to your school/university.  A Student Membership is $30 and a New Membership for teachers is $50. 

What is the policy for becoming a member of NCGE at the Student rate?
NCGE encourages students in degree-granting programs who are interested in Geography and/or Geography Education to become a member of NCGE.   To join NCGE as a student, find the Student Membership rate in the online Store and complete the checkout procedure.  Then submit a letter from a department representative (e.g. professor or advisor) certifying your student status.  Please renew your membership at the regular 1-Year member rate upon graduation.

I am a new member. Why have I not received any communication from NCGE since joining the organization?
In addition to distributing hard copies of NCGE journal publications (see section above about receiving journals), NCGE communicates with members when new member benefits, publications and resources are available.  We generally make 2 to 3 contacts per month in the form of concise email blast.  If you are not getting these email blasts, they may be going to your spam mail, or we may not have your primary email address on file.  Please verify your email in our system and
add ncge@ncge.org to your email contact list.

I am a long-standing member of the NCGE. I used to receive a hard copy of the newsletter, Perspective. What happened to it? 
NCGE made the switch to the digital form of the newsletter in 2009.  When an issue has been published, members are notified by email blast with a link to a downloadable version.  In addition, individual articles from the latest Perspective can be accessed from the NCGE homepage.