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Educational Opportunity Dates
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January 28, February 4, 11, and 18, 2012
TRAVEL TO ENGLAND
May 28 through June 6, 2012
SCATS
June 10 through 22, 2012
VAMPY
June 24 through July 14, 2012
AP INSTITUTE
June 24 through 29, 2012
FALL BREAK IN SCOTLAND & IRELAND
September 28 through October 7, 2012
We're celebrating three decades of services for gifted students, their parents, and educators!
Gifted children hold the keys to the best possible futures for our communities, our state, our nation – even our world. The Center’s goal is to help those young people who are gifted and talented reach their extraordinary potential.
Winter 2012 Super Saturdays Are Here
Through a hands-on, minds-on approach to learning, students are exploring various topics from math to history to performance. Classes conclude February 18 with a special "Aiming Sky High" balloon release in celebration of Gifted Education week in Kentucky.
Check Out The Center's Travel Abroad Program in London This Spring
Experiencing the world anew often shapes the future for students who participate in the Travel/Study program. Students will explore history, art, and culture in London from May 28 - June 6, 2012.
Where Gifted Learners Discover Their Potential
Located on the Western Kentucky University campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky, The Center for Gifted Studies has been serving children who are gifted and talented, their educators, and their parents for thirty years. The Center provides exciting educational opportunities for gifted young people, rigorous professional development for teachers, and support for parents of gifted young people. Under the direction of Dr. Julia Roberts, The Center has become one of the preeminent advocates for gifted education in the United States.
The Center believes that when gifted young people meet their extraordinary potential, our communities, our state, our nation—even our world—become better places. That is why each school year, The Center renews its commitment to encouraging excellence by providing quality programming and resources for gifted students, their teachers, and their parents.
The Latest News from The Center
WKU receives grant for i4 Initiative
WKU has received a $500,000 challenge grant from the James
Graham Brown Foundation in support of the i4 Initiative, a new
campus project emphasizing science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) in Kentucky.
Winter Super Saturdays Kicks Off with New Features
Sunshine and smiles started off The Center for Gifted Studies'
Winter 2012 Super Saturdays January 28 at WKU and the
Louisville Science Center. Classes will conclude February 18th
with a special "Aiming Sky High" balloon release in celebration of Gifted Education week in Kentucky.
Project GEMS Students Get an Inside Look at Infectious Disease
Dr. Rebecca Shadowen took students from four area elementary
schools on an infectiously engaging journey through time and
space, learning at every destination from an unfiltered airplane
cabin to a lake in Asia.
Prufrock Press Launches New Webstie
Prufrock Press, the nation's leading resource focused on gifted
children and a publishing partner for The Center for Gifted
Studies, recently launched its new, revamped website.
Roberts Honored with State's Annual "Acorn Award"
Dr. Julia Link Roberts, Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies at WKU, is one of two
recipients of the Acorn Awards for teaching excellence, given annually to outstanding
professors at Kentucky's colleges and universities.
Contact The Center
1906 College Heights Blvd. #71031
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1031
Phone: 270.745.5991 or 270.745.6323
Fax: 270.745.6279
Email: gifted@wku.edu
