August 21, 2007
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University will dedicate the Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky with a special ceremony on Thursday (Aug. 23). In addition, WKU will announce a major leadership gift that will result in the naming of the Academy.
The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. at Florence Schneider Hall, which will house the Academy. Scheduled speakers include Kentucky Education Secretary Laura Owens, House Speaker Jody Richards, WKU President Gary Ransdell and Dr. Julia Roberts, Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies at WKU and executive director of WKU’s Center for Gifted Studies and the Academy.
The 120 students of the Academy’s inaugural class move into Schneider Hall on Wednesday. Instead of spending their junior and senior years in traditional high schools, the students will take courses offered by WKU. At the end of two years, they will be high school graduates and will have earned at least 60 college credit hours from WKU.
Click here for a list of students in the Academy’s inaugural class.
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