May 09, 2007
Bowling
Green, Ky. - More than 1,200 Kentucky seventh-graders have been invited to Western Kentucky University on May 25 for the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) Recognition Ceremony.
The Recognition Ceremonies honor top-scoring students from the Duke TIP program’s annual Seventh Grade Talent Search, in which academically talented students take the above-level college-entrance exams (SAT or ACT) as a way to learn more about their abilities.
The Kentucky ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. May 25 at WKU’s Diddle Arena. The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University and WKU have sponsored the state awards ceremony since 1983. This year, Secretary of State Trey Grayson will keynote the event and assist in distributing the medallions to these outstanding young people.
“The Recognition Ceremonies are inspiring events,” said Dr. Martha Putallaz, Executive Director of Duke TIP and Professor of Psychology at Duke University. “It is rare that so many gifted students can come together to be honored for their achievements and encouraged by their intellectual peers. The honorees have proven, at this young age, their capacity for great things. We hope they consider their achievement to be an invitation to pursue an ambitious path in life.”
Of the 67,757 participants in the nation, 21,301 students (31 percent) have been invited to attend State Recognition Ceremonies and 1,411 students (2 percent) have been invited to the Grand Recognition Ceremony. Out of 3,472 Kentuckians who participated in the Talent Search, 1,267 qualified for state recognition.
The Grand Recognition Ceremony honors seventh-graders who have earned scores better than 90 percent of college-bound seniors who took the same tests. Sixty-seven students from Kentucky qualified for Grand Recognition and have been invited to Duke University on May 21 for the ceremony.
Duke TIP’s Talent Search identifies seventh-graders in 16 states in the Southeast, Midwest and Southwest who have scored in the top 5 percent on a grade-level achievement test. In addition to the off-level testing experience, Talent Search participants receive educational materials and resources through 10th grade to help them develop to their full potential.
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