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Live Q&A Session with NASA Astronauts to Stream on Campus
Sep 10th, 2019
A live Q&A session with astronauts aboard the International Space Station will stream this Friday, September 13, at 9:50 a.m. in the Great Room of The Gatton Academy.
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Registration Now Open for Fall Super Saturdays
Sep 9th, 2019
Registration is now open for Fall Super Saturdays. The 2019 slate of classes kicks off on Saturday, November 2. Coordinated by The Center for Gifted Studies, Super Saturdays encourages students in grades 1 – 8 who are of high ability or have high interest
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National Speaker Dr. Sylvia Rimm to Present at the 2019 Berta Seminar
Aug 29th, 2019
Registration is now open for the 2019 Berta Seminar, an annual event exploring the social and emotional needs of gifted children. Noted child psychologist Dr. Sylvia Rimm will present at both a session for parents of gifted children and as a day-long work
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Registration Open for Twice-Exceptional Students Seminar
Aug 8th, 2019
The annual Twice-Exceptional Students Seminar will host Dr. Susan Baum, a national expert on gifted young people with one or more disabilities. She will present “Strength-Based, Talent-Focused Strategies for 2e Students with Differently Wired Brains."
Read MoreNational Stem Cell Foundation and City of Louisville Announce NASA Event This Fall
Jul 19th, 2019
NSCF was awarded a highly competitive NASA downlink for its National STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Scholar Program, a partnership with The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science on the campus of Western Kentucky University. The astr
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Fall Travel Opportunity: Venice to Vienna with The Center for Gifted Studies
Jul 17th, 2019
The Center for Gifted Studies will take 25 qualifying students and other interested adults on a trip to learn the history, culture, and people of Venice and Vienna October 4 -12, 2019. This program is designed to provide participants with a carefully
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750 to Attend World Conference for Gifted Education in Nashville
Jul 16th, 2019
The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC) will host its 23rd Biennial World Conference, “A World of Possibilities: Gifts, Talents, and Potential,” July 24 – 28, 2019, in Nashville, TN.
Read MoreThe Advanced Placement Summer Institute Brings Over 400 Teachers to WKU’s Campus
Jun 25th, 2019
For one week every summer, the Advanced Placement Summer Institute (APSI) at WKU gathers Advanced Placement (AP) teachers from across the country on WKU’s campus to learn content, strategies, and pedagogy in an environment that fosters professional devel
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36th Year of VAMPY at WKU Hosts 157 Students
Jun 24th, 2019
The Center for Gifted Studies welcomed 157 students to WKU Sunday evening for the Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY), a three-week program that runs from June 23 to July 13. Attendees come from 11 states as well as th
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37th Year of SCATS at WKU Hosts 114 Students
Jun 10th, 2019
The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU is hosting 114 campers for the 37th annual Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students (SCATS). Camp will run from June 9 to 21.
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Academically Talented Seventh Graders Honored at Duke TIP Ceremony
May 23rd, 2019
Academically talented seventh graders from throughout Kentucky were honored by the Duke Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) May 22 at Western Kentucky University. Duke TIP’s 7th Grade Talent Search identifies students across a 16-state region who
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Experiment Designed at WKU Traveled to Space Aboard Blue Origin New Shepard Rocket
May 2nd, 2019
An experiment designed with the National STEM Scholars was carried in a NanoLab onboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket during a launch past the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space.
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Dr. Julia Roberts and Professor Rico Tyler Present Keynotes at 15th Arab Council for the Gifted and Talented Conference
Mar 18th, 2019
Dr. Julia Link Roberts, Executive Director of The Center for Gifted Studies and The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Sciences in Kentucky, along with SKyTeach Master Teacher Rico Tyler, presented keynote addresses at the 15th Arab Council for the Gifted
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Wedge Visiting Scholar Presentation Brings Author Adam Alter to WKU
Mar 18th, 2019
New York Times bestselling author Adam Alter will speak on Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. in DSU Audiorium 1071. This event is free to attend and is open to the public. This event is swipeable for WKU students. Parking is available in parking structure 2.
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The Center for Gifted Studies Represented at Proclamation Signing Ceremony for Gifted Education Month in Kentucky
Feb 8th, 2019
Dr. Julia Link Roberts, Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies at WKU and the Executive Director of The Center for Gifted Studies and The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, presided over the Proclamation Signing Ceremony.
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388 Students to Participate in Winter Super Saturdays
Feb 1st, 2019
CSI Forensics, Computer Science Discoveries, and Under the Sea Discover are a few of the 30 classes bringing students from across the region to WKU’s campus in Bowling Green and the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville.
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Roberts and Inman Win Legacy Book Award
Dec 3rd, 2018
Dr. Julia Link Roberts and Dr. Tracy Inman of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University, as well as Dr. Jennifer Robins of Baylor University, have won the 2018 Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) Legacy Book Award in t
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National Speaker Lisa Van Gemert to Present at the 2018 Berta Seminar
Nov 5th, 2018
Noted author, teacher, and mother of gifted children, Lisa Van Gemert will present at the 2018 Berta Seminar on identifying and addressing the social and emotional needs of gifted students. The event will take place November 9, 2018 at the Knicely Confer
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Lois Baldwin and Daphne Pereles to Speak at Twice-Exceptional Students Seminar
Oct 29th, 2018
The annual Twice-Exceptional Students Seminar will host Lois Baldwin and Daphne Pereles, national experts on gifted young people with one or more disabilities. They will present a two-part workshop on finding, understanding, and nurturing twice-exception
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Over 450 Students to Participate in Fall Super Saturdays
Oct 18th, 2018
Codes and Ciphers, Engineering in the Wilderness, and Create Your Own Chinese Masterpiece are a few of the 36 classes bringing over 450 students from across the region to WKU’s campus in Bowling Green and to the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville.
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