WKU News

Jan 12th, 2021

Children and young people with gifts and talents have unique social and emotional needs. Toss in a pandemic and virtual learning, and those needs are heightened. What can parents and families do to help their children? Join a school psychologist and a co

Nov 18th, 2020

Applications are now open for middle school science teachers from across the nation to apply to participate in the National STEM Scholar Program, a unique professional development program that provides advanced training for the middle school teachers of

Sep 7th, 2020

Prufrock Press has released an updated edition of Teacher’s Survival Guide: Gifted Education (2nd ed.): A First-Year Teacher’s Introduction to Gifted Learners. This updated edition offers field-tested, proven strategies to beginning and early career educ

Jun 1st, 2020

A WKU discount is available for children and grandchildren of WKU faculty, staff, and students for summer programming for children and young people. Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students (SCATS) will be offered online June 8-10

Mar 4th, 2020

Students studying Arabic language and culture at the Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY) will have scholarship opportunities to attend camp thanks to a grant from Qatar Foundation International (QFI). The grant provide

Mar 3rd, 2020

Applications are now available for residential and nonresidential summer camps offered by The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU. These camps are designed to inspire a lifelong love of learning and encourage high-interest and high-ability students to explo

Feb 13th, 2020

The seventh annual IdeaFestival Bowling Green took place at Western Kentucky University on February 11. Hosted by The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU, this year’s festival drew over 750 middle and high school students from 20 school districts in Kentucky

Jan 31st, 2020

The 2020 slate of Winter Super Saturdays classes kicks off on Saturday, February 1. Coordinated by The Center for Gifted Studies, the event offers minds-on, hands on learning to high-interest, high-ability students in first through eighth grades.

Jan 30th, 2020

The seventh annual IdeaFestival Bowling Green will be held in the Van Meter Auditorium and Downing Student Union at Western Kentucky University on February 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CST. Hosted by The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU, this . . .

Nov 13th, 2019

Dr. Cigdem Sahin, a Fulbright Scholar from Turkey, will speak about Teacher Education in Turkey at 9:30 a.m. Friday, November 15, in Gary Ransdell Hall, room 2010.

Oct 30th, 2019

Master Mathematicians, Impact the World: Leadership for Girls, and Pop Art Printmaking are a few of the 26 classes bringing 415 students from across the region to WKU’s campus for the 27th year of Fall Super Saturdays.

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.

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

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

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."

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

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

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.

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

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