Wedge Visiting Scholar Presentations

More information will be available in January 2026

The Wedge Visiting Scholar Presentations, a free evening lecture for educators and the public, has been presented each year since 2003 through a gift from the Wedge family. Presentations have included Dr. Jonathan Plucker on "New Developments in Advanced Learning at the State and Local Level";Dr. Carol Tomlinson on “Defensible Differentiation: What Will It Take to Get It Right?”; Dr. Donald Treffinger on teaching children to think critically and creatively; Jonathan Plucker on excellence gaps; Bronwyn MacFarlane on “Curriculum for Every Student to Succeed: Integrating Best Practices from Gifted Education in the Content Areas; and Barbara Kerr on “From Imagination to Innovation: Encouraging Students in STEM.”