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Feb 15th, 2013
Watch this brief video to find out why gifted education is the right thing to do! Gifted Education Week in Kentucky is February 17-23.
View ArticleFeb 15th, 2013
Last month The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University hosted a delegation of 14 educators from Saudi Arabia who were sent to Bowling Green by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education to learn about gifted education.
View ArticleSep 24th, 2012
A celebration was held Sept. 24 for the Gatton Academy's number one ranking by Newsweek magazine. Here are remarks from Governor Steve Beshear, Center for Gifted Studies Board member Charles Zimmerman and Gatton Academy student David Brown.
View ArticleJun 8th, 2012
The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science ranked as America's best public school in Newsweek's 2012 ranking. Executive Director Dr. Julia Roberts talks with CEC about the academy and issues affecting gifted education.
View ArticleMay 30th, 2012
The middle schoolers visited WKU to attend the Kentucky Recognition Ceremony for the Duke Talent Identification Program. The event honored students for scoring at or above the average for college-bound seniors on one or more sections of the ACT or SAT.
View ArticleFeb 20th, 2012
As hundreds of balloons filled the sky over Gary A. Ransdell Hall, the dreams of just as many children went with them. A balloon release celebration marked the end Super Saturdays and the beginning of Gifted Education Week in Kentucky, Feb. 19-25, 2012.
View ArticleFeb 9th, 2012
The Center for Gifted Studies proudly presents our first Aiming Sky High balloon release 3:15 p.m. Saturday, February 18, in the lobby of Gary Ransdell Hall.
View ArticleJan 31st, 2012
WKU has received a $500,000 challenge grant from the James Graham Brown Foundation in support of the i4 Initiative, a new campus project emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Kentucky.
View ArticleSep 23rd, 2011
Dr. Julia Link Roberts, Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies at WKU, is one of two recipients of the Acorn Awards for teaching excellence, given annually to outstanding professors at Kentucky's colleges and universities.
View ArticleSep 20th, 2011
The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU has been providing opportunities and services to children who are gifted and talented, their parents, and their educators for 30 years. Dr. Julia Link Roberts, founder and Executive Director of The Center, has devoted
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