The Center for Gifted Studies

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.

Jul 16th, 2018

The Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY) hosted 183 students for a three-week program from June 25 to July 13. Hosted by The Center for Gifted Studies, the students came from across the United States and the world.

Jun 25th, 2018

The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU hosted 118 campers for the 36th annual Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students (SCATS) from June 10 to 22. Located on the campus of WKU, SCATS provides enhanced learning opportunities for acade

May 30th, 2017

Harvard professor Eric Mazur's presentation at Western Kentucky University has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

May 22nd, 2017

Academically talented seventh graders from throughout Kentucky were honored by the Duke Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) May 19 at Western Kentucky University.

May 15th, 2017

A new grant has enabled a partnership that will spread a powerful message of embracing diversity throughout Kentucky and beyond.

Feb 10th, 2017

The Kentucky Association for Gifted Education (KAGE) celebrated Gifted Education Month in Kentucky with a proclamation ceremony February at the State Capitol in Frankfort.

Jan 31st, 2017

Winter Super Saturdays offers a variety of hands-on, minds-on learning for student in first through eighth grade.

Nov 3rd, 2016

Fall Super Saturdays kicked off October 29 with more than 450 students in first through eighth grades.

Jul 13th, 2016

Rather than running from other cultures or fearing the unknown, campers in Arabic and Humanities are opening themselves up to the world and finding that enlightenment and empowerment come from keeping an open mind to new experiences.