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(RENO,
Nev.)
– The
University of Nevada, Reno campus will house 49 of our nation’s
brightest young minds at the sixth annual THINK Summer Institute, a
three-week residential summer program sponsored by the Davidson
Institute for Talent Development. The
2009 THINK Summer Institute (www.DavidsonGifted.org/THINK),
in session from July 11 to Aug. 1,
provides gifted and talented students an intensive, full-immersion
college experience and an opportunity to earn transferable college
credits by taking two of the following courses taught by University of
Nevada, Reno faculty members: Political
Science (Eric Herzik), Geography (Geraldine
McCarroll), Computer Science (Michael Leverington), Mathematics
(Darren Ripley), Journalism (David
Ryfe) and Anthropology (Eleanor
Nevins). “At
the THINK Summer Institute, we provide students from as far away as
Florida, Massachusetts and New Jersey the opportunity to take college
courses while earning transferable credits and familiarizing themselves
with a University campus,” said Jan Davidson. “During the past five
years, many THINK graduates have told us that this was the first time in
their lives they were academically challenged, and they all enjoy
developing friendships with same-age, intellectual peers.” Former
educational software entrepreneurs turned philanthropists, Bob and Jan
Davidson founded the Davidson Institute for Talent Development (www.DavidsonGifted.org)
in 1999 to support profoundly gifted students under the age of 18. In
2006, the Davidsons established The Davidson Academy of Nevada on the
University campus as the first public school of its kind for profoundly
gifted students (www.DavidsonAcademy.UNR.edu).
### INTERVIEWS & PHOTO
OPPORTUNITIES Due
to the rigorous coursework being undertaken by this year's THINK
students, we are working to schedule interviews and photo opportunities with them,
THINK faculty and Davidson Institute spokespeople next week, preferably the morning
of Wed., July 29, as next Thursday and Friday will be final exam preparation and assessment. Please contact Mark Dlugosz
at mdlugosz@davidsongifted.org
to schedule an interview.
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