Category: GER2I

Nielsen Pereira

GER2I: Changing life trajectories and influencing education at all levels

The Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER2I) has appointed a new director who plans to continue the work started by his predecessors and continue expanding and improving the services of this innovative center. Nielsen Pereira, associate professor of Gifted, Creative...

GER2I’s 2023 Super Summer enrichment program registration now open for K-4 grade students

Purdue University’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute Super Summer program is now open for registration for children in kindergarten through fourth grade.

Kristen Seward, Nielsen Pereira, and three other faculty standing at a podium in front of a grey backdrop.

Seward, Pereira give lecture honoring Gentry for LuAnn Aday Award

College faculty Kristen Seward and Nielsen Pereira gave a lecture on behalf of the late Marcia Gentry, professor of educational studies, who was given the Lu Ann Aday Award posthumously at Purdue’s Apr. 6 Excellence in Research celebration.

Marcia Gentry

Gentry posthumously awarded 2022 LuAnn Aday Award

Marcia Gentry has been selected as a 2022 LuAnn Aday Award recipient upon the recommendation of humanities and social sciences faculty representatives and is approved by the Purdue University Office of Research and the President.

Phil Vanfossen signing document

College of Education partners with UCDB in gifted education learning exchange

“Purdue University’s College of Education and Brazil’s Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB) signed a Letter of Intent to explore research collaborations and faculty and student exchanges between the two universities,” said Kathryn Obenchain, associate dean for Learning, Engagement and Global...
Navajo Women with Weavings, Jewelry, & Beads with Butterflies by Lorene Barber (Photo: Steve Sargent)

Gentry donates Native American weavings to Eiteljorg Museum and College of Education

A love of the American Southwest and Native American cultures led a Purdue College of Education professor to donate 42 weavings to the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis.