Category: GER2I

Two young GER2I participants sitting on the floor participating in the Think Like a Detective activity.

Moving forward with hope and purpose: GER²I Summer Residential Camps 2023

Purdue’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER²I) welcomed 315 5th-12th grade students to its Summer Residential program held July 2 - 29. In its second year post-COVID, GER²I’s academic enrichment camp helps students develop problem-solving skills, inspire creativity, and...

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.

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.

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...