KU News Release

April 21, 2008
Contact: Candy Dettbarn, Continuing Education, (785) 864-7852.

Area middle, high school students enroll in Duke TIP Scholar Weekend at KU

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is hosting the Duke University Talent Identification Program Scholar Weekend April 26-27.

The event will offer students in grades 8-11 intensive courses taught by KU faculty and graduate instructors. The program will challenge students academically while giving them a taste of university life.

Scholar Weekends are available to any Kansas student who has been identified as gifted or talented by local school criteria or has participated in Duke’s Talent Identification Program. Each student will choose one of the following courses to study:

— Decision 2008: Presidential Campaigns and Elections
— Life in the Middle Ages
— Varieties of Human Experience: Intro to Cultural Anthropology

The participants will arrive on campus Saturday morning; take part in class work all day Saturday; spend the night in the Lawrence Holiday Inn Express, supervised by resident counselors; and return to campus Sunday for a full class day. The cost for the weekend is $395 with overnight lodging or $345 without lodging.

The program is sponsored by Continuing Education in cooperation with the Duke University Talent Identification Program.

The following students are enrolled in the upcoming courses:

COFFEY COUNTY
From Lebo
Allison Young, Decision 2008 Presidential Campaigns

DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Baldwin City
Andy Woods, Life in the Middle Ages

From Lawrence
Katherine Burk, Life in the Middle Ages

JEWELL COUNTY
From Mankato
Elizabeth Menhusen, Intro to Cultural Anthropology

JOHNSON COUNTY
From Leawood
Madeleine Biles, Decision 2008 Presidential Campaigns
Ian Huyett, Intro to Cultural Anthropology

From Lenexa
Joel Steyer Decision 2008 Presidential Campaigns

From Olathe
Abigail Petrulis, Life in the Middle Ages

From Overland Park
Silvia Gulick, Intro to Cultural Anthropology

From Shawnee
John Caldwell, Intro to Cultural Anthropology

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY
From Leavenworth
Lucas Smith, Life in the Middle Ages

SEDGWICK COUNTY
From Wichita
Luke Bartz, Intro to Cultural Anthropology

SUMNER COUNTY
From Belle Plaine
Jamie Parrott, Life in the Middle Ages

MISSOURI
From Gladstone
Jesse West, Intro to Cultural Anthropology

From Liberty
Abigail Bland, Intro to Cultural Anthropology

Holt Cazel, Decision 2008 Presidential Campaigns

From Kansas City
Tyler Frank, Decision 2008 Presidential Campaigns
Seth Galusha, Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Andrea Johnson Intro to Cultural Anthropology
D’Anthony Marshall, Intro to Cultural Anthropology

From Lee’s Summit
John York, Decision 2008 Presidential Campaigns
Rachel Honig, Life in the Middle Ages
Paige Schmidt, Life in the Middle Ages

TEXAS
From Dallas
Christen Caldwell, Life in the Middle Ages

For information about this program, visit www.ContinuingEd.ku.edu/leadership/scholar.

-30-

The University of Kansas is a major comprehensive research and teaching university. University Relations is the central public relations office for KU's Lawrence campus.

kunews@ku.edu | (785) 864-3256 | 1314 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045