News University of Northern Colorado

UNC Graduate Interviewed by Riyadh Radio Station

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

University of Northern Colorado graduate Manal Alanazy was interviewed by a Riyadh radio station regarding her Ph.D. in Educational Technology and dissertation. She is the first teacher with a scholarship from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education (which covers K-12) to complete a Ph.D. (as opposed to the Ministry of Higher Education). Her dissertation was on how Saudi female students in the U.S. deal with mixed-gender discussion environments in face-to-face and online formats.

She has also been contacted about doing a TV interview.

Her major advisor was Jeff Bauer, Ph.D., and her co-advisor was James Gall, Ph.D.

RSVPs Due Monday for June 14 Student Employer Training

Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Any employer who interviews, hires, supervises or works in any capacity with student employees (hourly, salaried or work study), or who is new to UNC within the last year is strongly encouraged by the Office of Student Employment to attend the Student Employer Training session from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday, June 14, in the Gunter Hall auditorium (room 1720).

Topics covered will include work study, I-9 forms and injury reporting, hiring of international students, payroll overview and forms, hiring students through the online job bank and other career resources, EPAF submissions, security issues, and any other student employment topics you would like covered.

Coffee and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Cynthia Harling by Monday, June 10.

UNC Faculty Present at Partner University in Lithuania

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The University of Northern Colorado and Šiauliai University in Lithuania have an established partnership that supports student and faculty exchanges, research, and ongoing professional development between the two universities.

As part of the collaborative, faculty members from the School of Special Education were recently invited to present at an international scientific conference on "Social Welfare: An Interdisciplinary Approach" hosted by the Faculty of Social Welfare and Disability Studies at Šiauliai University.

Presenters included Rashida Banerjee, associate professor of Special Education, and Harvey Rude, professor and director of the School of Special Education at UNC.

The conference aim was to develop attitudes of collaboration, social participation and enablement, on the local and international levels, to encourage interdisciplinary research and evidence-based practice in the areas of social welfare and special education.

Conference participants from the United States, Latvia, Ukraine, Estonia, and Lithuania participated in the events.

Rude was interviewed during the conference. Watch the clip under the May 21 heading at http://www.unco.edu/news/innews.aspx

UNC Dean Invited to Present on Teacher Education in Seoul

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The dean of the University of Northern Colorado's College of Education and Behavioral Sciences will deliver a keynote address at an international conference May 29 in Seoul, South Korea.

Eugene Sheehan will address quality in teacher preparation at the Seoul National University of Education (SNUE) conference titled "Teacher Education in the Global Era: Issues and Solutions."

Sheehan will join colleagues and fellow presenters from Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Boston.

Through the efforts of UNC professors, Hannah Kang and Youngjin Song, UNC and SNUE are in the process of developing a student exchange between the two universities, with students from the Korean school scheduled to attend UNC this summer. Spearheaded by Sheehan, the college also has longstanding exchange programs with Thailand's Burapha University and Kasetsart University.

Sheehan has served as the college's dean since 2000 and at UNC since 1986.

UNC Dean Invited to Present on Teacher Education in Seoul

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Eugene Sheehan, dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, will address quality in teacher preparation May 29 at the Seoul National University of Education conference titled "Teacher Education in the Global Era: Issues and Solutions."

Sheehan will join colleagues and fellow presenters from Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Boston.

Through the efforts of UNC professors Hannah Kang and Youngjin Song, UNC and SNUE are in the process of developing a student exchange between the two universities, with students from the Korean school scheduled to attend UNC this summer. Spearheaded by Sheehan, the college also has longstanding exchange programs with Thailand's Burapha University and Kasetsart University.

Sheehan has served as the college's dean since 2000 and at UNC since 1986.

UNC Faculty Member Elected to Serve on International Board

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

UNC Associate Professor of Educational Technology Mia Williams has been elected to serve on the International Society for Technology in Education. For more information, visit the ISTE website.

Autism Advocate Temple Grandin to Speak at UNC April 22

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The University of Northern Colorado will host a free public presentation by Internationally known autism and animal welfare advocate and activist Temple Grandin from 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 22, in the University Center ballrooms, intersection of 10th Avenue and 20th Street.

Diagnosed with autism at age 2, Grandin will offer a personal perspective on autism, sensory issues and social issues along the autism spectrum.

Drawing from her soon-to-be-released book, The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum, Grandin will talk about her own experience with autism and discuss neuroimaging advances and genetic research that link brain science to behavior.

Grandin advocates the benefits of treating autism symptom by symptom, and suggests that raising and educating children on the autism spectrum should focus on new ways to foster their unique contributions.

She's authored nine other books, including Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism, which was the basis for the 2010 acclaimed biographical film Temple Grandin.

Also renowned for her insights into animal behavior and her innovations in livestock handling that have revolutionized food-animal welfare, Grandin is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.

Her appearance is part of "ED Talks," a series of lectures from leading teachers, authors and scholars in the education field, sponsored by UNC's College of Education and Behavioral Sciences.

Free parking is available in lots adjacent to the University Center.

More information about Grandin is at http://templegrandin.com.

National Report: UNC’s School of Special Education Responds to Shortages

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The University of Northern Colorado's School of Special Education was recognized for preparing "high-quality special educators in significant numbers" in a study conducted by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

In the report, "The Changing Teacher Preparation Profession," AACTE acknowledges UNC for responding to the high-need field through recruitment strategies, which include strong relationships with area school districts, and for providing "ample support" for teacher candidate throughout the program.

"One way the school has strengthened the support it provides candidates is through its use of an ‘early warning system' to identify early on those teacher candidates struggling in the program and to develop professional improvement plans to support them," the report stated.

The note on UNC appears in the report's findings that "teacher production shortages persist in key areas" — specifically, English language acquisition, mathematics, science and special education. Among the findings, the report recommends:

Better alignment between teacher production and workforce needs
Improving induction programs and working conditions to ensure that highly trained professionals remain the teaching field

For more information, including key findings of the report, visit the AACTE website.

To download the full report (the UNC entry appears on Page 14), visit secure.aacte.org/apps/rl/res_get.php?fid=145

Recruiters at UNC’s Teacher Job Fair Expect to Fill 1,000 Positions

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The University of Northern Colorado will host the largest job fair in the region for teachers and educational professionals April 4-5, and job seekers will have more school districts to interview with than they've had in the past five years.

The 28th annual UNC Teacher Employment Days fair will be 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, April 4, and Friday, April 5, in Butler-Hancock Hall, intersection of 14th Avenue and 21st Street.

More than 300 recruiters from 132 school districts in nine states will be interviewing and hiring prospective teachers, principals, speech language pathologists, school psychologists and counselors. Between 800 and 1,000 job seekers are expected to attend.

According to fair coordinator Peg Griffin of UNC's Career Services office, the 132 districts registered for the event is equivalent to numbers the fair hasn't seen since the 2008 recession.

"It appears that the recovering economy may be fueling additional hiring in some school districts," Griffin said. "This year, we expect around 1,000 teachers will be hired to fill positions within school districts attending the fair."

Griffin said that although some recruiters still conduct traditional 30-minute interviews, most have switched to a short "meet-and-greet" format that allows recruiters to connect with more candidates and candidates to put their best foot forward with more districts.

The shortened format enables a recruiter and candidate to briefly converse about why they may be a good fit for each other and gives the candidate more opportunities to put a face with a resumé, Griffin said.

Current college students, teachers, administrators and recent graduates seeking jobs in K-12 education are invited to attend the fair.

Advance registration by April 3 is $25 for UNC students and alumni and $35 for all others, and can be made by purchasing a ticket to the event through the UNC Ticket office on the second floor of the University Center, intersection of 20th Street and 10th Avenue; online at www.unco.edu/tickets; or by calling 970-351-4849.

Registration on the day of the event is $50. The on-site registration booth on the west of Butler-Hancock will open at 7 a.m. on April 4.

For more information, call 970-351-2127 or visit www.unco.edu/careers.

UNC’s Online Graduate Education Program Ranked Among the Nation’s Best

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

U.S. News and World Report has ranked the University of Northern Colorado's online master of education degree program among the best of its kind in the nation in the magazine's annual evaluation of online degree programs.

UNC's program ranked ninth among the 208 evaluated and was the top-ranked program in Colorado.

The magazine evaluated programs' student engagement, faculty credentials and training, student services and technology, and admissions selectivity in making the rankings. UNC's highest scores were in student engagement, which evaluated student satisfaction and instructor responsiveness, and faculty credentials and training.

"UNC has roots as a teacher preparation university and has a long-standing and strong reputation as a leader in preparing teachers and other education personnel," said Eugene Sheehan, dean of the UNC College of Education and Behavioral Sciences. "Recognition by U.S. News and World Report is a testament to the quality of education and service provided by our faculty and staff and our Extended Studies division."

UNC offers online advanced degrees in Special Education with multiple teaching specializations, Special Education Administration, Curriculum Studies and Educational Psychology with a Teaching Applications emphasis.

Online education has become an essential part of higher education with the number of schools offering fully online degree programs nearly doubling in the past 10 years, according to a study by the Babson Survey Research Group.

The complete list of rankings with school's scores in the categories evaluated is available at
http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/education/rankings.

Making New Year’s Resolutions Last

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Almost everyone creates a New Year's resolution. How long the resolution lasts, however, varies from person to person. John Froiland, UNC assistant professor of School Psychology, suggests the use of intrinsic motivation as a way to keep resolutions going all year long.

A common New Year's resolution on college campuses is to get better grades. Many students resolve to focus more in the coming semester, and paying attention in class and turning in assignments on time would seem key to accomplishing this goal.

Research shows, however, that intrinsically motivated students excel in the classroom every semester.

"Intrinsically motivated students focus on the beauty of learning, understanding what they learn, and in some cases, use what they learn to help others," Froiland said.

According to Froiland, these students tend to do better in school because they're passionate about what they're learning and are typically under less pressure. They express themselves in what they are learning, and in turn, tend to get better grades.

Another common resolution is to lead a healthier lifestyle. Many people are motivated by the physical changes that come with this new lifestyle - a certain number of pounds lost or thinner thighs to fit a favorite pair of jeans. Froiland suggests that instead of focusing only on physical benefits, you should also try to seek deeper meaning in what you're doing for yourself and how it can affect others.

"Focus more deeply on the idea that if you eat healthy, you will live longer and be stronger," Froiland said. "By increasing your strength and vitality, you'll be able to do more to make this world a better place."

Increasing intrinsic motives, however, doesn't mean you need to completely eliminate all extrinsic motives (desire to make more money, impress others, etc). Froiland recommends focusing first on intrinsic goals, such as helping yourself to help others; then focus on extrinsic goals.

"If you put the intrinsic goals and aspirations first, but still keep the extrinsic aspirations high, you can have a motivational synergy," he said.

A helpful tip for everyone with a New Years resolution, whether intrinsically motivated, extrinsically motivated or both, is the idea of implementation intentions. According to Froiland, implementation intentions involve asking yourself, "What am I going to do today to help accomplish my goal?" By saying your intentions out loud or to yourself, or by writing them down, they become a habit. The more you say your intentions, the more automatic it becomes; you'll get closer to your goal each day.

"It's like programming yourself for success - programming yourself to follow through on the things you want to follow through on," he said.

- Katie Owston, Senior Journalism Major

Keys to Cultivating Happiness in the New Year

Froiland also offered several keys to cultivating happiness in the new year, each driven by intrinsic values:

Elevate your intrinsic motivation. Seek passion in what you do: If you want to lose weight in the new year, reconsider your reasons. Consider that a healthy body reduces stress and helps you live longer. Try to be motivated by how your resolution will affect you as a whole.
Get excited for other people's good news, Ask your friends questions; help them relive their best moments. In doing so, you'll find that you become excited too.
Be grateful. Each day, write down three events that you are thankful went well in your day and why you think they went well. Writing why it went well helps you to see the role you played in the positive outcome of the situation.

Froiland shares tips for children's academic success.

UNC Researcher Earns $197,090 Grant to Offer Math Teacher Program

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

University of Northern Colorado researcher Jerry Overmyer recently earned a $197,090 grant from the Colorado Department of Higher Education to enhance teacher quality in high-need, rural school districts.

The one-year grant will allow Overmyer to offer a comprehensive professional development program to high school math teachers and provide them with technology and instruction addressing state standards to improve teaching quality and student achievement in math.

The program will admit 30 teachers and cover their costs of graduate-level courses and implementing technology in their classrooms. The curriculum consists of an online course beginning this spring followed by a hybrid online and face-to-face course in the summer. Teachers will then implement aspects of the professional development course in Fall 2013.

The program expands on an existing course, MED 341: Tools and Technology of Secondary Mathematics, a course created for pre-service teachers in secondary mathematics education by UNC's William Blubaugh, who is part of the project.

One of the goals is to create a professional learning community of rural Colorado math teachers.

Overmyer is the outreach coordinator for UNC's Mathematics and Science Teaching Institute. For more information, visit http://mast.unco.edu/people/jerry_overmyer.php

Project Name: "Tools and Technology for Rural Colorado Mathematics: Improving Teacher Quality Project"
Funding: $197,090 from Colorado Department of Higher Education

American Foundation for the Blind Recognizes UNC Professor with Highest Honor

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The American Foundation for the Blind today announced that University of Northern Colorado Professor Kay Ferrell is one of two 2013 winners of the Migel Medals, the highest honor in the blindness field.

The Migel Medals will be presented to Ferrell in April at the 2013 AFB National Leadership Conference in Chicago.

Ferrell, Ph.D., is professor of Special Education at UNC and the author of Reach Out and Teach: Helping Your Child who is Visually Impaired Learn and Grow. She has taught all ages of individuals with visual and multiple disabilities, from infants through adults.

She holds a special interest in working with young children and their families, having written extensively for parents and professionals, and has published on topics including education, personnel preparation, distance education methodologies, and image description.

Ferrell has received numerous state and national awards for her work with and on behalf of children and youth who are blind and visually impaired, including the Mary Kay Bauman and Josephine L. Taylor Awards from the Association for Education & Rehabilitation of the Blind & Visually Impaired (AER), AFB's Corinne M. Kirchner Research Award, the Ray McGeorge Award from the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, UNC's Winchester Distinguished Scholar Award, the Distinguished Service Award from the Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Visual Impairments, and the Alumni Award for Research in Special Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

For more information about the award, visit http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?FolderID=1&SectionID=47&DocumentID=6215.

UNC Program Celebrates 35 Years of Enriching Lives of Gifted, Talented Kids

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The University of Northern Colorado's summer enrichment programs for gifted and talented children will celebrate their 35th anniversary July 21 with a reunion of students, teachers and counselors.

The evening of reminiscing and re-connecting in UNC's University Center Panorama room will include a reception, silent auction, banquet and dancing.

More than 14,000 high-ability students from 25 states have attended two-week, age-specific enrichment camps that socially and academically challenge participants. The camps are offered by UNC's Center for the Education and Study of Gifted, Talented, Creative Learners, and are among the longest-running ones of their kind in the nation.

Many of the participants attend multiple years, and some of them are second-generation campers whose parents participated in the program as children.

The Young Child Program for 4-10 year olds helps form a base for the way children think and develops the curious and creative habits they show during a two-week day camp.

The Summer Enrichment Program challenges 11-16 year olds who take four, 75-minute courses each day; the Leadership Enrichment Program, for teenagers 16-18, helps students understand their own personal talents while developing traits and characteristics of leadership. Both are two-week residential programs.

Center director George Betts, who started the SEP in 1979, is still involved today.

"The Summer Enrichment Program is an environment built just for these kids and their unique ways of thinking," said Betts. "The affective part of the program is what's really moving, because you see the kids come into their own and feel like they belong."

"I suspect that my experience is not dramatically different from most other gifted children," said Carrie Henriksen Kelly, 33, who attended five SEPs. "SEP gave me what I didn't find again until adulthood: a peer group and a sense of normalcy."

This year there are 52 children in the Young Child Program, 170 in SEP and 22 in LEP.

For more information on the reunion visit http://www.unco.edu/cebs/sep/reunion_celebration.html.

UNC Expands Partnership to Offer Education Program for Thai Students

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The University of Northern Colorado is expanding its partnership with a university in Thailand to jointly deliver an education program for undergraduates.

UNC and Burapha University will team up to offer the five-year program. Burapha students enrolled in the program will complete their liberal arts core requirements at Burapha and then transfer to UNC to complete an undergraduate degree, including some education courses. The students will then return to Thailand to complete their teaching license.

On May 30, UNC President Kay Norton and Burapha President Sompol Pongthai formalized the agreement during a ceremony at the University Center. The first 10 students to transfer to UNC also attended the ceremony.

Over the past two years, about 100 faculty and graduate students from the two universities have participated in an exchange program, spearheaded by College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Dean Eugene Sheehan. The participants have lectured in workshops, audited classes and attended seminars both at UNC and Burapha.

The partnership has continued to grow through the years and several UNC teacher candidates have now completed their student teaching at Burapha. Last October, Sheehan was awarded an honorary doctorate from Burapha in recognition for establishing the exchange program.

UNC Faculty Researchers Awarded $180,000 CDE Program Evaluation Contract

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

University of Northern Colorado faculty researchers have been selected by the Colorado Department of Education to develop, design and implement an evaluation system for five federal and state funded programs that include dropout prevention and student engagement.

Elysia Clemens (project director), Lisa Rue, Robyn Hess, Sonja Rizzolo and John Froiland were awarded the three-year, $179,178 contract to review current practices and provide a recommended framework for measuring outcomes of programs in CDE's Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement Unit.

The programs provide academic opportunities for at-risk students, support for students experiencing homelessness, assistance to schools for identifying students at risk of dropping out and reengaging students who have dropped out, and increased availability of school counselors in secondary schools.

The team's work will include creating an evaluation system based on tracking student outcomes through online reporting and providing site-based training to staff evaluating the programs.

UNC Counseling Students Score Above Average on National Exam

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Graduate students in the University of Northern Colorado's Professional Counseling programs achieved scores on the National Counselor Examination for licensure and certification that were significantly above the national average and significantly above the average for other accredited programs.

The examination tested knowledge in a range of areas, including Human Growth and Development, Group Work, Appraisal, and Professional Orientation and Ethics.

UNC students' performance was consistently above the mean in all areas. Students earn national certification by successfully completing the optional assessment in combination with graduating from an accredited master's program recognized by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs.

All in the Family

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

After a divorce eight years ago, Laura London made a list of things she wanted to do. One of the things was to earn a bachelor's degree.

"One of the other things was to join the Peace Corps," London said. "And I had another goal to live on an island."

At the University of Northern Colorado's undergraduate commencement ceremonies Saturday, she'll not only be accomplishing her final goal, she'll also be graduating with both of her fraternal twin daughters, Katie and Kelly Coomes.

After receiving her associate's degree from Pikes Peak Community College in 2006, Laura joined the Peace Corps years and traveled to the Pacific island of Palau to teach English, while her daughters started their undergraduate degrees.

Kelly enrolled at UNC on a track and field scholarship. Her active lifestyle was a natural fit for the degree in Sport and Exercise Science with a Physical Education teaching concentration that she began pursuing.

Katie started out at the University of Wyoming, but joined her twin in Greeley after a year. With a passion for teaching, Katie started working on an Elementary Education degree.

When London returned from Palau after her two-year assignment, she decided to go for her bachelor's degree and joined Katie and Kelly at UNC.

With their schedules filled with school and a variety of extracurricular activities, the girls didn't share classes with their mom, or even each other.

Kelly spent a lot of her time outside class representing the Bears in track and field. In May she broke the school record for the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.99 seconds.

Katie's interests took her to intramural volleyball and a study abroad experience in Dublin, Ireland. She and her mom both worked at Michener Library.

London, who will receive her degree in Communication Studies, was an officer with Mortar Board and was involved with Lamba Pi Eta, the communications honors society.
"The three of us are very close, we joke that we triple date, but I rarely saw them on campus," London said. "They've been on their own for a while now, but they would come over for dinner once a week."

The girls both did their student teaching at Academy District 20 in Colorado Springs during their final undergraduate semester.

Kelly is applying for her teaching license and plans to begin teaching physical education next fall at her alma mater, Rampart High School in Colorado Springs.

Katie is looking for jobs in the Colorado Springs area, and plans on attending UNC's Teacher Employment Fair in April.

London will leave in January for a short Peace Corps assignment working at a library in the Guyana rainforest for six months.

After that she plans on attending graduate school, and hopes to work as a foreign services officer for the Department of State.

For now, the three of them will be enjoying the satisfaction of all their hard work paying off.

Kelly will be graduating cum laude, Katie magna cum laude and London, who of course had to set an example for her daughters, summa cum laude.

- Elizabeth Same, Junior Journalism Major

More information about commencement and the graduating class

Holocaust Scholar to Teach Workshop at UNC

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The University of Northern Colorado will co-sponsor and host a day-long workshop Aug. 21 led by an internationally renowned Holocaust scholar and designed to help middle, high school and pre-service teachers incorporate accurate information about the Holocaust in their classes.

The Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, scheduled 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on the UNC campus, will feature Ephraim Kaye, director of international seminars at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, in Jerusalem.

Kaye, who holds degrees in modern Jewish history and the history of the Holocaust from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has led more than 200 seminars with participants from over 25 countries in 10 different languages.

The workshop also will include a presentation from 3 to 4 p.m. by Holocaust survivor Jack Adler, who as a youth was imprisoned in the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps, where his parents and both sisters perished. His talk is free and open to the public.

Breakout sessions facilitated by Ephraim and UNC faculty will provide practical tools for teaching the Holocaust across subject areas.

The cost for teachers and educational administrators is $20 and includes curriculum materials, continental breakfast and a box lunch. The cost for student teachers to attend is $5.

The institute is coordinated by UNC professor of English Jeri Kraver, one of 18 university educators in the U.S. invited to attend a two-week seminar on the Holocaust earlier this year at Yad Vahem's International School for Holocaust Studies.

Other sponsors of the institute are the Anti-Defamation League, the Holocaust Awareness Institute, Yad Vashem and the Shoah Foundation Institute at the University of Southern California.

For more information, visit the Anti-Defamation League website.

Students from 25 States, Abroad Attend Summer Enrichment Program

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Center for the Education and Study of Gifted, Talented, and Creative Learners at the University of Northern Colorado is holding the 34th annual Summer Enrichment Program, July 10-23.

This summer, SEP had 172 fifth- through 10th-grade students from 25 states, provinces and foreign countries, including 13 from Thailand, seven from Hong Kong, and six from Greece.

SEP is a two-week, residential program that offers "hands-on, brains-on" courses. Students choose four classes to take daily and also participate in after class activities and learning sessions. Students share projects created during classes at the SEP showcase at the end of the program.

The center also had 60 children ages 4-9 attending their Young Child Summer Enrichment Program, and 24 juniors and seniors attending the Leadership Enrichment Programs.

The Center's goal is to support and promote all aspects of gifted and talented education.

For more information about the Summer Enrichment Programs or the Center for the Gifted and Talented, visit www.unco.edu/cebs/sep/