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Gatton Academy Again Ranked among “The Public Elites” Across the Nation

May 23, 2011 | News, Student Success, Students, WKU | No Comments

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU has been ranked again among the nation’s 24 most distinguished high schools. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU has been ranked again among the nation’s 24 most distinguished high schools. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)

The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU has been named to The Washington Post’s list of top-performing schools with elite students.

Though 16 Kentucky high schools appear on educational columnist Jay Matthews’ traditional list of top-performing high schools, Julia Roberts, executive director of the Gatton Academy, noted the Gatton Academy is the only Kentucky high school to have been recognized as a member of The Public Elites.  Dr. Roberts also added the Gatton Academy is one of the youngest institutions to appear on the list.

“How outstanding for a program as young as the Gatton Academy to make the The Washington Post list of the Public Elites among public high school schools in America for a third year,” Dr. Roberts said.  “The Gatton Academy’s mission is to provide exceptional educational opportunities to young people from across the Commonwealth who are talented in science and mathematics.  People across the Commonwealth and beyond can share pride in this wonderful recognition for the Gatton Academy.”

The Gatton Academy once again finds itself among the nation’s 24 most distinguished high schools.  Schools such as the Bergen County Academies (New Jersey), Illinois Math Science Academy, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, and Thomas Jefferson High School (Virginia) make perennial appearances on the list.  These schools, along with the Gatton Academy, are members of the National Consortium of Specialized Secondary Schools of Math, Science and Technology (NCSSSMST).

According to Tim Gott, the Gatton Academy’s director and NCSSSMST board member, the Commonwealth’s future leaders and innovators in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have already begun to distinguish themselves among peers across the nation through sharing research at the consortium’s student research symposium and Keystone National Youth Policy Summit.

“The Gatton Academy has been extremely fortunate to be involved with NCSSSMST peer institutions,” Gott said. “To have the Gatton Academy on the same list as these other outstanding schools is an incredible honor.  The depth and strength of schools such as IMSA and Thomas Jefferson is well established.  Kentucky can be very proud that it has a school that stands among these fine institutions.”

Since 1998, Mathews has ranked Washington-area public high schools using the Challenge Index, his measure of how effectively a school prepares its students for college. The Post later expanded its research to high schools across the United States. The ratio is based, in part, on the number of Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in the previous year divided by the number of graduating seniors.   This year, The Post recognized 1,900 schools from across the country.

The Challenge Index is designed to recognize schools that challenge average students. Top-performing schools, such as The Gatton Academy, were excluded from the regular list of well-performing high schools because of their exceptional quality and remarkably talented student bodies.  Specialized schools are, instead, acknowledged by The Public Elites.

The Post’s recognition drew attention to the strategic partnership between the Gatton Academy and WKU, which facilitates all coursework for academy students.  As part of the rigorous curriculum, students earn more than 60 hours of college credit during their four semesters in the program while also earning a high school diploma.

Corey Alderdice, assistant director for admissions and public relations, praised WKU’s longstanding commitment to the program.

“Time and time again, WKU has proven itself as a university committed to challenging young people who are gifted and talented,” Alderdice said. “From faculty in the classroom and research labs to administrators campuswide, we are proud to have the support of the WKU community in our role of engaging some of the commonwealth’s most innovative thinkers and future leaders.”

Though particular attention is given to the Gatton Academy, Gott was also quick to praise partner high schools across Kentucky that prepare students during elementary, middle, and early high school for study at the Gatton Academy during their junior and senior year of high school.

“The great thing about this honor is that it reflects the partnership that the Gatton Academy has with all of the high schools across the state,” Gott said. “This recognition elevates the amazing students that come from across the whole Commonwealth.  Every school represented at the Academy shares in this accolade.”

Since the program’s inception in 2007, students have been admitted from 103 of Kentucky’s 120 counties.  In all, students from more than 100 public high schools across the state have enrolled in the program.

Contact: Corey Alderdice, (270) 745-6565.

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[Grad 11] Full Text of Sydney Comb’s Student Commencement Address

May 15, 2011 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Sydney Combs
Sydney Combs

Hello and good afternoon ladies, gentlemen, mothers, fathers, siblings, extended family, administrative staff, professors and finally, cadets. To all, I would like to officially welcome you to the fourth annual International Space Station Cadet Graduation. We here at the station are extremely pleased that such a large crowd was able to attend even with the current meteor shower over Kentucky back on Earth. I, along with my fellow cadets, are thankful for your bravery in order to be here on such a momentous occasion.

Today is truly a day that we cadets have been dreaming about since first setting foot upon the station two years ago. The journey a cadet must endure in order to receive the prestigious ISS certification is truly an experience known only to those who must complete it. There is no way a cadet, such as myself, could fully express our adventures, trials, accomplishments, set-backs, victories, periodic frustrations, and joy felt at the space station to a non-resident. For instance, I could mention the obvious fact that the space station is, indeed, not a beach house; but I’m sure you wouldn’t quite enjoy it like our cadets or residential bear.

So, in order not to alienate our guest, please allow me to explain some of the marvelous adventures my fellow comrades and I have experienced thus far and what we will accomplish as our future lies within the reachable stars.

Many years ago, most of us cadets were born. Proud citizens of Earth we learned and we grew and we each proved to be special. Special not in the way where we ate glue or could levitate objects with our mind, but special because we were always looking toward the sky. While the other kids pretended to be astronauts, buzzing about with their arms outstretched, we were the ones building actual rockets in our parent’s garages out of pipe, wire, and old duct tape. It was through our fascination, drive, and raw talent that the ISS began to notice us. Then, before we knew it and after a flurry of applications and interviews, we were the chosen few, hand selected to begin early space exploration training. A few months later, we were packed into a small space traveler, ambivalent messes of anxiety and excitement.

And then we were here, adjusting to the gravity, getting use to our smaller, crowded quarters, and admiring the new perspective the station provided of our world. To all of us, whether we attended space camp or not, leaving Earth was an out of this world experience. Never before had our shoulders felt so heavy when they first activated the station’s gravity, nor had they felt so light when we successfully completed our first space walk. From intense games of moon Frisbee, fierce battles with the Galactic Lord CPS, Izzy-burrito space food, neon star-lit dances, to predicting the rotation of the ISS given mass and acceleration, we faced each challenge and experience together and without fear, never once holding back or flinching in the face of danger. Even during CATS testing, we proved our worth, and trust me, those feisty felines did not appreciate zero gravity.

In the end, after the research was conducted, space walks completed, flight hours logged, and our Alpha Clarity Telescoping—or ACT—skills assessed, we found ourselves being told that our time at the space station was drawing towards a close. That all of our work was finally going to pay off. That it was time to leave the ISS and become true space explorers. And so, brave as always, we boldly applied to all kinds of planet colonization missions. And as was expected, with the ISS’s superb training and aid from our commanders, we got the positions! The majority of us were offered seats to explore not only one or two planets, but five or six! They asked us not only to enlist but to lead the explorations and explorers, often offering room and board accommodations if we agreed. And we did! Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to say that all of us are planetary bound, due to depart in just a matter of months.

Our future adventures are as limitless as the night sky. We are all heading to foreign planets, each equally new, challenging, and exciting. It is here we will face all of the challenges the ISS has prepared us for, and knowing my fellow cadets, I am confident in everyone’s ability to succeed. But please remember, if you ever get lonely, or sad, or attacked by rogue, alien pirates, anyone of us would fly light-years in order to help. As Cadet Sean mentioned, we are a family in a unique way that only we will ever truly understand and I will miss all of you, and the station, terribly.

So now, I commend you! As cadet representative for the ISS, for your bravery, valor, honor, courage, and dedication, I now officially dub you all, Formal Cadets. Congratulations. May you be conquerors of the final frontier as you soar through the stars to infinity and beyond.

Good luck with your journey. Live long and may the force be with you.

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[Grad 11] Full Text of Sean Freeman’s Student Commencement Address

May 15, 2011 | Graduation | No Comments

About a year and eleven months ago, most of us in these black robes today were sitting in an auditorium just a few buildings over for our summer orientation. This was our first time together, just us, as a class. Soon, Tim walked up to the stage, and after passing through the normal welcome to your new school stuff, he proclaimed that he loved us. I knew things were different that day because I felt like the only one who was weirded out. That day certainly taught me something that stuck with me for the rest of my time at the Academy. We were in this together. We must help each other, comfort each other, encourage each other, and even love every member of our class. We are a family, although we are a family with an extremely long last name.

This theme stayed true throughout our time at the Academy. I bet that every member of the Class of 2011 knows the name of every other person in a black robe, and even has a memory with them, whether it is doing poorly on a CPS project, winning a competition, or just talking to them over hot chocolate. I’m a weather person, as I’m sure everyone here already knows, and unfortunately for you, I’ve found some way to connect this to the weather. Times in our life are like the weather, and we must stick close to each other similar to how we don’t leave Kentucky because it’s cold one day. Sometimes, it’s sunny and warm outside, and we can go outside and have fun with each other. Other times, it’s the snowpocalypse outside, and we can go outside, and even though it’s cold we can still have fun, throwing snowballs at people and making lemon sno-ade out of lemons that life gave us. And other times, it rains inside. Yes, from the ceiling.

It was the night before fall break started and I was admittedly playing a flash game as a “break” from studying physics. All of a sudden, Zach bursts through the suite and asks me if there is a way to turn the water off to the wing. I, confused, reply a hesitant “no… why?”, worried that someone’s toilet was overflowing or something. After he runs out of the suite, I knew something much, much worse had happened. I walk out into the wing and–in a stunning display of togetherness the Second Floor boys were moving out all of Christian and Brandon’s stuff from their room. It was not for a prank or because they just wanted their furniture moved, but because we stepped up and answered their call for help. A pipe had burst and water was pouring out of their celling. Fortunately, we were able to get all of their stuff out before too much water damage happened but it took a lot of effort.

This isn’t the only example of togetherness from the Academy. Often I will talk to WKU students and they will discover that I’m an academy student. One of the first questions I get after saying “Yes, our dorm is the nicest on campus” is “What’s up with Academy students always being in large groups?” The only way that I can respond to this is by saying that the Academy fosters inseparability, or put better, wolf pack behavior. When we came to the Academy, we were all lone wolves, in our own little one person wolf pack. But then, we started to make friends here, and our wolf packs, they grew by a few. And finally, I believe by today, that we are all members of the 60 person wolf pack that is the Gatton Academy Class of 2011. In a mere matter of minutes, we will get to throw up our caps in honor of our wolf pack. However, our journey as a wolf pack doesn’t end there. Next year, we’re not going to be Current academy students anymore, and they’re not making Gatton Academy Part 2. However, we’re still together.

We will always be members of the Gatton Academy Class of 2011.

If we continue to stay together, making each other greater than before, we can truly change the world and accomplish tasks that have since been impossible. I have no doubt that every single one of us will be instrumental in saving the world: Some of us will make weather models that will pinpoint exactly where and when a tornado will strike. Some of us will be engineering new structures that can hold up to tornadoes better, others will be programming new early warning systems, and others will be instrumental in finding new antibiotics and antivirals that can be cheaply and quickly distributed to any affected area. We can and will change the world, Gatton Academy Class of 2011. We are superheroes, tasked with changing the world for the better. And now, as we all head different directions in August, we must remember our calling, and we must stick together, even after we receive our diplomas and walk our separate paths.

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[Grad 11] Gatton Academy Honors 60 Students in Fourth Graduating Class

May 14, 2011 | Graduation | No Comments

C. M. Bill Gatton address members of the Gatton Academy Class of 2011. (WKU Photo by Clinton Lewis)
C. M. "Bill" Gatton address members of the Gatton Academy Class of 2011. (WKU Photo by Clinton Lewis)

Celebration of Commencement Weekend at WKU continued on Saturday as The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky honored its fourth graduating class of high school seniors.

Sixty students representing 34 counties from across the Commonwealth were recognized during the ceremony at Van Meter Auditorium. The ceremony not only celebrated the significant accomplishments of the program and its graduates over the last two years but also looked toward the infinite possibilities ahead.

Gatton Academy Executive Director Dr. Julia Roberts expressed the day’s events were both a celebration of the Class of 2011’s personal accomplishments and a starting point toward their work of creating a better Kentucky.

“Kentucky’s future is brighter today because you are graduates of the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science,” Roberts said. “What wonderful contributions you will make in the fields of mathematics, science, engineering and technology.  I look forward to hearing about your leadership in STEM fields in Kentucky and beyond in the not-so-distant future.”

Carol Martin “Bill” Gatton, for whom the program was named in 2007 after pledging $4 million gift, delivered the commencement address. Gatton encouraged the Class of 2011 to seize opportunities ahead of them while setting lofty goals.

“There are a world of opportunities, probably more than there have ever been in the history of this country,” Gatton said.  “You’ll want to keep an open mind. A solid education will be necessary for you to fulfill big dreams. Always dream big.  You do yourself, your family, associates, and organizations an injustice if you only dream small dreams.”

Over the past two years, Gatton Academy students have taken advanced coursework in mathematics, science and other subjects at WKU in fulfillment of high school requirements and the Gatton Academy curriculum. In all, students have each earned more than 60 hours of college credit.

Gatton Academy Director Tim Gott shared his gratitude with attending faculty members for their role in making the program’s learning environment a challenging and rewarding experience for students.

“Of the many things these students have pursued, one particular area of significance is the opportunity to conduct research,” Gott said. “Many of the faculty with us today have mentored these students as they explored new techniques in chemistry, environmental issues in geography and geology, unknown frontiers in astronomy and physics, potential medical breakthroughs in biology, life-enhancing concepts in engineering and unique applications in math and computer science.  Those who engaged in these research projects have truly brought relevance to the rigor.”

The Gatton Academy honored 60 students during a Saturday ceremony at Van Meter Auditorium. (WKU Photo by Clinton Lewis)
The Gatton Academy honored 60 students during a Saturday ceremony at Van Meter Auditorium. (WKU Photo by Clinton Lewis)

Four out of five participated in a facilitated research project with university faculty members. Research accomplishments include a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship winner, three Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) participants, two National Science Foundation International Research Experiences in Taiwan, and an Intel Science Talent Search national semifinalist.

Sean Freeman, a graduating senior from Hebron, reflected upon the relationship among the Gatton Academy student body as something in between a family and a wolf pack.

“The Academy fosters inseparability, or put better, wolf pack behavior.” Freeman said. “When we came to the Academy, we were all lone wolves, in our own little one person wolf pack.  But then, we started to make friends here, and our wolf packs, they grew by a few. And finally, I believe by today, that we are all members of the 60 person wolf pack that is the Gatton Academy Class of 2011.”

As the group goes forward in pursuit of those academic and personal goals, seven out of 10 graduates plan to attend Kentucky higher education institutions with nine continuing their studies at WKU.

In the fall of 2011, representatives from the graduating class will attend 21 schools across the United States: University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama; Auburn University; University of California at Berkeley; University of Chicago; Florida State University; Indiana University at Bloomington; University of Kentucky; Lipscomb University; University of Louisville; University of Mississippi; Morehead State University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; North Carolina State University; Saint Louis University; Transylvania University; United States Naval Academy; Vanderbilt University; Washington University in St. Louis; Webster University; and WKU.

Four-year scholarships totaling nearly $11 million were offered to the graduating class while more than $4 million in four-year scholarships were accepted.

“These students have taken the most rigorous curriculum offered to any high school student in the nation,” Gott said. “They left the comfort of home and established a level of independence that will impact their lives forever. They have forged new friendships which will grow exponentially in the years to come.  They have given themselves in community service throughout the state inspiring younger students, building new homes and expanding awareness of the opportunities in math and science.  They will become the leaders of this great Commonwealth.”

Class of 2011 member Sydney Combs encouraged students to live long and prosper. (WKU Photo by Clinton Lewis)
Class of 2011 member Sydney Combs encouraged students to "live long and prosper." (WKU Photo by Clinton Lewis)

Sydney Combs, a graduating senior from London, employed a space metaphor in her remarks to fellow classmates.  Donning a helmet, she reminded her peers of their future potential and promise their pledge to each other of future support.

“Our future adventures are as limitless as the night sky,” Combs proclaimed. “We are all heading to foreign planets, each equally new, challenging, and exciting.  It is here we will face all of the challenges the Academy has prepared us for. I am confident in everyone’s ability to succeed.  But please remember, if you ever get lonely, or sad, or attacked by rogue, alien pirates, anyone of us would fly light-years in order to help.”

Members of the Gatton Academy Class of 2011:

  • From Anderson County: Victoria Gilkison
  • From Barren County: Miller Travis
  • From Boone County: Anthony Bates; Anthony Bombik; Elizabeth Farnsworth; Jake Moore; David Pennington; Cynthia Tope; Sean Freeman; and Paul Kasinski
  • From Boyle County: Justine Missik
  • From Bullitt County: Shelby Martin; Micaela Montgomery; Dana Wheeler; and Kelsey Wagner
  • From Campbell County: Derek Fox
  • From Christian County: Kyle Kelly and Jae Lee
  • From Daviess County: Tejas Sangoi; Paras Vora; Blake Welsh; and Madeline Lauzon
  • From Estill County: Benjamin Neal
  • From Fayette County: Michael Bowie and Corban Coffman
  • From Fleming County: Joshua Jackson
  • From Franklin County: Suzanne Van Arsdall
  • From Garrard County: Krysta Waldrop
  • From Grant County: Courtney Vance
  • From Greenup County: Sarah Tariq
  • From Hardin County: Madeline Buhr; Brittney Howard; Courtney Howard; Zachary Laux; Joshua Robinson; Natalie Schieber; Jonathan Serpico; and Camille Turner
  • From Harrison County: Gabrielle Fisher
  • From Henderson County: Leah Hayden and Tyler Parke
  • From Lincoln County: David McChesney
  • From Laurel County: Sydney Combs and Henry Eberhardt
  • From Marshall County: Michael Phillips
  • From Metcalfe County: Brandon Kerr
  • From Monroe County: Shelby Stephens
  • From Nelson County: Desiree’ Harbin and Celia Whelan
  • From Oldham County: Chandler Santos and Tyler Scaff
  • From Pulaski County: Nowelle Altman and Clarice Esch
  • From Rowan County: Benjamin Howard
  • From Scott County: Kia Allen
  • From Shelby County: Katherine Goebel
  • From Simpson County: Andrew Kenady
  • From Warren County: Kevin Andrew; Claci Ayers; Sarah Schrader; and Won Song

Contact: Corey Alderdice, (270) 745-6565.

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Sarah Schrader Named U.S. Presidential Scholar; Will Continue Her Research and Studies at WKU

May 10, 2011 | Academics, News, People, Student Success, Students, WKU | No Comments

Sarah Schrader
Sarah Schrader

For Sarah Schrader, a student at WKU’s Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, her senior year of high school has been marked by significant accomplishments.  Along with graduation invitations, college decisions and prom, Schrader has been continuing research, studying abroad and mastering a second language. When Schrader receives her diploma from the Gatton Academy on Saturday, she will do so with an added achievement to celebrate.

The Bowling Green student is among 141 outstanding high school seniors recently named 2011 U.S. Presidential Scholars.  Students selected for the honor have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadership, citizenship, service and contribution to school and community. U.S. Presidential Scholars will be honored for their accomplishments in Washington, D.C., from June 18-21.

“Receiving this honor means that something more is expected of me from this point on,” Schrader said. “It means that I must continue to strive for excellence, work toward achieving my dreams and, most importantly, use my successes to contribute something significant to the world.  This journey is not one to be traveled alone.”

Schrader is in good company in the honor. The 141 U.S. Presidential Scholars include one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large and 20 Presidential Scholars in the Arts. The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the president, makes the selections.

Schrader becomes the first Gatton Academy student to be named a U.S. Presidential Scholar.  She believes the traits needed to become a scholar were cultivated not only by her experience at the Gatton Academy, but also the people who have surrounded her during her high school experience.

“The support from staff and peers that I received at the Academy has allowed me to develop more confidence, and experiencing living away from home has molded me into a more independent person,” Schrader added. “Most importantly, the courses I have taken and people I have met during my time at the Academy have given me the chance to discover and begin to explore my interests and passions, from Chinese to chemistry to biological research; having a good idea of what I am passionate about will allow me to select the path that best suits my interests and steer myself towards a successful future.”

For the past 47 years, this prestigious program has honored more than 6,000 of the nation’s top-performing students. Of the three million students expected to graduate from high school this year, more than 3,000 candidates qualified on the basis of outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams.

Each Presidential Scholar has invited his or her most inspiring and challenging teacher to travel to Washington, D.C., to receive a Teacher Recognition Award from the U.S. Department of Education and to participate in the recognition events. Schrader selected Dr. Liping Chen, an assistant professor of Chinese language and linguistics at WKU. Even as an experienced educator, Dr. Chen believes Schrader stands out among the many students with whom she has worked.

“Chinese, a difficult language for the thousands of American students I have taught over the years, seems so easy for her,” Dr. Chen said. “She has completely changed my view of language teaching and learning and forced me to rethink and reevaluate what I believe students can achieve with the language after one or two years.”

Dr. Chen isn’t the only person kept on their toes by Schrader’s talents.  Tim Gott, director of the Gatton Academy, noted that even though he has grown accustomed to working with some of the nation’s best and brightest minds, Schrader is a rarity because of her strengths beyond the classroom.

“In 26 years of working with high school students, Sarah ranks as the strongest student I have ever encountered,” Gott said. “Her academic prowess, her work ethic, her passion for learning, her diverse interests, and her genuine humility mark her as a true role model of excellence.”

Schrader will continue her studies at WKU this fall, the first U.S. Presidential Scholar to do so.  One of the main factors in her decision to continue at WKU was the Chinese Flagship Program, in which she will work toward superior-level proficiency over the next two years.   Next spring, she will travel to Nanjing University for a semester abroad followed by a research internship at a Chinese university or company over the summer.

“These unique opportunities will allow me to continue to develop linguistic and cultural competence as well as gain experience working in a vastly different research environment, providing me with knowledge and skills that will prepare me for my future career,” Schrader said.

While her immediate future path is set, Schrader took time to reflect on the combined efforts of the Gatton Academy and WKU to help chart that course.

“I have been fortunate to have the continuous support and encouragement of outstanding faculty and amazingly talented peers,” she said. “Without these things, I would not have been able to achieve this recognition.  So, I will continue on my journey with a thankful heart, always keeping in mind the tremendous efforts of those who work selflessly to help shape my future, while striving to live up to the high expectations that come with being recognized as a Presidential Scholar.”

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Sekora, Taing Honored in WKU High School Programming Contest

May 10, 2011 | Academics, News, People, Student Success, Students, WKU | No Comments

WKU’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science held its annual High School Programming Contest on April 29 and its Gatton Academy Programming Contest on May 3.

Eight teams from five schools in Kentucky participated in the high school contest. Each team consisted of up to three students.

Nelson County finished first followed by St. Xavier and Warren Central. Other schools with teams competing were Shelby County Area Technology Center and Trinity High School.

Each member of the first-place team received a $1,000 scholarship. Nelson County team member Jon Owens will begin his undergraduate program in WKU’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science this fall.

In the Gatton Academy individual competition, five students participated. David Sekora of Simpson County finished first followed by Austin Taing of Warren County and Keaton Smith of Campbell County. The top two finishers received a $1,000 and $500 scholarship, respectively.

The annual high school programming contest brings excellent students to the Computer Science program at WKU. Dr. Peter Hamburger, head of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, plans to strengthen the collaboration with high schools to attract more students to the contest and WKU programs.

The contests are sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Ogden College of Science and Engineering, and WKU.

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By Corey Alderdice