PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
All conference activities will be held at The Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) on The University of
Iowa campus in Iowa City. Iowa City is located twenty minutes from the Eastern Iowa Airport and
directly off of Interstate 80.
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Friday, May 18, 2001
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| 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
Registration |
| 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
Opening Ceremonies |
| 4:30 - 5:45 p.m. |
Dr. Nicholas Colangelo,
Belin-Blank Center,
The University of Iowa
Gifted Voices from
Rural America |
| 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. |
Dinner |
| 7:30 - 8:45 p.m. |
Dr. C. June Maker,
University of Arizona
Curriculum for the Rural Gifted Student:
Problem-solving as the Core Curriculum for the New Millennium |
| 9:00 - 10:00 p.m. |
Dessert Reception |
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Saturday, May 19, 2001
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| 7:15 - 8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
Dr. Glenn Allison, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Gifted and Talented Programs
Within the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| 9:45 - 10:35 a.m. |
Reflections and
Refreshments
Round-table dialogue by conference participants on rural/gifted issues.
Facilitated by Ms. Clar Baldus, Belin-Blank Center, The University of Iowa |
| 10:45 - 11:30 a.m. |
Mr. William Chrisman, Iowa
Radcliffe College Scholarship, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Career and
College Planning for the Rural Gifted Student
Dr. C. June Maker, University of Arizona
Real-life Problem Solving for Gifted Rural Students |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Dr. Diane Montgomery,
Oklahoma State University
Linking Rural Community Resources to
Benefit Their Gifted Students
Mr. Frank Rainey, Institute for the Development of Gifted
Education, The Ricks Center, University of Denver
The State of the
States: A National Overview of Gifted Education |
| 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. |
Rural/Gifted Student
Panel, students of the National Academy of the Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, The
University of Iowa
Moderator: Dr. Susan Assouline, Belin-Blank Center, The University
of Iowa |
| 2:45 - 3:30 p.m. |
Dr. David Reynolds, The
University of Iowa
There Goes the Neighborhood: Rural School
Consolidation |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
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