Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education

Sandra Fountain, whose life’s work has been focused on helping gifted and talented children, admits to being fascinated by what makes them “tick.”

Officials with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education will present a session during the The College Board’s Southwestern Regional Forum in Dallas Feb. 26-27.

Three UALR employees were featured as “Arkansas Visionaries” in the Sept. 12 issue of Arkansas Times.

Last week, young students had a chance to explore and expand their talents at the Summer Laureate University for Youth – an educational program held by the UALR Center for Gifted Education.

For most children, summer means a welcome break from homework, teachers, and books. Megan Easter is not most children. She has spent the past nine summers attending class at UALR’s Summer Laureate University for Youth, beginning when she was 4.

Academic achievers representing more than 30 school districts gathered on the UALR campus last week to be recognized for their scholarship and to get a look at what college has in store.

UALR Professor Ann Robinson, the president of the National Association of Gifted Children, made the case recently for advocating gifted and talented programs nationwide at the Hormel Foundation’s  Symposium on Gifted Education in Austin, Minn.