HPU is host for youth program
Advertiser Staff
Johns Hopkins University has once again selected Hawai'i Pacific University as the Pacific host of the Center for Talented Youth residential program.
Nearly 200 exceptional 12- to 16-year-olds with the highest academic abilities have been invited from Hawai'i, the Mainland and other countries to the university's windward campus.
This year the program will take advantage of HPU's affiliate, the Oceanic Institute, by offering two new oceanography courses.
HPU will host two three-week Center for Talented Youth summer sessions: Sunday to July 14 and July 16 to Aug. 4.
Students invited to participate in the program score at or above the 95th percentile on standardized tests.
APPLY NOW FOR DAVIDSON FELLOWS
Applications are being accepted for The Davidson Institute for Talent Development's fellow and scholarship program worth up to $50,000.
The 2007 Davidson Fellows program recognizes significant work in science, technology, mathematics, literature and philosophy.
Applicants must be younger than 18 as of Oct. 1, 2007, and a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident. Applicants must submit an original piece of work recognized by experts in the field as significant and it must have the potential to make a positive contribution to society. The deadline to apply is March 30, 2007.
For more information or to download an application, visit www.davidsonfellows.org.
'BOOK TIME WITH RONALD MCDONALD'
Ronald McDonald will present "It's Book Time with Ronald McDonald" at a number of O'ahu public libraries through Aug. 5.
The program will include interactive performances, magic and games. The program will be at the following locations:
ANIMAL THEMES AT PEARL CITY LIBRARY
Pearl City Public Library will host four free Monday afternoon programs in its adult reading area.
On Monday, author Sue Cowing, a two-time Po'okela award-winning poet, will participate in a meet and greet at the library and will also read selections from her new children's book, "My Dog has Flies."
Volunteers from the Assistance League of Hawai'i will present "Paws, Claws, Scales & Tales for Real" on July 3 to introduce simple animal classifications using skins, furs and bones from a range of animals.
On July 10, Charles King, an authority on reptiles and amphibians in Hawai'i, will present a program on unusual wildlife. The audience will be able to see and touch a Jackson chameleon, gold dust gecko and others.
And on July 17, Doug Beter, a pigeon fancier, will conduct a lecture and demonstration about his "Rainbow Pigeons." The event will conclude with a release of the pigeons.
