News Release
July 2000
(Bethlehem, PA) -- Scores of the nation's best and brightest
young people have descended on the dormitories and classrooms of Moravian
College again this summer. Johns Hopkins University has picked Moravian
for the forth year in a row to join a select group of colleges and universities
nationwide to host its Center for Academic Advancement program.
The high-level academic experience is open to students
entering the eighth, ninth, and 10th grades who have notched exceptional
scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Each student enrolls in one
concentrated course during a three-week session. Moravian is currently
servingthe second session, July 16 - August 4. The first session was
held June 25 - July 14.
Moravian is again hosting the Center for Talented Youth
program for the second time this year. This academic program is for
children entering grades second through sixth that have ranked in the
top 2% of their class on standardized tests. Approximately 80 young
students are attending each session. A variety of interesting courses
are offered in math, science, and the humanities.
The Center for Academic Advancement program provides talented
young people with three-weeks of intense immersion in a particular subject.
The students are challenged with introductory college-level course work.
Among the courses available to students at Moravian are those in American
legal history, environment public speaking, creative writing, literature
and film, drama, math, music, reasoning, sports medicine, computer science,
pharmacology, engineering design, and genetics.
In addition to their course work, students enjoy a rich
experience outside the classroom. They live on campus under the supervision
of resident assistants and participate in activities raging from sports,
to arts and crafts, to music, to special events, and a student talent
show.
Approximately 200 young people from Pennsylvania, New
York, New Jersey, and New England and across the country are attending
each session. Several Moravian faculty members will teach courses and
some students from the college will serve on the 50-member staff.
The Johns Hopkins summer programs for advanced students
have attained nationaldistinction for helping to fan the intellectual
fires of young people who have shown aptitude and ability.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective
liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its
founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth oldest college.
Visit the Web site at www.moravian.edu.
