News Release
June 2001
(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) -- Moravian College will host
the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Center for Talented Youth Program
for the fifth consecutive year this summer. Attending the summer camp
will be students from second to tenth grade - nation and worldwide who
will be taking college level courses at Moravian. The camp will be held
on Moravian’s Main Street Campus in two three- week sessions –
the first from June 24-July 13, and the second from July 15-August 3.
Approximately 260-270 students will attend each session.
Twenty-six different classes will be taught by a faculty of 70 members.
To be accepted, younger students (sixth grade and below) had to pass
an aptitude test. Acceptance of older students is based on their SAT
scores and other factors. Each student in attendance is academically
gifted. The courses offered are college level, but can not be used for
college credit.
The JHU program offers a unique array of courses such
as "Great Cases," ‘Whodunit" and "Exercise
Physiology" to attract kids of all backgrounds and interest. Some
of the more traditional courses offered include algebra and geometry.
"The JHU program offers a unique opportunity for
gifted and highly motivated students to expand their academic horizons
during the summer months," said Dick Claussen, JHU director at
Moravian. "The kids want to learn, they have a real thirst for
knowledge. They tell their parents they want to come here." The
course runs seven hours a day, Monday-Thursday and five hours on Friday.
Each student is housed on campus.
The group of students is largely multicultural with the
majority coming from the New York/New Jersey region. However, the program
has also attracted local and foreign students in the past. Last year
a seven-year-old from Brazil attended.
Moravian students and alumni also partake in the event.
Colleen Walsh (Northampton/Northampton H.S.), a 2000 graduate of Moravian,
served as a teaching assistant in the "Exercise Physiology and
Sports Medicine" class. This year she will teach both sessions
of the class. Walsh majored in biology while at Moravian and was a member
of the field hockey team. She recently finished her first year as medical
student at the Philadelphia college of Osteopathic Medicine.
The camp is scheduled to kickoff on Sunday June 24. It
will be the first time many of the youngsters will leave home. This
is the 25th year of the JHU program. Moravian was chosen to join the
program in 1997. Other schools such as Hood College in Maryland and
UC Santa Cruz in California, are also involved. The Chesapeake Bay plays
host to a "living classroom" where students mostly study marine
life.
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.
