Happy Friday, Torrance Friends ~ We are pleased to announce that we are hosting our Creative Scholars Program, July 11-25, for 7th-10th graders on campus at UGA this summer! Certainly, we will follow all CDC and state of Georgia guidelines with regard to the public health crisis and if necessary, we will have an online backup plan ready to go.

Our application portal will be open: April 1-May 20 and will be accessible from our Torrance Signature Programs page.

Our course content areas include:

• Creative Writing
• Infectious Diseases
• Sports Medicine
• Entrepreneurship
• Neuropsychology
• Augmented and Virtual Reality
• Criminal Law and Mock Trial
• Robotics

More information, including course descriptions, tuition, and daily schedule will be posted by March 31st on our Torrance Signature Programs page.

We are THRILLED to be able to offer this amazing program to our Torrance students. Please reach out to Dr. Sharpe at dsharpe@uga.edu or (706) 542-3237 for any questions or concerns.

Thank you.

Desiree I. Sharpe, Ph.D.||

Torrance Center Program Coordinator, University of Georgia

Join us for this opportunity to connect with creative and imaginative experts as they share innovative ideas. . .

The 2021 Torrance Festival of Ideas will take place over April 23-25, 2021.  The Festival features 21 speakers from across the globe who explore themes relevant to creativity, imagination, art, music, humor, empathy, consciousness, wellbeing, mindfulness, childhood, aging, education, equality, data, identity, healing, health, crisis, curiosity, innovation, entrepreneurship, authenticity, political resistance, and sociocultural change. The spirit of Athens will also be showcased, with spotlights on local non-profit organizations that serve the community in creative and crucial ways. REGISTRATION for this event is free and is limited to the first 1,000 attendees: https://torrance-ideas-fest.eventbrite.com

For more information or questions, contact:

Anna Abraham, Ph.D. 
E. Paul Torrance Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
Director, Torrance Center for Creativity & Talent Development

e: torrance-festival@uga.edu

Beyonders Challenge Program Spring 2021 Courses 

The Beyonders Challenge Program was created in 2020 in order to fulfill students’ desire for exposure to courses they would not necessarily be taking during their regular school hours. Our curriculum design is focused on creative thinking, active learning, and the role of context in education. This program is currently 100% online for the foreseeable future with a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous activities occurring from approximately 9am-3pm. 

Registration is now open to students in grades 8^th-10^th for the upcoming February 27th, March 20th, and April 10^th program dates for the following courses: 

Disease Detectives: Introduction to Microbiology and Epidemiology  

Rube Goldberg 

Podcast Production 101 

For more information, and to register, visit the Torrance Signature Programs webpage 

Sarah E. Sumners, PhD
Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development | Associate Director and Associate Research Scientist

123C Aderhold Hall | Athens, GA 30602
706-542-5104 | ssumners@uga.edu | coe.uga.edu/torrance

Online TTCT – FIGURAL Scoring Workshops:  

February 4-5, 2021: (2 days) from 9am-5pm EST via Zoom 

March 3-4, 2021: (2 days) from 9am-5pm EST via Zoom 

April 6-9, 2021: (4 days) from 8:00am-12:00PM EST via Zoom (Training will be spread across 4 days, with each day of training occurring from 8am-12pm EST) 

Online TTCT – VERBAL Scoring Workshop:  March 5, 2021: (1 day) from 9am-5pm EST via Zoom 

 Click Here To Register 

                    2020 Torrance Lecture Video 

Click Here to view the video of the 2020 E. Paul Torrance Lecture delivered by Professor Kyna Leski (Professor of Architecture at RISD). The video is public, so please feel free to share, distribute, tweet, etc. as you like.   

Sarah E. Sumners, PhD
Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development | Associate Director and Associate Research Scientist

123C Aderhold Hall | Athens, GA 30602
706-542-5104 | ssumners@uga.edu | coe.uga.edu/torrance