IEA News: 25th Anniversary Celebration Gala, EXPLORE Workshops, and Yunasa 2024 Dates!

IEA E-Newsletter October 2023 [DONATE]( [VOLUNTEER]( [CONTACT US]( [October 2023 IEA E-Newsletter Header ] 25th Anniversary Celebration Gala, EXPLORE Workshops, and Yunasa 2024 Dates! As you may know, IEA is celebrating its 25th Anniversary, and while we have had several events over this past year, we held our largest celebration on September 23: our Celebration Gala! It was a wonderful evening spending time with our friends and family. We honored our past Board Chairs, reminisced with our founders, Betsy Jones and Jim Davis, about the early days when they started IEA and shed a few tears with our longstanding Senior Fellow Michael Piechowski who announced his retirement. We have had a great start to our fall programs: Academy is in full swing with exciting classes and dedicated students, EXPLORE workshops have open enrollment, and applications are open for Yunasa 2024. 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION GALA . ​​​​​IEA celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding on September 23 with a fantastic celebration gala at the San Gabriel Country Club! It was an honor to spend the evening with our students, families, supporters, board members and community at-large and commemorate all our accomplishments in serving gifted youth. Here’s to the next 25, 50, and 75 years! If you weren’t able to attend, our Development Manager, Jane Laudeman, shares her thoughts on the event in our newest blog post. The program book and photos from the evening are available on our website. Take a look! [BLOG]( [GALA WEBSITE]( ACADEMY . Fall Academy is happening at the Learning Center! Students are having a great time developing calming techniques, learning to play the ukulele and photographing the universe in Space and UFOs. Academy is also partnering with PUSD again to provide STEM enrichment clubs for gifted students at 7 local elementary schools! Afterschool programming starts the week of October 30 and will run into early 2024. EXPLORE Now open for enrollment: two workshops for 13- to 18-year-olds, both centered on biotechnology! These workshops will use advanced equipment on loan from Amgen and will teach students laboratory skills while delving into practical applications of the central dogma of molecular biology. [Intro to Biotechnology]( Saturday, October 14 from 12:00-3:00pm Ages: 13-18 Students will learn the skills necessary for success in biotechnology laboratories, including transferring liquid with micropipettes and conducting gel electrophoresis. [Biotechnology Bootcamp]( Friday, October 20, from 4:00-7:00pm and Saturday, October 21 from 12:00-3:00pm Ages: 13-18 Students will dive deeper into biotechnology to conduct bacterial transformation and protein purification. ​​​​ [REGISTER NOW]( CAROLINE D. BRADLEY SCHOLARSHIP . Please join the IEA community in celebrating Calder and his amazing work! Calder Hansen, 2020 CDB Scholar and recent Brown University graduate, has two works featured in the [Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems]( ) exhibit at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography at ArtCenter College of Design right here in Pasadena. The exhibition will run from November 17, 2023 through April 14, 2024 with an opening reception on Thursday, November 16, 2023 from 6:30–9 pm. It is free and open to the public. [MORE INFORMATION]( ) YUNASA . We are excited to announce that applications for Yunasa 2024 are open! IEA’s award-winning Yunasa camp embraces gifted children for who they are, helping them understand and work with the unique joys and challenges that gifted children face. Many traditional programs for gifted youth focus solely on intellectual abilities, overlooking the need for these children to grow in all aspects of their lives. Yunasa supports the whole gifted child, encouraging growth and support of campers intellectually, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Yunasa West (Ages 10-15): June 8 - 15, 2024 Yunasa Michigan (Ages 10-14): July 13 - July 20, 2024 Financial aid is available for families in need. For more information, email Issabela Tulalian at yunasa@educationaladvancement.org or [visit our website for more information](. [APPLY NOW]( ​​​​​ SPOTLIGHT . Michael Piechowski is a brilliant, kind man with a beautiful wit and gentle soul that has impacted the lives of thousands of children. He is an expert in developmental, emotional and spiritual giftedness, a Senior Fellow at IEA and one of the founders of Yunasa. He is beloved by campers and staff and has assisted in creating what we call the magic of Yunasa. Michael brought psychosynthesis to Yunasa and has attended every camp for the last 22 years. It is with immense gratitude that we announce his retirement. Michael remains engaged as a Senior Fellow and accepted an award for his service at the IEA 25th Gala where he said the years he has spent with Yunasa are the highlight of his life. Michael will always be a highlight for IEA. Michael kindly recorded a video reflecting on his time with IEA. [Watch the video below](. IEA IS HIRING! . Did you hear? We are hiring! Please check out the [Careers page]( to see IEA's current openings and share with your networks. [CAREERS]( [Institute for Educational Advancement logo] [Update Email Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( Institute for Educational Advancement 569 S. 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