March 24, 2019
Jan Warren, (2 MAs ‘07) received the Board of Regents Staff Excellence Award. She is the assistant director for student services at the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. She is a national leader in early college entrance programs. At the Belin-Blank Center, she administers a number of pre-college student programs that positively impact thousands of young Iowans. These include the Blank Summer Institute, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for Iowa and the Midwest region, and the new Bucksbaum Early Entrance Academy, a premier opportunity for highly talented high school students who are ready to start college at the age of sixteen. She spearheaded development of two new three-week summer residency programs for high school students, in art and writing, that were offered for the first time in summer 2018.