CTD PARTNERS
Expanding Our Reach
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LAUNCHX AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Founded in 2012 by Laurie Stach and originally hosted
exclusively at MIT, LaunchX students start real companies. Students master design thinking to discover innovative opportunities, learn cutting-edge business practices from industry leaders in the classroom, and work with a peer group to solve a real problem to reach real customers. Partnering with CTD’s on-campus high school program, young entrepreneurs from around the globe work and study in Evanston for four intense weeks to launch their startup.
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CHICAGO AREA SITES Center for Talent Development offers programming located
in schools around the Chicago area. In five convenient locations, CTD provides academically advanced enrichment courses for students age 4 to grade 5. Each site is commuter only, and each course is one week long. These courses are offered in an academic setting that incorporates explorations, experiments, projects, and a wide array of approaches that allow students to delve into topics. Chicago Area Sites allow students to learn, connect, and collaborate with like-minded peers from around the region, country, and around the world. They can dig into areas of high interest with CTD, and discover their options for future course work with CTD on Northwestern’s Evanston Campus.
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WINDY CITY LAB Windy City Lab is the brainchild of former IBM Deck5
Software developer Kevin McQuown, whose passion for digital electronics inspired his makerspace in the 1871 Bosch Connectory in downtown Chicago. Partnering with CTD’s on-campus high school program, students design and build an Internet of Things device. This fab-lab intensive puts software and hardware engineering skills using the Microcontroller development environment, as well as printing and laser cutting tools to create bench top prototypes directly into the hands of ambitious students.
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NORTHWESTERN’S EVANSTON CAMPUS CTD’s residential and commuter programs on campus
provide challenging Advanced Enrichment, Accelerated, Advanced Placement®
, and college-level course work for grade
4-12 students in a highly supportive and fun environment. On-Campus programs allow students to learn, connect, and live with like-minded peers, dive deeply into topics of interest in an intensive environment, and, for students who are ready, accelerate through high school and introductory college curriculum. Supported by master instructors and dedicated teaching assistants, students participate in summer camp activities, take exciting excursions on the weekends, and make friends and connections that last a lifetime.
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