Sophomore biobehavioral health (BBH) student April Andreozzi, pictured left within the Beam robot, interacts with another BBH student at Penn State Greater Allegheny with the help of the new technology. Andreozzi controls the robot from the New Kensington campus through a laptop computer. The robot enables the shared baccalaureate program to bridge the distance between campuses and increase interactions for students and faculty members.
Students and faculty in the shared biobehavioral health (BBH) program at Penn State New Kensington and Penn State Greater Allegheny are now able to shorten the distance between campuses thanks to modern technology.
Kristal Tucker, pictured left, speaks to Penelope Morrison via a Beam telepresence robot. Morrison, assistant professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State New Kensington, and Tucker, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Greater Allegheny, received the robot through a Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) REACH grant. The robots are being used in the classrooms to bridge the distance between campuses for the shared biobehavioral health program.
Penelope Morrison, assistant professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State New Kensington, interacts with students at the Penn State Greater Allegheny campus via a Beam telepresence robot. The shared biobehavioral health program at the campuses acquired two robots thanks to a grant from Penn State's Teaching and Learning with Technology REACH initiative. Each campus has a robot which allows Morrison and fellow faculty member Kristal Tucker, assistant professor of biology at the Greater Allegheny campus, to "shorten the distance" between distance learning classes.
Penn State New Kensington's Brady Braun, freshman, earned the men's soccer player of the week award from the Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) for the week ending Sept. 16.
The Penn State New Kensington Homework Hotline opens for its 2018-2019 year Sept. 17. The Homework Hotline is modeled after the successful program Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Indiana) implemented nearly 25 years ago. The goal of the initiative is to support local middle and high school students from partnering school districts as they build strong math and science skills. During the academic year of September through May, the supervised call center accepts calls from 6th through 12th grade students from 6 - 9 p.m Sunday through Thursday.
The inaugural members of the Healthy Penn State New Kensington Ambassadors program. Pictured (left-right): Back row: Stella Milburn, campus nurse; Jesse Cenci; Ashley Worlds; Bria Schneiderlochner; Amy Pink; Kendra Kitko, campus counselor. Front row: Carly Duncan; Bailey Klaus; Natalie George.
The inaugural members of the Healthy Penn State New Kensington Ambassadors program. Pictured (left-right): Back row: Stella Milburn, campus nurse; Jesse Cenci; Ashley Worlds; Bria Schneiderlochner; Amy Pink; Kendra Kitko, campus counselor. Front row: Carly Duncan; Bailey Klaus; Natalie George.
