Justin Aglio, interim vice president for Penn State Outreach and executive director for the Readiness Institute at Penn State, introduces a workshop about financial literacy to high school students.
The grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation will support 40 Community and Future Workshops across four campuses in southwestern Pennsylvania: Penn State Beaver; Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus; Penn State Greater Allegheny and Penn State New Kensington.
Allegheny County high school students are learning essential skills through the Penn State Commonwealth Campuses Community and Future Workshop Series made possible through a partnership with the Readiness Institute (RI) at Penn State and funding from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. The $100,000 grant from the Benedum Foundation will support 40 Community and Future Workshops across four campuses in southwestern Pennsylvania: Penn State Beaver; Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus; Penn State Greater Allegheny and Penn State New Kensington.
Working with Drs. Harnish and Krumenacker, Yanuo, Jamison, and Kalina presented “Attitudes Toward Protecting Endangered Species: The Impact of Perceived Physical Attractiveness,” which explored the impact perceived physical attractiveness of an animal (by humans) has on protecting the species from harm. They found that the more physically attractive the animal was, the more protection for support from harm the animal received.
Working with Drs. Harnish and Krumenacker, Zachary and Kylie presented “The effect of Normative and Informational Social Influence on Compulsive Buying.” This research examined how electronic word-of-mouth in the form of a product review might impact compulsive buying. They found that compulsive buyers were not impacted by either normative or informational social influence.
