More than 40 employers will provide career options for current students, recent graduates and community members at the 10th annual Alle-Kiski Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Athletic Center at Penn State New Kensington.
A job-seeker speaks to a potential employer at the 2017 Alle-Kiski Job Fair at Penn State New Kensington. The 2018 event will return to the campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 4. The annual fair, sponsored by the campus and the PA CareerLink Alle-Kiski office, is free and open to the public.
How do you take an idea and make it a reality? That’s just one question that will be answered through a free, four-session workshop planned at Penn State New Kensington’s innovation hub, The Corner, throughout October.
Tammy, New Kensington’s robot, and Jarvis, Greater Allegheny’s robot, help students in biobehavioral health program at the two campuses interact and collaborate.
Kristal Tucker, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Greater Allegheny, speaks with Penelope Morrison, assistant professor of biobehavioral health (BBH) at Penn State New Kensington, via a Beam telepresence robot. The faculty members were able to acquire two robots to be used for the shared BBH program thanks to 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 during distance learning classes.
April Andreozzi, sophomore biobehavioral health (BBH) student at Penn State New Kensington, communicates via a Beam telepresence robot and controls it through her laptop. The new robot enables her to interact with students in the shared program with Penn State Greater Allegheny. The BBH program received the robot through a Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) REACH grant, which is helping bridge the distance between the campuses during distance learning classes.
