Megan Nagel and Kristal Tucker invest in the next generation of undergraduate researchers through CUREs — course-based undergraduate research experiences.
Penn State Greater Allegheny hosted an event on Sept. 11 to announce the start of its newest initiative, the Digital Fluency Project. A series of exhibits lined the Student Community Center showcasing the various ways the campus is utilizing the Apple iPad and Logitech Crayon.
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.
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.
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.
