Richard Bowden, professor of environmental science and sustainability, discussed integrating collaborative, hands-on learning to meet workforce needs with the Academic Leader. Bowden notes that engaging in community projects allows students to develop agency over their learning in meaningful ways and build transferable skills after graduation.
Janyl Jumadinova, an associate professor of computer science, discussed the shift students face in navigating the digital landscape, where unchecked information or deepfakes can influence their worldview, with University Business.
Adrienne Krone, associate professor of environmental science and sustainability, recently wrote Free-Range Religion: Alternative Food Movements and Religious Life in the United States.
The project to build bat boxes is funded by the National Wildlife Federation Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom Grant. Its primary mission is to lure bats away from undesirable locations and to more desirable locations to enhance the population.
The Pittsburgh Business Times featured Allegheny College in a conversation with President Ron Cole. Cole spoke with reporter Ethan Lott about a healthy endowment, and a range of impact that Allegheny College has on area alumni and on generations of students from the Pittsburgh area.
Allegheny College is meeting the need to elevate workforce readiness by launching 28 tailored microcredentials, spanning from artificial intelligence to content creation to cybersecurity.
Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science, Janyl Jumadinova, says that it's time for a national policy to be implemented as a requirement for high schoolers, citing that introducing computer science to students earlier in their education promotes problem-solving, creativity, and digital literacy
Allegheny College was founded on a June evening in 1815 on the northwestern frontier where Pennsylvania meets New York and Ohio. Its first fundraising campaign started the very next day. More than two centuries later, Allegheny College has embarked on its most ambitious campaign, intending to raise at least $250 million over five years to support the college’s strategic pathway.
ALIC @ Bessemer serves as a branch campus of Allegheny College, taking a radical approach to training the next generation of manufacturers and professionals in emerging technologies in the region.
President of Allegheny College, Ron Cole '87, was recently interviewed by Dennis Fraise of the Develop This! Podcast.
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