Franklin Community Listening Session
Rachel Burcin, CMU’s Global Programs Manager at the Robotics Institute, and Angela Keiser, a member of the planning team, co-facilitated the last in a series of community dialogues in Venango County. The series was held at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce Building...
Inclusive STEM: Campus Conversation Exploring Identity
The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project (https://www.inclusivestemteaching.org/) campus conversation series culminated with a conversation on identity facilitated with Angela Keiser, an educator and coach. Angela discussed the opportunity to adopt a “coaching mindset”...
RISS Alums Drive Forward with the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Congratulations to the MIT-PITT-RW team for participating successfully in the 2023 challenge at CES! The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) team explains the STEM competition is a series of challenges aimed to engage university students to advance technology that can...
Venango County Commissioners Engage with Elected Officials on Policy
The Institute of Politics of the University of Pittsburgh, 25th annual Elected Officials Retreat, “Marshaling Regional Assets to Build Shared Opportunities for Growth,” focused on creating regional opportunities that bring together education, workforce development,...
County Commissioner Abramovic Joins CMU’s Robotics Scholars Community As a Special Advisor
Commissioner Abramovic joins Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotic Scholars Program on December 1 as a special advisor. Chip noted, “One thing I strongly believe in is continuing education. Whether that is higher education or the trades, we need to work...
Pennsylvania in the Global Economy
Azerbaijani Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim welcomed Venango County Commissioner Chip Abramovic and CMU RISS’s Rachel Burcin to the Azerbaijani Embassy. This is part of an ongoing exploration of collaboration, exchanging workforce development strategies and educational...