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Pennsylvania Fiscal Budget Address: Higher Education, Apprenticeship

Gov. Josh Shapiro discusses the higher education portion of his 2023 Pennsylvania Fiscal Budget Address.

Paul Wood Jr, Bucks County Courier Times

MEADVILLE Allegheny College will take a new direction this coming fall with the launch of three technology degree programs, in software engineering, data science and industrial design.

The new programs will be the school's first true technology programs, developed to meet employer needs and the interests of prospective students at a time when the population of college-aged students is declining.

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"Our new programs will be attractive to the current generation of students who value return investment on education and are tech savvy and equity minded," Allegheny President Ron Cole said.

The technology programs will include a strong infusion of the liberal arts that have been the college's focus for more than 200 years, since its founding in 1815, Cole said.

"Students will be taking courses in computer science, for example, for the data science major. And integrated into the major will be courses in ethics, communications and statistics that you wouldn't typically find in programs that focus on the technical aspects of the major.

"It's an intersection, an interweaving of computer science and technology with the humanities, including philosophy and religious studies," Cole said.

The new programs are part of a plan to reframe liberal arts education to prepare students for jobs of the future, Cole said.

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"Leaders of the future can be enormously more effective when technology is paired with the transformational skills, including problem solving, communications and team work, offered through a liberal arts education. In order to grapple with emerging technologies like AI and the use of big data, new multidisciplinary thinking will be essential for new solutions, new applications and new protections," he said.

Also new this fall will be a public humanities degree program. The program will include instruction in democracy, art, history, technology, sustainability, social change and other disciplines for careers in nonprofits, urban design, museum administration, historic preservation and other public pursuits.

Current faculty will teach the new programs.

"Most of the faculty teaching these programs are already at Allegheny College," Cole said. "They worked collaboratively across academic departments to develop these programs, and we are excited for them to share their expertise across these areas."

Public humanities, for example, will include faculty from the history department, art department, computer science and other areas.

The college is in the process of hiring additional faculty for computer science.

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"We will also look for opportunities to build staffing in these new programs or other areas," Cole said.

For the new technology programs, the college has invested in CNC machines, 3-D printers, laser cutters and a high-end computing lab for 3-D modeling, design and video production.

Allegheny, like other colleges and universities nationwide, has been coping with declining enrollment in recent years as the college-aged population declines. Allegheny enrollment is down from a peak of about 2,000 students a dozen years ago to about 1,400 last fall.

A number of small colleges have closed or merged because of the decline, too, of tuition dollars. Others have been reviewing and revising academic programs, reducing faculty and staff positions, and casting a wider net to recruit students.

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At Allegheny, there's been more focus on attracting students from Florida, California, Texas and other states where the college-aged population is increasing. About 45% of Allegheny's students this year are from outside Pennsylvania.

Eligible Pennsylvania students accepted at Allegheny will get free tuition beginning this fall. The college's new Commitment to Access program will cover 100% of tuition costs for up to four years for first-year, transfer and continuing students from families earning less than $50,000 a year.

Contact Valerie Myers at vmyers@timesnews.com.

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Computer science/big data analytics senior Kayla Zantello incorporates facial recognition technology in one of her projects for Dr. Isac Artzi's CST-440 class, which teaches the principles of machine learning.Students explore everything from facial recognition to ChatGPT

The Yahboom Raspberry Pi Tank putters along the floor of Grand Canyon Universitys Virtual Reality Lab, the glass-walled, showcase space on the first-floor of the Technology Building.

Evan Lee controls the toy-car sized artificial intelligence smart tank robot wirelessly with his smartphone.

It has a bunch of different types of sensors. Its got lights, depth sensors, its got a camera, as well, said Lee excitedly, one of the senior-level computer science/big analytics majors in Dr. Isac Artzis CST-440 class, which teaches the principles of machine learning.

But Lee is even more excited about his teams class project.

The goal is to place facial recognition software programmed by his team onto the robot so it can use its camera to recognize people and follow them around.

The Amazon version of it, the robot that follows you, is like $4,000, said Artzi. You dont need a $1,000 iPhone to be able to do facial recognition.

The Yahboom Tank? It starts at $149.

Of course, the implications of a robot with facial recognition technology are much bigger.

You can tell the robot, Go find Evan and give him a message. We can put a little screen that will display a message only when that person is recognized. Or, if theres a platform, you can put a drink on there and say, Go deliver this to that person.

Lee is anxious to present part two of the project, the facial recognition software that teammate Hunter Egeland is testing. The software recognizes him and Lee when theyre standing next to each other, but when a third person pops into the picture whom it doesnt know, it declares: Unknown person.

Lee said the team is working on perfecting the facial recognition software and an app theyre also creating to control the tank by the time the class project is due.

The Yahboom Tank is just one of the array of projects students are working on that focus on deploying machine learning applications on small microcontroller devices called Arduino boards.

Every current tech buzzword is present in these projects edge devices, artificial intelligence, machine learning, smart glasses, AR (augmented reality), ChatGPT, Artzi said of the cutting-edge technology students in the class are working with and the projects theyre working on to prepare them for their first post-graduation jobs in the tech industry.

The class has explored voice, gesture and facial recognition using small devices and tiny cameras, and theyre working on various open-ended projects theyll display at the Technology Capstone Showcase April 20 at GCU Arena.

Kara Sumpter and Kayla Zantello are busy in class fine tuning their facial recognition model: We get really good accuracies, but when we try our live tests, it only recognizes Kayla at the moment, said Sumpter.

But the final class project theyre anxious to talk about involves creating a machine-learning application that reads electroencephalogram waves (EEG waves, an indication of the electrical activity of the brain) using an EEG headset.

The headset includes pads on which users place saline solution to ensure conductivity.

It collects brain wave data. It can also look at different performance metrics, so like how engaged you are, how excited, how focused.

But for Sumpter and Zantello, Our goal with this is to be able to create a program that recognizes when people have suffered a concussion or similar traumatic brain injury so they can receive the treatment that they need, Sumpter said. We collected some data yesterday, which looked super cool.

To do that, Zantello said her team will feed data sets into their model from someone who had a concussion and from someone who did not, and well just train the model to recognize the difference.

When someone puts on the headset, the model will tell them the percentage of likeliness that person has a concussion.

We kind of see it in the mind of using it in sports, like football, where it could be applied on the field or even in players helmets, Sumpter said.

Adam Abrams-Flohr is working on a couple of facial-recognition projects, one that recognizes gestures and another for his teams capstone project: a firing system that will use facial recognition to operate a foam ball launcher.

His team was busy debugging one of the programs, but the other, he said, is a pretty robust program and is basically fully functional for our capstone; it does everything we need it to do, he said.

The facial recognition program prioritizes one face at a time whichever face is closest. It tells you the distance the face is away from the camera and where it is in relation to the center of the screen.

Abrams-Flohr said not only has he and his CST-440 classmates explored facial recognition, but theyve created programs that recognize voices and words that you say.

And theyve worked with ChatGPT to help improve their code bases and create heartier, more vigorous code systems, with Artzi's approval.

Every current tech buzzword is current in these projects -- edge devices, artificial intelligence, machine learning, smart glasses, AR (augmented reality), ChatGPT."

Dr. Isac Artzi, Associate Professor of Computer Science

With strong encouragement, said Artzi, a proponent of new technology and using language models such as ChatGPT so students can arent stuck in the minutiae of writing code and can focus on the nitty-gritty aspects of their projects.

Abrams-Flohr said in this class, You are learning all the interesting artificial intelligence stuff you see all over the internet nowadays.

Artzi shares one of the scenarios he and his students have discussed in class.

Imagine, he said, being at a social networking event where a hidden camera scans the face of the person in front of you. That technology detects who that person is and instructs a computer, via wireless connection, to search his or her profile on LinkedIn. The app on the computer then asks ChatGPT to suggest three conversation talking points to engage that person.

Youre wearing smart glasses or AirPods and see or hear those talking points.

From introvert to networking hero in 30 seconds, Artzi said.

It could be something Abrams-Flohr might experience in his lifetime as he prepares to graduate in April and start a job with aerospace and defense company Raytheon Missiles & Defense.

This class is doing a great job in preparing us for the things we need for the future, he said.

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By Joe Garvey

Old Dominion University honored a host of faculty members and administrators at the 2022-23 Faculty and Administrators Awards and Service Recognition Dinner, which was held April 10 in the Big Blue Room at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

In the past two years, I have learned a great deal about what makes ODU so very special, said ODU President Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D. And I have witnessed firsthand the excellence thats on this campus. And very simply, it is you. You are the reason we are an R1 institution. You are the reason that we have Fulbright scholars. You are the Fulbright scholars. You are the student champions on this campus. You are the people who lean in and provide support for our students. And because of that, you are making a difference a significant difference day in and day out.

One of the highlights of the evening was the recognition of Nina Browns 55-year career at ODU. The Eminent Scholar of counseling received a lengthy standing ovation as she made her way to the stage and was presented with a bouquet of roses from President Hemphill (pictured above).

I dont believe its an exaggeration to say that you are cherished by your friends and colleagues here at ODU, said Katherine Hawkins, vice provost for faculty affairs and strategic initiatives, who introduced Brown.

David Burdige (ocean and earth sciences) and Jean Delayen (physics) were announced as winners of Faculty Research, Scholarship and Creative Achievement Awards. The award recognizes tenured faculty members who have achieved national prominence for high-quality research and scholarship.

Burdige is a professor and Eminent Scholar who is an internationally known expert in marine geochemistry. Delayen is the founding director of ODUs Center for Accelerator Science and won the 2022 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award.

Other nominees for the award were Helen Crompton (teaching and Learning), Mengyan Dai (sociology and criminal justice), Justin Haegele (human movement sciences), Ingo Heidbrink (history) and Ed Neukrug (counseling and human services).

Khan Iftekharuddin, professor of electrical and computer engineering and dean of research and graduate studies in the Batten College of Engineering and Technology, was recognized for his selection as a State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) Outstanding Faculty Award winner. He is the 36th ODU faculty member to win the award.

He has applied his expertise in image analysis to fight high-grade glioblastoma, the aggressive brain cancer that killed U.S. Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and John McCain. He pioneered ways to identify abnormal brain tissues and predict tumor growth with the aim of improving the diagnosis, surgical removal and treatment of this deadly cancer.

Physics Professor Moskov Amaryan and Carolyn Rutledge, professor and associate chair of nursing as well as the director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program in the School of Nursing, were named Eminent Scholars.

The Eminent Scholar designation was established to recognize faculty members of unusual merit and service to the University. Only faculty members holding the rank of full professor at ODU for a minimum of three years may be considered for this honor.

Amaryans research is related to experimental study of nuclear structure. He was elected as a Fellow in the American Physical Society in 2018.

Rutledge, who is also co-director of the Center for Telehealth Innovation, Education & Research, was a family nurse practitioner for 32 years, primarily in family medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, where she holds an appointment as professor. She is a 2014 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award winner and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), a designation that is achieved by less than 1% of nurses nationally.

Orlando Ayala, assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology, earned the A. Rufus Tonelson Faculty Award, which is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in teaching, research and service at ODU. Ayala recently won the Outstanding Teacher Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Southeastern Section.

Paige OShaughnessy, senior lecturer in the School of Accountancy, and Agnieszka Whelan, master lecturer in the Art Department, were named University Distinguished Teachers, which recognizes faculty members at the undergraduate level. Only full-time non-tenure-track and non-tenured faculty members are eligible for this honor.

O'Shaughnessy, who earned her MBA from ODU, has won a number of awards, including the E. V. Williams Fellowship for Teaching from the Strome College of Business in 2022 and the 2019-20 Outstanding Non-Tenure Faculty Teaching Award from the Strome College.

Whelan's scholarship specializes in the history of gardens of the Enlightenment, with a particular focus on gardens as sites of performance and visual communication. Whelan is the author of Tour Through England, a book on 18th century travels, as well as numerous articles about gardens of that era.

Other awards presented at the dinner were:

Old Dominion University Alumni Association New Faculty Award: Murat Kuzlu (engineering technology)

Provosts Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor: Sampath Jayarathna (computer science)

Provosts Award for Faculty Mentorship: Ann Bruhn (dental hygiene)

Provosts Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award: Michael Conner (STEM education and professional studies)

Doctoral Mentoring Award Winners: College of Arts and Letters Marc Ouellette (English),Darden College of Education and Professional Studies Gulsah Kemer (counseling and human services, College of Sciences Cathy Lau-Barraco (psychology)

Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award: Wie Yusuf (public service)

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Classroom Award: Lee Golembiewski (psychology)

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Laboratory Award: Navid Safari, (finance)

Kate Broderick Award for Excellence in Inclusive Education: Emily Hardy (chemistry)

Excellence in Advising, Advising Administrator Role: Erin Colwell (Center for Major Exploration and Mane Connect Success Coaching)

Excellence in Advising, Professional Advisor Role: Pam Beatty (digital learning)

Excellence in Advising, Faculty Advisor Role: Michelle Carpenter (marketing)

Excellence in Advising, New Advisor Role: Christine Woods (College of Sciences)

J. Worth Pickering Administrator of the Year Award: Barbara Blake Gonzalez (economics)

Association of University Administrators Monarch Professional Award: Joy Himmel (counseling services)

In addition to Brown, the following individuals were recognized for their years of service to the University:

45 years: Sushil Chaturvedi (mechanical and aerospace engineering)

40 years: Alireza Ardalan (information technology and decision sciences), Gene Hou (mechanical and aerospace engineering), Vishnu Lakdawala (electrical and computer engineering), Gene Hill Price (computer science), Lynn Tolle (dental hygiene)

35 years: Terence Durkin (housing and residence life), Oscar Gonzalez (electrical and computer engineering), Scott Johnson (athletics), Michelle Kelley (psychology), Karen Vaughan (University Libraries), Steven Zeil (computer science), Douglas Ziegenfuss (accountancy)

30 years: Alonzo Brandon (University Advancement), John Cooper (chemistry and biochemistry), Mona Danner (sociology and criminal justice), Fred Dobbs (ocean and earth sciences), Mujde Erten-Unal (civil and environmental engineering), Christopher Hanna (communication and theatre arts), Robert Holden (history), Charles Hyde (physics), Regina Karp (political science and geography), Betsy Kennedy (human movement sciences), Carolyn Lawes (history), David Metzger (Perry Honors College), Christine Ricks (Advising Administration and Academic Partnerships), Rocco Schiavilla (physics), David Swain (human movement sciences), Xiushi Yang (sociology and criminal justice)

25 years: Janet Brunelle (computer science), Sabrina Bruno (digital learning), Tonia Graves (University Libraries), William Gray (electrical and computer engineering), Reginia Hill (digital learning), Luisa Igloria (English), James Key (management), Guang-Lea Lee (teaching and learning), John Lombard (public service), Connie Merriman (Strome College of Business), Jay Morris (computer science), David Selover (economics), Lishena Thompson (Student Financial Aid), Tancy Vandecar-Burdin (Social Science Research Center), X. Nancy Xu (chemistry and biochemistry)

20 years: Ian Bartol (biological sciences), Stephen Bueltmann (physics), Peter Eudenbach (art), Steve Hsiung (engineering technology), Angelica Huizar (world languages and cultures), Louis Latham (music), Jean McClellan-Holt (recreation and wellness), Tecarla Moore (Undergraduate Admissions) Jennifer Muth (psychology), Glenn Wilson (University Audit), Richard Zimmerman (ocean and earth sciences).

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