Author: avakeller2
Closing ACRI Remarks
As a business major, I was put into a cohort with two other business students. Our main deliverable was to write up professional and educational training programs for the new Entrepreneurial & Educational Center in Connellsville, PA to provide to the community. Our first step was to do research about the Appalachian Region, specifically Fayette…
Connellsville to DC; Experiences, Lessons, and Conclusions.
This semester, I had the privilege of working with a cross-disciplinary team of 11 Pitt students to enhance economic development in the Appalachian Region, specifically in Fayette County. The work we have done this semester has led to two main events. First, our November 17th presentation to residents, small business owners, and political figures in…
Fayette County Site Visit In Review (Oct 12-14)
During the weekend of October 12th, our research group went on a two-night trip to visit local areas in Fayette County– specifically Connellsville, Uniontown, and Brownsville. During this trip, we toured the towns and spoke to small business owners, politicians, school faculty members, members of the Fayette County Cultural Trust, and more. Through our conversations,…
Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative
Hello! My name is Ava Keller and I am from Manhattan, New York. I am a junior majoring in Marketing & Business Information Systems pursuing a Certificate in Leadership & Ethics. I am concentrating my studies in psychology, which means that I am taking psychology classes alongside my required business classes whenever I can. Something…