Kudos to Pitt-Johnstown and area economic development agencies for reaching out to university students and alumni in a new program that could benefit the region as a whole.
AIM@Johnstown was launched Monday at UPJ.
The program’s initial focus is connecting alumni with current students to develop educational opportunities while at the same time selling employment opportunities available locally.
UPJ benefits by reaching out to its graduates and involving them in current programs on campus.
The alums, now running or managing businesses, benefit by growing the next generation of workers and by giving back to the university.
The region also stands to benefit, as more UPJ students are exposed to the many great companies that exist here, and have more reasons to stay in the Johnstown region after graduation.
Johnstown Area Regional Industries and its Greater Johnstown Keystone Innovation Zone are co-sponsors of the AIM@Johnstown effort.
If this program takes off, we’ll all share in its success.
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UPJ students, alumni AIM high | Initiative links business, education worlds
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Readers' Forum 2-9 | Find funds to heal returning soldiers
The article, “Military finds troops ailing; problems create health care backlog,” published Feb. 2 by USA Today, impressed me so profoundly that I just can’t keep myself from bringing it to your attention.
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Take in a high school play
“Peter Pan” has already done a flyby at Windber Area High School.
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Readers' Forum 2-8 | Ambulance crew following protocol
In response to the Readers’ Forum letter on Feb. 3 by Molly Comperatore, “Ambulance assoc. bill extravagant, unethical”:
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Protect young lungs
A recent CDC study concludes that too many kids are breathing others’ smoke in cars.
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Richard Dreyfuss | Future generations will come out on losing end of budget
As the governor’s state budget undergoes intense scrutiny, there is no shortage of speculation surrounding various fiscal austerity proposals and which departments and programs will likely be the ultimate budgetary “winners and losers.”
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‘219’ optimism is driven closer toward reality
Making U.S. Route 219 a four-lane highway from Somerset to the Mason-Dixon Line is a crucial project for our entire region.
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Readers' Forum 2-7 | Country controlled by wackos
You just can’t make this stuff up.
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‘219’ optimism is driven closer toward reality
Making U.S. Route 219 a four-lane highway from Somerset to the Mason-Dixon Line is a crucial project for our entire region.
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Mark Critz | National Drug Intelligence Center – how we got here
Last week, the pending closure of Johnstown’s National Drug Intelligence Center became official, as years of fighting to keep it open came to an end.
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Readers' Forum 2-6 | Sidewalk, security issues plague city
Despite Johnstown’s relatively mild winter, there continues to exist major concerns for senior citizens and disabled residents as we look toward the future and more-seasonably nasty winters.
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