FirstEnergy awards grant to Waynesburg’s science programs
Waynesburg University was awarded a one-time grant from the FirstEnergy Foundation to benefit multiple programs within the sciences.
Through FirstEnergy’s Investing with Purpose initiative, the university will receive $35,811 to purchase state-of-the-art tools to implement advances in the technology available for use by faculty and students.
Additional items supported by the grant include the purchase of licenses for a polling software that will allow instructors to embed questions within their lectures and receive real-time feedback from students, and virtual and augmented reality equipment to incorporate realistic scenarios into daily lessons.