Kansas State University is recognizing a need in rural communities.

Adam Walker, KSU alumni association president, said the K-State community has seen rural communities struggle with a lack of resources.

It is because of this struggle that KSU has begun developing an AI program to connect alums with job opportunities in rural areas.

"Out of the 105 counties we are looking at — starting with 95 counties that we'll be able to serve through this grant," Walker said. "Basically what it'll be able to do is pull opportunities for jobs, economic growth, feed into our database and basically be able to reach out directly (to alums) about opportunities."

This $420,000 initiative, was partially funded by the Patterson Family Foundation and will take about two years to complete.

Walker said the i

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