Office of Marketing and Communications
The Office of Marketing and Communications is composed of dynamic storytelling professionals dedicated to sharing the university’s distinctive Franciscan heritage, timeless core values and transformative education model to a wide range of internal and external audiences.
As dynamic problem solvers and campus partners the office leverages news and media relations, marketing, branding, photography, videography trademark and licensing, website and social media to help the university accomplish its strategic priorities.
Mission Statement: Through the execution of strategic, creative and collaborative initiatives, the Alvernia University Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) advances the university’s mission through the curation, stewardship and elevation of the Alvernia brand.
Meet the Team
Kristin Eck
Jon Fassnacht
Lynn Gano
Sarah Matarella M.A. ’22
Our Work:
Alvernia unveils nearly 300-foot mural celebrating Schuylkill County heritage
Community art project at Pottsville CollegeTowne connects local history, creativity and collaboration
Academic Success Center Welcomes Record Number of Peer Tutors
46 students to serve their peers for the 2026-27 academic year
Alvernia Marks 25th Anniversary of Sept. 11 Through Service and Interfaith Remembrance
University launches new Franciscan Fridays service series and gathers faith and community leaders to honor the lives lost and legacy of service
Success Stories
Alum honors late brother by founding nonprofit supporting individuals with spinal cord injuries
For two decades, Bob Graul ’78 was a San Antonio divorce attorney. Wanting to follow the path of giving back to the community that Alvernia University’s Bernardine Sisters always fostered, he also took on pro bono family law cases and later repres...
Alumna regains revered voice, returns to Alvernia stage
Fearing it was gone for good, Deanna Reuben ’79 recently regained her voice. Now she’s using it to help others find theirs.In September, the longtime singer produced and headlined “Rhapsody & Song,” an evening of classical, jazz and Broadway m...
Development expert helps those who helps others
A four-decade career in fundraising and development began for Linda Lysakowski ’88 with a chance encounter while she was working at a local bank in the early 1980s and studying at Alvernia College.It was then that Lysakowski received a curious inv...
New York native helps to lay the foundation for physician associate program at Alvernia
Alexis Calkins MSPAS ’26 chose Alvernia for her graduate studies due to its strong foundation of community. During her two years on campus, she helped to foster another foundation, serving among the university’s first Master of Medical Science in ...