The Alvernia Impact
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Member of inaugural engineering class leaves legacy for female STEM students
Member of inaugural engineering class leaves legacy for female STEM studentsFor Faith Bentz, Berks County pride runs deep. Bentz was born and raised in the county by parents who met and graduated from Alvernia. She has always kept the institution ...
Soccer phenom continues family's sports stardom at Alvernia
Soccer phenom continues family's sports stardom at AlverniaYou might say sports are in the Stair family blood. Alvernia University holds a place there, too.It’s also firmly rooted in the heart of first-year student Abby Stair and her parents, Rob ...
Computer science program spurs educational turnaround
Gino Giacolona '25 didn’t see college in his future when he graduated from high school.And he would tell you he wasn’t a good student. But after taking a gap year and working in construction, he realized hard labor wasn’t for him. It was the compu...
Transfer student driven to help commuters feel at home on campus
Chelsea Burke '25 admits that when she set to transfer from Montgomery County Community College to Alvernia University after earning an associate degree, she was putting all of her eggs into one basket, so to speak. But that’s because it was the p...