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Ph.D. in Leadership candidate brings special-needs fitness center to campus
The inexplicable Christmas staple "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" isn't known to elicit many fond memories. But it recently caused Tara Simmons '16 MA '18 Ph.D. '25 to count her blessings.The owner of All Abilities Fitness Center, which cater...
PADCO expands services without adding fixed staff costs thanks to O'Pake
For years, the Pottsville Area Development Corporation has helped revitalize the downtown of this once coal mining boomtown in Schuylkill County by helping to create and sustain dozens of businesses.But in recent years, PADCO, as it’s known, wasn’...
Culture of Care helps nursing major find a community
To Youyi Ma ’27, moving to the U.S. from China with her family in 2015 was more than just the start of a new chapter.“Being in the U.S. meant I would have more freedom to achieve my dreams,” said the nursing major, whose dream is to become a nurse...
Hamburg police chief refining leadership skills with multiple degrees at Alvernia
Anthony Kuklinski loved the experience of earning his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at Alvernia University so much that he followed it up by earning his Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership, then immediately enrolled in the Ph.D. in...