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Sales competition leads Alvernia student to full-time role with Fortune 500 firm
PHOTO: Michael Andrew ’26 (second from left) with fellow interns during a Graybar training program. Alvernia University student-athlete Michael Andrew ’26 discovered a life-changing professional opportunity this summer, thanks to a connection...
Alum aims to run marathons on seven continents over seven days
Starting this weekend, Conor Delaney '07 will travel nearly 28,000 miles in the air over a seven-day period, touching down on each of the world's continents.Oh, and he'll also travel 183 miles by foot during that same period.Delaney will participa...
'Giving-back seed' sprouts into lifelong pursuit helping others
For as long as she can remember, helping others has been part of her life, said Kacie Walters '25.The Bachelor of Social Work grad was certainly influenced by her mother’s helping heart. The family’s matriarch introduced Walters and her siblings t...
Scaling Innovation: How Governor Mifflin Built a District of Discovery
When Lisa Hess, superintendent of Governor Mifflin School District in Berks County, witnessed the impact of Total Experience Learning® on her own son, she was determined to bring the innovative program to her district.“She wanted that for all the ...