The Alvernia Impact
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Engineering a workforce through partnership
Faith Bentz '25 is among the first Alvernia Engineering graduates and the first of a new pipeline of talent for Brentwood Industries, Inc. In 2021, while many colleges were scaling back programs in response to the pandemic, Alvernia Universit...
Student Financial Services executive director has helped students realize dreams for 35 years
PHOTO: Valerie Kreiser, from left, with Director of Student Financial Services Counseling Hillary Saylor Schulze and SFS Success Coordinator Juliana Caceres. After more than three decades in higher education, Valerie Kreiser, executive direct...
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...
Alvernia student finds career path through Las Vegas Raiders internship
When Laila Tosi ’26 boarded a plane from Anchorage, Ak., to Reading, Pa., to attend Alvernia University in 2022, little did she know that she would land an internship in Las Vegas in 2025. The accounting major and student-athlete spent ...