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Discover how Alvernia University students, alumni, and faculty turn education into action. Explore success stories of leadership, service, and innovation that reflect our Franciscan mission. Ready to see where your story begins? Explore how you can join a community that leads with purpose.
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Community need sparks Alvernia grad's entrepreneurial spirit
As a student in Alvernia’s occupational therapy program, Mary Strausser MSOT ’08 did not anticipate a career that centered around children.“I remember telling my classmates I had no interest in working with kids,” she recalled. “I thought I’d be p...
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’...
Online-program flexibility helps ambitious adult student create her comeback
English Bradley ’26 has “this happy, delusional optimism all the time,” as she put it, and a firm belief that everything will work out, even when hope might appear slim.At her lowest, the Reading native was forced to drop out of college when finan...
