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The Alvernia Impact

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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Isaac Kremer

Engineering student in rare air with NASA, Blue Origin training

Engineering student in rare air with NASA, Blue Origin trainingFor Isaac Kremer ’29, the sky is the limit. Literally.The mechanical and electrical engineering double major dreams of going to space. And he’s already making major strides, attending ...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2025
Lillian Case

Graduate student pursues sports dream thanks to Alvernia's flexible data analytics program

Graduate student pursues sports dream thanks to Alvernia's flexible data analytics programHave a conversation with Lillian Case, a student in Alvernia University’s new Master of Science in Data Analytics Program, and you’ll quickly realize her pas...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2025
Rachel Sebastian

Total Experience Learning adjunct named finalist for PA Teacher of the Year award

Once a student of the Total Experience Learning Institute® (TExpL), Rachel Sebastian, a librarian at Brecknock Elementary School in the Gov. Mifflin School District, believes in its mission so deeply that she’s also an adjunct for the program base...

  • 2025
Kaili and Carol Klimas

Back to where Mom began

When Carol Klimas ‘84 first stepped onto Alvernia College’s campus in the 1980s, it was a mere handful of buildings tucked on a hill in Reading, Pa., near Shillington where she grew up. While her daughter Kaili Klimas ‘25 graduated from an un...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2025