2025 Holiday Message

2025 Holiday Message

This holiday season at Alvernia, we're taking a moment to thank our community for continuing to come together and create wonderful culture of care driven by service. 

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Alvernia names new Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Attorney and Professor of Business Mary Ellen Wells, JD, LLM most recently served as Interim Provost and Associate Provost.

Mary Ellen Wells commencement

Over 90 Students Awarded at 2026 Honors Convocation

2026 Honors Convocation

Alvernia confers record 800 degrees during commencement

Customers Bank’s Jay Sidhu offers advice; first Alvernia physician associate students earn degrees

Bernie 2026 Commencement

18 honored at second annual Student Leadership Recognition Luncheon

Students recognized for impact on the student body

2026 Student Leader Award Luncheon
Success Stories Feed
Brady DeGroodt Fire Museum

Firefighters museum enjoys revival thanks to O'Pake fellow

PHOTO: Bill Sheeler, from left, John Trimble, and Brody DeGroodt '24 MBA '25 at the Reading Area Firefighters Museum. In a way, the Reading Area Firefighters Museum was facing a three-alarm fire. It needed a strategic plan to keep the 16-year...

  • 2026
Michael Barnwell

History major, an Air Force veteran, relishes in-person connections

Most adult students prefer the flexibility of online courses, which allow them to tailor learning to their schedules.Michael Barnwell ’26 sought the opposite, seeking the interaction he thrived on during 20 years in the U.S. Air Force.“I wanted th...

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2026
Brody DeGroodt

O'Pake Institute work helps MBA student stockpile experience for future career

In his years at ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû¾«Æ·¸£Àû, Brody DeGroodt ’25 has had many rich experiences — four years as a baseball player, academic excellence that included the History Achievement Award at the Honors Convocation, and deep friendships.But perhaps th...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Lilibet Perez

Transfer student follows mother's footsteps to find community and a full-time job

The journey of transfer student Lilibet Perez '26 to Alvernia wasn’t exactly traditional. She originally thought she wanted to be an elementary school teacher, only to realize a year-and-a-half into her college journey that her heart wasn’t in it....

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2026
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