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Fundraising master, a two-time alumna and staff leader, honored with national award
Meggan Kerber ’96 MBA ’01 has spent most of her professional career thinking about others. Even when she has been honored — receiving Alvernia’s Ellen Frei Gruber Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014 and having one of the county’s fundraising a...
Former pro basketball player launches foundation to help at-risk youth
Ray Strickland ’04 became familiar with Alvernia’s campus before entering a classroom or declaring a major. His introduction came at summertime basketball camp with Alvernia Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Jack McCloskey, then coach of the men’s b...
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 ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû¾«Æ·¸£Àû 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 ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû¾«Æ·¸£Àû in 2022, little did she know that she would land an internship in Las Vegas in 2025. The accounting major and student-athlete spent ...