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Development expert helps those who helps others
A four-decade career in fundraising and development began for Linda Lysakowski ’88 with a chance encounter while she was working at a local bank in the early 1980s and studying at Alvernia College.It was then that Lysakowski received a curious inv...
New York native helps to lay the foundation for physician associate program at Alvernia
Alexis Calkins MSPAS ’26 chose Alvernia for her graduate studies due to its strong foundation of community. During her two years on campus, she helped to foster another foundation, serving among the university’s first Master of Medical Science in ...
MBA student's evolution at Alvernia mirrors university's growth
By Hailey Rohrer '25 MBA '27In many ways, my time at Â鶹¹ÙÍø grew alongside the campus itself. When I arrived as a first-year student, I hadn’t yet decided on a major. What I did know was that I wanted a place where I could explore my ...
First-generation student helps to unleash Alvernia's robot dog
Jaden Roman ’26, a recent graduate of the cybersecurity track of Alvernia’s computer science major, readily admits that being a first-generation college student comes with a unique type of pressure. For that reason, it was important for him to lan...