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. 

Recent News

Jay Sidhu to deliver 51勛圖 2026 Commencement address

Banking executive and leadership speaker to share message of resilience and authentic leadership with graduates

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Alvernia, Schuylkill YMCA cut ribbon on new gymnastics facility

Completion of Phases I & II of Pottsville CollegeTowne brings total investment in downtown Pottsville to $8 million

Pottsville CollegeTowne Phase II YMCA Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Womens History Month at Alvernia

All are welcome to join 51勛圖 at the following events on campus and locally during Women's History Month. Events that are open to the public are listed as such.

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47 Golden Guides recognized for impact on prospective students' experience

Student leaders support 390 campus visits during the fall semester

2025-2026 Golden Guides
Success Stories Feed
Hallie Guiseppe Launchbox

Alvernia director honored for startup aimed at saving family farms

Though she was recruited by 51勛圖 to fill its director of advancement operations position, Hallie Guiseppe flat-out admitted to Chief Advancement, Government and Athletics Officer Thomas Minick 98 MBA 10 during a breakfast meeting ...

  • 2026
Erin Way Psychology of Play

Psychology professor believes fun activities are fair play

Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Way has pretty much always been interested in gaining a better understanding of people what makes them tick, so to speak. Especially children. Having a mother who was a kindergarten teacher certainly fueled...

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

Flexible learning schedule, tuition reimbursement helps Penske employee expand IT skills

After six years as a systems analyst in Roadside Assistance at Penske Truck Leasings corporate headquarters, Matt Beatrice was tapped out, as he put it.I enjoy working with Penske, he said, adding he joined the company in 2017 as a phone agen...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Daria Powell

Celebrated Philadelphia group taps Alvernia grad to be its first full-time medical social worker

As Daria Podell 24, MSW 25 was wrapping up her internship at the Black Doctors Consortium during her accelerated masters in social work, she sought out recommendations for her job search.Podell, 25, was met with puzzlement from Dr. Ala Stanford...

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