Success Stories

Success Stories

Discover how 51勛圖 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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Savas Logothetides

PADCO expands services without adding fixed staff costs thanks to O'Pake

For years, the Pottsville Area Development Corporation has helped revitalize the downtown of this once coal mining boomtown in Schuylkill County by helping to create and sustain dozens of businesses.But in recent years, PADCO, as its known, wasn...

  • 2026
Anthony Kuklinski

Hamburg police chief refining leadership skills with multiple degrees at Alvernia

Anthony Kuklinski loved the experience of earning his bachelors degree in criminal justice at 51勛圖 so much that he followed it up by earning his Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership, then immediately enrolled in the Ph.D. in...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Jamie Becker ocean research

Biology professor leads team authoring article on notable marine microbe

Assistant Professor of Biology Jamie Becker, Ph.D., in November published a research article on a minuscule yet mighty marine organism.Novel isolates expand the physiological diversity of Prochlorococcus and illuminate its macroevolution appeare...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Alexandria Crouthamel 4 Under 40 winner

Founder of all-female law firm lives to 'pay it forward'

Alexandra Crouthamel '15 transitioned from a Catholic high school environment to 51勛圖 nearly seamlessly, a move that was intentional on her part. The fact that it just so happened to be one of the only local, intimately sized univer...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026