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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English Bradley comeback

Online-program flexibility helps ambitious adult student create her comeback

English Bradley 26 has this happy, delusional optimism all the time, as she put it, and a firm belief that everything will work out, even when hope might appear slim.At her lowest, the Reading native was forced to drop out of college when finan...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Joseph Mahoney First Engineering Class

Washington Post publishes article by School of Engineering director

As the inaugural chair of Alvernia's John R. Post School of Engineering, Joseph Mahoney, Ph.D., is used to seeing his name in print. But a recent publication was extra special."What running with a jogging stroller does to your body," an article co...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Kacie Walters

'Giving-back seed' sprouts into lifelong pursuit helping others

For as long as she can remember, helping others has been part of her life, said Kacie Walters '25.The Bachelor of Social Work grad was certainly influenced by her mothers helping heart. The familys matriarch introduced Walters and her siblings t...

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

Culture of Care helps nursing major find a community

To Youyi Ma 27, moving to the U.S. from China with her family in 2015 was more than just the start of a new chapter.Being in the U.S. meant I would have more freedom to achieve my dreams, said the nursing major, whose dream is to become a nurse...

  • College of Health Sciences
  • 2026