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Alum aims to run marathons on seven continents over seven days
Starting this weekend, Conor Delaney '07 will travel nearly 28,000 miles in the air over a seven-day period, touching down on each of the world's continents.Oh, and he'll also travel 183 miles by foot during that same period.Delaney will participa...
Back to where Mom began
Back to where Mom began By: Sarah Matarella When Carol Klimas 鈥84 first stepped onto Alvernia College鈥檚 campus in the 1980s, it was a mere handful of buildings tucked on a hill in Reading, Pa., near Shillington where she grew up. Wh...
Community need sparks Alvernia grad's entrepreneurial spirit
As a student in Alvernia鈥檚 occupational therapy program, Mary Strausser MSOT 鈥08 did not anticipate a career that centered around children.鈥淚 remember telling my classmates I had no interest in working with kids,鈥 she recalled. 鈥淚 thought I鈥檇 be p...
Pre-professional program helps land spot at one of world's top veterinary schools
You might say Kaylie Rowe鈥檚 spark for animal care ignited when the town鈥檚 鈥渃razy cat lady鈥 walked into her mother鈥檚 workplace when Rowe was a child. 鈥淚 have kittens that need homes!鈥 she declared.One of those kittens, a black domestic shorthair na...