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Criminal Justice grad and retired adjunct continues to serve with bereavement-focused books, support group
It鈥檚 hard to put Dominic Murgido 鈥79 in one descriptive box.What lead him to Alvernia, where he earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in criminal justice with a double concentration in sociology and psychology? It may have been the talks he had with his fa...
Industry-focused faculty fuel COO鈥檚 career trajectory
Industry-focused faculty fuel COO鈥檚 career trajectoryWhen LeeAnn Smulligan MBA 鈥09 walks into a room, people listen, not solely because of her title, but because of the way she leads. With more than two decades at Mrs. T鈥檚 Pierogies, Smulligan has...
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...