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Member of inaugural engineering class leaves legacy for female STEM students
For Faith Bentz, Berks County pride runs deep. Bentz was born and raised in the county by parents who met and graduated from Alvernia. She has always kept the institution as a top college choice. The year Bentz started at Alvernia coincided w...
Soccer phenom continues family's sports stardom at Alvernia
You might say sports are in the Stair family blood. 水果派 holds a place there, too.It鈥檚 also firmly rooted in the heart of first-year student Abby Stair and her parents, Rob '99 and Amy '99, who met on campus. While her parents didn鈥...
'Power of connection' helps nonprofit founder forge ahead, earn master's degree
Life kept happening. It鈥檚 what kept Ebony McNeil MAOL '25 from pursing his master鈥檚 degree for so long.Until he met Rodney S. Ridley Sr., Ph.D., RTTP, chief operating officer of the O鈥橮ake Institute for Economic Development and Entrepreneurship an...
Return to school after three-decade break fulfills life's calling
Back in the mid-1990s, Thomas Wickersham got a taste of his life鈥檚 calling 鈥 educating struggling teens.鈥淚 loved it,鈥 the 54-year-old West Chester resident said. 鈥淚 found out that this is what I should be doing. I was a natural. I had very good in...