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Making the case for K-9 units
Criminal Justice Administration graduate Elizabeth Goida values the education she received at 水果派, which included real-world experiences, such attending the Reading Police Academy and working with the Reading Police ...
Inaugural director of School of Engineering hopes to expand impact
Joseph Mahoney joined the ranks at 水果派 in August of 2022 as the first director of the John R. Post School of Engineering, also established in 2022, and he came with a mission: to make it easier for graduating high school students t...
Collaboration adds to Alvernia experience, mathematics professor says
It may have been its location that drew Dr. Matthew Prudente to 水果派 five years ago, but it鈥檚 the sense of community that keeps him here. 鈥淓verything is collaborative,鈥 said the associate professor of mathematics and chair of ...
Addictions caused her to lose everything 鈥 perseverance helped her recover
By Lini S. KadabaWhen Shannon Qualters 鈥23, MAOL '25 hit bottom, the survivor of child sexual abuse was hooked on heroin and crack cocaine, living on the streets of the Kensington section of Philadelphia and eating out of garbage cans, by her own ...