Learn more about Angela York '11, Mary Strausser, Maj. Leon Geiger and Emily Cleffi-Tristani, the 2024 recipients of Alvernia's Four Under Forty Award.
Alvernia's roots reach back nearly 100 years, when the Sisters founded the institution as an orphanage in the building now known as Francis Hall. Those roots continue to run deep, with four women holding top positions, including the first female lay president in the university's history.