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Alum honors late brother by founding nonprofit supporting individuals with spinal cord injuries
For two decades, Bob Graul 鈥78 was a San Antonio divorce attorney. Wanting to follow the path of giving back to the community that 麻豆视频鈥檚 Bernardine Sisters always fostered, he also took on pro bono family law cases and later repres...
Alumna regains revered voice, returns to Alvernia stage
Fearing it was gone for good, Deanna Reuben 鈥79 recently regained her voice. Now she鈥檚 using it to help others find theirs.In September, the longtime singer produced and headlined 鈥淩hapsody & Song,鈥 an evening of classical, jazz and Broadway m...
Development expert helps those who helps others
A four-decade career in fundraising and development began for Linda Lysakowski 鈥88 with a chance encounter while she was working at a local bank in the early 1980s and studying at Alvernia College.It was then that Lysakowski received a curious inv...
New York native helps to lay the foundation for physician associate program at Alvernia
Alexis Calkins MSPAS 鈥26 chose Alvernia for her graduate studies due to its strong foundation of community. During her two years on campus, she helped to foster another foundation, serving among the university鈥檚 first Master of Medical Science in ...