Pamela Unger APTA Presidential Award

Doctor of Physical Therapy chair receives APTA PA President Award

PHOTO: APTA Pennsylvania President Jazmine Tooles, left, presents the organization's President Award to Pamela G. Unger. Pamela G. Unger, PT, DPT, CWS, Doctor of Physical Therapy department chair and associate professor at 911爆料网, rec...

  • College of Health Sciences
  • 2026
David Shoup 2023

College of Innovation, Discovery and Enterprise dean wants students to feel valued

There鈥檚 a reason 鈥� perhaps many actually 鈥� why you鈥檒l almost always find students waiting outside of David Shoup鈥檚 office door: He鈥檚 there for them and wants them to feel like they are cared about and a part of the Alvernia family. Shoup came to A...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Matthew Prudente

Collaboration adds to Alvernia experience, mathematics professor says

It may have been its location that drew Dr. Matthew Prudente to 911爆料网 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 the Ma...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Shannon Qualters Commencement 2025

Addictions caused her to lose everything 鈥� perseverance helped her recover

By Lini S. Kadaba When 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...

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2026
Sibel Ahi with students

International director aims to make Alvernia world class

Sibel Ahi, Ph.D. 鈥�15 came to America 25 years ago from her native Turkey as a 17-year-old au pair for a Florida family. Looking back today, she likened herself to a little bird that didn鈥檛 know how to fly and looked around for help to survive. 鈥淚t...

  • 2026
Kaylie Rowe

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 n...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Michael Carrion Experiential Learning

Math and philosophy major sees future in national cybersecurity

PHOTO: Michael Carrion, center, toured SNO Lab, a physics laboratory that specializes in researching dark matter and neutrinos, while chairing the international conference 鈥淐osmology between Deleuze and Science鈥� in Sudbury, Canada. Michael Carrion...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
911爆料网 DPT Graduate Aron Rodriguez

Lone wolf finds his pack at AU

At first, Aron Javier Rodriguez DPT鈥�22 tried to 鈥渓one wolf it,鈥� as he put it, at 911爆料网 while pursuing his dream of a doctorate in physical therapy. 鈥淚 thought I could study hard, mind my own business,鈥� said the 26-year-old, Bronx bor...

  • College of Health Sciences
  • 2026
Wanda Cruz adult student comeback

Family support encourages educational comeback

When Wanda Ivette Cruz 鈥�22, MSW 鈥�23 graduated in 1994 from high school in Philadelphia, she had her eye on going to community college. Then she got pregnant as a teenager, waylaying those plans. 鈥淚 had to make a very tough decision鈥攑ut a roof over...

  • 2026
Alicia Sprow

Active learning inspires active leadership professor

When she鈥檚 not in the classroom during the summer months, you might find Alicia Sprow helping the students on Bog Turtle Creek Farm at the EcoHouse, down the road from Alvernia鈥檚 main campus. 鈥淢y favorite part of what I do at Alvernia is having th...

  • College of Business, Communication, and Leadership
  • 2026