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Knowing the success Matt Curtis ’08 has had with an innovative music business he started and considering an ambitious new project he is launching called the Cappella Performing Arts Center, you might think he’d earned an MBA from Viterbo instead of music degrees in music performance and music education.
Denise Runge worked in traditional nursing roles for 15 years before a new calling came. Bringing her nursing background and training to a new ministry, she gave physical and spiritual comfort to people in Kenya living (and dying) with HIV and AIDS.
As Viterbo University’s new study abroad coordinator, Allie Mormann ’22 brings more than a little recent international experience to the table. During her studies at Viterbo, Mormann had two educational adventures abroad, in countries on opposite sides of the globe.
As chief executive officer of the La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce, Neal Zygarlicke ’11, ’12 has launched a campaign to attract young professionals to the La Crosse community and keep new graduating college students from moving away.
For Beth Dolder-Zieke ’88, retiring from her post as Viterbo University’s career services director is a bit like a pregnancy. It’s going to hurt like heck for a while, but when the pain is over, there’s this whole new life, full of promise.
As a workforce development officer for federal civilian employees, Viterbo alumnus Michael Modawell '04, '06 gets to do something he loves — help people advance in their careers.
Inspiration from the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration legacy brought Nicole Van Ert '10 to Viterbo to earn an MBA. These days, she is director of the university's Center for Professional Learning and Development, overseeing the center's program development and implementation.
Patty Sullivan O’Brien ’65 has been retired from her career at the Phoenix Zoo for nearly 15 years now, but she hasn’t stopped chasing her passion for working with animals. Today she has become an essential volunteer for the Southwest Monarch Study, raising monarch butterflies right in her backyard.
Jedidiah Barton ’17, ’20 credits Viterbo University with shaping the trajectory of his life.
Tony Welch came away from his four years at Viterbo with a degree in sports management and leadership and a sense of mission in life. “No matter the situation, I always want to put myself in the shoes of others and take care of people by being kind,” he said.