When Barbara Nick thought about setting up a Viterbo University scholarship fund, she wanted to be sure to give preference to nontraditional students. She knows what it’s like to be one.

Sport and spirituality attracted Adam Dickinson ’12 to Viterbo University, and he remains grateful he had the opportunity to be a V-Hawk. Viterbo was Dickinson’s springboard to a full and fulfilling life that is still unfolding.

JayVon and Megan Adams reflect often on how fortunate they are, even in the midst of a pandemic. It’s common for that gratitude to become good fortune for someone else, sometimes in a big way. A very big way.

Being a college transfer student can present a unique set of challenges. From feelings of loneliness to uncertainty about where to find the answers to a variety of questions, adjusting to life at a new school is rarely easy. Viterbo nursing major Miranda Zipp understands this as well as anyone.

Calista Holman ’19 stood in front of the assembled group of 300 students and shared the bad news with them. She wasn’t there to teach that day, but rather to say goodbye.

Earning a Master of Business Administration degree at Viterbo was a turning point for Libby Weber ’10 in terms of personal development. It was the start of her journey to becoming chief executive officer of The Weber Group, which happened this spring in the middle of the pandemic.

Carter Semb ’18, ’20 learned a lot about being a teacher at Viterbo University, first getting his undergraduate degree and then this summer completing work on his master’s degree in education. Even with all he’s learned, he gained some unexpected lessons about teaching this year, thanks to COVID-19.