Viterbo University has been awarded a $1.4 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) RESPOND program grant to expand the number of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and counselors trained to provide mental health and substance use disorder clinical services in underserved community-based settings.

Working with students is the most rewarding aspect of biochemistry professor Scott Gabriel’s career. That was the reason his being named Viterbo Teacher of the Year at the university’s annual 2023 Rose Awards ceremony was such an honor.

Viterbo University has named Megan Smith as dean of the College of Nursing and Health and Michael Alfieri as dean of the College of Engineering, Letters, and Sciences.

Four hundred-seven students, 265 undergraduate, 114 master’s degree, and 28 doctorate degree students, will be candidates for graduation at Viterbo University’s Spring Commencement Ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 13 at the La Crosse Center.

Tonya Wagner, EdD, has been named vice president for academic affairs and institutional effectiveness (VPAAIE) effective immediately. She had served in the interim role since November 2022.

Keith Carter will give a leadership presentation entitled “A System Engineer’s Journey” at 12:15 p.m. Monday, March 6 in the Viterbo University Reinhart Center room 134.

Viterbo University and the Wisconsin Technical College System have announced a new articulation agreement that will allow students who have earned an Associate of Applied Science Business Management to transfer up to 90 credits to the fully online Viterbo University Business Leadership program and earn a bachelor’s degree in as little as one year.

Students in Viterbo University’s Nursing 514 class “Climate Change and Health: Global Awareness and Social Justice” have produced a four-part podcast featuring experts discussing the interrelated topics of climate and health.

The public is invited to attend the “Who is Being Left Behind? A Symposium on Equity in Health Care” Agnes W.H. Tan Science Symposium at Viterbo University from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16. In-person and virtual options are available.

Viterbo University has announced its newest undergraduate degree program—a Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders and Sciences that will prepare students for graduate school and future careers in speech language pathology and audiology. It will begin in the fall of 2023.