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Brandon Schoonover Merits Salute for Student Veteran Leadership
Brandon Schoonover doesn’t take Viterbo University’s well-established reputation as a military friendly school for granted. As president of Viterbo’s Student Veterans of America chapter, he’s doing everything he can to strengthen and enhance that support for military-aligned students.
International Admissions Transformed by DEI Student Intern
Angelo Ferreira Teston, a business administration international student-athlete from Dourados, Brazil, transformed Viterbo’s international admissions (IA) procedure. Through his internship with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Viterbo’s approach to supporting incoming international students has been strengthened.
Meet the 2024–25 Reinhart Institute Fellows
The D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership first began its student fellowship program in fall 2021. The program has five to six fellows each year, both undergraduate and graduate students. The fellows have a variety of roles that include planning programs, introducing speakers, serving as greeters, and maintaining and updating the social media accounts and Ethics Institute website.
Reinhart Ethics Institute Marks Silver Anniversary

In the late 1990s, Viterbo President Bill Medland and members of the Board of Trustees were seeking a good way to honor D.B. Reinhart, the longtime friend of the college who had passed away in 1996. Reinhart was a highly respected businessman and leader who had built his company, Gateway Foods, into the largest privately-owned food wholesaler in the nation.

RA Devin Brown Helps to Build Community

Small class sizes, individualized attention, and the opportunity to play baseball drew Devin Brown to Viterbo University. The interactions with faculty and the friendships he’s developed have kept him here.

Free Summer Viterbo Classes Give BGC Members a Taste of College

When high school classes start for Wesley McGough, Corbin Haar, and at least a dozen other area students, they’ll have something they acquired over the summer that few if any of their classmates got: college credit.

Viterbo Professor, Students Hunt for New Antibiotics
Nearly 100 years after Sir Alexander Fleming kicked off the antibiotic age with his accidental discovery of penicillin, Viterbo University Professor Luke Bussiere and select students are conducting research they hope will lead to another life-saving discovery.
DNP Student Zuri Cevallos Takes Nursing to Next Level
Students in Viterbo University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program undertake projects or research focused on improving patient and population health outcomes. In the case of DNP student Zuri Cevallos, unexpected results from her research on one aspect of health care led to health improvement projects unrelated to her original research.
2024 Viterbo Grad Lexi Oestreich Dedicated to Helping Others
An appreciation of community is just one of the life and academic lessons Lexi Oestreich will take with her as one of 448 candidates for graduation at Viterbo’s spring commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 11 at the La Crosse Center. Recently awarded the Viterbo's St. Catherine's Medal, she will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology with minors in criminal and community justice and substance abuse counseling.
Viterbo Employees Honored at Annual Rose Awards Ceremony
Dan Johnson-Wilmot, a longtime vocal music professor, was named Viterbo University's 2024 Teacher of the Year at the university's annual Rose Awards ceremony held May 2, while Nicky Rose, a key member of the academics administration staff, was named 2024 Employee of the Year.