Thanks to COVID-19, the volleyball standout Maya Roberts has another year of eligibility. And thanks to Viterbo’s 4-plus-1 program, a year from now she’ll be graduating from Viterbo again, this time with a Master of Arts in Servant Leadership degree.

Rather than jump directly into a career after graduation from Viterbo, Marne Boehm '20 was inspired by her ethics studies to devote a year to volunteer service with Mercy Volunteer Corps in San Francisco. She loved it so much, she will do a second volunteer year, this time in Philadelphia. 

Nathalia Duque's musical theatre and business management studies at Viterbo have served her well since she graduated in 2018. She is a performer at Hong Kong Disneyland, a job she landed thanks in part to an internship at Walt Disney World during her time at Viterbo.

Tanner Sanness '19 jumped right into a job in his major field—marketing—after graduation, but he soon found a way to put his business education and ag background to work in a new way. He started his own business, Reconnected Farms, offering as his first product oyster and lion's mane mushrooms.

Kelsey (Ludwig) Stefanich '20 and her fellow nursing seniors couldn't do their capstone clinicals because of the pandemic. Even without the capstone, Stefanich found she was well prepared to dive into the nursing profession when she got a job at a hospital in Juneau, Alaska.

The beginning of the year marked the 80th anniversary of the first classes conducted in Murphy Center, the jewel of Viterbo University’s campus. This summer, the building will be lavished with the kind of attention befitting an 80th birthday, getting improvements inside and out and top to bottom.

Viterbo University has joined forces with many community partners over the years. The partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse has paid especially good dividends, with new joint ventures holding promise for great return on investment for the university, the club, and the community.

Emilio Alvarez is the director of Campus Ministry, helping to oversee the opportunities students have to grow in their faith, personal, and academic journeys.