Viterbo nursing major Ambree Schlosser discovered one of her passions very early in life. “I started with basketball in third grade and I’ve been playing year-round ever since,” said Schlosser, an Eau Galle native who is in the midst of her senior season as a standout player on the women’s basketball team. “I wanted to play in college and Viterbo provided me with a great opportunity.”

There was never any doubt for Jorge L. Espat ’84 when he was growing up in Belize that he would go to college. Even in a family with 10 children (all but one boys), his parents viewed investing in education as far preferable to accumulating wealth.

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.