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Melissa Edgar

Melissa Edgar Earns Full Ride for Med School

Melissa Edgar, who graduated May 16 with a BS in biology, had already been accepted by the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus. She recently learned she had been awarded the Dean’s Scholarship, an incredibly prestigious and rare four-year, full-tuition medical school grant.
Maya Roberts

At Viterbo, Maya Roberts Blossoms as a Leader

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.
Nathalia Duque

Nathalia Duque on Track in Pursuit of Dreams

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.
Marne Boehm

Service Learning Lessons Guide Marne Boehm

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. 
Kelsey (Ludwig) Stefanich

Kelsey Stefanich Nursing in Land of Midnight Sun

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.
Tanner Stannes

Tanner Sanness Finds Niche in Mushroom Biz

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.
Mathy Center

Viterbo, Boys & Girls Clubs Joint Ventures Keep Growing

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.
New computer science major

New Academic Programs Are Strategic Investments in Future

Just as investors have portfolios, universities have portfolios of their own made up of academic programs. So when Viterbo adds new academic programs, it’s like making new investments designed to keep the university’s portfolio healthy and ensure the institution can keep going strong.