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Staff Focus: Q&A with LeeAnn Van Vreede
Viterbo University alumna LeeAnn Van Vreede ’01 always had a feeling she would be back at Viterbo one day. That premonition came true in January 2016 when she was named director of counseling services.![Emilio Alvarez](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_story_crop/public/Emilio%20Alvarez.jpg?h=68f493da&itok=q2aDMF2G)
Staff Focus: Q&A with Emilio Alvarez
Emilio Alvarez is the director of Campus Ministry, helping to oversee the opportunities students have to grow in their faith, personal, and academic journeys.![Janet Holter](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_story_crop/public/Janet%20Holter.jpg?h=9b86fbe8&itok=D1h72zDY)
Faculty Focus: Q&A with Janet Holter
Janet Holter is an associate professor and program director of the social work program, teaching classes across the curriculum. Holter has been a certified social worker for over 20 years, with extensive practice experience in child welfare.![Picture of a flower and a William Blake poem](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_story_crop/public/Library%20-%20Gardening%20%26%20Poetry.jpg?itok=gDQTFkmI)
Spring! Gardens & Poetry
To observe National Garden Month and Poetry Month in April, check out our Spring! Virtual Display.![](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_story_crop/public/Easter%20Crosses%20%26%20Tomb.jpg?itok=b6N8JQVF)
Happy Easter
Viterbo University will be closed Friday, April 2–Monday, April 5.![](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_story_crop/public/Campus_0.jpg?itok=RWj2FVUq)
Viterbo University to Host In-Person Commencement Ceremonies at Copeland Park May 16
Viterbo University will host two outdoor commencement ceremonies at Copeland Park, home of the La Crosse Loggers, Sunday, May 16.![](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_story_crop/public/Andrew%20pale%20purple%20coneflower.jpeg?h=849b871e&itok=iEyAQX4C)
For Andrew Sobkowiak, Viterbo Sparked Sustainability Quest
Andrew Sobkowiak '16 came to Viterbo University with an interest in environmental sustainability, but he graduated with a determination to have an impact. He now works at Prairie Moon Nursery in Winona, Minn., promoting biodiversity by helping a wide range of clients in their quests to ensure native prairie plants thrive.![Sister Lucy Slinger](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_story_crop/public/lucy%20slinger.jpeg?h=3b1b7b69&itok=68BV_VOV)
Sister Lucy Slinger Dedicated to Lifelong Environmental Mission
Many a Viterbo University student has gained a sense of environmental responsibility from lessons taught by Lucy Slinger, FSPA ’73, ’06. The roots of her own green sensibility were an accident of birth.![Steve Marking](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_story_crop/public/Steve-Marking-1_0.jpg?h=dbb7bf9b&itok=x-CZ99KU)
Steve Marking Uses Musical, Artistic Talents to Tell River Stories
Viterbo University has built a reputation as an institution that values environmental stewardship, but Steven Marking ’86 came to Viterbo with a fully developed conservation ethic.![Maggie Triska](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_story_crop/public/Maggie%20Triska%201.jpg?h=19a6d25c&itok=Q9gKWQaE)