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Beth Sumner Takes Nursing to New Heights
Over her 25 years in the U.S. Air Force, Col. Beth Sumner ’95 has seen the world, serving her country on every continent but Australia and Antarctica and racking up a mountain of frequent flyer miles. It’s all thanks to a Viterbo career fair she attended as a junior nursing major.
Jervie Windom Is a Man with a Mission
Jervie Windom '15 was near the end of his military career when he decided to pursue a Master of Arts in Servant Leadership degree at Viterbo. Since retiring as master sergeant, he started a church near Houston, Texas, but his ministry can't be contained by the church walls.
From Viterbo, Chad Milne Launched High-Flying Career
When Chad Milne ’94 joined the Wisconsin National Guard as a high school junior, he didn’t plan on making a career of it. “Once I got in the Guard, though, it became more about the mission at hand, and then it became more about the camaraderie and the people I worked with,” said Milne, a combat fighter pilot who retired as a colonel.
Katina Mandylaris at Top of Game Down Under
Viterbo basketball star Katina Mandylaris ’10 has built an extremely successful global business, with her success hinging on relationship building and helping others achieve success, a core tenet of the servant leadership lessons she learned as a Viterbo marketing major.
A Funny Thing Happened ... a Chat with Comedian Paul Thomas
Paul Thomas ’95 jokes about his “pine rider” Viterbo basketball days, but he has not been on the game of life sidelines. He’s a Chicago college administrator with two master’s degrees, and he’s an award-winning sketch and stand-up comedian, actor, writer, director, musician, and songwriter.
2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Debra Murray
Three decades after Debra Murray ’90 graduated from Viterbo with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, she is being recognized with a Distinguished Alumni Award for professional achievement. Her status as a distinguished alumna, however, was recognized almost immediately.
2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Avery Boettcher
Rising Professional, Conservatory for the Performing Arts In choosing to pursue a career as an opera singer, soprano Avery Boettcher ’15 chose an extraordinarily challenging and emotionally taxing profession.
2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Emily Schmidt
Rising Professional, College of Nursing and Health Originally from rural southeastern Minnesota (Rose Creek), Emily Schmidt graduated from Viterbo University in May 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Diete