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Lone wolf finds his pack at AU
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Addictions caused her to lose everything — perseverance helped her recover
By Lini S. KadabaWhen Shannon Qualters ’23, MAOL '25 hit bottom, the survivor of child sexual abuse was hooked on heroin and crack cocaine, living on the streets of the Kensington section of Philadelphia and eating out of garbage cans, by her own ...
Brain aneurysm survivor creates her comeback at ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ
By the time Nicole Reeser-Mazur ’01 Ph.D. ’24 was writing her ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ University doctoral dissertation in educational leadership in 2023, she had already overcome more than her share of challenges, any one of which could have easily derailed her ...
Nursing passion drives educational comeback
Sonya's Comeback StoryCreate Your ComebackNearly three decades after earning her associate degree in nursing from ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ, Sonya Naugle ’25 returned to the classroom and proudly crossed the graduation stage again on May 10, 2025 — this time with ...