Success Stories

Success Stories

The ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ Impact

Discover how ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ University students, alumni, and faculty turn education into action. Explore success stories of leadership, service, and innovation that reflect our Franciscan mission. Ready to see where your story begins? Explore how you can join a community that leads with purpose.

 

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Meggan Kerber 2024

Fundraising master, a two-time alumna and staff leader, honored with national award

Meggan Kerber ’96 MBA ’01 has spent most of her professional career thinking about others. Even when she has been honored — receiving ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Ellen Frei Gruber Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014 and having one of the county’s fundraising a...

  • 2026
Lizette Epps Author Our Voices

O'Pake director honored for debut book chronicling Latine stories

Lizette Epps, MBA, CUDE, CNP, AWA, Executive Director of Community and Economic Development at ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ University's O’Pake Institute for Economic Development & Entrepreneurship, recently celebrated a significant career milestone: the publicat...

  • 2026
Nicole Reesur-Mazur Comeback Campaign

Brain aneurysm survivor creates her comeback at ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ

By the time Nicole Reeser-Mazur ’01 Ph.D. ’24 was writing her ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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 ...

  • 2026
Rachel Miller National Athletic Training Scholarship

Athletic Training Student Wins National Scholarship

Rachel Miller, a second-year Master of Science in Athletic Training student, was recently awarded the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFBATS) Jerry Rhea Scholarship from the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) for her hi...

  • College of Health Sciences
  • 2026