Coach quickly assembles strong inaugural men’s volleyball team
Val Pennington, 52, of Bellevue, Pa., assembled a new collegiate men’s volleyball team at Carlow during a global pandemic in just nine months.
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Alum’s non-profit gives children courage to face treatments for life-threatening illnesses
Fifty-two weeks of pediatric chemotherapy treatments may require the courage of a superhero, so Courtney Durante’s new non-profit organization, Costumes for Courage, wants to ensure the superheroes have a costume to match their courage.
Nursing student recipient of Highmark grant, committed to helping others through health care
After experiencing both the good and not so good in health care, Carlow nursing student Alexandra “Alley” Slider has vowed to become a patient advocate in her career.
Carlow alumna launches ‘Fearless Female’ to empower women, children safety
Lisa Piocquidio Johnson (RN to BSN alumna) developed Fearless Female, a simple self-defense and personal safety program.
Carlow grad student working to preserve Churchill Valley Greenway
Penn Hills resident Emily Golling, a Carlow University graduate student, is leading efforts to turn the 148-acre country club property that sits on the border of Penn Hills and Churchill into the Churchill Valley Greenway, the name for the land formerly used by the country club that will become a greenspace for area residents to enjoy.
Alumna counsels children from homeless to hopeful
Alizé Strickland ’20 has always given back as a community and church volunteer. In Carlow University’s Bachelor of Social Work program, she learned how to shape her helpfulness into a career. She found her calling as the family engagement coordinator for Homeless Children’s Education Fund (HCEF).
Art collaboration ‘Love is Colorful’ designed to develop student voice, empathy
The local artist and studio owner, Sarah Zeffiro, who earned her master’s in art education from Carlow in 2017, has begun a year-long residency at the Campus Laboratory School, where she will collaborate with Leigh Roche, the art teacher at the school, and the Carlow University Art Gallery.
Bridging the Gap: Carlow writers featured in artistic display of public art in Greensburg art
For the next four years, motorists traveling the North Main Street Bridge in downtown Greensburg will be treated to a special project combining public art and the written word.
History in the making: four Carlow nurse practitioner grads are first NP residents
Four Carlow University nurse practitioner (NP) graduates will make history as the first NP residents in Pennsylvania with a sole focus on serving underserved populations.
From Zambia to Pittsburgh to Carlow adjunct: one dreamer’s journey
Mpande Mwape ’19 grew up in the suburbs south of Pittsburgh, went to Mt. Lebanon High School and entered a community college program in nursing. In many ways, she was like other college-bound teenagers in America, except for a critical detail: American citizenship.
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