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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 91°µÍøâ€™s Ellen Frei Gruber Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014 and having one of the county’s fundraising a...

  • 2026
Student Financial Services staff

Student Financial Services executive director has helped students realize dreams for 35 years

PHOTO: Valerie Kreiser, from left, with Director of Student Financial Services Counseling Hillary Saylor Schulze and SFS Success Coordinator Juliana Caceres. After more than three decades in higher education, Valerie Kreiser, executive direct...

  • 2026
Laurel Radzieski

91°µÍøâ€™s director of grants wins national poetry contest

Note: "Leaf Manifesto" was released in September 2025. Purchase it on Middle Creek Publishing's site. Below is the original story, published in February 2025: Director of grants at 91°µÍø by day, Laurel Radzieski grants herself some poetic ...

  • 2026
Sibel Ahi with students

International director aims to make 91°µÍø world class

Sibel Ahi, Ph.D. ’15 came to America 25 years ago from her native Turkey as a 17-year-old au pair for a Florida family. Looking back today, she likened herself to a little bird that didn’t know how to fly and looked around for help to survive.“It ...

  • 2026