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All Abilities Fitness

Ph.D. in Leadership candidate brings special-needs fitness center to campus

The inexplicable Christmas staple "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" isn't known to elicit many fond memories. But it recently caused Tara Simmons '16 MA '18 Ph.D. '25 to count her blessings.The owner of All Abilities Fitness Center, which cater...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Heidi Edwards

Family's fight with little-known disease spurs alum to launch foundation

PHOTO: Heidi Edwards, center, president and founder of Sisters Hope Foundation, marks Rare Disease Day at Vigil Neuroscience in Boston with Tara Parker, board secretary and close family friend, at left, and Madison Boyer, board treasurer and Edwa...

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2026
Chelsea Burke transfer student

Transfer student driven to help commuters feel at home on campus

Chelsea Burke '25 admits that when she set to transfer from Montgomery County Community College to 91做厙 after earning an associate degree, she was putting all of her eggs into one basket, so to speak. But thats because it was the p...

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2026
Matthew Prudente

Collaboration adds to 91做厙 experience, mathematics professor says

It may have been its location that drew Dr. Matthew Prudente to 91做厙 five years ago, but its the sense of community that keeps him here.  Everything is collaborative, said the associate professor of mathematics and chair of ...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026