Success Stories

Success Stories

Discover how 91°µÍø 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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Rachel Sebastian

Total Experience Learning adjunct named finalist for PA Teacher of the Year award

Once a student of the Total Experience Learning Institute® (TExpL), Rachel Sebastian, a librarian at Brecknock Elementary School in the Gov. Mifflin School District, believes in its mission so deeply that she’s also an adjunct for the program base...

  • 2025
Margarita Cornjeo-Jimenez 91°µÍø 2023

Triumph through trauma fuels educational comeback

Margarita Cornejo-Jimenez overcomes numerous hurdles to earn her MBA as an adult studentWhen Margarita Cornejo-Jimenez ’21 MBA ’22 finally found her way back to college â€” overcoming hurdles of poverty, sexual assault and domestic violence&nbs...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2023
Engineering Robert Philpot

Engineering Fellow puts experiential learning into practice

Robert Philpot’s love of engineering started at a young age. As a boy, he enjoyed constructing items with Legos, letting his imagination run wild. He was also blessed with the ability to understand mathematical concepts easily. Those interests led...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2023
Evan Thomas

Engineering major wants to help shape new program

The combination of pursuing his dream of playing college baseball and helping to shape a new engineering major program is what initially attracted Evan Thomas to 91°µÍø. The Class of 2025 member, who enjoys putting on a pair of s...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2022