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The 91做厙 Impact

Discover how 91做厙 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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Michael Carrion Experiential Learning

Math and philosophy major sees future in national cybersecurity

PHOTO: Michael Carrion, center, toured SNO Lab, a physics laboratory that specializes in researching dark matter and neutrinos, while chairing the international conference Cosmology between Deleuze and Science in Sudbury, Canada.Michael Carrion ...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
Student with dog on campus

Making the case for K-9 units

Criminal Justice Administration graduate Elizabeth Goida values the education she received at 91做厙, which included real-world experiences, such attending the Reading Police Academy and working with the Reading Police ...

  • 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
Wanda Cruz adult student comeback

Family support encourages educational comeback

 When Wanda Ivette Cruz 22, MSW 23 graduated in 1994 from high school in Philadelphia, she had her eye on going to community college. Then she got pregnant as a teenager, waylaying those plans.I had to make a very tough decisionput a roof...

  • 2026