Success Stories

Success Stories

Discover how 91原创 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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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原创, 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
Sibel Ahi with students

International director aims to make 91原创 world class

Sibel Ahi, Ph.D. 鈥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鈥檛 know how to fly and looked around for help to survive.鈥淚t ...

  • 2026
Shannon Qualters Commencement 2025

Addictions caused her to lose everything 鈥 perseverance helped her recover

By Lini S. KadabaWhen Shannon Qualters 鈥23, MAOL '25 hit bottom, the survivor of child sexual abuse was hooked on heroin and crack cocaine, living on the streets of the Kensington section of Philadelphia and eating out of garbage cans, by her own ...

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

Collaboration adds to 91原创 experience, mathematics professor says

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

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026