Alvernia University

The undergraduate Class of 2021 and the MSOT class of 2022 arrived at Alvernia University Aug. 17, and took part in service projects around the City of Reading for Orientation Day of Service Aug. 18.

Alvernia is proud to welcome new students to its undergraduate population of 3,000 scholars studying more than 50 different majors at the university.

Three AmeriCorps*VISTA workers began new one-year community outreach programs through Alvernia University's Holleran Center for Community and Global Engagement this summer.

Student Undergraduate Research Fellows (S.U.R.F.) paired with faculty scholars to research biochemistry, chemistry and psychology projects at Alvernia University during the summer of 2017.

Upper class students are serving as Orientation Weekend Leaders and Orientation Assistants during Orientation Weekend this August.

Resident Assistants (RAs) at Alvernia University have been named for the 2017-18 academic year. RAs are academically successful students, committed to the core values of university, who help build strong and healthy residential communities.

Alvernia students are working to make a difference in Camden, N.J. and Tennessee through Alvernia University's Alternative Break program this summer.

The Alvernia University Class of 2017 earned associate, bachelor, master and doctoral degrees this May. Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement ceremonies were held May 13.

The following students have been named to Alvernia University's Dean's List for the spring 2017 semester. To be eligible for the Dean's List, students must carry a semester GPA of 3.5 or better and take a minimum of 12 credits.

Alvernia students volunteered in the City of Reading for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, January 2017.

Hard-working Alvernia University students were named to the Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society this semester.

Hard-working Alvernia University students were named to the Sigma Tau Delta honor society this semester.

Hard-working Alvernia University students were named to the St. Thomas More honor society in 2017.

Hard-working Alvernia University students were named to the Pi Lambda Theta honor society this year.

Hard-working Alvernia University students were named members of the Phi Alpha honor society this semester.

Hard-working Alvernia University students were named members of the Beta Kappa Chi honor society this semester.

Hard-working Alvernia University students were inducted into the Alpha Phi Sigma honor society this year.

Members of Alvernia University's Chorus and Concert Band performed a spring concert in Francis Hall Theater, Sat., May 6.

The Italian Heritage Council has recognized four Alvernia students for earning the Italian Heritage Council Award for 2016-2017. This award recognizes scholars in the Italian Language courses who achieved academic excellence.

Top students and faculty at Alvernia University received awards from the School of Graduate & Adult Education at a formal Honors Convocation ceremony, Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Top students and faculty at Alvernia University received awards at a formal Honors Convocation ceremony, Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Top students and faculty at Alvernia University received awards from the College of Professional Programs at a formal Honors Convocation ceremony, Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Top students and faculty at Alvernia University received awards from the College of Arts & Sciences at a formal Honors Convocation ceremony, Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Eight Alvernia students brought home several awards from the Pennsylvania Phi Beta Lambda 46th Annual State Leadership Conference in Harrisburg this spring.

Alvernia business entrepreneur students won first place in the 2017 Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce New Business Idea Competition.

Twenty Alvernia students will meet with Harrisburg lawmakers this April as part of AICUP's Student Aid Advocacy Day. The students will lobby for legislative support of private institutions in higher education.

Alvernia University student Ashley Tomlinson, of Mountville, Pa., has been named a 2017 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact for her work in service leadership.

Alvernia University has announced its top three winners in the 2017 Alvernia's Got Talent competition. First and second place finishers will move on to compete in the regional BerkS' Got Talent competition on April 11.

Alvernia students, led by Communication Department Chair Beth DeMeo, are presenting roundtable discussions and original work at the 2017 Sigma Tau Delta International English Society Convention in Louisville, Ky.

Directed by James Seidel, Alvernia University students performed several songs for the Sounds of the Season concert, Dec. 3, 2016.