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42 Years with Pietro DiStravolo

Magazine: Today, as Pietro DiStravolo prepares for a gradual retirement, he reflects on his long career on an ever-evolving campus.

Measuring Success on the Spectrum

Magazine: Experience has taught Dr. Amy Thomas that not everyone learns and succeeds in the same way — but that there is potential for every person to achieve.

17�Թ��'s Seniors College - adults 55 and older

A Different Kind of 'Senior' Living

Magazine: Two students are piloting a student-senior residential program at the Highlands at Wyomissing.

Raising Awareness to New Heights

Magazine: Reflection by Camille Otruba '09, as she prepares to scale Mount Kilimanjaro in memory of her husband Bryan Otruba '08, M'13, and in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The Golden Wolf at 17�Թ��'s first football game.

The Making of 17�Թ��'s Mascot

Choosing a nickname that was fierce, fun, friendly and aligned with 17�Թ��'s values was no easy task.

Fostering a Future

Magazine: Fostering a Future

Knowledge Joined With Love

Magazine: Time and again, 17�Թ�� alumni tell us they fell in love at the university. During the fall, several of them returned to campus to tell their stories for 17�Թ�� Magazine.

Sustaining the Great Outdoors

Magazine: As Work Study environmental educator for the Holleran Center for Community and Global Engagement’s South Reading Youth Initiative, Ayers-Fisher designed curriculum and taught environmental science to third, fourth and fifth graders in the Reading School District.

Student Achievements

2024 DPT Pro Bono Wellness Screening Clinic

Physical Therapy students provide pro-bono services to 25 Berks County residents

Third-year 17�Թ�� Doctor of Physical Therapy candidates provided pro-bono services to 25 Berks County community volunteers during the second annual American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Annual Visit for Older Adults.

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2024 Sustainability Immersion Trip Grand Manan Canada

17�Թ�� students and alums take week abroad at sustainable eco-retreat in Canada

Seven 17�Թ�� students & alums studied abroad through the Sustainability Immersion Program in Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick, Canada.

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President Glynis Fitzgerald Trustee Ginger Kunkel Habitat for Humaity charity event O'pake Fellows build birdhouse

Engineering students craft Francis Hall-inspired birdhouse for local charity event

In alignment with 17�Թ��'s core value of service, engineering students and O'Pake Fellows, Robert Philpot, Kayla Moriarty, Gabriel Malek, and Jack Badalamenti designed, built and donated a birdhouse inspired by campus landmark, Francis Hall, for Habitat for Humanity of Berks County's largest charity event of the year.

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