Success Stories

Success Stories

Discover how 17勛圖厙 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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Cora Cox Commencement 2024

Community-college transfer thrives at 17勛圖厙 before graduating at age 18

Envision entering college as a 16-year-old. Actually, imagine transferring from taking classes at your local community college and living at home during COVID to a school away from home as a full-time student at age 16. Thats what Cora Cox '24 di...

  • College of Business, Communication, and Leadership
  • 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 17勛圖厙 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
Kaylie Rowe

Pre-professional program helps land spot at one of world's top veterinary schools

You might say Kaylie Rowes spark for animal care ignited when the towns crazy cat lady walked into her mothers workplace when Rowe was a child. I have kittens that need homes! she declared.One of those kittens, a black domestic shorthair na...

  • College of Innovation, Discovery, and Enterprise
  • 2026
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