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As a Loma Linda University freshman, Patti Johnstone struggled to find her passion until one day when she wandered into the building that housed the speech and audiology department. There, on closed circuit TV, she observed a speech therapy session that was underway.
Transferring from a larger school to Viterbo University turned out to be a great decision for Madilynn Tesmer, who is majoring in communications disorders.
It seems like Viterbo University’s Ethics, Culture, and Society (ECAS) major was made just for Meredith James, and the senior from Green Bay has made the most of it. She has custom-designed an educational path that fits her interests and aspirations, helped create a new bioethics internship, traveled to South Africa, and as a junior presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities in St. Louis.
Brandon Schoonover doesn’t take Viterbo University’s well-established reputation as a military friendly school for granted. As president of Viterbo’s Student Veterans of America chapter, he’s doing everything he can to strengthen and enhance that support for military-aligned students.
In the MBA program at Viterbo, Tiffany Smith '10 was profoundly shaped by the values instilled in her: contemplation, reflection, empathy, authenticity, and grace. These principles still act as a compass for Smith, co-owner of Hatchery, as she navigates daily decisions and rethinks problems as rich opportunities for solutions.
From engineering consulting to health care and now education, Dale Krageschmidt, PhD, has a plethora of talents that have contributed to his educational approach. A natural storyteller, Krageschmidt is an associate professor in the Dahl School of Business, and his work in numerous industries has helped him effectively lead classrooms, presentations, and companies.
Angelo Ferreira Teston, a business administration international student-athlete from Dourados, Brazil, transformed Viterbo’s international admissions (IA) procedure. Through his internship with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Viterbo’s approach to supporting incoming international students has been strengthened.
For Shannon McManimon, program director of Viterbo’s Ethical Leadership Doctorate in Education program, the concepts of transformation and education are inextricably linked. Part of McManimon’s vision for the EdD in ethical leadership program recognizes that there are challenges in the world and that leadership is important to help move through those challenges. She said her hope is that the program would help to teach students how to work toward the common good and how to be more fully human.
Whitney Hegseth '14 is the marketing communications manager at Gensler, the world’s largest architecture firm. She said her biggest takeaway from her time as an undergraduate business major at Viterbo is the value of servant leadership, and she returned to campus to earn a servant leadership certificate in 2021.