On a typical day in her life as a Viterbo University business student, you might find Taylor Wiedemann meeting corporate customers as part of her internship at Trane, or back on campus working on a market research project for an innovative local start-up.

Melissa Edgar remembers one important detail about visiting Viterbo University before she was completely sure it was the right school for her.

Allison Stoeffler found the perfect academic major and athletic team for her at Viterbo University.

"I've always been passionate about living a healthy lifestyle and the preventative side of medicine," said Stoeffler, a senior nutrition and dietetics major and women's cross country team member from La Crescent, Minn. "Exercise is also very important, and I've always loved running. I can't sit still very long." 

Drake Dickson had two employment offers the weekend he graduated in May 2018 with a degree in finance from Viterbo University. He chose to accept a position as an accounting inventory associate with Organic Valley, a cooperative of more than 2,000 family farms with over $1 billion in annual sales. He certainly has no regrets.

“I absolutely love it at Organic Valley,” Dickson said. “I don’t have a single complaint.”

The Skogen family has been in the grocery business for almost 75 years, ever since Paul and Jane Skogen borrowed $500 and opened a 3,000-square-foot store attached to their house in Onalaska. In that entire span, nothing even comes close to equaling the turmoil facing society now as people try to come to grips with a global pandemic and economic collapse.

Gundersen Partners has a long history of doing myriad good things for the La Crosse area community, but nothing tops the impact of providing college scholarships, according to Linda Gillette, the organization’s president. It’s an investment that pays dividends far into the future.

Chrissy Nichols graduated from Viterbo University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and dietetics. As a nutrition program consultant on the Community Nutrition Team at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, she primarily works with the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).