When Naomi Ruiru completes Viterbo University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program in May, she graduates knowing she might have helped usher in a new era in emergency room pain management at one La Crosse hospital.

Maggie Goldermann’s parents did a great deal of service work when she was growing up in Davenport, Iowa. Now as a junior nutrition and dietetics major at Viterbo University, Goldermann has followed their excellent example.

When Barbara Nick thought about setting up a Viterbo University scholarship fund, she wanted to be sure to give preference to nontraditional students. She knows what it’s like to be one.

 “My mother and grandmother were both nurses and I grew up around their stories of providing care,” said Brianne Roy, a junior from Plymouth. “I always felt drawn to the profession. They are both two of the main role models in my life.”

JayVon and Megan Adams reflect often on how fortunate they are, even in the midst of a pandemic. It’s common for that gratitude to become good fortune for someone else, sometimes in a big way. A very big way.