One of the many important lessons mental health counselor Tara Allert ’16, ’18, has learned over the years at Viterbo University is the ability to roll with the punches.

Soccer has always been an important part of Yoshi Kogiso’s life. In fact, it’s the reason he chose to attend college in the U.S.

“Having the opportunity to play collegiate soccer was huge for me,” said Kogiso, a native of Cuernavaca, Mexico, who received a scholarship to play at Viterbo University. “Overall, it has been a great experience. Most of my friends are on the soccer team, and I love the U.S.”

Over the course of his 24 years at Viterbo University, Marv Friedewald left an indelible mark, starting the business program in 1976 and immediately becoming the biggest booster of the university’s fledgling athletics programs.

Katie Drury, who earned her nursing degree from Viterbo and taught in the nursing school for several years, has used her own bout with COVID-19 to help increase awareness of the disease and what it takes to prevent its spread.

Many people struggle with selecting a college major and a future career. Not Viterbo student Lexi Vertein.

"I've know since preschool that I wanted to be a teacher, " said Vertein, a junior elementary education major from Reedsburg. "There are 16 teachers in my family including aunts, cousins, etc., so I guess it's in my blood and meant to be."

Vertein is a first generation college student who is very happy with er choice to attend Viterbo University.

It’s telling that only a month after Leo Murphy died in 1972, Viterbo University announced that the cornerstone building of its campus would bear Murphy’s name. A tireless supporter of the institution, he led the fundraising effort for the Fine Arts Center.

On a recent trip to Nashville to host and perform at a show choir event, Viterbo's Platinum Edition got a chance to record a song in historic Studio B, where musical giants from Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers to Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton made hit records.

Rick Kyte has served as the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership since it began in 1999. He is the author of several books, including the recently released Finding Your Third Place.

A scholarship helps Malaki Wessel stay focused on his studies as well as looking to a future time when he can "pay it forward."

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.