The alumni office is seeking nominations for the Viterbo Distinguished Alumni Award. Up to five award recipients may be honored each year. Distinguished alumni display Viterbo’s mission of faithful service and ethical leadership in their everyday lives and also embody Viterbo’s core values.

The annual Health Science Scholarship event featured 33 outstanding high school students competing for almost $200,000 in Viterbo scholarship money. The event also had a record number of applicants.

The Viterbo community is invited to attend a meet and greet open house with LeeAnn Van Vreede ’01, director of counseling services, from 3:30–5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 in the Student Development Center Conference Room. 

Van Vreede, a Viterbo alumna with many years of counseling experience, is eager to meet colleagues and students.

Consider registering your class, department, performance group, or research group for this year’s Scholars’ Days slated for Thursday April 21–Saturday, April 23.

Lee Bushong, criminal justice, and students in the Police in American Society class welcomed La Crosse County Sheriff Deputy Brandon Stoughtenger and his K9 partner, Sabiye, Feb. 11. Stoughtenger discussed the career of a K9 handler and what a K9 does for the community.

Viterbo student Aaryn Jones was one of 41 Viterbo community members to donate blood at the BloodCenter of Wisconsin blood drive sponsored by Viterbo’s Residence Hall Association Feb. 11. When he wasn’t donating blood, Jones even had time to be named the NSAA Men’s Track and Field Athlete of the Week.

National Football League Hall of Fame member and pastor Aeneas Williams will present “It Takes Respect” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24 in the Fine Arts Center Main Theatre.

Feb. 15, 2016

Contact David Gardiner at 608-796-3790 or dmgardiner@viterbo.edu

VITERBO UNIVERSITY TO PRESENT MRS. PACKARD FEB. 25–28

LA CROSSE, Wis. – Viterbo University theatre and music theatre students will present the drama Mrs. Packard at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25–Saturday, Feb. 27 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 in the Fine Arts Center La Croix Black Box Theatre.

Feb. 15, 2016

Contact Bill Reese at 608-796-3708 or wjreese@viterbo.edu

“THE ART OF PEACE” HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM AT VITERBO UNIVERSITY THE WEEK OF FEB. 22

LA CROSSE, Wis. – The La Crosse community is invited to join Viterbo faculty, staff, and students in exploring the topic of “The Art of Peace” at the university’s annual Humanities Symposium Monday, Feb. 22 and Wednesday, Feb. 24–Friday, Feb 26.

Viterbo’s new Service Saturdays initiative seeks to expose and connect students with one-time, reflective service opportunities in our local community. Consider encouraging students in your courses to take advantage of these service opportunities.