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Veterans and St. Francis of Assisi
I am Father Conrad Targonski, a Franciscan and a Navy veteran. As a Navy chaplain, I served with sailors and Marines for over 22 years. Those years were extremely beneficial for me as I learned about St. Francis and St. Clare, the icons of Viterbo, as well as St. Francis’s experience of his return from war.
Business Student Wants to Help Fellow Veterans
Viterbo marketing student Curtis Petersen wanted to be able to help his fellow veterans, and he decided he needed a college degree to do it.
Beth Sumner Takes Nursing to New Heights
Over her 25 years in the U.S. Air Force, Col. Beth Sumner ’95 has seen the world, serving her country on every continent but Australia and Antarctica and racking up a mountain of frequent flyer miles. It’s all thanks to a Viterbo career fair she attended as a junior nursing major.
Jervie Windom Is a Man with a Mission
Jervie Windom '15 was near the end of his military career when he decided to pursue a Master of Arts in Servant Leadership degree at Viterbo. Since retiring as master sergeant, he started a church near Houston, Texas, but his ministry can't be contained by the church walls.
From Viterbo, Chad Milne Launched High-Flying Career
When Chad Milne ’94 joined the Wisconsin National Guard as a high school junior, he didn’t plan on making a career of it. “Once I got in the Guard, though, it became more about the mission at hand, and then it became more about the camaraderie and the people I worked with,” said Milne, a combat fighter pilot who retired as a colonel.
Combat Veteran Chaplain Finds 'Young Energy' at Viterbo
Retired from the Navy after 22 years, Fr. Conrad Targonski, OFM, is far from done serving. This motorcycle-riding Franciscan friar who had been involved in the Fallujah offensive in Iraq arrived at Viterbo University in March 2011 to fill a very large void.
Viterbo Veterans Seek Peace on Assisi Pilgrimage
Iraq war veteran and Viterbo student Dustin Schultz decided to participate in the Franciscan Military Pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy, on the recommendation of Keith Purnell, Viterbo’s director of military aligned student support and recruitment.
Keith Purnell has a heart to help those who serve
Keith Purnell knew at a young age he wanted a career in the military. He had a strong sense of service to country since most of the men in his family were soldiers.