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Alumni A Career Defined by Resilience... Instead, they return to a simpler measure of success: perseverance.Over the past five decades, Samson has built a distinguished career as an Attending...
Philanthropy A Calling to Care: Anna Windisch ’28 Builds Her Futu... It is a role that reflects both her discipline and her purpose: a steady commitment to helping others.Windisch arrived on campus from New Hampshire...
Philanthropy From the Farm to the Classroom... By 9 a.m., she was already bundled up and working alongside members of the Facilities team. By 8 p.m., she was still there — clearing paths and...
Alumni Kirsten King ’14 on Writing, Risk, and Her Debut Nov... “It was instant for me,” she recalled. “The campus feels like its own little world, but you still have the privilege of being in Boston. You’re...
Catholic Identity Scholarship Support Opens Doors for Student-Athlete ... In person, she seems less hurried than grounded—someone who has learned how to move through competing commitments with composure.That composure has...
Profiles Olga Issa ’28: A Future in Diplomacy... A Political Science and International Studies major, Issa is already building that future—grounded in scholarship support, shaped by mentorship, and...
Profiles Finding Her Place in the City—and in Science... A Chemistry major with a concentration in Forensic Science, Hudson chose Emmanuel for its combination of academic focus and scale. “I didn’t want a...
Internships & Outcomes The Weight Lifted by a Scholarship... She is steadily working toward a future in the classroom — shaped by a love of literature, meaningful early teaching experiences, and the support of...
Alumni Mary Beth Claus Tobin ’76: Building Belonging, One C... There was no wine—just sweets: fudge, brownies, cookies. It was their sanctuary, a ritual of togetherness that turned campus into community.Decades...
Alumni A Life of Listening, Teaching, and Paying It Forward... “I’ve just given you my expectations of you,” she would say. “Now tell me: what do you expect of me as a teacher?”There was usually silence. Then...
Alumni Marlene Marmolejos ’15 — Moving Stories Forward... Laptop open and headphones on, she spent her commute to Emmanuel College experimenting with animated silhouettes—women moving to dancehall and bachata...
Alumni Illuminating Hawai'i’s Untold Histories... A former librarian turned award-winning author, she has spent decades researching World War II–era Hawai'i, focusing on the women and children whose...