Student and Alum Success

August 05, 2020

History in the making: four Carlow nurse practitioner grads are first NP residents

Four Carlow University nurse practitioner (NP) graduates will make history as the first NP residents in Pennsylvania with a sole focus on serving underserved populations.

July 24, 2020

From Zambia to Pittsburgh to Carlow adjunct: one dreamer's journey

Mpande Mwape ’19 grew up in the suburbs south of Pittsburgh, went to Mt. Lebanon High School and entered a community college program in nursing. In many ways, she was like other college-bound teenagers in America, except for a critical detail: American citizenship.

July 15, 2020

Sisters have family ties in medicine and Mercy tradition

Nurse Amelia Hemminger ‘18 knows that showing compassion for others can have a positive impact—in a big way.

May 26, 2020

Family nurse practitioner grad on front lines of pandemic’s epicenter in NYC

With NYC nurses, doctors and health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Linton felt the pull of this city she has grown to love, and began looking for a way to help. 

April 30, 2020

Carlow alumni on front lines of pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of fear and uncertainty, however,there’s a segment of the Carlow community who have continued to go to work, providing care for the sickest, and putting themselves on the front lines of a battle against the virus.

April 20, 2020

Carlow’s nationally ranked Respiratory Care Program helps students find a career that makes a difference

The phrase “breathing easy” has multiple meanings for a respiratory therapist. As students at Carlow University, Kassidy Dickson and Zachary Talley could breathe easy each semester when their finals were done.

April 14, 2020

Student departing from Carlow with an excellent resume, experiences that last a lifetime

Katie Winter will graduate from Carlow University this spring with two bachelor’s degrees – one in accounting and one in art. What seems like an unusual combination, however, was the result of creative thinking and a minor plot twist.

April 06, 2020

Carlow alumna and her golden retriever’s mission to spread joy

Alumna Michelle Drager ’88 can say her golden retriever, Bean, has more than 77,000 followers and counting because his mission is simple—to share joy.

March 26, 2020

Carlow student on front lines of colorectal cancer awareness, treatment advocacy

At a time when most teens are studying for college finals, making new friends and discovering their life as a young adult, Denelle Suranski was enduring chemotherapy, awaiting reconstructive surgery and facing an unknown future.

March 09, 2020

Carlow’s partnership with UPMC prepares perfusionist students for solid careers

Courtney Claar ‘19 is academically driven and ambitious, but she never once took her education for granted. She was the first person in her family to go to college.

January 23, 2020

Cayla Zdrojewski, an MSN-MBA Grad Student, Selected for JHF Fellowship

As a nurse, putting patient care first is something that Cayla Zdrojewski believes in wholeheartedly.

January 10, 2020

From adversity to accomplishment: December grad shining example of pressing through

When Rita Price ‘19 needed to take a few evening courses to complete requirements for her Carlow University bachelor’s degree, she found herself with a dilemma.