Student and Alum Success

November 18, 2020

Teaching and race subject of faculty emerita’s new book

During 12 years as a member of Carlow University’s English faculty, Irene Lietz, PhD, taught professional writing and first-year writing, but her students learned more than how to create grammatically correct sentences.

October 30, 2020

Alumna counsels children from homeless to hopeful

PITTSBURGH - Alizé Strickland '20 has always given back as a community and church volunteer. In Carlow University's Bachelor of Social Work program, she learned how to shape her helpfulness into a career.

October 24, 2020

New endowment to provide scholarships for Madwomen in the Attic workshops

PITTSBURGH - Carlow University's Madwomen in the Attic writing program has received a gift of $25,000 from two Madwomen to establish the Walter Noll and Kellie Entwisle Endowment.

October 06, 2020

Fifth-floor gallery of University Commons receives architectural award

The view from the fifth floor of Carlow's University Commons building has always been impressive. And recently it was enhanced by public art designed by Carlow University students.

October 05, 2020

Art collaboration 'Love is Colorful' designed to develop student voice, empathy

Most people believe that art class in grades K-8 is about teaching a child to paint or draw or shape something out of clay. At the Campus Laboratory School of Carlow University, art class can be much more

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.