In addition to being a senior lecturer with the International Anti-Corruption Association and an associate with the Rutgers Anti-Corruption Institute, Jeff began teaching an online course at Franciscan University on corruption in the justice system this past semester.
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Sister Virginia Joy Cotter, SV ’03, says she chose to major in business administration at Franciscan University because it was a broad field that allowed her to explore many possibilities after graduation.
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“Franciscan does such a great job of combining education, spirituality, and community,” she adds. “It gave me a heart for service.”
After graduating from Franciscan University in May 2018 with a BS in accounting and finance, Joe Evans earned his master’s in professional accounting from the University of Texas.
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For Holly O’Brien ’13, the strong Catholic values that are naturally part of Franciscan University’s Business Program laid a firm foundation both for her studies and for career success.
“My education was never biased, because it was rooted in the true reality,” she says. “The ethics were so solid, and I didn’t come out questioning things.”
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When Paul Herlihey started his internship with Kevin Sullivan Communications, he didn’t try for anything flashy or ostentatious to stand out. Rather, he put his head down and went to work.Herlihey credits his time at Franciscan University for instilling in him that work ethic, particularly through the guidance of Nancy Ronevich, director of Career Services, and Ron McNamara, coordinator of Student Leadership Development. He says they taught him career tips, like the importance of LinkedIn, résumé writing, and professionalism.
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An internship at Plante Moran, one of the nation’s largest accounting and business advisory firms in the U.S., led to Alana Schoenle being offered…
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Caroline Mentyka works with a team to coordinate improvements in Southwest Airlines’ reservation system. She ensures that the airline delivers quality code to customers as well as front-line employees through testing applications from all across the different areas of the company. She is also the culture lead for her department, in charge of planning events for fellow employees.
“The professors at Franciscan have high expectations—they want students to do their best with whatever project they’re working on,” says Michael Blankenberger ’12. It’s a lesson that transitions outside the classroom, too, he points out. “After you graduate, you can’t just fluff it either.”
Joe Norton ’13 belongs to a family of Franciscan University alums. He’s one of eight to attend, and one of six who have already graduated. He’s one of four who have graduated with a computer information science major. Joe minored in business management. It’s a combination that he describes as essential given his career as a software engineer with the social jukebox and music service Radio in San Francisco.“I use cutting-edge technologies on a small backend team to serve data for millions of customers, primarily through writing code for our distributed backend. Duties include payments processing, new feature development, user notifications, data storage retrieval, security, and more,” says Joe.
