Combatting the “Icebergs” of Leadership with Stillness
The recent events over the last two weeks have leveled the experience threshold making all things equal when it comes to leadership.
The Franciscan Business Advantage
Amanda Roscoe stares out the windows from the 27th story of downtown Pittsburgh’s EQT Plaza building. Beneath her, traffic is stacked up on I-279, snaking across yellow steel bridges and in between the facades of PNC Park and Heinz Field. Her day has been filled with analyzing and organizing transportation schedules for EQT’s fleet of…
Building Businesses With Meaning
The genesis story of Trinity Clothing Corporation starts with a restless night, an unused LLC, and a little nudging from God. Before she arrived at Franciscan University in August 2017, Kendal Huntsman was a California teenager working three jobs in order to save up enough money for college. But, after a string of sleepless…
Philosophy: The Stepping Stone Major
I am a philosophy major. My workspace, wherever it is this time (my favorite is a bench on campus on a cool day), generally resembles a nuclear test site. Papers are strewn about and books are piled up, as I feverishly flip through their pages. I pound away at my keyboard, devising arguments for and…
The Franciscan Nursing Difference
In the beginning of nursing school, it’s a common for teachers, peers, parents, and even patients to ask the question, “Why did you want to be a nurse?” The interesting thing is that I can look back now and distinctly tell you that in a class of about 60, the variation of answers was sparse.…
A World Class Medical Research Internship
I spent my summer vacation doing biomedical research with the experts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As a senior biology major, this internship was an amazing experience. Not only was I doing original research, but I also had the opportunity to listen to talks from scientists in various fields and learn from many…
Making the Most of My Business Education
As I was applying for colleges, I knew that I was looking for three things: a business management major, a minor in communication arts, and a place that would challenge me to live out the Catholic faith in a way that no other university could. When I visited Franciscan University for the first time, I…