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Diane Murtha ‘84, 94 and Sr. Mary Thomas will give the keynote addresses at the 2024 Spring graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18.
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Addy Nelson ’23 was born with an entrepreneur’s spirit. With her parents owning the bowling alley in her hometown of Gregory, South Dakota—the same place she perfected her game to earn a scholarship to St. Ambrose University—she learned early to be innovative, customer-focused and business-minded.
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Path to Helping Leads To, Through, St. Ambrose University
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At SAU, hard work = recognition. Here is a list of full-time students who were named to the St. Ambrose University Dean's List for the Fall 2023 term. These students earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale).
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This is a turbulent time for higher education, both nationally and here in Iowa. Students, families and state leaders have questions about value, relevance and trust
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Legacy families are not new to St. Ambrose University. There are many family trees whose branches are laden with proud Ambrosians, but the limbs of the Henkhaus and Gannaway trees are especially ripe with St. Ambrose history.
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St. Ambrose University proudly celebrated 19 graduates from the Nano Nagle Online School of Nursing at a commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 16, 2023.
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When her 4-year-old brother gashed his knee falling off his bike, 8-year-old Mallory Sauer ‘23 rushed to his aid. She was crushed that she couldn't quiet his cries, sitting next to him as the family drove to the hospital for stitches. From that day on, she knew what she would do when she grew up—take care of people.
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Anahi Ceniceros's 26-year-old sister, Vanessa, cannot walk or talk. She crawls around the first story of her family's Muscatine home, sticking close to her caregivers. Anahi thinks their presence gives Vanessa comfort even if she's never said so.