A series that provides alumni speakers and others "in the trenches" to inspire, teach and network with students, resulting in follow-up learning and service opportunities
Previous Speakers
Matthew Condon
Communications director at the Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program, U.S. House of Representatives. His talk was titled, “Creativity in Leadership.”
Mary Furlong
Educator, humanitarian and Fulbright Scholar who served in Zambia and Malawi supporting free elections and coordinating educational programs.
Sarah George, C'13
Mount St. Mary's University Class of 2013 alumna and founder and executive director of Emmaus Farm, a service-based retreat center in Lewis County, Kentucky.
Gayle Gluck
Regional director for stARTSSomething, an arts in education partner with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Cultural Alliance of York County, Pennsylvania. She's also the manager for Poetry Out Loud and founder of the professional education outreach program for the University of Nevada School of Medicine.
Michael Scott Kimmel, Ph.D.
American sociologist specializing in gender studies. He holds the position of distinguished professor of sociology at Stony Brook University in New York and is the founder and editor of the academic journal Men and Masculinities
John Larrivee, Ph.D.
Mount St. Mary's University associate professor of economics and director of the BB&T Center for the Study of the Moral Foundations of Capitalism in the Mount's Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business. His talk was titled, “Civil Society and the U.S. Constitution.”
Christy Lucas
A former teacher and administrator for Catholic education and Hanover Magazine's 2016 Person of the Year. She's currently the CEO and co-founder of Roots for Boots, a volunteer organization dedicated to helping veterans, service members and families.
Odila Madiamba
Congolese political refugee and humanitarian, working toward American citizenship to serve others with mental illness.
John W. Miller, C'99, and David Bernabo
Mount St. Mary's University Class of 1999 alumnus and former foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, John W. Miller, and filmmaker David Bernabo, collaborated to make the feature-length film about Moundsville, a city in Marshall County along the western edge of West Virginia's northern panhandle documenting history through the voices of its residents.
John O’Connor
Mount alumnus and resident assistant, L’Arche Community, Washington D.C.
Marty Karsteter Qually, C'94
Mount St. Mary's University Class of 1994 alumnus and Adams County, Pennsylvania commissioner. His talk was titled, ”How Does the U.S. Constitution Affect Local Government?”
Nancy Robson and Sue Collins, R.N.
Hospice care nurses and co-authors, OK, Now What?: What Matters Most.
Diana Thompson
Founding president and chairwoman of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad By-Way Board of Directors. She's also a chief human resource officer of Fortune 500 companies, as well as a poet, playwright, historian and panelist.
Talitha Washington, Ph.D.
Her talk was titled, “African American Mathematicians.”
Earl Young
Youngest gold medalist on the U.S. track and field team at the 1960 Rome Olympics. In 1963, he capped off his medal collection with a pair of gold medals in the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as a part of the relay teams. With a faith-based approach, Earl donates his time traveling around the country to share his near-death story and encourage others to save lives by signing up for the bone marrow donation registry.
