Winter 2021

“I like to say that I was ‘rescued’ by Immaculata after spending years chipping away at an engineering degree. At Immaculata, I found a sense of mission in completing my degree.” 

As a resident of Seattle, Washington, Bernadette Thomas ’01, M.D., M.S., found herself in the middle of the early “hot bed” of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.

In January of 2020, the University secured a grant from the Henry A. Quinn Charitable Foundation to purchase an Anatomage Table, which is the world’s first virtual dissection table.

When Andrew Thomer ’20 was contacted by a recruiter to enroll in the Soccer Management Institute program (SMI) following the conclusion of his senior soccer season at Immaculata, he jumped at the opportunity.

Though it required extra creativity and persistence this year, Immaculata University held commencement ceremonies last Nov. 15. And not even the masks could hide graduates’ smiles.

Scotti learned to use her voice to make an impact. “I love when people are moved by the music. I want people to feel emotion toward the music,” she explains. “I feel that if you do that, then you did your job well.”

The Immaculata community expresses their love and admiration for Sister Marian William Hoben, IHM.