Our Stories

Marcella Christensen ’22, Arcela Balungaya ’22 and Alexis Ess ’22 recently put their heads together to tackle a problem that has long vexed the multibillion restaurant industry: namely how to make their processes more efficient, profitable and ecologically sound. Drawing on skills they learned in the classroom, the trio developed a new app that could revolutionize the way restaurateurs schedule employees, manage inventory and monitor customer service. Their ingenuity earned them Best Restaurant ...

Steve Laureti ’11 believes that in life it’s often the chances we didn’t take that we most regret. He is not afraid to push himself out of his comfort zone.

As a medical provider with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Medical Services, Monna is tasked with safeguarding the well-being of America’s diplomatic community. She is, in effect, a health care provider, a diplomat and a logistical expert all in one. There is nothing she would rather do, and no place she’d rather be than wherever she is most urgently needed.

James Zogby ’67 remembers vividly the first time he saw Eileen McMahon ’67. It was the fall of 1963, their second day as students at Le Moyne College. Jim caught a glimpse of Eileen walking down a flight of stairs and was immediately struck. “That’s the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen,” he recalls thinking. The pair had their first date the following spring and the rest, as they say, is history.

The sound of a healthy heart – strong, steady, rhythmic – is music to the ears of any medical professional. But for Taylor Pechtel ’21 it is even more meaningful. A student in the College's Physician Assistant Studies Program, Pechtel cannot hear. But she does not allow that to keep her from caring for others. Pechtel uses adaptive technology to assess and examine patients with the same accuracy as her peers.

Demitrius McNeil ’18 defines success simply: doing what brings you joy. For him, that means being a servant leader and thinking of others more than yourself.

As the associate executive director for health sciences at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (C.P.S.C.), Mary Kelleher '84 is responsible for helping to protect the public from unreasonable risk from items they and their loved ones use every day. In a career that has spanned the academic, nonprofit and biotechnology sectors, it is this work in public service has been the most rewarding of Kelleher’s life.