STAYIN G CO NNEC TED A LU M N I N E W S
Julie (Torres) Manner ’06 Speaks at Science Hall Dedication The university was thrilled to be addressed by alumna Julie (Torres) Manner ‘06, among others, during the LaVerne and Dorothy Brown Science Building dedication in February. As an alumni voice for USF’s undergraduate science and biology programs, Manner reached out to past classmates to ask what they remembered and missed from their “countless hours spent in the old science halls and classrooms.” She shared the following memories with those gathered: • Pulling all-nighters in the biochem lab, trying to isolate alkaline phosphatase… • Joking that the answer to every Dr. Bromer essay question is something about Darwin… • The wonderful smells coming from the petri dishes in microbiology… • Making aspirin in o-chem and then asking “Can we use this?”… • Being swarmed by fruit flies when walking through the halls after genetics lab… • Hanging out in the Kirk Center all day, which included taking naps,
science program and our professors, and I want to say thank you.
writing messages on the chalk board, and playing practical jokes
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, and for helping to create many
on the professors…
fond memories of USF. Thank you for making me proud to say that
my career. I look back now with admiration and a deep gratitude for our
I studied at the University of St. Francis. My success in my education and Said Manner, after eliciting a few giggles from the crowd, “I have so
career is because of your dedication and compassion in teaching.”
many memories from my four years at USF. Some are fun and others
are stressful. But I worked hard and learned more than I ever thought
Therapy in Wilmington, Ill.
Manner currently works as a physical therapist for Athletico Physical
possible. In the end, I walked away with a superior education—one which I did not truly appreciate until I finished graduate school and started
Check Out Upcoming Alumni Events & Homecoming Schedule Details about upcoming alumni events can be found at stfrancis.edu/alumni/ events—check out the schedule and register online! Also, Homecoming is set for September 22, 2018. Visit stfrancis.edu/alumni/hcrw to see what’s being planned for the weekend.
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