Flashback to Graduation 2019

We were ecstatic to be able to celebrate in-person with some of our Maryville Online graduates in 2019. Hear from one graduate how it feels to achieve a lifelong goal — and what it means to be brave.

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Celebrating our outstanding nursing graduates

Inspired by her son. Empowered by Maryville.

Brenda Dinges almost lost her son when he was 12 — then graduated college alongside him in 2019, earning her nursing degree. Her journey has taken her from her rural family farm into leadership positions in busy emergency rooms.

Nursing was always her passion. With Maryville Online, it’s now her mission.

Her love of the St. Louis Blues brought Danielle Van Komen to Maryville. But her commitment to finding greater purpose as a nurse pushed her to become a nurse practitioner and change lives in healthcare facilities.

Her nursing dreams evolved. Maryville helped her follow them.

Driven by a passion for caring for others, Krystal Donley’s nursing journey began in high school. Several career advancements and nursing degrees later, she’s leading by example — and caring for her fellow nurses as well as patients.

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