Staff member’s passion shines through
“I love her energy and her excitement,” said Mary Fox, university event planner. “As an office individual, she comes up with an idea and she just carries out that idea with all kinds of energy, enthusiasm and excitement. It doesn’t matter if it’s an event that happens every year or just once, she approaches it with the same excitement.”
Office of Institutional Advancement Secretary Chris Schwartzmiller points to Beppler’s passion for Waynesburg University as her most admirable trait.
“It’s fun to watch her interact with current students, and even though we’re an alumni office, she still works somewhat with current students with the Future Alumni Society,” Fox said. “She just has a lot of energy with the students and she will help them to get excited over the projects they’re working on and the things that they’re doing. Whether she’s working with a current student or a graduate of the 50s, 60s or 70s, she just approaches it with enthusiasm, excitement, warmth and a genuine personality.”
“You can tell she really enjoys working with the students,” Nypaver said. “She’s just very passionate about the students and working with them.”
“I know that Vikki has helped me as a person to be more positive, see the good in people, express it and let them know because that really means a lot,” said Abby Pittinaro, senior public relations major. “Professionally she’s very driven and very organized and that’s something that when you’re so busy it can be hard, but seeing her have her whole organization system is really inspiring.”
Beppler’s work ethic is just one of the reasons Szuminsky thinks she is an irreplaceable member of the alumni relations team.
“She does a lot of different things and is willing to try new things,” Pittinaro said. “I think she’s important because she’s an alumni and she obviously has a huge tie to the university and that passion shines through her everyday.”