Alverno College
Former names | St. Joseph's Normal School (1887–1936) Alverno Teachers College (1936–1946) |
|---|---|
| Motto | In Sanctitate et Doctrina |
Motto in English | In Holiness and Learning |
| Type | Privatewomen's college |
| Established | 1887 |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic(School Sisters of St. Francis) |
| Endowment | $41.6 million[1] |
| President | Andrea Lee |
| Dean | Kathleen O'Brien |
Academic staff | 118 |
Administrative staff | 450 |
| Students | 2,815[2] |
| Undergraduates | 2,387 |
| Postgraduates | 428 |
| Location | ,, United States 42°58′59″N87°57′54″W/ 42.98306°N 87.96500°W |
| Campus | 47 acres (19 ha) |
| Colors | |
| Nickname | Inferno |
| Mascot | Blaze the Inferno |
| Website | www.alverno.edu |
Alverno Collegeis aprivateRoman Catholicwomen's collegeinMilwaukee, Wisconsin.
History[edit]
Chartered in 1887 asSt. Joseph's Normal School,Alverno becameAlverno Teachers Collegein 1936. It adopted its current name in 1946.[3]
Milwaukee native Christy L. Brown was selected as the college's ninth president on April 19, 2023.[4]The following year, the college had a $12.4 million operating deficit. Its board of trustees subsequently declared "financial exigency" and announced plans to eliminate full-time faculty and staff, cut academic programs, end its track and field program, and engage in other activities to address the deficit.[5]
Academics[edit]
Alverno offersundergraduateprograms and acoeducationalMaster of Artsprogram forteachersand business professionals, the Alverno MBA, and a Master of Science in nursing. The Weekend College was opened in 1977 as the first alternative time-frame program in Milwaukee to serve working women in the Milwaukee area. It is still primarily a women's college. The baccalaureate degree programs, residences, etc. are still open only to women; graduate degree programs are open to both women and men.
Alverno does not use a letter or number system for grading, but instead uses an abilities based curriculum and narrative evaluation.[6]
Rankings[edit]
Alverno College was tied for 62 out of 127 in Regional Universities Midwest in the 2022-23U.S. News & World ReportBest Collegesranking.[7]
Athletics[edit]
Alverno College teams participate as a member of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association'sDivision III.The Inferno are a member of theNorthern Athletics Conference(NAC). Alverno was also a member of theLake Michigan Conferenceuntil the spring of 2006. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.Boxingwas added as a club sport in 2016, and the team competes as part of theUnited States Intercollegiate Boxing Association;they have earned one individual championship as of 2019.[8]
Alumni[edit]
- Diane Drufenbrock,Roman Catholic nun andSocialist Partynominee for Vice President of the United States
- Georgine Loacker,educator
- Cree Myles,influencer, writer and organizer
- Toni Palermo,educator and baseball player
- SisterJoel Read,Roman Catholic nun and educator
- Marilyn Shrude,composer
- Marion Verhaalen,composer and musicologist
Faculty[edit]
- Carole Barrowman,English professor and author
- M. Mary Corona,College president from 1942 to 1948
References[edit]
- ^As of 2021.https://datausa.io/profile/university/alverno-college#:~:text=Alverno%20College%20has%20an%20endowment,of%20the%202021%20fiscal%20year.
- ^"About Alverno - Alverno College".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-04-06.Retrieved2013-04-09.
- ^Songe, Alice.American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ: 1978), p. 6
- ^"Alverno President".www.alverno.edu.Archivedfrom the original on 2023-05-28.Retrieved2023-05-28.
- ^Unglesbee, Ben (June 17, 2024)."Alverno College to cut 14 majors after declaring financial exigency".Higher Ed Dive.RetrievedJune 17,2024.
- ^"Alverno's Grading System - Alverno College - Alverno College".www.alverno.edu.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-01-30.Retrieved2018-01-29.
- ^"U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Alverno College".U.S. News & World Report.September 12, 2022.Archivedfrom the original on August 21, 2023.RetrievedAugust 21,2023.
- ^Sharkey, Kaitlin (May 2, 2018)."'I feel a whole lot safer:' Alverno College Boxing Club builds self-confidence, camaraderie ".Fox 6 Now.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-09-03.Retrieved2019-09-03.
External links[edit]
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- Alverno College
- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
- Universities and colleges established in 1887
- Universities and colleges in Milwaukee
- Women's universities and colleges in the United States
- 1887 establishments in Wisconsin
- Catholic universities and colleges in Wisconsin
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee