Alverno College
Catholic women's college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
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Alverno College is a private Catholic women's college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Alverno Teachers College (1936–1946)
Alverno College Seal | |
Former names | St. Joseph's Normal School (1887–1936) Alverno Teachers College (1936–1946) |
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| Motto | In Sanctitate et Doctrina |
Motto in English | In Holiness and Learning |
| Type | Private women's college |
| Established | 1887 |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (School Sisters of St. Francis) |
| Endowment | $41.6 million[1] |
| President | Christy L. Brown |
Academic staff | 79 |
Administrative staff | 130 |
| Students | 1,322[2] |
| Undergraduates | 673 |
| Postgraduates | 649 |
| Location | , Wisconsin , United States 42°58′59″N 87°57′54″W |
| Campus | 47 acres (19 ha) |
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| Nickname | Inferno |
| Mascot | Blaze the Inferno |
| Website | alverno.edu |
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History
Chartered in 1887 as St. Joseph's Normal School, Alverno became Alverno Teachers College in 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
Alverno offers undergraduate programs and a coeducational Master of Arts program for teachers and 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]
The college was tied for 62 out of 127 in "Regional Universities Midwest" in the 2022–23 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking.[7]
Athletics
Alverno College teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Inferno are a member of the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC). Alverno was also a member of the Lake Michigan Conference until the spring of 2006. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. Boxing was added as a club sport in 2016, and the team competes as part of the United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association; they have earned one individual championship as of 2019.[8]
Notable people
Alumni
- Diane Drufenbrock, Roman Catholic nun and Socialist Party nominee for Vice President of the United States
- Georgine Loacker, educator
- Cree Myles, influencer, writer and organizer
- Toni Palermo, educator and baseball player
- Celeste Raspanti, educator, playwright
- Joel Read, Roman Catholic nun and educator
- Marilyn Shrude, composer
- Marion Verhaalen, composer and musicologist
Faculty
- Carole Barrowman, English professor and author
- M. Mary Corona, college president from 1942 to 1948
