Alverno College is a private Roman Catholic women's college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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 | Private women'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 | 1,596 |
| Undergraduates | 788 |
| Postgraduates | 808 |
| Location | , , United States 42°58′59″N 87°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 |
History
editChartered in 1887 as St. Joseph's Normal School, Alverno became Alverno Teachers College in 1936. It adopted its current name in 1946.[2]
Milwaukee native Christy L. Brown was selected as the college's ninth president on April 19, 2023.[3] 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.[4]
Academics
editAlverno 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.[5]
Rankings
editAlverno College was tied for 62 out of 127 in Regional Universities Midwest in the 2022-23 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges ranking.[6]
Athletics
editAlverno 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.[7]
Alumni
edit- 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
- Sister Joel 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.
- ^ Songe, Alice. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ: 1978), p. 6
- ^ "Alverno President". www.alverno.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
- ^ Unglesbee, Ben (June 17, 2024). "Alverno College to cut 14 majors after declaring financial exigency". Higher Ed Dive. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ "Alverno's Grading System - Alverno College - Alverno College". www.alverno.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ "U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Alverno College". U.S. News & World Report. September 12, 2022. Archived from the original on August 21, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Sharkey, Kaitlin (May 2, 2018). "'I feel a whole lot safer:' Alverno College Boxing Club builds self-confidence, camaraderie". Fox 6 Now. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.