Alverno College

Alverno College
Former names
St. Joseph's Normal School (1887–1936)
Alverno Teachers College (1936–1946)
MottoIn Sanctitate et Doctrina
Motto in English
In Holiness and Learning
TypePrivate women's college
Established1887; 137 years ago (1887)
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic (School Sisters of St. Francis)
Endowment$16.7 million[1]
ChairpersonMary Beth Berkes
PresidentAndrea Lee
DeanKathleen O'Brien
Academic staff
118
Administrative staff
450
Students2,815 [2]
Undergraduates2,387
Postgraduates428
Location
Milwaukee
,
Wisconsin
,
United States

42°58′59″N 87°57′54″W / 42.98306°N 87.96500°W / 42.98306; -87.96500
Campus47 acres (19 ha)
Colors   
NicknameInferno
MascotBlaze the Inferno
Websitewww.alverno.edu
Alverno College Fall 2011

Alverno College is a private Roman Catholic women's college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukee native Christy L. Brown was selected as the college's ninth president on April 19, 2023.[3]

History

Chartered in 1887 as St. Joseph's Normal School, Alverno became Alverno Teachers College in 1936. It adopted its current name in 1946.[4]

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.[5]

Rankings

Alverno 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

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.[7]

Alumni

Faculty

References

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-14. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "About Alverno - Alverno College". Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  3. ^ "Alverno President". www.alverno.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  4. ^ Songe, Alice. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ: 1978), p. 6
  5. ^ "Alverno's Grading System - Alverno College - Alverno College". www.alverno.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.

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