Alverno College
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 | $16.7 million[1] |
| Chairperson | Mary Beth Berkes |
| 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 42.983°N 87.965°W |
| Colors | |
| Nickname | Inferno |
| Website | www.alverno.edu |
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]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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
- Sister Joel Read, Roman Catholic nun and educator
- Marilyn Shrude, composer
- Marion Verhaalen, composer and musicologist
Faculty
- Carole Barrowman, English professor and author
References
- 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.
- "About Alverno - Alverno College". Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- Songe, Alice. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ: 1978), p. 6
- "Alverno's Grading System - Alverno College - Alverno College". www.alverno.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- Sharkey, Kaitlin (May 2, 2018). "'I feel a whole lot safer:' Alverno College Boxing Club builds self-confidence, camaraderie". Fox 6 Now. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
