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