Alverno College
| Motto | In Sanctitate et Doctrina |
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Motto in English
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In Holiness and Learning |
| Type | Private Roman Catholic Women's College |
| Established | 1887 |
| Affiliation | School Sisters of St. Francis (Roman Catholic Church) |
| Endowment | $16.7 million[1] |
| President | Mary J. Meehan, Ph.D |
| Dean | Kathleen O'Brien, SSSF |
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Academic staff
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118 |
| Students | 2,815 [2] |
| Undergraduates | 2,387 |
| Postgraduates | 428 |
| Address |
3400 S. 43rd Street/PO Box 343922
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| Nickname | Inferno |
| Mascot | "Blaze" |
| Website | www.alverno.edu |
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Alverno College is a Roman Catholic, four-year, independent, liberal arts college, historically and still primarily a women's college located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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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]
Educational programs
Alverno has weekday and weekend undergraduate programs, as well as 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.
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.
Alumni
- Diane Drufenbrock, Roman Catholic nun and Socialist Party nominee for Vice President of the United States
- Georgine Loacker, educator
- Toni Palermo, educator and baseball player
- Sister Joel Read, Roman Catholic nun and educator
- Marilyn Shrude, composer
Faculty
- Carole Barrowman - English professor and author
References
External links
- Articles using infobox university
- Pages using infobox university with the nickname alias
- Pages using infobox university with unknown parameters
- Wisconsin articles missing geocoordinate data
- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
- Educational institutions established in 1887
- Roman Catholic universities and colleges in the United States
- Universities and colleges in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Women's universities and colleges in the United States
- 1887 establishments in Wisconsin
- Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Wisconsin
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee
