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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 | Privatewomen's college |
| Established | 1887; 138 years ago (1887) |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (School Sisters of St. Francis) |
| Endowment | $41.6 million[1] |
| President | Christy L. Brown |
Academic staff | 79 |
Administrative staff | 130 |
| Students | 1,322[2] |
| Undergraduates | 673 |
| Postgraduates | 649 |
| Location | , Wisconsin ,United States 42°58′59″N87°57′54″W / 42.98306°N 87.96500°W /42.98306; -87.96500 |
| Campus | 47 acres (19 ha) |
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| Nickname | Inferno |
| Mascot | Blaze the Inferno |
| Website | alverno.edu |
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Alverno College is aprivate Catholicwomen's college inMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Chartered in 1887 asSt. Joseph's Normal School, Alverno becameAlverno Teachers College in 1936. It adopted its current name in 1946.[3]
Milwaukee native Christy L. Brown was selected as the college's ninth president on April 19, 2023.[4] 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.[5]
Alverno offersundergraduate programs and acoeducationalMaster of Arts program forteachers 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.[6]
The college was tied for 62 out of 127 in "Regional Universities Midwest" in the 2022–23U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking.[7]
Alverno College teams participate as a member of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association'sDivision III. The Inferno are a member of theNorthern Athletics Conference (NAC). Alverno was also a member of theLake 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 theUnited States Intercollegiate Boxing Association; they have earned one individual championship as of 2019.[8]
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