Established 1887 Phone +1 414-382-6000 Total enrollment 2,605 (2011) | President Sister Andrea Lee Mascot Blaze Endowment 16.7 million USD | |
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Motto In Sanctitate et Doctrina Motto in English In Holiness and Learning Type Private Roman Catholic Women's College Address 3400 S 43rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53234, USA Similar Mount Mary University, Cardinal Stritch University, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Concordia University Wisconsin Profiles | ||
Alverno college campus tour
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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Alverno college campus tour
History
Chartered in 1887 as St. Joseph's Normal School, Alverno became Alverno Teachers College in 1936. It adopted its current name in 1946.
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.
Alverno does not use a letter or number system for grading, but instead uses an abilities based curriculum and narrative evaluation.
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.