Alverno College

Alverno College
Motto	In Sanctitate et Doctrina
Motto in English	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
President	Mary J. Meehan, Ph.D
Dean	Kathleen O'Brien, SSSF
Academic staff	118
Students	2,815
Undergraduates	2,387
Postgraduates	428
Address	3400 S. 43rd Street/PO Box 343922 , Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
Nickname	Inferno
Mascot	"Blaze"
Website	www.alverno.edu

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Alverno College Fall 2011

Alverno College is a Roman Catholic, four-year, independent, liberal arts college, historically and still primarily a women's college located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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

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↑ Songe, Alice. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ: 1978), p. 6

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Archbishops	John Henni Michael Heiss Frederick Katzer Sebastian Gebhard Messmer Samuel Stritch Moses E. Kiley Albert Gregory Meyer William Edward Cousins Rembert Weakland Timothy M. Dolan Jerome Edward Listecki
Auxiliary Bishops	Joseph Maria Koudelka Edward Kozłowski Roman Richard Atkielski Leo Joseph Brust Richard J. Sklba William P. Callahan Donald J. Hying
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Basilicas Basilica of St. Josaphat, Milwaukee Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians, Hubertus Parishes St. John Vianney Church, Brookfield St. John the Baptist Church, Johnsburg Gesu Church, Milwaukee Holy Trinity Church, Milwaukee Old St. Mary's Church, Milwaukee St. Adalbert's Church, Milwaukee St. Hedwig's Church, Milwaukee St. Stanislaus Church, Milwaukee St. Patrick's Church, Milwaukee Saints Peter and Paul Church, Milwaukee St. Vincent de Paul Church, Milwaukee St. Mary's Church, Port Washington St. Patrick's Church, Racine St. Joseph's Church, Waukesha Former St. John of God Church, Kewaskum St. Patrick's Church, Adell St. Augustine Church, Trenton Chapel St. Joan of Arc Chapel, Milwaukee
Education	Higher Education Alverno College Cardinal Stritch University Marian University Marquette University Mount Mary University Seminaries Saint Francis de Sales Seminary Sacred Heart School of Theology High Schools Burlington Catholic Central High School, Burlington Catholic Memorial High School, Waukesha Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee Dominican High School, Whitefish Bay Marquette University High School, Milwaukee Messmer High School, Milwaukee Pius XI High School, Milwaukee St. Anthony High School, Milwaukee St. Catherine's High School, Racine St. Joan Antida High School, Milwaukee St. Joseph High School, Kenosha St. Lawrence Seminary High School, Mt. Calvary St. Mary's Springs Academy, Fond du Lac St. Thomas More High School, Milwaukee Former St. John's School for the Deaf
Priests	Dismas Becker Fabian Bruskewitz Kilian Caspar Flasch Raphael Michael Fliss Augustus F. Gearhard James Groppi Francis J. Haas Jerome J. Hastrich James Michael Harvey David John Malloy Aloisius Joseph Muench William Patrick O'Connor Joseph Perry Augustine Francis Schinner Charles Asa Schleck Paul Francis Tanner
Cemeteries	Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee Mount Olivet Cemetery, Milwaukee
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Motto	In Sanctitate et Doctrina
Motto in English	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
Academic staff	118
Students	2,815 ^[2]
Undergraduates	2,387
Postgraduates	428
Address	3400 S. 43rd Street/PO Box 343922 , Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
Nickname	Inferno
Mascot	"Blaze"
Website	www.alverno.edu