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Alverno College
3400 S. 43rd St.
Milwaukee, WI 53219-4844
WI Tel. 414-382-6000
Toll Free 800-933-3401
Fax 414-382-6354

Type: School
On the web: http://www.alverno.edu

Alverno College is an independent liberal arts institution with an enrollment of more than 2,300 undergraduates and about 350 graduate students. It confers associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees in more than 60 areas of study at four schools: Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Nursing. Matriculating only women in its undergraduate programs, Alverno accepts men as graduate students. Alverno takes its name from a mountain in Italy (La Verna) that was given to St. Francis as a gift and used by his followers as a place of reflection. The school was founded by the School Sisters of St. Francis in 1887.

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President: Mary J. Meehan
SVP Finance and Management Services: James K. Oppermann
Executive Director Technology Services: Anita Eikens

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Alverno College
Motto In Sanctitate et Doctrina
Established 1887
Type Private Roman Catholic women's college
Endowment $30,000,000
President Dr. Mary J Meehan
Dean Dr. Kathleen O'Brien, SSSF
Faculty 110
Staff 450
Students 2,654 [1]
Undergraduates 2,314
Postgraduates 340
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Colors Brown/Gold
Nickname Inferno
Mascot "Blaze"
Affiliations School Sisters of St. Francis
Website www.alverno.edu

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

Chartered in 1887 as St. Joseph's Normal School, Alverno offers 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 timeframe program in Milwaukee in order to serve working women in the Milwaukee area.

Alverno is nationally recognized for its unique, student-centered approach to education, relying on lengthy and highly personalized performance assessment systems which provide critical feedback for students to use as they learn and develop. This accredited, award-winning institution consistently outpaces colleges and universities on the National Survey of Student Engagement, a project out of the Indiana University that surveys more than 300,000 students nationwide in an effort to determine whether or not students are actively and progressively engaged in their studies. In addition, Alverno College is ranked in the top tier of US News & World Reports America's Best Colleges, and in 5 of 8 national categories in their Programs that Work section. Alverno College was awarded the MacArthur Foundation's "Genius Award" in the 90s, and continues to attract national attention for its work on learning outcomes and accountability of higher education.

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