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Celebrating 30 Years of Tradition

Celebrating 30 Years of Tradition

The Bestowing of the Kente, a time-honored tradition and a true labor of love, will mark its 30th anniversary at Alverno this month. In 1994, 24 graduates took part in the college’s firs…

Empowering Special Ed Teachers

Empowering Special Ed Teachers

The Department of Education awarded Alverno a five-year, $1.24 million grant to train diverse personnel to work at minority-serving institutions with children with disabilities, allowing the C…

Experimenting With STEM

Experimenting With STEM

Most high school juniors and seniors don’t opt to spend a week of their summer vacation at a science camp, but for five local teenagers, it was an opportunity they couldn’t pass up…

Personalized Mentorship for Business Students

Personalized Mentorship for Business Students

Alverno’s innovative new three-year business degree program is not only helping undergraduate students graduate more quickly, it’s also giving them a unique opportunity to learn fr…

8 Reasons to Love the Abilities

8 Reasons to Love the Abilities

Everyone needs to be able to communicate, solve problems and work with others. But very few learn these skills as part of their formal education. Unless, of course, they’re Alverno stude…

Putting First-Gen Students First

Putting First-Gen Students First

Because nearly 70% of our undergraduate students are first-generation, supporting their success is vital. The College’s efforts have paid off — last summer Alverno was chosen as on…

First Cohort Graduates From Mesa

First Cohort Graduates From Mesa

In the spring of 2022, Alverno College officially opened its new nursing education center in Mesa, Ariz., and two years later, the first cohort of nurses graduated from the Direct Entry Master…

Alverno Sisterhood: United in Patriotism and Service

Alverno Sisterhood: United in Patriotism and Service

On November 9, 1970, in Loretto Hall, 11 Alverno students took the oath of office and were commissioned as officers in the U.S. Army. One of those students was Chris (Lach) Boetticher ’7…

Prayer, Late Nights Powered 8 Abilities' Creation

Prayer, Late Nights Powered 8 Abilities' Creation

The 8 Abilities that are the hallmark of an Alverno education weren’t created overnight. Instead, they were the product of years of discussion, debate, collaboration, prayer and hard wor…

Focused on the Future

Focused on the Future

Working as an emergency medical technician (EMT) in Los Angeles for the last 10 years, McKinley Murphey, class of 2024, didn’t expect to find himself in front of a camera in Hollywood. B…

Pollinator-Friendly Campus

Pollinator-Friendly Campus

The Alverno Commits to Sustainability (ACTS) committee has been working toward a Monarch Waystation designation, and in late May two areas of the Milwaukee campus were recognized — the r…

Strong, steady leadership

Strong, steady leadership

For the past year, Joseph Foy, PhD, has served as Alverno’s interim president, leading with purpose, thoughtfulness and above all, humility. Foy was named vice president for Academic Aff…