This year, Rose (Purpero) Spang ’62 will celebrate the 63rd anniversary of graduating from Alverno College. During the holidays, she gets together with 15 friends from the Class of 1962.…
October 22, 2024
Every year since 2000, Alverno cancels classes for a day so that students, faculty and staff can participate in Community Day, a day set aside for service. Since its inception, over 8,000 stud…
October 9, 2024
Alverno is an inclusive, vibrant community of students, faculty and staff who support and uplift each other. So when alum Dr. Mary Ann Schwartz ’62 learned about the opportunity to suppo…
June 24, 2024
JoAnn (Resch) McGrath ’57, an Alverno nursing alum and philanthropist, died on February 19, 2024. McGrath spent her life modeling Alverno’s commitment to effective citizenship and…
March 1, 2024
By the time Cathy Dowdell '91 enrolled in Alverno's Weekend College in 1988, she'd already been working at SC Johnson for 15 years. She had started in the mailroom and was working her way up.…
November 2, 2023
The 22nd annual Community Day returned to its roots, building community on campus while also serving the community around us. About 350 students, faculty and staff donated their time and skill…
October 12, 2023
One day when Elaine Pagliaro ’79 was driving home from work, she heard a radio ad promoting Alverno’s new Weekend College. “I thought, wow, I could do this. So I went to the…
April 20, 2023
For Sue Leister, director of Alverno’s internship program, serving as a chief election inspector is a calling. Working at the polls over several elections, she saw the need for younger p…
December 19, 2022
For several years, Santana Johnson ’20 could be seen just about everywhere on the Alverno campus. That’s because the recent graduate constantly pursued a mission to be an advocate…
June 30, 2022
Alverno Strong alums who have made a sustainability in their professional and personal lives share their tips for how you, too, can live more sustainably. Erica Perez '10, Perez Urban Farm, Ho…
June 30, 2022
Four years after Stephanie Arend ’85 graduated from high school, the aspiring interior designer applied for the store manager job at the furniture store where she worked. The owners gave…
June 28, 2022
In Wisconsin, just under 40% of the population has access to mental health care providers, according to federal workforce data. Alverno is working to reduce this disparity by educating skilled…
June 21, 2022