We asked students to share their first-gen stories. Guadalupe Barajas is majoring in Art Education, and plans to become an art teacher. She is currently finishing up her practicum hours, will…
November 12, 2025
To celebrate First-Gen Week, we asked students to share their first-gen stories. Perla Mejia-Reyes is enrolled in Alverno Paraprofessional to Teacher Licensure program, and is planning to grad…
November 10, 2025
To celebrate First-Gen Week, we asked students to share their first-gen stories. Lizbeth Cruz is currently a senior majoring in Business & Management, with a minor in Media Design. She is…
November 7, 2025
For 25 years, a beloved Alverno College tradition has been quietly making a positive impact throughout southeastern Wisconsin. Community Day is a day set aside for volunteering and for student…
October 8, 2025
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…
December 19, 2024
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…
September 19, 2024
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…
July 16, 2024
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…
June 14, 2024
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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…
June 4, 2024
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…
May 21, 2024
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…
May 10, 2024
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…
November 10, 2023