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Finding My Voice, Finding My Purpose
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…
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For Those Who Couldn't Dream: The First-Gen Promise
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…
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The Power of Persistence: My Journey as a First-Generation Student
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…
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Alverno Marks 25 Years of Community Day
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…
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The Art of Resilience
When Drea McAlister '25 took the stage at commencement to serve as the coordinator of ceremony, her friends and family were there to cheer her on. Her journey, like the journeys of so many, in…
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My First-Gen Story
Jennifer is currently a junior with a double major in Business & Management and Spanish for the Professions, and a minor in Media Design. She is also interning in the Marketing and Communi…
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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…
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Why I Believe in Alverno: Amy Oliden '09
In her own words, teacher Amy Oliden ’09 shares why she believes in Alverno and how her experience as a student shaped her. As an alumna of Alverno College, I can wholeheartedly say that…
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From Texas to Milwaukee
When Maggie Wilmot, a senior majoring in public health from Houston, Texas, was looking for colleges, she knew she wanted to experience living in a new region of the United States. “I ca…
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Alumna honors parents with endowed scholarship & planned gift
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.…
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Community Day is a Beloved Tradition
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…
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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…
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Lifting People Up
Business owner, writer, speaker, trainer, author, coach — Erica Gumieny ’00 does it all. The focus of her business, Pivotal Point, LLC, is to connect, invigorate and inspire her cl…
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An Investment That Opens Opportunities
When Brooke Wegner ’99 MA ’03 first graduated from Alverno, she never imagined she would build an entire career in higher education. But Wegner spent more than 20 years working in…
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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…
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Never too Late
Pursuing a degree can be tough, especially when more than a decade has passed since graduating from high school. But Christy Peterson ’03 not only found the motivation to apply to colleg…
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Gaining Confidence and Compassion
Sometimes pursuing a degree can seem out of reach, especially when you have a full-time job, but Susan Berna ’93 found the right fit at Alverno. Despite a lack of understanding and suppo…
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Formula for Success
Most people who want to change the world don’t pursue chemistry as a means to do that, but Shivani Brahmbhatt ’24 knew that this was the path for her. Inspired to help others throu…
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Helping One Helps Many
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…
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Journey of Empowerment
Whether she’s helping students navigate their educational journeys and career paths, or advocating for those in underrepresented communities, Alejandra Anastas ’20 is passionate ab…
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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…
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Alverno Magazine: Spring / Summer 2024
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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…
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Abilities at Work
The first step in making a big impact in your career is gaining experience, and Alverno juniors Clara Knitter and Avery Maxwell are getting just that–through the power of internships. Th…
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First DEMSN Cohort Graduates from the Arizona Campus
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 have graduated from the Direct Entry M…
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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…
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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…
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Alum JoAnn McGrath Remembered for Commitment to Alverno's Nursing Program
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…
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Alverno Students Journey to Japan
Since 2008, nursing students have made an annual trip to Japan and the Tokyo Women’s Medical University. The pandemic changed that. But after a four-year hiatus, a group of students, fac…
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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…
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Alum Pays It Forward
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.…
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22nd Annual Community Day a Huge Success
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Alverno Magazine Special Edition, Summer 2023
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A 90-day plan for a leader who listens
Ask Christy Brown her action plan for the first 90 days of her Alverno presidency, and you’ll immediately get a sense of her leadership style. “My 90-day plan is to listen,”…
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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…
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Getting to know Alverno's new president
A family who serves Christy’s father was an Air Force veteran, her older brother is an Army veteran, and her younger brother is an Air National Guard veteran. Each of her three siblings…
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Alverno welcomes new president
When Christy L. Brown stood in front of the Duke University School of Law graduating class of 1994, she shared a quote with the peers who elected her as their commencement speaker. Not just an…
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Flipping the Script
For most of Debra Patrick’s childhood, a career in education was unthinkable.
From first to ninth grades, Patrick EdD’22 was bullied and frustrated with learning.…
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Alverno Inferno is on Fire
For more than 20 years, Alverno Athletics has been a key part of the college recruitment equation. Adding new sports helps increase the appeal, and the coaches, under the leadership of Athleti…
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The Giving Project
There are few things more powerful than giving. Whether we’re giving time, money, gifts or a helping hand, the difference we make in another’s life is immeasurable, and the rewards…
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Spring Summer Full Issue 2023
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Alverno at Work: Svetlana and Vesna Stanic
It started with a cast-off bedroom furniture set spotted on the curb. Milwaukee sisters Svetlana Stanić ’08 ’13, Vesna Stanić ’08 and Duška Stanić hauled it back to th…
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Reaching the Top, Together
Not only does Alverno’s Summit Fund help students complete their degree, it also asks them to pay it forward When Retiki Seals crosses the Pitman Theatre stage at commencement, she will…
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A Dream Fulfilled Inspires Giving Back
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…
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Alverno at Work: Cassie Rincon '13
For Cassie Rincon ’13, hanging out with Severus is a normal day at the office. So is traipsing down woodland paths, never quite knowing what sights or creatures she’ll discover. The…
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Fall Winter Full Issue 2022
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Full Speed Ahead for Tokara Henry '22
After earning her associate’s degree, Tokara Henry ’22 launched her own business, Bijou Nails and Co. in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville district, and spent the next decade growing i…
