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…
June 18, 2025
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…
March 19, 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
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…
December 16, 2024
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…
November 25, 2024
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
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
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…
July 31, 2024
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…
July 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
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…
July 10, 2024