Alverno College is launching a new public health degree program in the fall, broadening its offerings in high-demand fields.

Alverno College will receive the 2021 Trudy W. Banta Lifetime Achievement in Assessment Award, given to national leaders in assessment work.

Alverno College will host its annual Community Conference virtually on Friday, April 23 as part of the College’s Teach and Learn Weekend. The theme of this year’s conference is “Reaching for Change: Promoting Equity,” and the goal is to explore how we can promote change through equity, diversity and inclusion.

Alverno College has received a $1 million endowment from the estate of the late Janet D. Martin, a longtime member of Alverno’s Board of Trustees and an avid supporter of the college, President Andrea Lee, IHM, announced Thursday.

The latest report from Alverno College sheds some light on women who hold public office and the various pathways they took to achieve success.

Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 213 students who will make up the organization’s 2021-2022 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. Vania Jurkiewicz, a student at Alverno College, will join 212 students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico to form the 2021 cohort.

Alverno College is offering a series of courses designed to help people embrace change, and learn how to harness the power of creativity to inspire change within themselves and in the greater community. Led by Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton, the Spark Series is a new virtual program from Alverno’s School of Adult Learning and New Initiatives, and students who complete the entire program will earn a professional certificate.

Editor’s note: Posts from the Community is the place for community announcements and event postings. If you have a community-oriented event you feel our readers would be interested in, please submit here. Jodi Eastberg, Ph.D., has been named dean of Professional and Graduate Studies at Alverno College, Joseph Foy, vice president for Academic Affairs announced. […]

Alverno College has launched the Thea Bowman Institute for Excellence and Leadership, a program designed to serve Black women through academic and leadership programming. The Institute builds on existing Alverno initiatives that bring together students with a like-minded community of advanced leaders and learners.

Alverno College is partnering with the A. O. Smith Foundation to construct a greenhouse on campus, offering students an exciting new opportunity to engage in hands-on learning and explore new career paths.