Colleges and Universities
ALVERNO COLLEGE
Last year, U.S. News and World Report named Alverno College the most innovative school in Wisconsin. The distinction recognized Alverno’s ongoing work to reach underserved communities and offer an effective, enriching education.
Alverno’s “8 Abilities” set the college’s students and alumni apart. Instead of traditional grades, Alverno students are evaluated through these 8 Abilities. They are tools and skills that will help students succeed both personally and professionally. Woven into every course, the 8 Abilities empower students to become agents of change and principled leaders who meaningfully engage with their communities. Thanks to the 8 Abilities, Alverno graduates are equipped to change the world.
Alverno offers dozens of undergraduateand graduate-level degree programs. Some of the most popular include nursing, behavioral health and psychology, and business. Each program offers multiple pathways and timelines for degrees, including a three-plus-one business program that allows students to obtain a business degree and master’s in only four years.
The college also welcomed a new president this year, Christy L. Brown. “To lead Alverno College – embracing its unique identity, Franciscan values, dedication to women’s education and commitment to social justice, inclusion and equity – will be a privilege and extraordinary opportunity to continue to impact the city from which I come,” Brown said. Alverno College 3400 S. 43rd St. 414-382-6000 alverno.edu
CARROLL UNIVERSITY
Wisconsin’s first four-year college, with over 175 years of history, Carroll University now offers more than 95 areas of study at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The curriculum is balanced between marketable skills and a commitment to the character-building values of a liberal education.
The university is known for its robust nursing department, but also offers many more majors and minors. Two of Carroll University’s most recent new degree programs are video game design and aviation science and drone technologies. The video game design major gives students a leg up in a booming industry and is meant to be paired with a major in a related field like computer science, graphic design or even English. The aviation science and drone technologies major is the first of its kind offered in Wisconsin and was created in response to the growing demand for unmanned aircraft specialists. Graduates will learn to lead cutting-edge work with other focus areas like agriculture, criminal justice and marine sciences, while becoming experts in the use of sensors, data gathering and visualization.
Service is also a crucial aspect of a Carroll University education – students log roughly 14,000 total hours of service every year. Those hours are part of what Carroll calls its ethos, the values it works to inculcate in its student body: respect, integrity and stewardship. Carroll University 100 N. East Ave., Waukesha 262-547-1211 carrollu.edu