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Alverno College Cancels Classes For One Day So Students Can Volunteer
16th annual Community Day encourages service
Classes will be cancelled until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27 at Alverno College for its 16th annual Community Day. The day of service is set aside each year so that students, faculty and staff can volunteer at over a dozen locations throughout southeastern Wisconsin. Some of this year’s sites include South Shore Beach, Hunger Task Force Farm, Urban Ecology Center and Stepping Stones Farms.
“Community Day gives our students, faculty and staff an opportunity to come together and have a positive influence on the community,” said Wendy Powers, associate vice president for Student Affairs. “Service is at the heart of our mission, and Community Day is just one example of how our campus gives back. At the end of the day, our students not only make a difference, but they themselves are changed.”
Since Community Day began, more than 5,400 students, faculty and staff have volunteered more than 15,200 hours of service to the Milwaukee community. This year, more than 400 people are expected to take part in Community Day.
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About Alverno College
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Alverno College, a four-year independent, Catholic, liberal arts college for women, exists to promote the personal and professional development of its students. The college has earned accolades and respect internationally for its highly effective ability-based, assessment-as-learning approach to education, and has consulted with three U.S. presidential administrations on accountability and outcomes in higher education. For the last five years, Alverno College was ranked one of the top four schools in the Midwest doing “the best job of educating undergrads” by U.S. News & World Report. Educators from throughout the world visit Alverno to learn about its proven, student-centered teaching methods.
Alverno offers more than 35 major program areas of study, including graduate programs in education, nursing, community psychology and business that are open to women and men. For more information about Alverno, visit www.alverno.edu or call 414-382-6100.