Alverno College nursing students help Shorewood schools take control of asthma

With the help of Alverno College nursing students, Atwater Elementary and Lake Bluff Elementary have begun to take control of asthma in their schools by implementing the Wisconsin Asthma Coalition (WAC) school walk-through program. In Wisconsin, asthma affects one in thirteen children, equating to approximately 100,000 children. Since children spend more than 1,000 hours a year in school, asthma management in schools is critical to student health and success. The WAC school walk-through program is designed to increase school attendance by reducing environmental asthma triggers found within school buildings. Both schools completed the WAC school walk-through program, which includes assessing each school classroom for identifiable environmental asthma triggers and creating positive, low or no cost changes to their schools. Alverno students conducted the walk-through as part of a project that focuses on health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention within the community.

Alverno College has educated nurses for more than 80 years and is home to one of the largest undergraduate schools in nursing in Wisconsin. Students interested in applying for, or learning more about the JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing at Alverno College, can find more information at www.alverno.edu/nursing or by calling the admissions office at 414-382-6100.

About Alverno College

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 seven years, Alverno College has been ranked one of the top five 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 60 major 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.