Values & Vision: The Alvernia
50th Anniversary Campaign

Anniversaries are about envisioning the future as well as celebrating the past. To anticipate our 50th anniversary, the entire Alvernia community, including alumni and friends, has developed strategic and campus master plans to guide future progress. The plans call for transforming and improving facilities on the Reading campus, for expanding our outreach to students throughout the region, and for investing significantly in the quality of programs and faculty essential for a first-rate education. Mindful of the growth of recent years, especially in graduate education, and to characterize better our range of programs and students, Alvernia will seek a change in status from college to university. Most importantly, these plans capitalize on what makes Alvernia special: emphasis on the Franciscan values that give meaning and purpose to all we do in our homes, our careers, our communities.

Values & Vision: The Alvernia 50th Anniversary Campaign will help provide funding to realize our vision: “to be a distinctive Franciscan university, committed to personal and social transformation through integrated, community-based, inclusive, and ethical learning.” It will take the generosity of many philanthropic individuals, companies, and organizations to achieve this vision.