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  • Marquette receives positive evaluation after participating in 2019-20 Mission Priority Examen

    One of the hallmarks of Jesuit colleges and universities is a holy restlessness that fuels the search for knowledge, meaning, and the reality of God. That restlessness, paired with the world-affirming spirituality of St. Ignatius Loyola, drives Jesuit schools toward big questions about their purpose, relationships, and responsibility in the world. Reflecting deeply and regularly on the…

  • Board of Trustees approves spring groundbreaking for new home for Marquette Business and innovation leadership programs

    Largest fully donor-funded project in university history positions Marquette Business as national leader The Marquette University Board of Trustees has approved breaking ground for a new home for Marquette Business and innovation leadership programs at 16th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, the former site of McCormick Hall. The $60 million, 100,000 square-foot facility will be the…

  • Wisconsin ‘FoodShare’ grocery assistance program available to eligible students

    Wisconsin students who are enrolled at least half time in an institution of higher learning and meet certain criteria can now participate in “FoodShare” and receive assistance to purchase groceries during the pandemic. The provision loosening federal restrictions on these students was included in the COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress and signed into law…

  • Nominate faculty for the Core Curriculum Teaching Excellence Award

    The Marquette Core Curriculum (MCC) Committee has created the MCC Teaching Excellence Award to recognize faculty for outstanding contributions to student learning in the MCC. The awardee will be recognized for effective approaches to course design and delivery that have an extraordinary positive impact on students’ progress toward one or more of the MCC’s six learning…

  • Faber Center to host ‘Pathways to Fuller Living’ series, Tuesdays in March

    The Faber Center will host the “Pathways to Fuller Living” series on Tuesdays, March 2-23, from noon to 12:45 p.m.   This series will explore pathways through hope, creativity and solidarity that lead to whole-hearted living.  Register for the series online. 

  • Registration for March GROW classes now open

    Registration for March GROW classes is now available via Eventbrite. Use code: GROW.  All classes will be held via Microsoft Teams.  To offer more flexibility, professional development courses will be offered monthly and scheduled based on participant availability. Please take note of the registration deadlines.  View the Employee Development webpage for a complete list of offerings.  Offerings include: …

  • ‘The Education Preparedness Program: Reimagining the University’s Role in Decarceration’ is March 3

    The Humanities Research Colloquium will host its next seminar on Wednesday, March 3, from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. via Microsoft Teams.   Dr. Robert Smith, Harry G. John professor of history and CURTO director, Dr. Theresa Tobin, associate professor of philosophy, and Marisola Xhelili Ciaccio, doctoral candidate in philosophy, will present “The Education Preparedness Program: Reimagining the University’s Role in Decarceration.”   The research team, which includes Dr.…

  • ‘WE ARE SAATH’ student organization focuses on mental health in South Asian community; new members welcome

    “WE ARE SAATH” is a non-profit and social movement student organization that aims to promote awareness and discuss mental health in the South Asian community. The group seeks to break down the stigma around mental health, explore methods to cope with pressures of school and the community, and build friendships.   The organization’s “Dialogue Circles” seek to…

  • EOP alumna Dora Drake to deliver virtual lecture, March 9

    In honor of Women’s History Month, The Educational Opportunity Program will host EOP alumna Dora Drake for a virtual lecture on Tuesday, March 9, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Drake was accepted into the Educational Opportunities Program at Marquette and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in social welfare and justice in 2015. After graduating,…

  • ‘The Great Debaters’ Black History Month lecture is Feb. 25

    The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Raynor Memorial Libraries will host a virtual lecture in honor of Black History Month on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. The virtual lecture, “The Great Debaters: The Political Ideologies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X,” will be presented…