Marquette Today

Campus News and Events

Submit news

Menu

  • Campus News
    • Top News for Students
    • Top News for Faculty & Staff
    • Magazines at Marquette
    • Campus Alerts
  • Archives
  • Submit news
    • Editorial Guidelines
    • Contacts
  • @MarquetteToday
  • Events Calendar
  • Topics
    • Community Engagement
    • Diversity
    • Innovation
    • Master Planning
    • Marquette Momentum
    • Research
    • Strategic Planning
  • January 27, 2023

Marquette Business faculty, staff begin to move into newly constructed O’Brien Hall, largest fully donor-funded construction project in university history

November 28, 2022

Marquette’s newest academic facility opened the doors to its very first residents this morning, as several faculty and staff this week move into Dr. E. J. and Margaret O’Brien Hall, the new home for Marquette Business and leadership innovation programs, located at the corner of 16th Street and Wisconsin Avenue.

A $60 million, 100,000 square-foot facility and the largest fully donor-funded construction project in university history, O’Brien Hall has been built for the future with maximum flexibility and state-of-the-art, globally connective technology, anchoring the west gateway to campus.

About 10 Marquette Business faculty and staff members, including Executive Associate Dean Dr. David Clark and other members of the college’s leadership team, began moving from Straz Hall to O’Brien Hall’s second-floor dean’s suite and fourth-floor department chairs and executive education suites.

“O’Brien Hall welcoming its first occupants is another exciting milestone for this landmark project,” said Tim Hanley, acting Keyes Dean of Business Administration. “The new home for Marquette Business and innovation leadership programs has since its earliest concepts promised to be a hub of innovative, collaborative spaces where students, faculty, staff and the business community will interact in meaningful ways. This building has always been about people — today, I’m pleased to say the people have arrived.”

O’Brien Hall, which features an open atrium, collaborative classrooms, lab and study spaces, as well as an event space for the Milwaukee business community, also includes a café, areas for programmatic centers of excellence, including an EMBA Center, and faculty offices. The facility’s first floor is designed to provide wraparound student support, including centralized advising with a Student Success Center and a Business Career Center.

The building also houses innovation leadership programs, and its proximity to Marquette’s Opus College of Engineering offers opportunities to pair faculty experts and students within the two academic disciplines.

Marquette Business graduates students who have the knowledge to succeed, the principles to lead and the confidence to connect what’s good for business with what’s good for people. The college is ranked 108th among U.S. News and World Report’s Best Undergraduate Business Schools, and its specialty programs in accounting, finance, real estate and supply chain management are all ranked in the top 25 nationally. Marquette Business is home to six Centers of Excellence across a variety of exciting disciplines — each offers students unique applied learning opportunities, including meaningful interaction with industry, networking, case competitions and service.

All remaining Marquette Business faculty and staff will move into O’Brien Hall from Wednesday, Dec. 14, through Wednesday, Dec. 21. Classes will be held in O’Brien Hall starting at the beginning of the spring 2023 semester.

Watch Marquette Today for updates and events.

Filed Under: For Faculty/Staff, For Students, Home - Top Stories, News

More news

First Friday Morning Mass at St. Joan of Arc Chapel, Feb. 3

January 27, 2023

Klingler College of Arts and Sciences student named UMOS Hispanic Youth of the Year

January 27, 2023

Fireside chat on equity and excellence in education, Feb. 23

January 27, 2023

Computer Science professor, Ph.D. student to present at national AI conference

January 26, 2023

W-2 tax forms are now available online via MyJob

January 26, 2023

Help Marquette compete against other AJCU Schools; Register for the Go Move Challenge kicking off Feb. 1

January 26, 2023

Lenten Retreat in Daily Life open for registration

January 26, 2023

Microsoft retiring Internet Explorer web browser

January 26, 2023

More news

Quick Links

  • Faculty/Staff News
  • Student News
  • Magazines at Marquette
Submit news

Featured Stories

From ankle joint pain to digital archives: Six participating faculty research projects funded through Office of the Provost 

From ankle joint pain to digital archives: Six participating faculty research projects funded through Office of the Provost 

By Katie Darragh, communication intern in the Office of University Relations at Marquette University    To provide non-tenure-track faculty access to funds for research and scholarship, the Office of the Provost annually allocates $10,000 to be distributed to full-time participating faculty for research activities during the 2022-23 academic year. These funds are the result of the […]

We Are All Marquette: A Q&A with Haggerty Museum of Art Director Susan Longhenry  

We Are All Marquette: A Q&A with Haggerty Museum of Art Director Susan Longhenry  

By Katie Darragh, communication intern in the Office of University Relations at Marquette University  Since opening in 1984, the Haggerty Museum of Art has been a teaching museum, seeking to use its diverse collection to connect people — on campus, in the community and around the world — to art, ideas and one another. Through […]

Marquette Business’ new home has sustainability in its DNA

Marquette Business’ new home has sustainability in its DNA

By Melissa Barclay, senior communication specialist and Kevin Keenan, communication intern in the Office of University Relations at Marquette University At the start of the spring semester, Dr. E. J. and Margaret O’Brien Hall was officially christened the new home for Marquette Business and innovation leadership programs. The new $60 million, 100,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility is […]

Read more featured stories.

Safety

MUPD warns to protect your delivered packages this holiday season

LIMO safe rideshare service to become EagleExpress in January, rides requested via app

Marquette launches new holistic safety website

Human Resources News

Help Marquette compete against other AJCU Schools; Register for the Go Move Challenge kicking off Feb. 1

New My Wellness opportunity: Earn points for 30 minutes of activity each day

Learn more about our new employee assistance program, LifeMatters

Research

From ankle joint pain to digital archives: Six participating faculty research projects funded through Office of the Provost 

Engineering professor receives phase two approval for $4 million funding for Department of Energy grant

Marquette faculty and staff research grants from June/July 2022

Awards & Accomplishments

Klingler College of Arts and Sciences student named UMOS Hispanic Youth of the Year

Adjunct instructor named to Milwaukee Business Journal’s 40 Under 40

Marquette Latinx studies professor named UMOS Hispanic Man of the Year

Marquette UniversityCopyright 2022 by Marquette University
MARQUETTE.EDU // A TO Z