Spring 2025 Marquette Magazine now available

The spring 2025 edition of Marquette Magazine was recently published and is now available online.

Copies are available on campus at the Zilber Hall security desk, AMU Information Center and outside Zilber Hall 235. Please contact Stacy Tuchel, executive assistant in the Office of Marketing and Communication, if you would like a copy sent via campus mail.

Inside the issue

Compass in hand: President Kimo Ah Yun’s remarkable pathway in life and higher education

A remarkable lifelong journey has led Marquette’s 25th president, Dr. Kimo Ah Yun, to his true north — a calling to guide the university in achieving an even more transformational student experience.

Never far from home: Ben May’s journey from Marquette to the majors

After earning his degree in sociology, alumnus Ben May followed his baseball dreams, setting out on a quest that has made him one of the top umpires in the majors.

mentor pairs and mentorship illustration

Inside Marquette Mentors — students’ guiding lights

Travel with us through a year in the life of the award-winning Marquette Mentors program, where students set the goals and agendas and alumni lead dialogues with them to illuminate their paths forward.

Marquette Moms Basketball crowd

Marquette men’s basketball has the mother of all fan groups

Taking cues from their stick-together sons, “Marquette Moms” have forged lasting bonds and gone all-in on the Marquette community.

Go, Kate, go! How one alumna brought the NFL Draft to Green Bay

Kate (Kuehl) Burgess, Comm ’91, served as vice chair of the Green Bay Packers’ host committee for the 2025 NFL Draft.

Protecting and serving with empathy on Marquette’s police force

Everyone in the Marquette University Police Department is given a simple yet challenging goal: listen. For the subjects of police calls or encounters, it could mean the difference between a night in a jail or a shelter, a visit with a court official or a mental health counselor.

Dr. Gabe Velez and Dr. Nakia Gordon

How anxious is today’s generation? Marquette’s Intersection faculty conversation

How much strain are today’s young people feeling? Quite a bit, unfortunately. Marquette reached out to two faculty members from different disciplines — both known for their work on student mental health and wellness — for their opinions and thoughts on how to respond to this crisis.

Marquette University Career Center

Marquette center sends loud and clear message on careers

A prime new location, proactive outreach and more support for graduate students means the Career Center is helping more students than ever reach for their postgraduation goals.