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Compass in hand: President Kimo Ah Yun’s remarkable pathway in life and higher education
Find your compass. The phrase has been visible on campus this spring, featured on websites and printed in thousands of programs for the inauguration of Dr. Kimo Ah Yun as the 25th president of Marquette. Before it became part of the theme for the event — Open Your Heart. Find Your Compass. Change the World…
Campus community gathers to celebrate the life of President Michael R. Lovell
The university community celebrated late President Michael R. Lovell’s life and impact with three practices that were meaningful to him.
Inside Marquette Mentors — students’ guiding lights
Illustrations by Luke Best As Marquette Mentors celebrates its 12th year, its growth deserves to be recognized for what it is: phenomenal. The program that started as a pilot in 2013 with 30 students, each paired with an alumni mentor, reached 200 annual matches this year — an achievement stewarded by Dan DeWeerdt, Marquette Mentors’…
Marquette center sends loud and clear message on careers
Grace Sviland called it her freshman-year crisis. Not long into her first year at Marquette, Sviland realized she didn’t know what she wanted to do with the rest of her life, even as she pursued a double major in psychology, and criminology and law studies. A presentation in her English class delivered a breakthrough. The speaker,…
Marquette men’s basketball has the mother of all fan groups
When Lisa Joplin moved fans with her singing of the national anthem before the men’s basketball game against Creighton in January — and the Jumbotron captured her son, senior forward David Joplin, overcome with pride and giving her a fist pump — it capped off a week that’s unique in college basketball: Marquette Moms Week.…
Go, Kate, go! How one alumna led the charge that brought the NFL Draft to Green Bay
Photograph by Shane Van Boxtel Growing up in Glenbeulah, Wisconsin, Kate (Kuehl) Burgess, Comm ’91, wasn’t always a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan. She knew of the state’s green and gold pride but wasn’t fully immersed in it — at least not at first. That changed in the early 2000s. After taking over as owner…
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.
Never far from home: Ben May’s journey from Marquette to the majors
After earning his degree in sociology, Ben May followed his baseball dreams.
Update from President Ah Yun on provost search
President Kimo Ah Yun shares an update on the university’s ongoing provost search.
SPARK program prepares incoming students for adjustment to campus life
Imagine you’re set to start your freshman year of college, and like for many students, this transition marks the first time you’ve ever lived away from your family. The to-do list feels unending. The questions mount quickly: How do I get assigned a residence hall? What do I need to bring? How will I make…