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Marquette CIO Laurie Panella receives ORBIE CIO of the Year award
Laurie Panella, chief information officer at Marquette University, has been named the ORBIE CIO of the Year from the Wisconsin Chapter of the Inspire CIO Leadership Network in the Large Corporate category. She was presented with her award at the Wisconsin CIO ORBIE Awards at The Edgewater in Madison on July 14. The ORBIE awards…
16th Street at Wisconsin Avenue will be closed Aug. 1 due to Marquette Business project
On Monday, Aug. 1, 16th Street at Wisconsin Avenue heading north past the midblock crossing will be closed to traffic and pedestrians as part of the College of Business Administration construction project. The entrance to the 16th Street parking structure (Structure 1) from 16th Street and the midblock crossing will be closed Aug. 1 through…
CDC, City of Milwaukee strongly recommend masks indoors due to high COVID-19 transmission
Masks are strongly recommended indoors on campus regardless of vaccination status as Milwaukee County has moved into the CDC’s “high” level of COVID-19 community spread. On July 14, the City of Milwaukee announced a mask advisory for the city that, in alignment with CDC guidance, strongly advises all individuals regardless of vaccination status or past COVID-19 infection to…
The Guiding Light
Marquette helped Nathan and Beth Colson find each other — and a supportive personal and professional foundation. By Ann Christenson, CJPA ’91 Nathan Colson remembers it vividly. Though he wasn’t on Marquette’s accounting track his freshman year, he decided to take an accounting class taught by professor Cindy Gruber (now Melis), and he had just…
Starting Something New
Entrepreneurship program and professor’s mentorship provide students the confidence to find success with new ventures. By Erin O’Donnell The summer before his sophomore year at Marquette, Charles Michael, Comm ’14, took a trip to visit friends who lived and worked in San Francisco. The experience gave him sudden clarity about his career. “It opened my…
A Mission-driven Investment
Finding value in educating investors of the future to Be The Difference, Marquette Business builds up its ESG curriculum. By Hal Conick When Dr. Chris Merker began teaching ESG — environmental, social and corporate governance — at Marquette in 2009, his classroom was filled with blank stares. “People didn’t really give it too much thought…
Career Counseling on Call
College’s Mentor Program celebrates a milestone anniversary, continuing its mission to connect eager students with experienced alumni leaders. By Guy Fiorita “We’d meet over a cup of coffee at the Brew, or a meal at Sobelman’s. It was just once a month for about an hour, but just six months into my career, I know…
Ahead of the Curve
With technology shifting the finance industry landscape, the AIM program keeps students prepared for what’s next. By Diane M. Bacha For many years, students in Marquette’s Applied Investment Management program would hear eye-popping descriptions of the finance industry’s future. Algorithmic trading, robo-investing, massive-data analysis, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, blockchain auditing — these and more disruptive technologies were…
Banking on Community
A novel partnership with a microfinance organization offers student finance talent to resource-limited communities in Central America. By Claire Curry Ipeti Colono is an impoverished rural farming community outside Panama City with a population of 300. Most who live here are farmers who grow corn and rice. Residents typically live in cement block homes with…
When a Loved One Needs Care
Professor investigates accessibility and economic outcomes of paid caregiver leaves. By Sarah Koziol, Arts ’92 Historically the U.S. has been less generous with paid leave benefits compared with similar countries, according to Dr. Kathryn Wagner, associate professor of economics. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought increasing awareness to their importance. Wagner has been pursuing paid…