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Marquette Center For Peacemaking To Expand Work In Milwaukee Public Schools
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s Center for Peacemaking this year will more than double its work in Milwaukee Public Schools to help students who have been assigned to alternative schools due to serious disciplinary violations to modify behavior, improve attendance and decrease suspensions. Under a one-year, $240,480 contract with MPS, the center will operate its Peace…
Marquette Receives $1 Million NSF Grant So Milwaukee Teachers Can Earn Certification To Teach Computer Science
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University has received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant that will lead to thousands of Milwaukee Public Schools students learning computer science. Marquette will administer the grant for nearly 200 MPS teachers to receive certification to teach computer science, enough to provide computer science instruction in each MPS school. “This is…
Marquette Alumni Couple Give $3.5 Million Gift For Scholarship Aid
A Marquette alumni couple have given the university a $3.5 million gift for scholarship aid. The Donald J. and Frances I. Herdrich Endowed Scholarship for Engineering will fund full scholarships for first-generation students in the Opus College of Engineering. Twenty-three percent of Marquette’s most recent incoming class are first-generation college students. The engineering scholarships include…
New Trustees Elected To Marquette Board
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s Board of Trustees elected three new members at its Sept. 21 meeting. The new trustees are Joanna Bauza, president of The Cervantes Group; Tim Bergstrom, president and chief operating officer of Bergstrom Automotive; and John Underwood, managing director at Goldman Sachs. Marquette trustees serve for three-year terms and may be re-elected to serve for a…
Water And Manufacturing Study Led By Marquette, A. O. Smith And U.S. Council On Competitiveness Stresses Need For Stewardship, Innovation
MILWAUKEE — The U.S. Council on Competitiveness’ latest sector study, co-led by A. O. Smith Corporation and Marquette University, reveals challenges faced by water users in the manufacturing sector, where nearly half of industry water consumption is attributed. Leverage: Water and Manufacturing found that to meet increasing water demand, innovation in infrastructure, technology, investment and…
Marquette University Police Department Reports Significant Drop In Crime During First Full Year
MILWAUKEE — During its first full year since it was commissioned, the Marquette University Police Department recorded a significant reduction in crime throughout its patrol zone. Comparing the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2016 with the previous fiscal year, MUPD’s crime reduction highlights included the following: “Ensuring a safe environment is a top priority…
Lovell Announces Strategic Executive Realignment
Marquette president says changes will advance university in new ways
Marquette Selects Design Team For Athletic Performance Research Center Project
Sink Combs Dethlefs named architect of record
Marquette Welcomes Class Of 2020
On Wednesday, Aug. 24, more than 2,000 freshmen from 41 states, 22 countries and two U.S. territories will call Milwaukee home when they move into residence halls on the Marquette University campus. A surge in student demand has led to one of the largest and most diverse populations of incoming freshman ever, with 23 percent…
New Marquette Study Shows Benefits Of ‘Flipped Classroom’
MILWAUKEE — A classroom centered around students — and not the professor —may help first-year chemistry students who otherwise would achieve lower grades, according to studies from Marquette University researchers. Dr. Scott Reid, professor and chair of chemistry at Marquette, found that the number of students who received grades of D, F or who withdrew…