Melissa Barclay

Eagles Landing helps students find community at Marquette
Marquette’s Eagles Landing program is designed to make the transition to college smoother by offering six weeks of events that connect students with each other and resources offered on campus.

Creating a counselor pipeline: reimagining mental health care access for northeast Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
A new partnership between Emplify Health by Bellin and Marquette University is aimed at providing better access to mental health care counselors for residents in northeast Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Resch Mental Health Initiative is a pilot program that provides fully supported pathways for students from education to licensure to employment.…

A Jesuit priest (no, really) reveals top five horror movies to watch this Halloween season
The spookiest season of the year is upon us, and there’s nothing better than cozying up on the couch and settling in for the night with a bowl of popcorn and a good scary movie.

Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality celebrates 20 years
Established in 2005, the center has provided a home to support faculty and staff looking to understand and experience the richness of the Ignatian tradition.

Blooming in place: Mueller Communications CEO thrives by staying put
In a landscape where millennial and Gen Z professionals are playing career hopscotch to get ahead, one Marquette alumna is demonstrating that there’s still room for career longevity in one spot. Lori Richards, Comm ’02, started out as an intern at Mueller Communications, a full-service public relations agency in downtown Milwaukee, even before she graduated…

On Topic: Combatting back-to-school stress
For many people, the start of a new school year can produce unwanted stress.

Core, valued
Grounded in Jesuit tradition, Marquette’s Core Curriculum provides a distinctive approach to every Marquette University undergraduate student’s educational experience.

On Topic: Parental separation anxiety — it’s not just students who feel the loss
As a new academic year begins, it’s not just new students who experience a major transition when they move away from home — parents feel it too. Dr. Lynne Knobloch-Fedders, associate professor of counselor education and counseling psychology in the College of Education, explains that a parent’s life is changed instantaneously and dramatically when a…

Anchored in data: Engineering students bring new life to Lake Michigan weather buoy
Two miles off the shore of Lake Michigan bobs a weather buoy unlike any other in the Great Lakes. The recalibrated bright orange device that provides the Milwaukee community with up-to-the-minute weather conditions on the lake has been revamped twice by an ambitious group of engineering students for their senior design project. “The two projects…

Antimatter matters
Dr. Tim Tharp is helping the next generation of students dive into the worlds of antimatter and plasma physics.