Melissa Barclay
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.
Near West Side Partners celebrates a decade of community collaboration
Today, Milwaukee’s Near West Side neighborhood is not just surviving, but thriving as a collaborative community.
Summer learning on Marquette’s campus
Summer break doesn’t have to mean brain drain for young people in the Milwaukee area.
From a prison classroom to discerning vocations: A social worker in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences helps students see the world differently through experiential learning
In 1983, Wendy Volz Daniels spent the entire summer living on the grounds of Lincoln Hills School, a juvenile correctional facility located in Irma, Wisconsin. For three months, the then-social work intern’s new home was a housing unit used for storage. As their case manager, she ate meals with the youth offenders, performed monthly evaluations,…
Juneteenth: a personal reflection
Latrice Harris-Collins gives her personal thoughts on Emancipation Day and what the holiday represents to her.