Caroline Blandford
Black Student Union honored with Student Activist Award
Black Student Union’s 2020 Summer Work Group, a group of about 15 Milwaukee native Marquette students who convened last summer to organize against racial injustice, has been honored with the “2021 Student Activist Award” from the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. BSU is the recent coming together of Marquette’s Black Student Council, African…
‘Teaching 9/11 20 years later’ — Instructors invited to complete survey
It’s not too early to begin planning for the fall semester. All instructors considering teaching 9/11 in their fall courses — both undergraduate and graduate — or developing campus-based programming on related themes are invited to complete a brief survey. Responses will be used to develop student-centered intellectual community around the 20-year anniversary of 9/11. …
Flourishing in faith
With help from a Lilly Endowment gift, Marquette is helping clergy and congregations deepen their faith.
Marquette faculty profiles
Get to Know: Tina Boyle Whyte, adjunct instructor in the Department of Computer Sciences
Academic Planning work groups share recommendations
The long-term Academic Planning work groups shared their recommendations at the recent University Academic Senate meeting on Monday, May 3. The presentations and final recommendations are posted to the Economic Planning website (note: you must be on the campus network or logged into the VPN to access this site). Academic leaders will consider these reports and…
EmpCenter will be unavailable for maintenance May 19-20; all hourly employee timesheets must be approved by May 18
All biweekly staff timesheet edits and approvals for the pay period ending Saturday, May 15, must be completed in EmpCenter no later than noon on Tuesday, May 18. This deadline will be strictly enforced. EmpCenter, the university’s timekeeping application for hourly staff and student employees, will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance at noon on Wednesday,…
Upcoming Near West Side events
Marquette faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the following Near West Side programs. Additionally, you can register here to receive the monthly NWSP Newsletter. NWS Wednesday Webinar Series | Wednesdays at noon Topics include the I-94 expansion project, the 27th Street Rapid Implementation project, and the benefits of cardiac and pulmonary rehab for COVID-19…
‘On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Representatives Shelia Stubbs and Jim Steineke’ is May 19
The Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education will host “On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Representatives Shelia Stubbs and Jim Steineke” on Wednesday, May 19, at 12:15 p.m. In this virtual program, Mike Gousha, distinguished fellow in law and public policy, will talk with co-chairs of the speaker’s task force on racial disparities,…
Beyond MU webinar ‘Marquette’s Campus Master Plan’ is June 3
Beyond MU: Lifelong Learning will host a webinar titled “Roadmap to the Future – Marquette’s Campus Master Plan” on Thursday, June 3, from noon to 1 p.m. Register online. “To be among the most innovative and accomplished Catholic and Jesuit universities in the world” is the vision that inspires President Lovell as he leads the…