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From Provost Ah Yun and Dr. Cole: Update your current address in CheckMarq
Dear students, Preparations are ongoing for the return to campus and the start of the fall semester. Our faculty and staff continue their hard work implementing precautions and procedures to protect the safety and well-being of every member of the Marquette community. With that in mind, and in consultation with the Office of the Registrar,…
Klingler College of Arts and Sciences receives $1 million Humanities Without Walls Award
The Klingler College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a grant of just over $1 million from Humanities Without Walls. Humanities Without Walls (HWW), funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is a consortium based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Humanities Research Institute that fosters collaborative research and explores the contributions of…
From Dr. Xavier Cole: All students must complete online COVID-19 training by this Wednesday
Dear students, I hope you are all gearing up to start the fall semester. I can hardly believe we are about one week away! Last week I wrote to you about an online training we are asking all students to complete by this Wednesday. Due to necessary changes to the learning, living and working environments,…
DNC security zone shrunk to limited area downtown, no guests to stay on campus
The Democratic National Convention, taking place Aug. 17-20, continues to scale back its operations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The convention will be hosted from Milwaukee but is now almost entirely a virtual event. Last week, the security zone was released and is significantly smaller than it was first anticipated — no portion of…
Marquette receives $1.5 million gift to support first-generation minority students and Neuro Recovery Clinic
First-generation minority students attending Marquette can now more easily experience unique study abroad opportunities, paid internships and experiential learning trips, thanks to a major gift from an alumni couple. Jeff and Sarah Joerres have committed $1.5 million to the university—half of their gift will fund these “high-impact” experiences and half is dedicated to the university’s…
Students and employees reminded of safety alert process
The university community is reminded of the process for receiving text message alerts in the case that a safety alert is sent to campus. Please remember that safety alerts are sent to Marquette students, faculty and staff when there is an active threat to campus. A text notification is sent first, followed by an email with…
Aug. 13 COVID-19 Town Hall video now available; event focused on Step 4 Recovery Plan
On Thursday afternoon, faculty, staff and students gathered virtually for another COVID-19 Town Hall, which focused on Marquette’s Step 4 Recovery Plan. Dr. Xavier Cole, vice president for student affairs, moderated the event. Rev. Jim Voiss, S.J., vice president for mission and ministry, offered an invocation. President Michael R. Lovell shared opening remarks in which…
Interim Title IX policy now available
In response to the May 6 Title IX Final Regulations released by the U.S. Department of Education, Marquette has implemented a revised policy on sexual harassment and sex discrimination. Effective Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, the Marquette University Interim Sexual Harassment and Sex Discrimination Policy replaces the university’s former Title IX Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and Sexual…
Step 4 Recovery Plan released
Marquette is now in Step 4 of its five-step Recovery Plan. The Step 4 document is now available on the university’s COVID-19 website. The 63-page document includes the following new and updated processes and guidelines, building off of the Step 3 document: Alert levels informed by guidance from PreventingEpidemics.org, the CDC and American Enterprise Institute’s Road Map…
BIG EAST announces fall sports postponement
Yesterday, the BIG EAST Conference and its member institutions announced that, due to the unprecedented and continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, fall sports competition will not be conducted in 2020. The conference will assess alternative options to stage fall sports contests during the spring of 2021. The decision was made in consultation with the…