Rachel Gintner Orlando
State-of-the art simulation center highlights the excellence of Marquette Nursing
As Nursing student Greta Amstutz entered her sophomore year, she looked forward to the role that simulation would play in preparing her to be a great nurse. Building on the fundamentals and foundations in nursing she’d already learned her freshman year, simulation would make her classroom course work come to life. She was ready for…
A Kohler-Marquette partnership turns strong engineers into skilled leaders
A great engineer doesn’t naturally become a great engineering leader. As Joel Smith, vice president of engineering at Kohler Co., says, much of the company’s success rides on teaching people to be great at both. “Too often we assume engineering leadership happens by osmosis, but that’s just not the case,” Smith says. “It takes hard…
Researching the surprising ecological afterlife of elephants
In March 2024, in the middle of Novalee Sweeney’s first trip to South Africa’s Kruger National Park, the Marquette microbial ecology doctoral student stumbled into the middle of both a tragedy and an opportunity. While returning to camp, she and other members of an international research team encountered a group of park rangers gathered around…
Ready for AI’s role in the business world
When ChatGPT debuted in late 2022, it sent shockwaves through the business world. As companies around the world continue to grapple with how to use artificial intelligence in their day-to-day operations, students from all majors in the Marquette College of Business Administration are learning to harness the technology. And beginning this semester, a new AI…
A Reunion — Across Time
When Alex Gambacorta left the Apsáalooke Reservation in Montana, she thought she was closing a chapter on the special place she’d served for a year. But back at Marquette, pieces of Apsáalooke history were waiting to be discovered — and a new journey with the tribe was about to begin. Red Star. Big Day. Plainfeather.…
Teaching advertising with distinction — and always on call
On the first day of each semester, Diederich College of Communication instructor Dave Wilcox shares his cell phone number right at the top of the course syllabus. “If you’re sending a panicky text from Raynor at 10 p.m. the night before something is due,” he tells students, “and I can spend two minutes answering your…
The boomerang crew — athletic training graduates return for professional roles with Marquette Athletics
Noel Kruse and Eric Khondaker traveled different roads that led both to earn master’s degrees in Marquette’s Athletic Training program. Each graduated from the program with the same mission: to come back and work at their alma mater someday. “I basically said, ‘Hey, I’m a local kid. I want to be in DI athletics. If…
As a researcher, leader and mentor, Dr. Brooke Mayer elevates Marquette’s world-class influence on water quality
When Dr. Brooke Mayer first set foot on campus in 2012, the Opus College of Engineering was expanding its research expertise and brought Mayer on board as an additional faculty member to specialize in water quality and safety. “I honestly had never been to Wisconsin before I came to interview,” Mayer says. Having spent her…
Marquette partnership reveals how public schools improve when students have a greater say in their education
For many traditional educators, Dr. Julissa Ventura’s path for improving schools sounds like a role reversal: Teachers, learn from your students. Put another way, young people are more likely to excel as students when they feel heard and empowered. That idea is less shocking than it used to be, and well supported by Ventura’s past…
A Life For and With Others
The late President Michael R. Lovell touched the hearts of many in his all too brief time with us. He engaged, involved, collaborated with, cared for and inspired people until those around him became the embodiment of the words he spoke shortly after his inauguration in 2014: “Success is the breadth and depth of the…