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President Lovell announces safety and security actions

Dear Marquette community: Like other cities across the country, Milwaukee is experiencing higher than usual rates of crime. Several recent incidents have affected our campus, creating heightened concern around safety and security. As a parent of college-aged children, I know firsthand that a safe campus community is paramount for our entire Marquette community. A hallmark […]

Updated COVID-19 mitigation policies for spring semester

Since the recent announcement to delay the start of second semester classes for a week to move us past the expected local Omicron peak and allow additional time to prepare campus for the spring semester, hundreds of individuals across campus have been working to update Marquette University’s policies to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The COVID-19 […]

Marquette to add instructional days at end of semester; no changes to Spring Break, Easter Break or Commencement  

Following the recent announcement that Marquette University is delaying the start of undergraduate, Graduate School and Law School classes to Monday, Jan. 24, the Office of the Provost announces the following plan to add instructional days at the end of the semester. This plan was developed with input from the Academic Deans Council, University Academic Senate executive committee, COVID-19 academic planning group, COVID-19 Response Team, Marquette University Student […]

Message from COVID-19 Response Team Chair on monitoring Omicron variant

Dear Marquette community: We are grateful for all that you did to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 this past semester. Thanks to our high vaccination rates – over 93% of faculty, staff and students – and indoor mask requirement, we were able to offer a rich in-person experience for our students. The Marquette University […]

Marquette monitoring legal status of COVID-19 federal mandates

At this time, the COVID-19 federal Executive Order 14042 covering federal contractors remains in litigation and implementation of the requirements is paused. Marquette University is actively monitoring the legal status of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) related to COVID-19 mitigation, a standard that may cover the university if it […]

Marquette alumni couple launches $10 million giving challenge to transform and integrate student health, wellness and recreation services

Marquette University President Michael R. Lovell announced today that an anonymous alumni couple has launched a $10 million giving challenge to transform and integrate the university’s student health, wellness and recreation services. The major gift propels Marquette toward realizing a vision and long-stated priority to improve campus health and wellness by physically bringing together three […]

Marquette University, Kohler Co. establish formal research partnership

Marquette University has signed a first-of-its-kind partnership agreement with Kohler Co. that paves the way to greatly enable collaborative research, talent development and more partnership opportunities.  The formal agreement builds upon a working relationship that spans more than 102 years, creating additional research and internship opportunities for the Marquette community by establishing a mutual agreement […]

Faculty and staff celebrate milestone employment anniversaries  

On Nov. 1, an Anniversary Luncheon took place to celebrate this year’s milestone employment anniversaries. We recognize the faculty and staff celebrating milestone anniversaries below:   10 Years of Service:  Dr. Tara Baillargeon, interim dean of Libraries  Angela Bartosik, director of annual giving, University Advancement  Emily Baseheart, managing director of development, College Advancement  Beverly Burgess, custodian   […]