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Virtual COVID-19 Town Hall follow up; watch the video online
The Marquette COVID-19 Response Team thanks the more than 1,400 faculty, staff and students who attended the Virtual COVID-19 Town Hall last Friday. The event was recorded and is available via YouTube for those who missed it. Additionally, the Marquette community is encouraged to visit the university’s dedicated coronavirus website to learn more about each…
Overview of university’s COVID-19 Response Team
The COVID-19 Campus Response Team leads Marquette’s response to coronavirus while building and sustaining the capability to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from this threat. Led by Dr. Xavier Cole, vice president for student affairs, the Steering Committee meets daily to share updates, discuss COVID-19 developments and prepare campus communications. The response team…
Undergraduate research prepares future nurses
Marquette’s College of Nursing gets undergraduates involved in cutting-edge research.
U.S. Department of Education suspends federal student loan repayments for students
The U.S. Office of Federal Student Aid announced that it will provide student loan relief for students across the country during the COVID-19 national emergency. The two main announcements included: All borrowers with federally held student loans will automatically have their interest rates set to 0% for a period of at least 60 days. Every…
COVID-19 update: Additional guidance for faculty and staff
Dear faculty and staff, President Lovell and I understand it has been a very challenging week on campus. Thank you for your continued patience and flexibility and for supporting one another as the university navigates an unprecedented situation and identifies the best courses of action over the coming days and weeks. It is important to…
To serve the underserved
New online counseling program hopes to combat the mental health provider shortage in high-need areas by offering students another route to earn their degree. By Hal Conick In many areas of the U.S., people don’t have access to adequate mental health care, and increasing patient needs during the coronavirus pandemic are pressuring an already-taxed practitioner…
UPDATED: Marquette pauses COVID-19 Federal Order compliance plan for staff and faculty
Marquette University is actively monitoring the legal status of federal Executive Order 14042 (Federal Order) and is aware of the Dec. 7 U.S. district court ruling that halts the enforcement of the order for federal contract workers. Given this development, the university is pausing its COVID-19 Federal Order plan until further notice. We expect the…
Know your neighbor: students asked to help with contact tracing in classrooms
In a continued effort to help keep our campus safe this semester and reduce the spread of COVID-19, we are implementing precautionary contact tracing protocols in all classrooms. This means at the beginning of the semester, faculty will ask students to know their neighbors – in other words, make note of who they are sitting…
Important notice for students with COVID-19 vaccine exemptions
Per the terms of the university’s vaccine exemption policies for medical, religious or personal conviction reasons, students who have been granted an exemption for any of these reasons will be required to do the following while enrolled in classes at Marquette: Complete the daily COVID Cheq screening process Participate in mandatory COVID-19 testing starting Aug. 30; you will be tested every other week and required to test only in the…
Marquette Army ROTC advances to Sandhurst Military Skills Competition
Marquette’s Army ROTC Golden Eagle Battalion will compete at the 2021 Sandhurst Military Skills Competition hosted by the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, Friday, April 16, through Sunday, April 18. Nearly 40 teams from higher education institutions from across the country will compete at the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition to…