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COVID-19 vaccination update
The Marquette University Medical Clinic is now administering a limited supply of vaccines on campus to people in specific eligible populations as defined by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the City of Milwaukee Health Department. The current eligible populations, pertinent to Marquette, are frontline health care personnel, police personnel and adults ages 65 or over. The…
COVID-19 vaccination progress update
The Marquette University Medical Clinic was approved to become a COVID-19 vaccinator and is currently awaiting arrival of vaccines on-campus. The Medical Clinic anticipates arrival of vaccines soon. However, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services stated this week that the current demand for COVID-19 vaccines far exceeds supply. This is expected to continue over the next few weeks as demand grows, and supplies remain flat. Organizations should anticipate not receiving…
Alumni family gives more than $2 million to support scholarship and emerging academic initiatives
Gift will improve access to incoming students, bolster new home for Marquette Business and grow clinical and educational programming for special needs dental care Mary Ellen and Dr. Scott Stanek, along with their family, have committed a gift of more than $2 million to Marquette University, President Michael R. Lovell shared today. The gift supports…
University releases COVID-19 vaccination statement
The Marquette University Medical Clinic has registered to become a COVID-19 vaccinator and anticipates registration approval in the near future. Once approved and once vaccines become available, the university will begin rolling out the vaccine to students, faculty and staff based on their priority group. Marquette will follow priority guidelines from the City of Milwaukee…
COVID-19 update: Spring semester preparation
Dear Marquette undergraduate, graduate and professional students, Happy New Year! As we prepare for the spring semester, we hope the break left you refreshed, recharged and ready to return to campus and classes. Through your diligence and commitment to our community pledge, mask wearing, physical distancing and following campus and health department protocols, we were…
Milwaukee musician Willy Porter performs virtual concert for students in ‘Rock and Roll in the U.S.’ course; watch the video via YouTube
Milwaukee musician Willy Porter produced a 40-minute concert for the students in the Foundations in Methods of Inquiry Core course, “Rock and Roll in the U.S.” The course, CORE 1929, is co-taught by Dr. Elaine Spiller, associate professor of mathematics and statistical sciences, and Dr. Stephen Saunders, chair and professor of psychology. During the next class, Porter…
COVID-19 UPDATE: Changes to Marquette’s COVID-19 alert level; in-person classes continue
Dear Marquette students, First, we’d like to thank you all for your work to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on our campus and in our community. Your efforts in following campus and public health guidelines have allowed us to provide an in-person, on-campus experience this fall semester. However, with fewer than three weeks of…
COVID-19 update: Students asked to begin preparing for end of semester
With about three weeks remaining in the fall 2020 semester, students are asked to begin preparing to leave campus for virtual final exams and winter break. Additional information will be shared in the coming weeks to provide guidance on the end of the semester, including any testing, quarantine, and isolation protocols that may be necessary…
University receives $1 million Lilly Endowment grant to support congregational vitality
Marquette received a $1 million grant through the Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Thriving Congregations Initiative to help establish “The Examen(ed) Church,” which will assist churches in drawing on Ignatian spiritual practices to identify ministry opportunities and deepen congregational vitality. Through “The Examen(ed) Church,” congregations will learn and practice elements of Ignatian spirituality, particularly the Ignatian Examen,…
University asks students not to travel over Midterm Break
Per guidance from the CDC and the Wisconsin Health Department, all nonessential travel should be avoided. Wide-based community spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues throughout the United States and many other countries. Travel anywhere outside one’s own current community, domestically or internationally, increases risk of contracting the virus. In order to help…