Search results for
831 Results
Problem solving on and off the court
Liza Karlen doesn’t take no for an answer. When she set out to major in engineering while also playing Division I college basketball, she knew there would be challenges. In high school, the 6’2” former Marquette women’s basketball player was approached by college athletic recruiters, and they all had similar responses when she revealed her…
Securing Our Future progress in August
Dear colleagues, Thank you to everyone who joined the live Securing Our Future webinar on Monday, Aug. 5. We hope the presentation helped address questions and brought additional clarity to the process. If you missed the webinar but are interested in viewing the recording, you can do so on the Securing Our Future Teams site. The…
Bomba and drum circle, May 17
The Office of the Raynor Chair is sponsoring a bomba and drum circle through Bembé Drum & Dance on Tuesday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to noon on the east side of the Alumni Memorial Union. The event will be moved to underneath the Olin Engineering Center overhang if it rains. Learn from guest artists…
COVID-19 Recovery Plan: Important changes to campus Step 4 guidelines take effect May 17
Adapting to changing public health guidance, we will be making certain updates to the university’s COVID-19 Recovery Plan Step 4, Version 4 guidelines for summer. (Note: All other Step 4 guidelines remain in place.) The changes below take effect Monday, May 17, and remain in place until Sunday, Aug. 15, or until guidelines for the fall semester…
Faculty honored at Père Marquette Dinner
By Jack Goods, communication specialist in the Office of Marketing and Communication Four Marquette faculty members were honored with the university’s highest teaching honor, Teaching Excellence Awards, and one faculty member received the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award at the 63rd Annual Père Marquette Dinner, which took place the evening of Thursday, May 5,…
Honoring Michael Rhodes Lovell, Ph.D. | March 20, 1967-June 9, 2024
Michael Rhodes Lovell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 20, 1967, to Susan Rhodes and Herbert Lovell. At the age of nine, he moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania. After high school, he traveled ninety miles south to attend the University of Pittsburgh. Junior year, Mike met Amy, a freshman, on Valentine’s Day weekend. That night,…
Marquette University mourns the loss of Paul Salsini
Marquette University mourns the loss of Paul Salsini.
So Simple, So Complex, So Human
The yellow sheet of paper offers an easy-to-understand gateway into a complicated world for the ordinary renter. “Your landlord has started a court case to evict you,” it begins. Three short sections on the one-page sheet are labeled: Act. Get Informed. Get Help. The fact that, since June 2023, the sheet is being offered to…
Going Beyond Boundaries: Marquette makes strides on strategic plan themes, priorities
During the 2021-22 academic year, Marquette University took major steps forward to execute on the goal themes in the university’s strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries, as well as five strategic priorities laid out last September. Following is a snapshot of some of the strides made last year across the Beyond Boundaries goal themes and strategic priorities:…
Three College of Nursing gifts provide $6.3 million to student scholarships, strengthen caregiver pipeline
Amid a growing nursing shortage across the state and nation, the College of Nursing recently received more than $6.3 million from generous benefactors to support scholarships for nursing students and the college’s direct entry nursing master’s program. Marquette nursing alumna Dorothy Krawczyk gifted $4.7 million to student scholarships through her estate, nursing alumna Alice Stecker…