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Highlights from Marquette’s 2022 Commencement ceremonies
Marquette University’s 141st Commencement was held on Sunday, May 22, with 1,942 undergraduates, 837 Master’s recipients and 76 Ph.D. recipients celebrating at Summerfest’s American Family Insurance Amphitheater. Watch a 60-second recap of the undergraduate Commencement ceremony: The festivities were split into two ceremonies, with an undergraduate event in the morning and a graduate event in…
Dwyane Wade’s undergraduate Commencement address
Thank you! Thank you all. So, I was working on this speech with my vocal coach, Mr. Arthur Joseph. Arthur and I had been working on this speech for a few days, and on Monday, we worked for two hours. In those two hours, we came to a good place at the beginning of the…
Piecing together the past
Marquette’s archives contain large collections of curated documents, images, videos and more that are precious resources for researchers inside and outside the university. By Tracy Staedter With its tall ceilings, oak-paneled walls, polished tables and expansive windows, Marquette’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives may elicit the kind of hushed tones typically found in…
Alumni couple gives $1 million to honor Marquette Nurses as National Nursing Week celebrations begin
As National Nursing Week celebrations begin across the country, Marquette University President Michael R. Lovell today shared that an anonymous alumni couple has stepped forward and committed to a $1 million gift to honor Marquette Nurses and bolster efforts to renovate and build an addition for the new home for the College of Nursing. The…
One way out
By Karen Coates “Taliban is everywhere … .” It’s Aug. 13 in Milwaukee, Aug. 14 in Kabul, two days before the Afghan capital will fall to the Taliban, roughly two weeks before the U.S. will complete its withdrawal from its last post at Kabul’s international airport. Tensions flare. Seven thousand miles away, at Marquette, Patrick…
An eternal learner
From the medical-themed TV shows she watched during the 1970s, Mary Astor Gomez, Nurs ’82, got the distinct impression that nursing was an exciting and important profession. She has since confirmed that impression, over the course of a varied career that took her from the neonatal intensive care unit to a pediatric air ambulance and…
Hitting the mark
It’s the first week of final exams and about 35 students — all wearing masks — gather around a U-shaped conference table to decorate gingerbread houses. Laughter and holiday music soften the office-bright lighting. In the back of the room, the comforting smell of pepperoni and cheese rises from a dozen pizza boxes stacked on…
Marquette hosts first ‘Reimagining Public Safety’ community gathering
On Saturday, July 23, Marquette University hosted the Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, and the Community Collaborative Commission for a “Reimagining Public Safety” community gathering session at the Law School. This was the first of 15 sessions – one in each aldermanic district in Milwaukee. MPD is developing a community policing plan,…
TIAA offering ROTH sessions on campus Oct. 18
TIAA will hold a educational sessions about Roth on Wednesday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the AMU Lunda Room.
Holy Week message from Rev. Jim Voiss, S.J.
Dear Marquette community: As we prepare to enjoy Easter Weekend and Passover, my thoughts are drawn to a Gospel passage and the story of the “washing of the feet” at the Last Supper. In that scene, Jesus, the master and Lord, teaches his disciples that true leadership is expressed in self-giving service. Such leadership is…