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  • Alumni, friends honored for excellence at 2022 Alumni National Awards

    Marquette’s Alumni National Awards honor distinguished alumni, parents and friends who embody Marquette’s mission through their character, personal and professional achievements, and their impact on the community and others. Award recipients include individuals from each of the university’s colleges and professional schools. They embody Marquette’s spirit and mission in searching for truth, discovering and sharing…

  • Alumni couple commits to major gift to establish endowed directorship in College of Business Administration’s Center for Real Estate

    Perry and Sheila Vieth, founding members of the university’s President’s Advisory Council, have committed a $1.75 million gift to establish an endowed directorship in the College of Business Administration’s Center for Real Estate. In addition, the Vieths have dedicated a portion of their gift to strengthen excellence funds within the Center for Real Estate and…

  • Nuestras Raíces Dicen que Somos Hermanas: Resaltando las voces femeninas BIPOC de Marquette

    Basado en el colorido mural del campus “Nuestras Raíces Dicen que Somos Hermanas”, el nuevo podcast resalta las voces femeninas BIPOC (negras, indígenas y personas de color) de Marquette. Por Jacki Black, Directora Asociada para Iniciativas Hispanas, y Sheena Carey, Directora Practicante/Profesora en la Facultad de Comunicación Diederich ¿La has visto? Está sentada en el…

  • A National Marquette Day message to students from university leaders

    Dear students, National Marquette Day 2020 is Sunday, Feb. 9. This tradition began nearly 25 years ago with the intention of uniting the Marquette community, near and far, to celebrate who we are as an institution: Catholic and Jesuit, dedicated to service, and being women and men for and with others. For this reason, National…

  • Marquette receives $1.5 million gift to support first-generation minority students and Neuro Recovery Clinic

    First-generation minority students attending Marquette can now more easily experience unique study abroad opportunities, paid internships and experiential learning trips, thanks to a major gift from an alumni couple. Jeff and Sarah Joerres have committed $1.5 million to the university—half of their gift will fund these “high-impact” experiences and half is dedicated to the university’s…

  • COVID-19 Update: Marquette to reopen for in-person instruction this fall with hybrid and online classes where reasonably possible and reduced number of students living residentially  

    Dear Marquette faculty, staff and students: After much thoughtful and deliberate consultation with the Milwaukee Health Department, our faculty and staff medical experts, and our Board of Trustees — which includes nationally renowned medical leaders — Marquette University will move forward with our plan to reopen campus in-person this fall with fewer students living residentially.…

  • Alumni National Awards 2021: Marquette alumni, friends honored for excellence

    Marquette University’s Alumni National Awards honor distinguished alumni, parents and friends who embody Marquette’s mission through their character, personal and professional achievements, and their impact on the community and others. Fifty-two awardees will be honored during Celebration Week, Monday, May 24, through Friday, May 28. A virtual ceremony will take place on Tuesday, May 25, at 6…

  • Marquette awarded $3.8 million grant from Department of Defense for new ‘In Defense of Water’ program

    Marquette University has received a two-year, $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for an interdisciplinary program, “Novel Technologies to Mitigate Water Contamination for Resilient Infrastructure,” to develop novel, sustainable technologies to protect the environment and to provide clean drinking water. The project, which the researchers refer to as “In Defense of Water,”…

  • Marquette hires first director of Black student initiatives

    Marquette has hired Samira M. Payne as the first director of Black student initiatives in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, reporting to Dr. William Welburn, vice president for inclusive excellence. The director of Black student initiatives position was the product of negotiations between university leadership and the Black Student Council last summer. The…

  • Sign up to be an advocate on Give Marquette Day

    Sign up to serve as a Give Marquette Day advocate and help spread the word via email, text or social media. This year’s Give Marquette Day will take place on Tuesday, March 8.   Give Marquette Day is a 24-hour fundraising event for alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends to join together to make a…