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  • We Are All Marquette: A First-Generation Reflection

    In honor of First-generation Student Week, Andrea García shares a reflection about her Marquette experience as a first-gen student and how she went from being an aspiring engineer to realizing her true vocation: to be a bilingual speech language pathologist.

  • Marquette receives $1 million gift to preserve historic St. Joan of Arc Chapel

    President Michael R. Lovell shared today that the university has received a gift of $1 million from the Slaggie Family Foundation to help preserve one of Marquette University’s most sacred spaces — St. Joan of Arc Chapel. Last spring, university leaders conducted a historic structure report aimed at conserving the more than 600-year-old chapel for…

  • Marquette Faculty Experts Available For Mental Health Awareness Month Stories

    MILWAUKEE — May is Mental Health Awareness Month and faculty experts at Marquette University are available for tips on personal mental health care, as well as care for others during safer-at-home and social distancing orders. Good mental health is necessary as people are asked to navigate stressful and isolating times related to the COVID-19 pandemic.…

  • Significant progress made on commitments to Black Student Council last fall

    Last September, members of Black Student Council and other students met with Marquette University leaders to discuss specific steps to increase the diversity of the university’s student body, improve the experiences of Black students, foster an inclusive and welcoming environment for all students, further involve the Black Student Council in decision-making at Marquette, and assist…

  • ‘Addressing Racial Injustice at Marquette,’ with President Lovell and Black Student Council is tomorrow; Marquette community invited to tune in via livestream

    On Friday, Sept. 11, at 11:30 a.m., members of the Black Student Council will come together with President Michael R. Lovell and Rev. James Voiss, S.J., vice president for mission and ministry, for a prayer service oriented toward healing racism at Marquette and the university’s role in addressing racial injustice. The Marquette community is invited…

  • Todos Somos Marquette: Reflexión Sobre Ser Estudiante de Primera Generación

    Por Andrea García, asistente de posgrado en la Oficina de Diversidad e Inclusión Institucional. En el otoño del 2019, mientras estaba sentada en el Auditorio Weasler, escuché al orador invitado Saúl Flores describir los sacrificios que sus padres como inmigrantes habían hecho por él y por su hermana para darles la oportunidad de tener una…

  • COVID-19 Update: Remote learning extended, Commencement postponed and other key decisions

    Dear Marquette community: As we start our first full week of remote learning and working, we want to thank you for your continued patience as we move the university forward amid this unprecedented set of circumstances. Given changing guidance from the State of Wisconsin and the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we are…

  • Marquette Latinx Undergraduate Enrollment Doubles Over Last Decade, Now Up To 15% As Part Of HSI Initiative

    MILWAUKEE — Marquette University offered an update on its commitment to becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution in a letter to the campus community from Provost Kimo Ah Yun. Colleges and universities earn HSI status when its enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students is at least 25 percent Hispanic students. Marquette launched this initiative in the spring of…

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    Marquette Receives $1 Million Gift To Support First-Generation Scholarship

    MILWAUKEE — First-generation students will have new opportunity at Marquette University thanks to a generous $1 million gift from alumnus Barry C. Cosgrove and his wife, Ingrid. The gift will support student recipients in the College of Business Administration and those majoring in journalism. “Barry is another outstanding product of Marquette’s Educational Opportunity Program –…

  • A letter from university leaders in support of our Dreamers and our immigrant community

    Dear Marquette community: Marquette University seeks to be an inclusive learning community proud to educate and employ individuals from many backgrounds, perspectives and national origins. While we are encouraged by today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, we also recognize this decision is not a permanent solution to…