Truth to Reconciliation Archives

Marquette’s Mission Week 2018 will focus on truth, reconciliation and peacemaking

February 2, 2018

As part of Marquette University’s annual Mission Week, students, faculty, staff and members of the Milwaukee community are invited to join in a week of study, listening, dialogue and prayer. This year’s theme is “Truth to Reconciliation.” Each winter, the Marquette community pauses to reflect on the university’s Catholic, Jesuit mission. Mission Week is the […]

Student-Made Marquette gives student entrepreneurs an e-tail platform

By Kevin Keenan, communication intern in the Office of University Relations In the same vein as other popular online marketplaces, Marquette students can now showcase their entrepreneurial spirit on Student-Made Marquette, a largely student-led arts collective made up of creators and innovators within the campus community. It officially launched on Feb. 1, 2023. Kelsey Otero, senior […]

Page, stage and beyond

When a production of “Les Misérables” came to Milwaukee in late 2022, Dr. Ben Pladek extended the reach of Romantic Studies by leading the community in conversations about the musical’s 19th century origins and contemporary relevance. Illustration by Robert Neubecker By Laura Bengs Like one of Victor Hugo’s characteristically ludicrous coincidences woven through his classic novel […]

World-class alliance

Membership in the Newberry Library’s Center for Renaissance Studies Consortium opens doors — and valuable funding and fellowship opportunities — for Marquette scholars. Illustration by Stephanie Dalton Cowan By Jennifer Walter To better understand the present, sometimes it helps to look to the past. “When I read about the social worlds depicted in 18th-century literature, […]