Baseball great Hank Aaron will be Marquette University’s Commencement speaker at this year’s spring ceremony. As part of the ceremony, Aaron will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. “Mr. Aaron is a superb role model for our graduates, someone we are proud to present as an illustration of the principles of leadership and [...]

Show brings national TV personality to the Riverside Theatre By Nyerere C. Davidson Revamped with a new look, housed in a larger venue and armed with a theme of “Shut up and Step,” the 15th Annual Brew City Stomp Down step show hit Milwaukee’s Riverside Theatre last Saturday. Sponsored by City Year Milwaukee, the step [...]

Symposium reveals new approach needed to meet critical need Neighborhood leaders, funders, real estate developers, lenders, and city officials gathered last Friday for Milwaukee’s first Community Development Symposium aimed at taking a broader look at central city revitalization in Milwaukee. The symposium was organized by LISC Milwaukee, the local branch of the largest community development [...]

Jane McGonigal, game designer and author of the New York Times bestselling book Reality is Broken, will present Marquette University’s Burleigh Media Ethics Lecture on “Why Games Make Us Better and How they Can Change the World.” The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m., Oct. 26, in [...]

Plans include 24 apartments and year-round fresh market In 2009 Associates in Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) students at Marquette University presented their class project, a twenty-four unit apartment building with a year-round farmers market, before a panel of bankers, city leaders and peers. The class project was well received and the students, Tina M Anderson [...]

Miami Heat Guard, Olympic gold medalist and Marquette University basketball standout Dwayne Wade made a special visit to the Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club, 611 W. Cherry St., to encourage the children to have a positive and successful school year. He also announced his foundation’s reading incentive program for the Club.

Bo Ellis and friends help mark Association’s 10th Year The Ethnic Alumni Association (EAA) of Marquette University will host its biennial EAA Reunion during Marquette University’s Alumni Reunion Weekend, July 28-31, on the Marquette campus. The signature Friday night dinner and dance, dubbed “EAA 10th Anniversary Celebration,” will feature Maurice “Bo” Ellis, a member of [...]

One-day conference to feature 17 sessions in honor of Marquette College of Nursing 75th anniversary The Marquette University College of Nursing will host a professional conference, “Toward Greater Excellence,” in honor of its 75th anniversary, Friday, July 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Topics will include reducing infant mortality in African Americans, providing primary [...]

Catch up with old friends over a delicious buffet dinner and cash bar. The evening’s program will feature former Marquette basketball player and assistant coach Maurice “Bo” Ellis, Sp ‘77, and actor/ comedian Rondell Sheridan, Sp ‘80. Following the evening’s program, dance to entertainment by D.J. Tall Order (also known as Tony Reeder, Comm ‘88). [...]

Marquette University is holding the second annual Waukesha County Women’s Leadership Luncheon Thursday, June 2 at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee. Proceeds from the event will support scholarships for female students from Waukesha County aspiring to attend Marquette. The luncheon will feature three of Marquette’s female deans, all of whose colleges are celebrating milestone [...]