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 [...]

When the 10-day anniversary bus trip took off on May 6, to retrace the 1961 Freedom Ride from Washington, D.C. to Jackson, Mississippi, two local students were among the 40 college students chosen to accompany the original Freedom Riders, who risked their lives to bring attention to their cause. The 2011 Student Freedom Ride is [...]

A new study published in the current issue of Health Services Research finds that having more registered nurses working on a hospital unit and reducing the amount of R.N.s’ overtime hours are correlated with fewer patients being readmitted or visiting the emergency department within the first 30 days after hospital discharge, and also reduced costs. [...]

Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will join the Marquette University Law School faculty as visiting professor of law beginning the spring semester 2011, the university announced this week. Feingold completed his third term in the U.S. Senate January 3. “Senator Feingold joins Marquette Law School with a substantial academic, legal and legislative background,” said Joseph [...]

Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig has been named to the adjunct faculty at Marquette University Law School as distinguished lecturer in sports law and policy. “Bud Selig is, without question, one of the most skilled and accomplished professionals in the sports industry today,” said Joseph D. Kearney, dean of Marquette Law School. [...]