GET YOUR MARQUETTE ON. See an interactive map of game-watching parties, enter our photo contest and reconnect. Join us in Milwaukee or around the globe for National Marquette Day.
Saturday, Feb. 11
Marquette vs. Cincinnati
Tipoff at 2 p.m. CT
No matter where you are or how much time you have, you can help lead a new generation of Marquetters to excellence. Become an eMentor and guide a student or young graduate toward a successful career by providing your expertise, advice and insight. You and your mentee determine the frequency of your interactions and the medium you prefer (phone, email, in-person meetings). Learn more.
Four nights a week, students gather in the O'Donnell Hall kitchen to fight one of Milwaukee's greatest problems — hunger. Rather than throwing out salvageable food at the end of each day, student volunteers collect salads, sandwiches, pastries and other food from eateries across campus to create 500-600 meals each week. Read more.
Ryan Austin, Bus Ad ’01, and Heather Frank, Comm ’02, were married on Oct. 1, 2011, at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee. The reception was at the InterContinental.
Jodi (Wagner) Drake, Bus Ad ’99, and Tom Drake welcomed son Andrew Joseph on May 20, 2011. Andrew enjoyed his first Marquette basketball game while visiting from San Francisco in November.
James Dati, Arts ’80, was named chairman of the board for the Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce. He currently serves as president of the Rotary Club of Bonita Springs and is first vice chair of the Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce. Dati is a business transaction and real estate lawyer at the Naples office of Bond, Schoeneck & King.
Haggerty features new exhibits
Photographs, intricate drawings, mixed media and whimsical paintings from various artists will be displayed at the Haggerty Museum through the spring semester. Admission is always free.
Marquette faculty help fight obesity
Marquette is launching a new collaboration to prevent and combat obesity. MOVe, or the Marquette Obesity Venture, joins forces with community members to prevent and treat obesity and to apply knowledge about factors that contribute to the epidemic. Learn more.
Michael Zampelli, S.J., professor of theology at Santa Clara University, has been elected to the Marquette Board of Trustees. Zampelli is “passionate about Catholic, Jesuit higher education and will bring a valuable perspective,” said Marquette President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J. Read more about his accomplishments.
In 2011, James Foley, Arts ’96, was captured by Libyan rebel forces and jailed in Tripoli for 45 days. Thanks to the Marquette’s Diederich College of Communication, Foley returned to campus to speak to students about those harrowing days in the annual Nieman lecture. Watch the video.
A 40-foot 3-pointer by sophomore Katie Young with time expiring proved to be the difference for the Marquette women's basketball team on Monday, Jan. 10, as the Golden Eagles pulled out a 51-50 victory over Villanova. Young’s buzzer beater was selected as ESPN SportsCenter’s top play on Tuesday, Jan. 11.
2011 was a year of progress for Milwaukee and Marquette, including opening new state-of-the-art Engineering Hall and brain scans by associate professor of psychology Amy Van Hecke that show evidence that social intervention can change autistic children’s brains. Read about the breakthroughs named by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
See which Marquette events are happening in your area. Check out the full Alumni Event Calendar and register online.
BLUE & GOLD ON THE ROAD
Head to the official Marquette pregame parties when Marquette men's basketball hits the road.
Saturday, Jan. 21; vs.
Providence
7 p.m. ET Tipoff; Providence, R.I.
Saturday, Jan. 28; vs.
Villanova
Noon ET Tipoff; Philadelphia
Monday, Feb. 6; vs.
DePaul
8 p.m. CT Tipoff; Chicago
Saturday, Feb. 18; vs.
Connecticut
Noon ET Tipoff; Hartford, Conn.
View additional information about receptions and regional game-watching events.
Living Ignatian: A Time for Renewal Retreat
Saturday, Jan. 28; 9 a.m. CT
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, Wis.
Mission Week Keynote Address
Engineering for the developing world: From crisis to development
Dr. Bernard Amadei, founding president of Engineers Without Borders USA
Tuesday, Feb. 21; 4 p.m. CT
Alumni Memorial Union, Marquette University Campus
Marquette in Florida - Feb. 21-23
Tuesday, Feb. 21 - AMUW Book Club in Naples
Wednesday, Feb. 22 - Ash Wednesday Mass and Lenten Lunch
Thursday, Feb. 23 - AMUW Book Club in Sarasota
Marquette celebrates Mission Week 2012
Every February, the Marquette community pauses to think about our Catholic, Jesuit heritage and reflect on our spirituality and our larger purpose. This year we ask: who are our neighbors — locally, nationally and internationally? Throughout the week, the Marquette community 
will reflect on this and examine how we can create international networks to address issues of faith, justice and ecology.
Mission Week 2012
Who is my neighbor?
Feb. 19-24
marquette.edu/missionweek
Reflection from Rev. Frank Majka, S.J.
“Blessed by Imperfection”
from One Cup Reflections by Frank Majka, S.J.
Jesus told his followers to be perfect, “just as your Heavenly Father is perfect.” Clearly we should try hard to be as good as we can be, but what if perfection eludes us despite our best efforts? Read the entire reflection.
