Save the Dates!

EOP will celebrate it's 40th Anniversary on July 23-26, 2009 in conjunction with Marquette's Alumni Reunion Week! We hope you can join us for a weekend of fun, memories and friends!

EOP Schedule of Events

Thursday, July 23rd

 
Educational Opportunity Program Ronald E. McNair Undergraduate Research Symposium and Reception
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Cudahy Hall

Undergraduate students participating in the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program this summer will present their research at the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Twenty students will conduct oral presentations on a variety of research topics. A reception will follow.

EOP Pre-College Academic Exhibition
6 – 8 p.m.
AMU Ballroom, Third Floor

Upward Bound students will demonstrate what they learned in a wide variety of interdisciplinary projects: Rube Goldberg Machines, Product Research and Development, Crime Scene Investigation, Roller Coasters, Robotics, and Urban Farming. Award ceremony and student films at 7 p.m.

  
 

Friday, July 24th

EOP College Division Career Day and Reception
1 - 3 p.m.
Marquette Hall, Room 404

EOP alumni will conduct small-group workshops with the 40th-anniversary freshman class during the five-week pre-freshmen summer program. Alumni will discuss their Marquette experiences, career paths and successes. A networking reception will follow.

DINNER & DANCE TO THE DECADES

A reunion favorite!
6 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom, Third Floor

Attire: Summer chic or attire from your favorite decade. Join your classmates for a night of celebration! Delicious food will be served until 9 p.m. Cash bar.

FEATURING:
Glenn "Doc" Rivers, Arts '85
Head coach of the 2008 NBA world champion Boston Celtics
Marquette University Trustee

Arnold L. Mitchem, Ph.D., Grad '81
President of the Council for Opportunity in Education
First director of the Educational Opportunity Program
Marquette University Trustee

Congresswoman Gwendolynne S. Moore, Arts '78
U.S. House of Representatives
Wisconsin’s Fourth Congressional District

Comedian Rondell Sheridan, Sp '80, will auction an autographed Dwyane Wade jersey.

 

Saturday, July 25th

Back-to-School Open House
1 - 2 p.m.

EOP
Marquette Hall, Fourth Floor

 

  

EOP Alumni, We're looking for you!

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