Marquette News Releaseshttp://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recentnewsreleases.php en-us <![CDATA[Marquette Law School Poll shows Walker, Kleefisch lead in recall]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1337190600&archive= Obama and Romney tied

Please note: Complete poll results and methodology information can be found online at law.marquette.edu/poll.

A new Marquette Law School Poll shows that with three weeks to go until the recall election Governor Scott Walker has taken a six-percentage point lead over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, 50-44 percent, among likely voters. Just three percent say they are undecided. In the previous poll, taken April 26-29, Walker held a one-percentage point lead among likely voters, 48-47. Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch holds a 47 to 41-percentage point lead over Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin president Mahlon Mitchell in that recall election, with 10 percent undecided.
]]> 1337190600 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:50:00 -0500 <![CDATA[PHOTO/VIDEO OP: Commencement to feature Hank Aaron May 20]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1337183161&archive= Event Information                                
Date: Sunday, May 20, 2012                                         
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.    
Place: Bradley Center
           1001 N. 4th St.                 

MILWAUKEE – Marquette University’s 131st Commencement will be held Sunday, May 20, at 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Bradley Center, 1001 N. 4th St.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig will introduce 2012 Commencement speaker and baseball legend Hank Aaron. As part of the ceremony, Aaron will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. The event is open to the public. ]]> 1337183161 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:46:01 -0500 <![CDATA[Conference to address future of K-12 education in Wisconsin]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1337108388&archive= Event Information:
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Place: Marquette Law School, Eckstein Hall

Marquette University Law School and the Marquette University College of Education will host a major education conference, “The Challenge and the Opportunity: How Wisconsin Can Meet More Ambitious Goals for Students,” addressing the new standards for reading and math proficiency in Wisconsin, Tuesday, May 22, at 8:30 a.m. The event will take place at Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St.
]]> 1337108388 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:59:48 -0500 <![CDATA[New Marquette Law Poll out Wednesday; Media Briefing at 12:15 that day]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1337017442&archive= Event Information:
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Time: 12:15 – 12:45 p.m.
Place: Marquette Law School, Eckstein Hall

As the gubernatorial recall election heats up, a new Marquette Law School Poll will be released Wednesday, May 16. Reporters are invited to a media briefing with Professor Charles Franklin, director of the poll, and Mike Gousha, distinguished fellow in law and public policy. Franklin and Gousha will discuss the latest numbers and take questions from the media. The event will begin at 12:15 p.m. CDT at Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan Street. The complete poll results will be issued online at law.marquette.edu/poll and via press release as soon as the event concludes at approximately 12:45 p.m. CDT.  Results will also be available by watching the media briefing webcast live online, or by following the event on Twitter at @MULawPoll.  Later that day, Gousha and Franklin will travel to Madison For “On the Issues” with Mike Gousha at the Madison Club at 5:30 p.m.]]> 1337017442 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:44:02 -0500 <![CDATA[Marquette University elects new chair of Board of Trustees]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1336747769&archive= MILWAUKEE – Charles (Chuck) M. Swoboda, Eng ’89, has been elected chair of the Marquette University Board of Trustees, the university announced today. Swoboda, who is chairman and chief executive officer of Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), joined Marquette University’s Board of Trustees in 2004 and served as vice chair from 2011 to 2012. Swoboda will replace Darren R. Jackson, Bus Ad ’86, who served his full term as chair of the Board from 2009 to 2012. Jackson will remain on the university’s Board of Trustees.

]]> 1336747769 Fri, 11 May 2012 09:49:29 -0500 <![CDATA[Center for Supply Chain Management to conduct key healthcare survey]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1336582292&archive= National study will gauge healthcare executives’ perceptions of supply chain

MILWAUKEE – The Center for Supply Chain Management in Marquette University’s College of Business Administration and the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management, in collaboration with Jamie C. Kowalski Consulting, LLC, are conducting a 2012 National Healthcare Executive Survey on Supply Chain Management. The survey is intended to gauge hospital executives’ perceptions of the importance of supply chain management within their organizations, particularly related to economic conditions and changes in health care, as well as developing issues and trends in the field. ]]> 1336582292 Wed, 09 May 2012 11:51:32 -0500 <![CDATA[Marquette alumnus and wife to give $7.5 million planned gift for need-based scholarships]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1336483740&archive= Anonymous couple designate gift toward future science, technology and engineering scholarships

A Marquette University alumnus and his wife will donate $7.5 million in need-based science, technology and engineering scholarships, Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., university president, announced today.

]]> 1336483740 Tue, 08 May 2012 08:29:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Marquette to partner with Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare to build clinical simulation center]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1336135257&archive= Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare will invest $1 million over five years to fund simulation center housed at Marquette University

Marquette University’s College of Nursing announced today that it will partner with Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare to build a clinical simulation center at Marquette University. It is the first clinical simulation center partnership of its type in Wisconsin.
]]> 1336135257 Fri, 04 May 2012 07:40:57 -0500 <![CDATA[Marquette University to host third annual Health Care Forum ]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1336060892&archive= Event Information:
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012
Time: 7:15 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Place: Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms
1442 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Interdisciplinary panel to discuss the impact of breakthroughs in medical technology

Marquette University’s College of Nursing will host its third annual Health Care Forum Monday, May 7, at 7:15 a.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. The forum will address the realm of health care innovation and examine the process by which new medical technologies become a part of standard practice.
]]> 1336060892 Thu, 03 May 2012 11:01:32 -0500 <![CDATA[Yale University professor and Cold War historian next guest for “On the Issues” at Marquette Law School]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1336054822&archive= Event Information:
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Time: 12:15 p.m.
Place: Marquette Law School, Eckstein Hall

Yale University Professor John Lewis Gaddis, author of George F. Kennan: An American Life, will be the next guest for “On the Issues with Mike Gousha,” Wednesday, May 9, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan Street.
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