Women at Marquette Today
The reasons these women chose Marquette vary from wanting to become a rock critic to educating the nursing scholars of tomorrow. They each came with their own story and goals. But they have one thing in common — they're making a difference here and far beyond campus.
Mary Ellen Stanek
Arts '78
In 1909 Marquette became the first Catholic coeducational university in the world. In 2006 the university celebrated the naming of a woman to chair the Board of Trustees.
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Female Leadership Today
Female leaders at Marquette
Five of Marquette’s 12 academic deans are women. Seven of our 17 key university leaders are women.
Dr. Margaret Faut Callahan
Dean and Professor of the College
of Nursing
Dr. Margaret Faut Callahan is dean of the College of Nursing and specializes in pain management, palliative care and health policy.
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Dr. Kristina Ropella
Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Kristina Ropella, chair of the biomedical engineering department in Marquette's College of Engineering, was the 2007 Wisconsin Professor of the Year.
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Dr. Michelle Johnson
Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Michelle Johnson lost her grandmother to a stroke. Now she devotes her career to designing robotic systems to help other stroke survivors do what her grandmother couldn't.
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Dr. Linda M. Salchenberger
James H. Keyes Dean of the College
of Business Administration
Dr. Linda M.
Salchenberger is the first female dean of the College of Business Administration and inaugural Keyes Dean, a deanship endowed by Marquette alumnus and retired Johnson Controls CEO James Keyes.
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Katie Devitt
Arts '05
Katie Devitt's page on the social networking site Facebook looked like that of a typical 20-something, except for the fact that she listed simply "Jesus" under interests. The week of Oct. 19, 2008, she posted an update to her 525 Facebook friends: "Katie Devitt enters Kokomo on Sunday!"
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Hollie Lippert
Junior in Business Administration
Meet a Marquette student who says scholarships made her dreams come true. She grew up in Pittsville, Wis. — two square miles with about 800 people.
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