may08

Construction to begin on new Law School
Marquette will break ground for a new Law School on Thursday, May 22. Located on Tory
Hill, at the southeast corner of the Marquette campus, the 200,000-square-foot building
will include two courtrooms, classrooms, faculty office suites, library space with a
two-story reading room, a conference center and a café. Two stories of parking below the
building will accommodate 170 vehicles. The building will be named Eckstein Hall in
honor of the $51 million donation in May 2007 from Raymond and Katherine Eckstein, an
alumni couple from Cassville, Wis. Inside, the four-story structure will feature the Zilber
Atrium, recognizing the generosity of Milwaukee real estate developer Joseph Zilber, an
alumnus who last August contributed $30 million.

Former USAID head to speak at Commencement
Andrew Natsios, distinguished professor in the practice of diplomacy at Georgetown
University and the former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development,
will speak at Marquette’s Commencement ceremony Sunday, May 18. More than 1,300
undergraduate students and nearly 600 graduate students will receive their diplomas.
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John Pauly named provost
Dr. John Pauly, dean of Marquette’s J. William and Mary Diederich College of
Communication, will start as Marquette University provost in July. Pauly was appointed
dean and the William R. Burleigh and E.W. Scripps Professor in the Diederich College of
Communication in 2006, and he previously taught at St. Louis University, University of
Tulsa, UW-Milwaukee, Fordham University and East Carolina University. Read more

Education pioneer elected to Marquette’s Board of Trustees
Dr. Arnold Mitchem, an internationally recognized advocate of educational opportunity for
students who are economically disadvantaged or disabled, is the newest member of the
Board of Trustees. Mitchem is an alumnus, former faculty member and former
administrator at Marquette who was the founding director of the Educational Opportunity
Program from 1969-86. Since 1986, he has served as president of the Council for
Opportunity in Education, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that works in
conjunction with colleges, universities and agencies to specifically help low-income
students enter college and graduate. As a result of his work, the federally funded TRIO
programs have expanded by 400 percent and now serve nearly 850,000 students at more
than 1,200 colleges and universities.

Sandra Day O’Connor visits Law School
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor spoke last week at the Law School
about judicial independence. She appeared with Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice
Shirley Abrahamson.

MUAA Linkedin group is growing quickly
There are over 500 members on the Marquette University Alumni Association (MUAA)
group on Linkedin.com, a popular business networking Web site. Marquette alumni
may join by visiting the site.

Marquette in the news
President Robert Wild, S.J., was quoted in The New York Times about Pope Benedict
XVI’s recent visit with approximately 400 Catholic educators at the Catholic University of
America in Washington, D.C. Read more