• Welcome, freshmen
  The campus is buzzing with excitement as we welcome 1,950 freshmen to Marquette. Academically, the Class of 2013 may be the strongest entering class yet—414 students (or 21%) are first-generation or the first in their families to go to college; 360 are from legacy families. Students in this class will come to us from 40 states, Puerto Rico and Guam; about 90 will come from countries outside the United States; 61 are high school valedictorians and 391 ranked in the top 10% of their high school graduating class.

• Men's and women's basketball schedules announced
  The 2009-10 Marquette University men's and women's basketball schedules have been finalized, following the announcement of the league schedule by the BIG EAST Conference office on Thursday. View the men's and women's schedules.

• College of Engineering dean retires
  Stan Jaskolski, Opus Dean of Engineering, recently announced his intention to retire June 30, 2010, or when a successor is named. Jaskolski will continue to raise money for the $100 million Discovery Learning Complex. Last month, the university began site preparation for the proposed new engineering facility. Read more

• Student wins Fulbright
  Chris Hallberg, Arts ’09, has won the prestigious Fulbright scholarship. He is one of roughly 1,500 U.S. citizens who received a Fulbright scholarship to travel abroad during the 2009-10 academic year. Hallberg will study economic development programs in northern El Salvador, considering why some programs flourish while others fail. Read more

• Marquette ranks 84th nationally
  Marquette University ranks 84th among the top national universities in the 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges, released by U.S. News & World Report. Marquette was listed among 262 U.S. universities that offer undergraduate majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees, the premier category of institutions ranked by the publication.

• Color us green
  Marquette is promoting the recycling of debris on campus construction sites, including those for Zilber and Eckstein halls as well as the College of Engineering’s proposed Discovery Learning Complex. And it’s well worth the effort. University Architect Tom Ganey said that when the 1212 Building on the corner of 12th and Wisconsin (site of the new Zilber Hall) was demolished last year, 90 percent of the materials were recycled.

  To further the university’s recycling efforts, a new Single Stream Recycling program makes it easier than ever for campus community members to recycle. Each recycling bin in classrooms and next to desks can now accept aluminum, plastic and glass alongside the customary paper recycling without the need for separate bins. Our campus-wide goal: recycle 30 percent of all waste by July 2011.

• Marquette in the news
  A historic partnership between Marquette, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee School of Engineering to form a Midwest energy research center drew media attention from the Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other media outlets.
  
  

Wyatt Daniel Moakley

Kathleen Newcomb, CJPA '93, Robert Moakley, Law '99, and big brother Dillon welcomed Wyatt Daniel Moakley on July 28, 2009. Full Note

David Ira Kagan, Grad '75, authored his second book, Middletown Borough, in the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing Company. Full Note

Frances Richards

Frances (Agnew) Richards, Sp '78, president and CEO of Arlean & Company, LLC, was one of the expert career coaches at the 3rd Annual Women of Color Conference in Las Vegas in August. Full Note

Maureen (Bissing) Bergan, Arts '92, and Pete Bergan, Bus Ad '91, are happy to announce the birth of their second son, Patrick William, on June 19, 2009. Older brother John is very happy to have a new baby brother!