Men's Basketball Head Coach Shaka Smart greets a Class of 2025 family on move-in day.
Photo by Jesse Lee, senior communication specialist in the Office of Marketing and
Communication. See more photos from move-in day.
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Marquette welcomes the Class of 2025
Today at 8 a.m., more than 1,650 first-year students from 37 states, three U.S. territories
and eight foreign countries began moving into Marquette residence halls. A blessing
for new students and their families by Rev. James Voiss, S.J., vice president for
mission and ministry, followed.
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President Lovell greeted students this morning, handing out keys at The Commons, while
Marquette Men’s Basketball Coach Shaka Smart and Men's Basketball student-athletes
also greeted families and helped students move in.
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New Student Orientation will take place today, Aug. 24, through Sunday, Aug. 29. Convocation
— considered the formal welcome to Marquette for new students and their families —
will take place tomorrow, Aug. 25, at 4 p.m. on Central Mall, south of Wisconsin Ave.
and adjacent to St. Joan of Arc Chapel.
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First-year students will continue to arrive through tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug. 25.
Second-year students will return beginning this Friday, Aug. 27, through Sunday, Aug.
29. The first day of classes for all undergraduate students is Monday, Aug. 30.
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Importantly, more than 90% of students enrolled for fall 2021 are vaccinated. Students
who received an exemption are required to participate in mandatory COVID-19 testing,
complete the daily COVID Cheq screening process, quarantine for 14 days if they came
into close contact with someone infected with COVID-19, and follow all other university-wide
protocols related to COVID-19 mitigation.
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Class of 2025 Fast Facts
- 1,651 students from 37 states, three U.S. territories and eight countries
- Over 17,000 students applied
- 33% students of color
- 20 valedictorians and an average SAT score of 1,269, which is among the highest in
Marquette history
- 24% are first-generation college students; 21% are legacy students
- 36% hail from Wisconsin
- Students from Milwaukee and Waukesha counties rose nearly 24% from last year
- The top feeder school is Ronald Reagan Prep High School in Milwaukee with 24 students.
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School sent 21 graduates to Marquette, the third-most. Loyola
Academy in Chicago is second with 22 graduates.
- The Urban Scholars Program welcomes a 45-student cohort, its first cohort since expanding
with 40 additional full-tuition scholarships last fall. Urban Scholars is a Marquette
program which offers scholarships to high achieving, low-income scholars from urban
high schools, targeting the Milwaukee area. Among the 45 students are 34 students
from the City of Milwaukee
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