Marquette University

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Marquette University
Logo of Marquette University
MottoNumen Flumenque
("God and the River")
TypeCatholic, Jesuit
Established1881
PresidentRev. Robert A. Wild, S.J.
Undergraduates7,923
Postgraduates3,587
Location
Milwaukee
,
Wisconsin
,
USA
CampusUrban
Athletics11 varsity teams
MascotGolden Eagle
Websitewww.marquette.edu

Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university in the United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Marquette University is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It currently has a student body of 11,000. The largest college within the university is the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts & Sciences. Athletics programs at Marquette play in the highly competitive Big East Conference.

Campus

Marquette is located on an 80-acre (320,000 m²) campus in the downtown Milwaukee neighborhood of University Hill. The center of campus is the Alumni Memorial Union, the student union. The five-story, brick building was completed in 1990, and features a ballroom for 800 guests, numerous offices for student organizations, a coffee shop and the campus gift shop. The John P. Raynor, S.J., Library, completed in 2003, contains many of J. R. R. Tolkien's original manuscripts, and serves as one of the main study areas on campus. In addition to the Raynor Library, Marquette also features a law library associated with its law school, and the university's longstanding library, Memorial Library. Gesu Church, completed in 1894, is considered the spiritual center of the campus, although it is not technically affiliated with the university. St. Joan of Arc Chapel, the oldest building in the Western Hemisphere still used for its original purpose, is also located at Marquette (although it originated in France and was relocated to the U.S.).

The well-renowned Haggerty Museum of Art is also an important and impressive fixture at the university. The museum now features more than 8,000 works from the old masters to contemporary art works from such artists as Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Keith Haring and Roberto Matta.

History

Marquette University was founded in 1881 by John Martin Henni, the first Catholic bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, as Marquette College, and named after 17th-century missionary and explorer Father Jacques Marquette, S.J. The school attained its status as a university in 1907. Marquette University High School, formerly the preparatory department of the university, became a separate institution the same year. In 1912, the relatively young Marquette University became the first Jesuit university to admit women.

The university acquired the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1913, and opened schools of medicine (including nursing), dentistry, and pharmacy. The School of Medicine separated from Marquette in 1967 to become the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Organization

Today the University includes 11 schools and colleges:

Students

Marquette's 11,500 students come from all 50 states and represent more than 80 countries. The university has more than 200 student organizations in various fields of interest. The student newspaper The Marquette Tribune was founded in 1916 and is published by the university. The editorial content is entirely the domain of student staffers, with assistance from a faculty adviser. It is published on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the school year. The Tribune offices are in the basement of Johnston Hall on the Marquette campus. The paper has won dozens of regional and national awards for excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists. While most of the 40-person staff are journalism majors, students from all fields of study are welcome to write. The Tribune's unofficial mascot is Tribby, a globetrotting newspaper.

Marquette Radio and MUTV, the student radio and television stations, respectively, were launched in the late-60s to mid 70s.

In February, 2005, a controversy erupted when the faculty advisor of the Tribune was fired, in what some claimed was a response to controversial articles the paper published. Marquette was chastized by groups such as College Media Advisors as a result of the incident.

Sports, clubs, and traditions

Marquette's oldest student organization is "Marquette University Players Society" [1](MUPS for short). It is Marquette's platform for student produced theater.

Marquette's intercollegiate athletic teams were the "Warriors" from May 1954 to July 1994 when the nickname was changed to Golden Eagles. Prior to Warriors, Marquette was known as "Golden Avalanche" and "Hilltoppers." In 2004, Marquette began to consider changing the name back to Warriors, and conducted a poll that showed strong alumni and student support for that nickname. However, the Board of Trustees rejected Warriors on the grounds that it was disrespectful to Native Americans, and changed the nickname to simply "Gold." An intensely negative reaction by students, faculty, alumni, and fans led to a vote that restored "Golden Eagles" in June 2005. Write-in votes for the name Warriors, while tabulated, were not counted toward the result.

The school's colors are blue and gold. Marquette is a Division I member of the NCAA and competes in the elite Big East Conference.

The school is known for the success of its men's basketball team. The Warriors won the 1977 NCAA Tournament and were runners-up in 1974. Bo Ellis was a member of each of those teams, and remains the only MU player to appear in two Final Fours.

In 2003, the team defeated Kentucky to reach the Final Four. The team plays in the nearby home of the Milwaukee Bucks, the Bradley Center. The women's team plays in the Al McGuire Center, named after the former Marquette coach.

Marquette's football team appeared in the first Cotton Bowl in 1937 against Texas Christian, losing 16-6. NCAA football was last played by Marquette in 1960, after accumulating several years of budget deficits for the university. Marquette Stadium, the football team's home since 1924, was dismantled in the 1970s. The sport has since been brought back at the club level.

Athletic rivals include Wisconsin, Notre Dame, DePaul, Louisville, and Cincinnati, and UW-Milwaukee.

Influence

Many Marquette graduates are involved in the media and government, especially in Wisconsin. This influence has been referred to as the "Marquette Mafia." For example, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker attended Marquette, along with six of his nine staffers. Marquette alumni also make up a large portion of many newspaper staffs throughout Wisconsin.

Notable alumni

Arts and media

  • Marc Alaimo, actor
  • Joy T. Bennett Kinnon, senior editor, Ebony (magazine)
  • Margaret A. Drain, vice president of National Programming, WGBH Boston
  • Peter Bonerz, actor
  • Len Casper, Chicago Cubs broadcaster for WGN
  • Anthony Crivello, Tony Award winning actor and screenwriter
  • Chris Farley, comedian and Saturday Night Live star
  • Gail Gleason-Collins, The New York Times'' editorial page editor and author
  • Tom Keegan, Author, Journalist, Radio Personality
  • Matthew Lesko, television commercial & infomercial personality
  • Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, former host, The Felicia Show, South Africa television (12 years)
  • Steve Rushin, columnist, Sports Illustrated magazine
  • Rondell Sheridan, actor
  • Mark Suppelsa, anchor, Fox News Chicago
  • Marianne Szymanski, founder and president, Toy Tips Inc., publisher of Toy Tips.com and Kid Tips Magazine
  • Amy Madigan, actress
  • Hildegarde, a vocalist popular in the early twentieth century, trained at Marquette's College of Music in the 1920s.

Business

  • Richard A. Burke, co-founder and chairman, TREK Bicycle Corp.
  • Steven J. Douglass, retired president and chief executive officer, Payless Shoesource
  • Donald F. Flynn, chairman of the board of Flynn Enterprises, Inc.
  • Patrick Eugene Haggerty, founder of Texas Instruments
  • Darren Jackson, CFO and senior vice president of Best Buy
  • Jeffrey Joerres, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Manpower Inc.
  • William R. Laidig, former chairman and chief executive officer, Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.
  • James Mulligan, fund accountant, The Northern Trust Company
  • John J. Stollenwerk, chairman and chief executive officer, Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp.
  • Charles M. Swoboda, chief executive officer, Cree, Inc.
  • Ulice Payne, Jr., president of Addison-Clifton, LLC
  • Edward Brennan, retired chairman of Sears Roebuck and Co.
  • Wayne Sanders, former chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Politics and government

Social sciences

Sports

Notable faculty

External links

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