Marquette University

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 11,500, making it one of the largest Jesuit universities in the United States. 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.). An athletic field is located across the Menomonee River in the Menomonee Valley, just south of the main campus.

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:
*Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
*College of Business Administration
*J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication
*College of Engineering
*College of Health Sciences
*College of Nursing
*College of Professional Studies
*Graduate School
*School of Dentistry
*School of Education
*School of Law

Students

Marquette's 11,500 students come from all 50 states and represent more than 80 countries. The university has more than 230 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 University Players Society" (MUPS for short) is Marquette's platform for student produced theater.Marquette University Players website

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," "Blue and Gold," 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 Dwyane Wade-led team defeated top-ranked 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.

Prior to 2006, Marquette's most successful student-athlete was track and field sprinter Ralph Metcalfe, a world-record holder and Olypmic gold medalist.

In 2006, Dwyane Wade led the Miami Heat to the NBA title by defeating the Dallas Mavericks. The series victory was the Miami Heat franchise's first World Championship. Wade was named the MVP of the NBA Finals due in large part to his dominant performance throughout the series.

Since Wade has left Marquette, the University has responded to the increase in applications by becoming more academically selective while maintaining undergraduate enrollment around 8,000.

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. Their last successful season was 1953. Since then, they had accumulated a 10-44-3 record, including two straight seasons (1956-1957) without a win or even a tie. 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.

Marquette's athletic rivals include Wisconsin, Notre Dame, DePaul, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee.

At the club level, Marquette's men's and women's teams are some of the most successful in the country. The men's volleyball team won the NIRSA club chamionships in 2005 and finished No. 3 in 2006. They have finished in the Top 10 seven out of the last nine years. The women's team has also finished in the Top 10 in the country each of the last 10 years. The men's and women's rugby teams, the men's lacrosse team, the club baseball and softball teams and the club hockey team also have been dominant in years past for the Golden Eagles.

Notable alumni

Many Marquette graduates are involved in the media and government, especially in Wisconsin. This influence has been referred to as the "Marquette Mafia."Walker, Don. "Holding court a final time". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel January 29, 2001.Marquette alumni also make up a large portion of many newspaper staffs throughout Wisconsin.

Arts and media

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

Business

*Joseph Rauenhorst, President and CEO, Opus South Corporation
*Mary Ellen Stanek, Managing Director and Director of Asset Management, Robert W. Baird & Company
*Charles M. Williams, Chief Administrative Officer, Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America
*John Ferraro, Global Chief Operating Officer, Ernst and Young, LLP
*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.
*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

* Colleen Carroll Campbell, fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
*Carlos Camacho, Governor of Guam
*Felix Perez Camacho, current governor of Guam
*Terence T. Evans, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. (Appointed by President Clinton, 1995.) Former Judge and Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. (Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, 1979.)
*Margaret Farrow, former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
* Dr. Leona Patt Franciosi, president, World Federation for Mental Health
*Kathleen Hall Jamieson, dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
*Donald A. Manzullo, U. S. Representative, Republican
*Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator, Republican
*Ralph Metcalfe, US Olympian, U. S. Representative
*Gwendolynne S. Moore, U.S. Representative, Democrat
*Rudolf "Rudy" Perpich, Governor of Minnesota, Democrat
*John Schmitz, U.S. Representative, 1972 American Independent Party Presidential candidate
*Diane S. Sykes, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Former Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. (Appointed by President George W. Bush, 2002.)
*Hon. Thomas J. Curran, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. (Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, 1983.)
*Scott Walker, Milwaukee County Executive, former 2006 candidate for Governor, Republican (Attended, did not graduate) [1])
*Carl Zeidler, former Mayor of Milwaukee

Social sciences

*Marc H. Ellis, theologian, philosopher

Sports

*Ralph Metcalfe, world-record holding sprinter and Olympic gold medalist.
*Bob Harlan, president and chief executive officer, Green Bay Packers
*George Andrie, acclaimed Dallas Cowboys player
*Richard Burton, commissioner, Australian National Basketball League (NBL)
*Maurice "Bo" Ellis, former NBA player and college basketball coach
*Stephanie Kershek, Milwaukee Bar Association Office Manager, 2005 WBA Women's Boxing Association Middleweight Champion
*Don Kojis, two-time NBA All-Star
*Maurice Lucas, won 1977 NBA Championship with Portland Trail Blazers
*Chris Crawford, played seven years with the NBA Atlanta Hawks.
*Glenn "Doc" Rivers, NBA Basketball star, current Head Coach of Boston Celtics
*Dwyane Wade, current NBA All-Star guard with the Miami Heat, NBA Champion, NBA Finals MVP, member of the USA national basketball team.
*Rick Majerus, current commentator for ESPN and former head basketball coach at Marquette University, Ball State University and the University of Utah
*William Gates, a protagonist in the movie Hoop Dreams. Gates is a graduate of Marquette University where he played basketball from the early to mid-1990s.
*Travis Diener, reserve point guard for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association
*Eric "The Baker" Vescuso 3 time California State Champion, professional tennis coach/player.
*Steve Novak drafted in the 2nd round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets.

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