With 2023 coming to an finish, the Office of University Relations shares Marquette’s prime 10 information media moments of the yr:
10. Rapid Radicals Technology ribbon chopping
Representatives from Marquette and Rapid Radicals Technology, a startup based to commercialize expertise initially developed at Marquette, celebrated the launch of its pilot wastewater therapy system with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in August.
The ceremony drew reporters from a number of retailers, together with FOX 6, Spectrum News 1, Biz Times Milwaukee and WUWM Radio.
9. Move-in Day
Marquette welcomed the Class of 2027 into its residence halls forward of the autumn semester in August. Every yr, Move-In Day is among the most generally attended media days on campus and 2023 was no completely different. Coverage of the day aired on TMJ4, FOX 6 and WISN 12, in addition to CBS 58 and Spectrum News 1.
8. Marquette, Milwaukee Bucks associate on fellowship program
At his annual presidential deal with, President Michael R. Lovell introduced the formation of the Marquette and Bucks Fellowship Program, an internship program to offer college students from numerous backgrounds with distinctive studying experiences and publicity to careers in sports activities and leisure with the Bucks throughout every NBA season. Christian Golden was the inaugural recipient and was featured in an advance Milwaukee Journal Sentinel characteristic. Forbes additionally coated the announcement.
7. The opening of Dr. E. J. and Margaret O’Brien Hall
The opening of Dr. E. J. and Margaret O’Brien Hall was the spotlight of the yr for a lot of, as the primary ever fully donor-funded building challenge in Marquette’s historical past supplied a brand new state-of-the-art home for Marquette Business. Media got here out for the opening in January, with tales from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (story, video and photograph gallery), in addition to FOX 6, the Milwaukee Business Journal, WISN 12 and 620 WTMJ.
6. Excitement builds for Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility
Marquette will open three new services on campus within the subsequent 18 months, together with the eagerly anticipated Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility. With an anticipated opening date of January 2025, the ability will consolidate wellness, counseling, well being companies and recreation, whereas increasing capability for every of those areas. Lora Strigens, vp for planning and services administration, spoke to Inside Higher Ed about Marquette’s tradition of wellness.
5. Marquette University Police Department expands assets for campus, neighborhood security
MUPD continues to hunt new methods to serve and shield the Marquette campus and the encircling neighborhoods. In 2023, two new initiatives had been carried out by way of a brand new body-worn digital camera coverage and the set up of Nalox-ZONE (Narcan) bins on campus. FOX 6 got here to campus and spoke with MUPD leaders and officers on the influence of the brand new body-worn digital camera coverage, whereas CBS 58 adopted alongside as MUPD’s companions, Wisconsin Voices for Recovery, got here to campus for the ultimate set up of Nalox-ZONE bins.
4. Academy Award winner attends 2023 Commencement ceremony in twin function as speaker, mother
Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin served as Marquette’s undergraduate Commencement speaker in May. Having an Academy Award winner communicate at Commencement was thrilling for graduates and friends. However, the occasion was equally particular for Matlin, who obtained her honorary diploma from, and witnessed her son Brandon Grandalski’s commencement. TMJ4 shared the story in its protection of the Commencement season.
FOX 6 additionally shared the story of Marquette legacy Joe Tierney V, the fifth Joe Tierney in his household to graduate from Marquette.
3. Blue & Gold Brewing deliver beer, espresso merchandise to market
Blue & Gold Brewing LLC, a student-run business enterprise launched as a part of an undergraduate utilized studying program within the College of Business Administration, launched in 2022, however made a splash in 2023. First, it introduced its first choices of a non-public label, Marquette-affiliated craft beer to be launched on National Marquette Today, Feb. 4. CBS 58 featured the scholars behind the beer in depth on its Sunday morning present.
Then, in June, CBS 58 helped break the information of Blue & Gold Brewing partnering with Stone Creek Coffee — an area “farm to cup” espresso roastery for over 30 years — to develop a Marquette-affiliated espresso product that was introduced within the fall.
The program is again for its subsequent cycle of merchandise with some particular mentors in place in Marquette alumnus Dick Leinenkugel (FOX 6) on the beer aspect and Dr. Gabriel Velez (Marquette Today), assistant professor of academic coverage and management, aiding the espresso college students.
2. Marquette Sustainability pilots MarKept, Iggy’s Market pilot applications
Each yr, move-out actions generate a big quantity of waste that results in landfills. This yr, Marquette Sustainability breathed life into an idea hatched within the 707 Hub’s Brewed Ideas Challenge, receiving an Explorer Challenge Grant to launch MarKept Move-Out, which provides new life to softly used items by making a system that makes it simpler for college kids to donate this stuff. WISN 12 was on the story in May, when Marquette Sustainability was gathering donations and diverting discarded items away from dumpsters.
The program got here full circle with Iggy’s Market. Those objects discarded in May had been available for buy by college students after they arrived on campus in August. WISN 12 returned once more to finish the story.
1. President Lovell, males’s basketball take heart stage in the beginning of March Madness
The Marquette males’s basketball staff had a historic 2022-23 season by which it grew to become the primary staff in program historical past to win each the Big East common season and match championships. Head Coach Shaka Smart and President Lovell had been featured for his or her relationship. After his staff gained the match championship and reduce down the nets at Madison Square Garden, Smart stated this of the connection:
“I’ve worked for six college presidents, and he stands apart in a lot of ways. His compassion, his character level, his integrity.
“A lot of those guys are cyborgs, man, they’re not real people. He’s a real person. He has a genuine care and concern for every single student at the university, but he’s got a special place in his heart for student-athletes because he’s an athlete himself.”
Shaka Smart on President Michael Lovell
The relationship grew to become characteristic materials for media main as much as the NCAA Tournament, together with on the entrance web page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Editor’s word: The Office of University Relations primarily based this record on the variety of media placements every story garnered, in addition to the nationwide and regional prominence of these tales.
