A reflection by Dr. Kathy Coffey-Guenther, senior mission and Ignatian Leadership specialist Happy 2022! Friends, I don’t know about you, but since New Year’s Eve, my prayer has been filled with questions related to understanding how to garner the energy, belief and faith to keep living with hope and grace…

An Ignatian reflection from one parent to another — By Kathy Coffey-Guenther, PhD, senior mission and Ignatian leadership specialist Dear Fellow Parents: Welcome and Welcome Back! We have made it through these tough months of pandemic living, and as we move back to campus, the possibilities for this new semester begin in earnest! Over these next months, our students will be challenged in multiple ways through:

By Kathy Coffey-Guenther, PhD, senior mission and Ignatian leadership specialist On this Father’s Day, let us bring to our minds and hearts the special dads and men in our lives who supported, taught, and loved us. Let us remember those experiences that brought joy and consolation to us and let…

Editor’s note: Monica Oliver, Sp ’81, President of the Marquette University Alumni Association, shared the remarks below in the virtual Commencement portion of the weekend festivities. Marquette University, Class of 2021. Today, we proudly walk with you. And, we invite you to walk with us — our more than 115,000…

By Kathy Coffey-Guenther, PhD, senior mission and Ignatian leadership specialist Dear Marquette alumni, parents, and friends, We are so excited to welcome you to the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius’ conversion journey, which eventually led to his writing the Spiritual Exercises and ordination to the priesthood, where he founded the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits! We…

Take a moment to breathe and pray — By Kathy Coffey-Guenther, senior mission and Ignatian leadership specialist As we reflect over the past 18 months, we may feel surprised and maybe even in awe that we have finally arrived! The tulips are blossoming at Joan of Arc Chapel, and students are preparing for finals, graduation, summer internships and…

In the first 12 weeks of 2021, Marquette University has announced seven major gifts fueling scholarships, bolstering emergency bridge funding and preserving one of our most sacred spaces, St. Joan of Arc chapel. The gifts will impact disciplines across campus, including nursing, neuro recovery, business, engineering, communications and dentistry. — In that time, we also broke ground on a new home for Marquette Business and innovation leadership programs. We have significant work ahead of us, especially given the unimaginable year, but make no mistake… Marquette is on the move.

Here is a recap of recent Marquette University news stories being covered by local, regional and national media. President Michael R. Lovell shared that “an on-campus academic and cocurricular experience is foundational to a transformative Catholic, Jesuit education at Marquette” in a letter to the Marquette community announcing plans to…

A look back — and to the future — for Marquette’s “Women of Action” — By Marybeth Jacobson, Jour ’81, President, Association of Marquette University Women I took so much for granted when I enrolled at Marquette. I had my choice of majors and dorms, and when I graduated in Marquette’s centennial year, I gave only passing thought to the university’s history, finding it cool…