[8] Marquette is organized into 11 schools and colleges at its main Milwaukee campus, offering programs in the liberal arts, business, communication, education, engineering, law, and health sciences disciplines.
[6] The university's varsity athletic teams, known as the Golden Eagles, are members of the Big East Conference and compete in the NCAA's Division I in all sports.
The highest priority of the newly established college was to provide an affordable Catholic education to the area's emerging German immigrant population.
During the 1920s and again during the post-World War II years, Marquette rapidly expanded, opening a new library, athletics facilities, classroom buildings, and residence halls.
The student population increased markedly as well, met by the construction of buildings for the schools of law, business, dentistry, and the liberal arts.
[23] Despite the promising growth of the university, financial constraints led to the School of Medicine separating from Marquette in 1967 to become the Medical College of Wisconsin.
[29] In the 1960s an early fifteenth century French chapel, St. Martin de Seysseul, which was reputedly connected to St. Joan of Arc and which had been transported to the US in the 1920s, was transferred to the campus.
[32] In 1994, then-president Albert J. DiUlio made a controversial decision to discontinue the use of the "Warriors" nickname for the university's sports teams, citing growing pressure on schools to end the use of Native American mascots.
[33] Backlash from alumni, donors, and students ensued, though the administration and Marquette community eventually settled on the nickname "Golden Eagles".
The mascot controversy again boiled over in 2005 when the university's leadership briefly changed the nickname to "the Gold", only to return to the "Golden Eagles" a week later.
Marquette in a canoe pointing the way forward for a Native American guide and replaces it with an image of a river splitting into three, representing the Milwaukee, the Menomonee, and the Kinnickinnic rivers, and three stalks of wild rice in the foreground, to represent the Potawatomi, Menominee, and Ho-Chunk nations, who remain in the Milwaukee area today.
[50] After taking the issue to the university, the student claimed to be shut out and told his academic professor, John McAdams, who posted about it on his personal blog.
[51] McAdams was put on suspension for refusing to apologize for his blog post,[52] earning MU a spot on the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's 2016 "10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech".
[53] Marquette is located on a 93-acre (38 ha) campus in the near downtown Milwaukee neighborhood of University Hill, on the former Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
[57] The university also owns property in Washington, D.C., which houses its Les Aspin Center for Government, a program designed for students interested in careers in public service.
[58] The Marquette College of Business Administration hosts off-campus graduate classes in Waukesha and Kohler, Wisconsin, though it does not own these classroom properties.
David Straz Tower, formerly the Downtown Milwaukee YMCA, is now a residence hall, recreation center, and administrative office building.
A few weeks after opening for the 2018–19 academic year, Wild requested his name be removed from the building due to his mishandling of accusations of sexual abuse of minors against three Jesuits under his jurisdiction during his time as Provincial Superior of the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus from 1985 to 1991.
[107] The Marquette University Chorus, the longest standing choral organization on campus, is a mixed choir of fifty to sixty men and women.
[113] The Marquette University Symphony Orchestra provides members with an opportunity to develop and share musical talents through participation in a large-group setting.
[120] "The Marquette University Anthem," as it was originally known, is now referred to almost exclusively as "Hail Alma Mater"/ The tune was written by Liborius Semmann, a music teacher from Wisconsin.
The lur horn or long tuba of the modern pep band sounds a traditional ship's signal during "Ring Out Ahoya".
The university has 11 varsity teams: basketball, cross-country, men's golf, soccer, track & field, tennis, and women's volleyball.
[127] Marquette's intercollegiate athletic teams were the "Warriors" from May 1954 to July 1994, when the nickname was changed to the "Golden Eagles," on the grounds that previous logos had been disrespectful to Native Americans.
An intensely negative reaction by students, faculty, alumni, and fans led to yet another series of votes, which eventually pitted "Golden Eagles" against "Hilltoppers".
Respondents were told in advance that write-in votes for "Warriors" would not be tabulated, although those results were later released, and "Golden Eagles" was restored in June 2005.
[146] Marquette alumni in the business world include former Sears chairman Edward Brennan,[147] Texas Instruments co-founder Patrick E. Haggerty,[148] and Mary Houghton, founder of ShoreBank.
[158] Notable athletes who attended Marquette include professional basketball players Dwyane Wade, Jimmy Butler, Maurice Lucas, Butch Lee, Lloyd Walton, George Thompson, Jim Chones, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Jae Crowder,[159] Maurice "Bo" Ellis,[160] Don Kojis,[161] Wesley Matthews,[162] Allie McGuire,[163] Dean Meminger,[164] and Tony Miller.
Olympic medalists include track and field athletes Ralph Metcalfe,[166] Ken Wiesner,[167] John Bennett, speedskater Brian Hansen,[168] and basketball player Frank McCabe.
[167] Marquette alumni in science include George Delahunty, Rose Agnes Greenwell, Donald Laub, Robert B. Pinter, Carol Pontzer, and Jeffery D. Molkentin.