Awards, Honors and Grants

• Marquette University was selected for the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Anchor Mission Initiative.

• The university has been selected as one of 33 member institutions of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities to participate in its Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative.

• Marquette was named 2017 Partner of the Year by the Milwaukee Academy of Science.
• 2017 ITGA Presidential Excellence Award
  • Marquette was one of two recipients of this award, for Marquette University's role with the Near West Side Partners. This award highlights International Town & Gown Association members that demonstrate exceptional performance in one of the following areas: Volunteer Service, Leadership or Educational Achievement.
• Marquette was recognized by City on a Hill with the 2017 Social Justice Award at its annual Break the Cycle, Heal the City Event.
• 2016 Higher Education Civic Engagement Award
• 2015 Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement
  • Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement Executive Summary (2015)
• President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll — Marquette was the only school in Wisconsin to receive the award in all four categories: General Community Service, Interfaith Community Service, Economic Opportunity and Education.
• Marquette was named a 2014 winner of the Milwaukee Business Journal's Healthiest Employers Awards.
• Marquette received a WELCOA Well Workplace gold designation for achieving a level of excellence in workplace wellness programming. This national award ranks organizations based on their commitment to protecting and enhancing the health and well-being of their employees.
• In 2012 the Marquette University Service Learning Program was named the Experiential Education Program of the Year by the National Society for Experiential Education.
• Milwaukee Business Journal — Central City Business Award for the College of Nursing and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
• LSAC Diversity Matters Award — Law School
• Strategic Partner of the Year from the Business Council for commitment to diversity in purchasing decisions
• Shepherd Express recognition for Marquette’s programming for Native American students
• Marquette received a WELCOA Well Workplace gold designation for achieving a level of excellence in workplace wellness programming. This national award ranks organizations based on their commitment to protecting and enhancing the health and well-being of their employees.
• In 2012 the Marquette University Service Learning Program was named the Experiential Education Program of the Year by the National Society for Experiential Education.
• Milwaukee Business Journal — Central City Business Award for the College of Nursing and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
• LSAC Diversity Matters Award — Law School
• The Marquette University Trinity Fellows Program received the Corporate Citizen Award from the International Institute of Wisconsin at its World Citizen Celebration in May 2017.
• Marquette University Civic Action Plan
  • Civic Action Plan Executive Summary
  • Marquette University Civic Action Plan Badge

• Kim Bohat, director, Service Learning Program, receives 2020 Wisconsin Campus Compact Sister Joel Read Award

• Carole Ferrara, director, Trinity Fellows, receives 2019 Wisconsin Campus Compact Sister Joel Read Award

• Midnight Run receives 2019 Wisconsin Campus Compact Esther Letven Award

• Milwaukee Business Journal 40-under-40
  • 2020 - Andy Hunt (BusAd ’08, Grad ’13), director, Center for Real Estate, College of Business
  • 2019 - Kelsey Otero (MBA '14), associate director, Social Innovation, Office of Research and Innovation
  • 2018 - Patrick Kennelly (Arts '07, Grad '12), director, Center for Peacemaking
• Community Engagement Symposium Award Recipients
  • Community Engaged Teaching Award Recipients
    • 2020 - Dr. Louise Cainkar, associate professor, Social and Cultural Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
    • 2019 - Josh Knox, clinical associate professor of Physician Assistant Studies, College of Health Sciences
    • 2018 - Dr. Ed de St. Aubin, associate professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, and Table of the Saints, EXPO and the Sojourner Family Peace Center
    • 2017 - Dr. Beth Godbee, assistant professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences, and YWCA of Southeast Wisconsin
    • 2016 - Dr. Ruth Ann Belknap, professor emerita, College of Nursing
  • Community Engaged Research Award Recipients
    • 2020 - Dr. Dora Clayton-Jones, assistant professor, College of Nursing, and World Outreach Center
    • 2019 - Dr. Michael Schlappi, professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, and Fondy Food Center and Hmong farmers
    • 2018 - Dr. Astrida Kaugars, associate professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, and Next Door Foundation
    • 2017 - Dr. Kristin Haglund, professor, College of Nursing, and Proyecto Bembé 
    • 2016 - Dr. Bob Fox, professor emeritus of Counselor Education, College of Education, and the Behavior Clinic at Penfield Children’s Center
  • Community Engaged Partner Award Recipients
    • 2020 - The Gathering
    • 2019 - Aurora Sinai Medical Center
    • 2018 - United Community Center
    • 2017 - Milwaukee Academy of Science
    • 2016 - Milwaukee Center for Independence

• Community- and corporate-engaged research partnership development grants support faculty members in pursuing new and innovative partnerships to advance substantive research outcomes. Past recipients include:

  • 2020-2021 - Dr. Ed de St. Aubin received a $5,000 grant to partner with Sharon McMurray of Table of the Saints to address personal redemption and collective well-being in the creation and implementation of a reentry curriculum. 
  • 2019-2020 – Dr. Dora Clayton Jones received a $5,000 grant to partner with Ervin and Melva Henderson of the World Outreach Center, to develop a faith-based curriculum to support individuals with sickle cell disease.
  • 2018-2019 – Dr. Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel received a $5,000 grant to partner with Dr. Felicia Saffold at Next Door, Milwaukee, to investigate pattern learning ability and its effect on communication, fine/gross motor and pre-literacy skills in preschool-age children in poverty who attend Head Start programming.
  • 2018-2019 – Dr. Stacy Barnes received a $5,000 grant to partner with St. Camillus, to jointly conduct a needs assessment to gather data about residents and employees at St. Camillus.
  • 2017-2018 - Dr. Aleksandra Snowden received a $5,000 grant to partner with Dr. Katherine Wilson, executive director, of the Frank Zeidler Center for Public Discussion, to examine interpersonal violence from a public health perspective in Milwaukee's most violent neighborhoods.
  • 2017-2018 - Dr. Louise Cainkar received a $5,000 grant to partner with Janaan Najeed, president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition, to locate experienced civil society organizations and learn from them best practices in community outreach and civil rights education, in school bullying intervention, and in developing an accessible, multilingual online/hotline hate monitoring mechanism.

• Lelah Byron, 2020, Newman Civic Fellow, Campus Compact
  • The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports students committed to finding solutions for challenges communities face throughout the country. Learn more.
• Aimee Villegas Navarro, 2019, Newman Civic Fellow, Campus Compact
  • The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports students committed to finding solutions for challenges communities face throughout the country. Learn more.
• Keoni Bailey, 2018 Jack Keating Student Civic Leadership Award, Wisconsin Campus Compact
  • The Jack Keating Student Civic Leadership Award honors students who work towards fulfilling the mission of their institution and Wisconsin Campus Compact. Learn more.
• Chiana Roman, 2017 Newman Civic Fellow, Campus Compact
  • The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports students committed to finding solutions for challenges communities face throughout the country. Learn more.
• Allison Dikanovic, 2017 Jack Keating Student Civic Leadership Award, Wisconsin Campus Compact
  • The Jack Keating Student Civic Leadership Award honors students who work towards fulfilling the mission of their institution and Wisconsin Campus Compact. Learn more.
• Allison Dikanovic, 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award, Radio Television Digital News Association
  • The Edward R. Murrow Award honors outstanding achievements in journalism. Read her award-winning special report, "A Crime Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking in Milwaukee."
  • Learn more about the award and the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.
• Courtney Guc, MAS Inaugural Volunteer of the Year
  • She began volunteering with the Milwaukee Academy of Science (MAS) her freshman year through the Burke Scholars program. Throughout her four years, she devoted time to MAS students as a literacy tutor and a lunch aide.

Marquette has been recognized for its strong and longstanding commitment to community service with the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement.

• Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement