Marquette University College of Nursing

Dr. Kristin Haglund (left) organized Milwaukee's pre-Juneteenth Safe Summer Kickoff event in conjunction with Safe & Sound and other community organizations earlier this month.

Haglund is the Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J. Endowed Chair and director of the Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program. Her work is focused on community engagement and she has co-hosted the event for the last four years.

FULL VIDEO RECAP: https://tinyurl.com/4k72bvck

Nursing faculty members Dr. Abiola Keller, Dr. Kristin Haglund and Kameela Jackson presented at the Partnerships to Advance Health conference.

This initiative is a collaboration between Marquette Nursing, MILWAUKEE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE and Near West Side Partners, Inc. to address the health-related needs of the community.

Kameela presented on her work as a nurse-in-residence with the Milwaukee Academy of Science, while Drs. Keller and Haglund shared a concept map of community health priorities for the new Concordia 27 space.

Views from atop a renovated Straz Hall!

Anything in here you particularly want to see? Let us know and we might just give you a peek at it this summer... 👀

Remembering President Lovell We remember President Lovell’s deep commitment to student success and access, innovation, entrepreneurship, and community renewal and development.

Sunflowers for President Lovell | Marquette Today As the Marquette community mourns the loss of President Michael R. Lovell, the university has placed sunflowers across campus in his memory. The sunflower is a familiar symbol for sarcoma awareness, a reminder to those affected by these cancers that there is hope for a brighter future. Yet the symbo...

In the wake of yesterday’s heartbreaking news about President Michael R. Lovell, the Marquette University Board of Trustees elected Provost Kimo Ah Yun to serve as the university’s 25th president in an acting capacity.

Acting President Ah Yun’s years of work with President Lovell as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team will ensure continuity and continued focus on our mission, students, the campus community and our strategic initiatives.

Learn more in Marquette Today: marquetteu.com/3x7RecZ

Dear members of the Marquette community:

It is with deep sadness that we write to share the difficult news that Marquette University President Michael R. Lovell passed away today following a three-year battle with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer.

Together, we pray for President Lovell’s family, especially his wife Amy, his children, and his friends, as well as for all members of our Marquette and Milwaukee communities, as we grieve this immeasurable loss.

President Lovell and Amy were in Rome with members of the Society of Jesus and the Board of Trustees on a Jesuit formation pilgrimage when President Lovell fell ill and was taken to a hospital in Rome.

President Lovell’s decade of leadership at Marquette was marked by a deep commitment to innovation, entrepreneurship, and community renewal and development — consistent with the university’s Catholic, Jesuit mission that animated him. An entrepreneur at heart, President Lovell pushed Marquette and Milwaukee to ask what could be rather than settling for the status quo. Throughout his presidency, he attended hundreds of campus events each year and continued to teach undergraduate students in his product realization class, saying that he gained great energy from his interactions with students, faculty and staff.

A fixture of the Milwaukee community, President Lovell served on multiple local boards and national higher ed consortiums, where his peers valued his collaborative spirit, humility and ability to advance complex ideas. Together, President Lovell and Amy were trailblazers in directly addressing our region’s mental health issues. His contributions to Marquette will be remembered forever, just as his loss echoes throughout our community.

Support and resources are available for the campus community through Campus Ministry, the Faber Center, the Counseling Center and the Employee Assistance Program, which is available 24/7. A campus prayer vigil is being planned and funeral arrangements will be shared in Marquette Today when they are available.

The days ahead will be full of heartbreak. In this time of grief and sadness, let us come together as a community linked by faith and love.

Sincerely,

Todd Adams
Chair, Marquette University Board of Trustees

Dr. Kimo Ah Yun
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Joel Pogodzinski
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer


Prayer for Community Loss

God of Wisdom,
We are grieving beyond measure
and struggling to make sense of such a profound loss
for parents, friends, and the entire Marquette community.
We commend to you our hurt and unknowing,
trusting in your all-embracing love.

Bring us into the hope and light of your Son’s resurrection.
Help us to rely on you, as we support one another in these difficult days,
and keep us ever mindful that you are near – to love and comfort all who mourn.
All of this we pray in the name of Jesus, who lives and reigns forever and ever.

Amen

It’s week two for our nursing students in Peru!

This week, they visited a community marketplace and saw fog catchers harvesting water in arid parts of the country. They also popped by a nursing college in Lima and went to a Peruvian history museum.

At the end of the week, the students traveled from Lima to Iquitos, a city in Amazon Rainforest. That's where we'll find them for next week's update!

We are saddened to share the passing of Dr. Marija Bjegovich-Weidman, clinical instructor in the College of Nursing.

Marija was a beloved colleague and friend to many in the college and a blessing to thousands of patients in her nearly four decades as a nurse.

Please remember Marija, her family and friends in prayer.

Marquette University mourns the loss of Dr. Marija Bjegovich-Weidman | Marquette Today Marija joined Marquette as a part-time clinical instructor in 2018. She received her MSN and DNP degrees from Marquette.

Professor Dr. Kristin Haglund is partnering with Safe & Sound, Inc. to help organize and promote their annual Juneteenth commemoration.

Stop by for free food, youth performers, a live DJ and more!

Marquette's partnership with Madison-based health care software company Epic Systems allows students to get more time with medical charting software in the simulation lab.

Marquette instructors have integrated Epic's Lyceum educational platform with pediatric simulations to give students a more complete picture of what practice life is really like.

https://today.marquette.edu/2024/06/multi-patient-pediatric-simulation-showcases-application-of-epic-technologies/

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We came together today to celebrate three incredible alumni award winners: Mary Astor Gomez Kelsey Schmitt and Dr. Mary Ouimet.

All three have embodied the five qualities of a Marquette Nurse and made tremendous contributions to our college community, their own organizations and the profession at large. Their impact on patients, co-workers, friends and family were evident at the ceremony. They are some of the best that Marquette Nursing has to offer.

Thank you to all who attended today's breakfast and, of course, thank you to all of our alumni; their support allows us to continue educating the nurse leaders of tomorrow.

Dr. Kathlyn Albert, clinical assistant professor and director of the Nurse-Midwifery Program, and Dr. Emily Malloy, instructor, have been inducted as fellows into the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

Two Marquette nursing faculty members inducted as fellows of the American College of Nurse-Midwives | Marquette Today Albert and Malloy were part of a class of 47 exemplary midwives accepted for fellowship in 2024.

Vamos a Peru!

A group of five Marquette nursing students are studying abroad in Lima! This week, they explored the city, visited community kitchens and talked to students at Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya.

Over the course of their visit, students will explore the broad range of challenges that impact the well-being of the local community, with a specific focus on health disparities.

A group of Marquette Nursing students attend the Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference every year. For some, it's their first encounter with the world of academic conferences. For others, it's a way to get ideas for future research projects.

Everyone walks away from the experience with something.

Poster madness: MNRS conference gives nursing students opportunity to present to nurse researchers | Marquette Today Research-active students learn from each other at annual multi-university gathering.

Summer 2023 ➡️ Summer 2024

People needed a hardhat to enter David A. Straz, Jr. Hall at this time last year. Pretty soon, it will be home to more than a thousand nursing students, faculty and staff. Amazing how much can get done in one year, huh?

Move-in is 95 days away and we can't wait to show this building off to everyone in the Marquette community when they get back to campus!

They got next.

Meet some of the newest Marquette Nursing students. We can't wait to see you on campus next year!

Any other new students following us? Parents of new students? Let us know in the comments if you're new to our community and where you're joining us from!

Join us as we celebrate extraordinary nursing alumni and friends who embody Marquette University's mission of excellence, faith, leadership and service.

We are proud to honor three winners of the College of Nursing Alumni Awards this year:
- Dr. Mary Ouimet
- Mary Astor Gomez
- Kelsey Schmitt

Learn more about this year's award recipients at the Alumni National Awards site: https://alumni.marquette.edu/awards

It was great to see all the 2024 enrollees in the nursing Ph.D. program together for the annual Ph.D. Intensive Workshop.

Over three days, program participants toured campus, learned about grants and funding for dissertation research, learned about incorporating DEI into research and completed Strengths Finder evaluations, among other things.

We extend a special thanks to Dr. Kristin Ashford from University of Kentucky College of Nursing for her keynote address, "Charting a Career of Impact: Navigating the Intersection of Academia and Policy," which gave our students a lot of great insight into how to best position their work for lasting organizational and societal impact.

Way to go, Lisa!! She’s moving to D.C. to be an RN on the cardiac intensive care unit at Children’s National Hospital. We’ll miss her in Milwaukee, but we’re so excited for what lies ahead on her journey!

Sammy Galvin of Marquette Women's Lacrosse is the Student-Athlete of the Month for May! Sammy graduated from Marquette University College of Nursing with a 4.0 grade-point average!

https://gomarquette.com/news/2024/5/10/womens-lacrosse-blue-gold-student-athlete-sammy-galvin

Congratulations to the College of Nursing's 2024 Preceptor Award recipients! All five of them were exemplary mentors for our nursing students.

Adult Gerontology Acute Care: Stephanie Christian-Lobley (Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin)

Adult Gerontology Primary Care: Claudia Rodríguez (Aurora Sinai Medical Center)

Nurse Midwifery: Brittany Froeming (Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam)

Peds Acute Care: Kathleen Maloney (Children's Wisconsin)

Peds Primary Care: Jodi Spahr (Children's Wisconsin)

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"When the College of Nursing moves, Clark Hall will remain a building block of my foundation."

Last Friday marked the end of Emory T. Clark Hall's final academic year as the College of Nursing's home. Faculty, staff, students and alumni share some of their favorite memories in the building below!

College of Nursing community says farewell to Emory T. Clark Hall | Marquette Today After more than four decades in its current building, the College of Nursing is moving to David A. Straz, Jr. Hall.

Both of the commencement speakers at Saturday's Graduate Commencement are Marquette Nursing graduates.

Children's Wisconsin CEO Peggy Troy spoke to the graduating class about servant leadership and leading with purpose.

"You’ve had the privilege to attend this fine institution, expanding your knowledge, your view of the world, and your potential to make a positive impact on all those around you. You have the tools that you need to succeed."

Student speaker Paula Winiarski, a doctoral graduate and three-time Marquette alumna, spoke about being an ICU nurse in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and how that experience shaped her journey.

"Remember that sometimes, the toughest of seasons will bring out more grit and character in you than you could ever imagine.”

We're proud of the examples that both of these Marquette Nurses set every single day.

More than 300 graduates of the MSN, DNP and Ph.D. programs received their diplomas last night!

Your skill, empathy and critical thinking will benefit thousands of people in the decades to come. Thank you for everything you gave to the College of Nursing community.

Committed. Caring. Ready for practice.

The 2024 Marquette Nursing undergraduate class is on their way! We're so proud of the change you're going to make for your patients, your communities and for the profession.

Come back and visit any time!

We took a moment at our end-of-year open house to recognize the college award winners! Congratulations to all of the following:

Gregory Olson Caring Graduate Award (Graduate): Awwso Desvignes

Gregory Olson Caring Graduate Award (Undergrad): Abigail Truong

Berens Award: Fernanda Gonzalez

Student Activites & Service Award: Gillian Atilano

Sr. Berenice Beck Award: Alexandria Zielinski

Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (Undergrad): Dr. Callie Chiroff

Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (Graduate): Dr. Sandi Kaebisch