A $5 million gift to the university from Ray and Kay Eckstein’s charitable trust will be used toward the construction of the new Jesuit Residence, Interim University President the Rev. Robert A. Wild announced in his State of the University address Tuesday. This donation will add to the $7.5 million the university received from an anonymous donor earlier this year. Only $2.5 million is now needed to complete the funding necessary to begin construction, which is currently set at $15 million. Margaret Callahan, interim provost and dean of the College of Nursing, said in an email that the steady influx of charitable donations is “remarkable.” “The speed with which Father Wild and our University Advancement team were able to raise these funds is a powerful statement for just how integral our Jesuit community is to the mission and identity of Marquette,” Callahan said. Wild said in the address that the Jesuit building is being funded completely through donations. The building, which will be constructed between Schroeder Hall and the Alumni Memorial Union, is planned to be environmentally friendly, will “emphasize the Jesuit commitment to higher education” and will underscore “the university’s identity and tradition as a Catholic, Jesuit institution.”
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4 comments:
THE PROVOST HAS TO REMEMBER THAT THE SOCIETY OF JESUS IS NOT IMPORTANT TO MARQUETTE .....THE SJS ARE THE UNIVERSITY ...WITH OUT THE SJS THERE IS NO CATHOLIC MARQUETTE NO JESUIT UNIVERSITY ..AMDG
I am a Marquette alumnus who several times had dinner with the Fathers in their old residence. I am happy to see they will have a safe, convenient, and modern residence in which to live. I am sure that it will be, like the Domus Sanctae Martae, appropriately simple for religious yet appropriately comfortable for scholars at work. God bless them
Preferential option for the poor :)
How much do you think university buildings cost?
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