Office of
the President

Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., to serve as interim president

The Board of Trustees has chosen Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., to lead Marquette University as interim president. Wild, who served as president of Marquette from 1996 to 2011, will take over for Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., who announced on Sept. 20, that after 10 years as a university president at Marquette University and the University of Scranton, he was resigning to pursue other apostolic opportunities.

Father Pilarz will assist Father Wild with the transition, while traveling back and forth to the East coast to care for his ailing father, which he noted in a letter to the Marquette community on Sept. 25. Father Wild is concluding his duties with the Wisconsin Province and will take over as interim president on Oct. 16.

Wild will serve as interim president until August 2014. A new permanent president is expected to be in place for the 2014-15 academic year.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

The Marquette community has committed to creating a comprehensive, university-
wide strategic plan that will provide a blueprint to guide the university's priorities and decision-making for the next five to seven years.