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President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J. discusses initiatives for the fall 2013 semester, including renovations to the historic core, the energy around a new dean of the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, the expanded School of Dentistry, freshmen move-in day and New Student Convocation.
President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., welcomes more than 2,000 freshmen students and their families at New Student Convocation, which marks the beginning of their Marquette journey.
As part of Marquette University's strategic planning process, President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., shares key elements of the emerging vision for the university, including the urgent way the campus community must collaborate and innovate to ensure that our students are ready to assume lives as agents for change and problem solvers in a world of growing complexity.
As the steering committee and subcommittees work on the self-study process, President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., has begun the initial steps of a strategic planning process. Father Pilarz shares how the self-study process will help inform and provide a foundation as the university progresses through the planning process.
Father Pilarz, S.J. shares his insight and experience with the accreditation process. Father Pilarz went through the process as president at The University of Scranton and also served on a Middle States reaffirmation review team.
The Inauguration of Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., as Marquette's 23rd president took place Sept. 23, 2011, and included a full range of opportunities to reflect and celebrate with the Marquette community.
How exactly does a university welcome a new president into office? Find out in this behind-the-scenes video that documented campus events and preparations in the weeks leading up to Father Pilarz's Inauguration.
Father Pilarz goes "On the Issues" with Mike Gousha, discussing his vision for Marquette and impressions from his first weeks on the job.
Shortly after being named president-elect, Father Pilarz discussed the enduring value of Catholic, Jesuit education; the importance of teaching; his impressions of Marquette and Milwaukee; his beloved dog, Jack; and his passion for 16th-century poetry and the music of Bruce Springsteen
In April 2010, Darren Jackson, chair of the Marquette Board of Trustees, introduced Father Pilarz as the 23rd president of Marquette University. Father Pilarz assumed the university's top leadership position on Aug. 1, 2011, succeeding Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., who retired after 15 years as president.
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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.
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