About Us
A Top Ranked MBA
Marquette’s executive and part-time MBA programs are ranked in the top 20 and top 50, respectively, for 2012, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Marquette Business Update
This monthly publication is a digest of college news, faculty research and media placements, student stories, alumni profiles, and a variety of other Marquette Business news.
College of Business Study Abroad Programs
Study at one of Marquette’s 36 study abroad programs spanning 20 different countries and all continents. We also offer Summer programs as well as graduate and undergraduate short-term faculty-led programs.
Business Leaders Forum
2011-2012 Business Leaders Forum
The 2011-2012 Business Leaders Forum featured Jeff Joerres, chairman and chief executive officer of ManpowerGroup. Joerres, a graduate of Marquette’s College of Business Administration, joined ManpowerGroup in 1993 and has led a transformation of the organization’s business strategy, adding new business lines that have expanded the company’s ability to assist clients and candidates in navigating the changing world of work. He is a true thought leader within his industry and has advised domestic and foreign governments about how to transform their labor markets to compete in the global economy. In 2010, Joerres testified at a hearing of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee focused on policies to foster economic growth, recommending solutions to drive job creation.
About the Business Leaders Forum
Established in 1999, the Business Leaders Forum is a speaker series sponsored by Marquette University’s College of Business Administration. The forum provides a setting for nationally recognized business leaders to engage in discussions and interact with students, faculty and local business leaders. The program enables Marquette to build practical knowledge into its rigorous business curriculum, exploring current trends, issues and practices in business.
Marquette University has attracted leaders at the top of their respective professions to speak at the Business Leaders Forum, including Herbert V. Kohler, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Kohler Co.; Richard M. Schulze, founder and chairman of Best Buy; and James J. Mulva, chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips.
The Kathleen and Frank Thometz Foundation has made the Business Leaders Forum speaker series possible through a special endowment.
“Through sharing their time and talents, our featured speakers demonstrate in actions the highest ideals we call our students to embody. We could not ask for better models for our students to emulate.”
-Marquette President Robert Wild, S.J.
“The Business Leaders Forum provides a unique opportunity for Marquette students and faculty to interact with top business executives. We are deeply grateful to our speakers for their willingness to share their business knowledge, expertise, values and insights to help shape the next generation of global leadership.
-Linda M. Salchenberger, Ph.D. James H. Keyes Dean of Business Administration
Previous Speakers
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Angela F. Braly, President and CEO, WellPoint, Inc., 2009
- James J. Mulva, Chair and CEO, ConocoPhillips, 2008
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Richard M. Schulze, Founder and Chair, Best Buy, 2007
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Herbert V. Kohler, Jr., Chair, CEO and President, Kohler, Co., 2006
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Alexander M. (Sandy) Cutler, Chair and CEO, Eaton Corp., 2005
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Kathy Hudson, Chair, CNH Global NV, 2005
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Jeff Immelt, CEO, General Electric, 2004
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John Morgridge, Chair, Cisco Systems, 2003
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Don H. Davis, Jr., CEO, Rockwell Automation, 2002
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Dick Burke, Chair, Trek Bicycle Corp., 2001
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Wayne Sanders, CEO, Kimberly-Clark Corp., 2000