Marquette lands $20 million gift for scholarships for first-gen students

Education & Workforce Development Marquette lands $20 million gift for scholarships for first-gen students By Hunter Turpin Nov 5, 2026 10:01 pm Share Email Facebook X Linkedin Copy URL Credit: Marquette University Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Learn more about: Marquette University Kimo Ah Yun Marquette University has landed another multimillion-dollar gift, with an anonymous benefactor committing $20 million to expand scholarship opportunities for first-generation college students, primarily those interested in attending the university’s College of Business Administration. The planned gift, announced Thursday, will establish a scholarship endowment that will support first-generation students for “generations to come.” “Education is the Already a subscriber? Log in To continue reading this article... Subscribe to BizTimes today and get immediate access to our Insider-only content and much more. Learn more and subscribe now Click here to purchase a shareable paywall bypass link for this subscriber-only article. Logged in and still seeing this? Click here Sponsored Content The Secret Ingredient Helping Milwaukee Businesses... Could Your Employees Be the Next... How The Technical College’s Role Is... 100 Years Of Serving Wisconsin. Building... A practical starting point to explore... BizPeople John Huggett Christine Brumfield Dylan Glindinning