Chicago Vacation – Marquette Reunion

The reason why we chose to take our vacation this year when we did was because of my 10 year college reunion at Marquette University.  There were several events planned throughout the weekend, but we only chose to go to a couple.  With kids in tow, it was difficult to get to some of them. 

The 1st night of the reunion was the year by year get-together.  However, they chose to have this at a bar in Milwaukee.  I was very disappointed by the choice in venue as an alum who has come from over 1000 miles away with my small children.  I couldn’t take my kids to the bar and who was I supposed to leave them with?  I heard there were several people there that I knew from nursing school, but didn’t get a chance to see them.

The next day, we went to the College of Nursing and heard an update on the school.  We were told that this year there were 1800 applications for nursing and only 75-80 spots available.  Wow!!  That’s amazing.  They have also updated their clinical lab since I was there last.  I recently was given a tour of ASU’s College of Nursing and their lab was very simiar to Marquette’s.  It’s unbeleivable how much things change in only 10 years!

We then headed over the the Block Party that was held at the Al McGuire Center.  We enjoyed brats and hot dogs for lunch and eventually ran into a few people that I haven’t seen in years!  While we didn’t have a lot of time to socialize, it was great to see everyone and get a quick catch-up on what they have been up to.

I wish we could have spent more time together and on campus, but such is life with kids and a schedule.  Hopefully, we’ll see each other again in 5 years…..

Sidenote: Thanks Charles for the great picture of the Block Party.