2025 College of Education Award Recipients

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award
Edward J. Foy, Grad ’10
Cedarburg, Wis.

In 2023, Edward Foy became one of the most high-profile educators in Wisconsin when he accepted the role of Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He oversees 103 Catholic schools across ten counties and says his graduate studies in Marquette’s College of Education helped prepare him for this role.

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Young Alumnus of the Year Award
Jacob K. Daggett, Ed ’15
Shorewood, Wis.

Jacob Daggett’s passion for teaching reading — specifically the structured literacy practices — is contagious. Using skills from his double-major in education and theater, he joyfully engages young students with chants and whole-body movements to help them learn the sounds that set the stage for reading. Videos of his teaching have gone viral. In January, he even appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show to discuss literacy.

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