The new Markin Center is fantastic! It’s an extraordinary place to swim, workout, play games, and even just hang out. This will definitely be the new hub of student activity. Thanks so much for your generosity, Mr. Markin!

Mr. Markin,
Your facility is phenomenal. As a frequent user of the old Haussler Hall, this is just an unbelievable improvement. I felt like I was on another planet. It will benefit the Bradley family for years to come. Thank you for this wonderful center!

Mr. Markin,
Thank you so much for your generosity and vision for the new recreational center! It is truly magnificent and a great addition to our university. You have inspired me to always remember the school that has given me so much. Thank you for giving us this gift and having the vision of a better Bradley!

Mr. Markin -

I just wanted to say thank you so much for your generosity, the Markin Center is absolutely incredible. I cannot wait to start using all of the different workout equipment and facilities it has to offer. Although this is my senior year so it will be my last chance to use it, I know so many students who are excited about Markin, and I’m sure it will help draw in future BU students as well. So thanks again for everything you’ve done for Bradley, we truly appreciate it.

Mr. Markin:

As an alum and current staff member, I want to thank you for your generosity in providing the University with the opportunity and means to realize such a wonderful facility!

Mr. Markin:
Your generous donation has opened new doors for the Bradley community. With this new facility, it will be possible to continue in the enrichment of this fine university and look forward to witnessing just all of what these spectacular people are capable of becoming.

Many thanks.

Dear Mr. Markin:

I attended the grand opening on Friday, and I was simply blown away by this amazing building. Thank you for your generous support to Bradley for so many years. It has been my privilege to work here for over 19 years, and this is a dream come true to have this amazing place for our students especially, but also for our entire Bradley family. Thank you!

Thank you…
My daughter is now a senior at Bradley and the Markin Center is now one of the “showpieces” of Bradley campus and will be a strong asset to the BU campus for many years to come.
It is a source of real pride to our Bradley community and to the future freshman classes as well.
Many thanks again for your generosity and for your vision.

Thank you so much for your generosity. As a Bradley alum and staff member, I truly appreciate the opportunity for staff and students to enjoy such a wonderful state-of-the-art facility.

Mr. Markin - I am in awe at the Markin Center and excited to utilize the resource. I spoke with many parents and students over the weekend who share my excitement. The parents agreed they were happy when their son/daughter chose BU and the Markin Center confirms their belief that Bradley is commited to putting the students first. Your generosity is an inspiration to all - Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for our Bradley family.

Dear Mr. Markin:

By any measure, whether it is improving the quality of life for our Bradley community, the sheer size of contribution or the intangible value of making Bradley more attractive to prospective students, this special gift is in a class by itself.

Heartfelt thanks, Mr. Markin.

As a Staff member and as an Alumnus, I thank you so much. Your building will make thousands of students happy over the next several decades.

Mr. Markin: Thank you for your generous support of Bradley. The Marking Center is amazing; a beautiful place that will enhance the quality of life for the Bradley family, especially our students. What you have done is truly appreciated. Again, thank you.

Bradley pride! You have made a difference! Thank you for this wonderful facility. All heads are held up higher thanks to your generosity.

Mr. Markin,

I would like to thank you and your family for your incredible generosity to and support of Bradley University. I attended the Grand Opening and was speechless from the moment I walked through the door. The excitement on the students’ faces and the awe of many faculty and staff spoke volumes. Bless you.

Thanks for your generous gift to the University. I can hardly wait to try out the climbing wall.

Mr. Markin,
thank you for your generous support of Bradley and the Markin center. Our nursing labs will be great to work in, for both students and faculty. With the simulation and hands on type of experiences, students will have an even greater educational preparation than before.

Mr. Markin,

Thank you for this wonderful addition to the Bradley University campus. It is truly an amazing place! Combining recreation and study space is a great idea.

Dear Mr. Markin,
Thank you for your generous gift to the University. The Center is magnificent to say the least and the students, faculty and staff are thrilled. This is a wonderful facility to house Health Services, the Counseling Center and the Wellness Program. To have these programs centralized in a building which promotes the pursuit of self-care with so much accessibility and “style” is wonderful. I am very appreciative of the therapeutic work space we have now to deliver therapeutic services.

What a beautiful, functinal facility to have on Bradley’s campus. I intend to use it, especially the walking-jogging track. Also some of the exercise equipment. How great to not have to drive to a gym, but be able to walk there from the office. A little more exercise.

I am sooo happy and excited for the new Markin Center! I feel like Bradley students will be so much healthier and fit now thanks to this awesome new fitness center. Before, I worked out because I know it’s good for you and because I knew I should, but not I love going to the Markin Center because there’s so much awesome stuff to do there and it’s so fun because there are so many people there! I love it sooo much and I’m so thankful and grateful! thank you!

Mr. Markin,
Thank you so much for your generous support of this beautiful facility, as well as all you do for Bradley. I look forward to enjoying many wonderful memories in the new Markin Center!

The Markin Center is beautiful! This gift is one that students for years to come will be able to enjoy and get the most of themselves out of. Thank you for giving us this amazing facility to let loose and burn some energy between classes!

Mr. Markin,

As a tour guide and student on Bradley’s campus, it is an honor for me to use your name when referencing the fantastic facility you’ve help build. It is beyond anything I could have hoped for, especially as a student. I envision that the building and your memory will live on for many many years.

Thank you so much for your dedication to your alma mater and its students.

As a Staff member and as an Alumnus, I want to thank you for your generous gift to the Bradley community. I am part of a group of faculty/staff/students who have played raquetball over the noon hour for many, many years. The new courts are beautiful. I look forward to many more years of friendly competition and exercise.

Mr. Markin

As a senior at Bradley, I am excited to have this new amazing beautiful facility available to us. I remember hearing about it last year and I couldn’t wait until this year! Thank you so much for you generousity. The Markin Center is something I am now bragging about and I’m sure I’m not the only one. It makes me so happy to know my friends and I have something to look forward to when we work out!!

Thanks again!!

Mr. Markin,

Enough thanks cannot be said for your generous gift to Bradley. The buzz and excitement is palpable among students, and we are all extremely grateful for to have such a great facility at our fingertips. It is definitely an addition to campus that we can all be proud of!

Mr. Markin,

Thank you so much for your generous contribution for the new recreation facility. It is hard to find words to describe how beautiful it is. I know that many students now and many students to come will thoroughly enjoy exercising here. It is a fantastic addition to campus.

Mr. Markin,
Thank you so much for your generous contribution to Bradley’s campus. The new recreation center puts Bradley in the ranks where it should be. No words can possibly explain the gratitude everyone on this campus has for you. My brothers said the breakfast with you was a lot of fun and we hope to see you during alumni weekend.

Thanks for your generosity to Bradley. As a 32 year employee of the university this is wonderful. the new building is great

Mr. Markin

Thank You so much for your gift to Bradley University! Thank you for the new recreational center, you have made possible. Mr. Markin, you have not only invested in our careers but foremost our health. My favorite thing in the Markin Center is the dance studio because I love to dance.

Mr. Markin,

RED PRIDE! Thank you so much for showing your pride in Bradley. I love the new Markin Family Recreation Facility, it truly is state-of-the-art! You have made it possible for students to enjoy being healthy while having fun at the same time. As a senior, I will be sure to use the time I have left here to go to the Markin Center as much as possible!
THANK YOU for your generosity!

Two things: Thank you and WOW. I’ve been waiting for a new pool for two years now and because of your charitable gift, other students, faculty, and staff, as well as myself, can enjoy this immense facility. It’s amazing and I can speak for the Bradley community when I say that we all appreciate it. Thank you!

Dear Mr. Markin,
As the Bradley Hilltopics staff works on the Winter ‘09 issue featuring the beautiful “gift” of the Markin Family Student Recreation Center, we continue to be awestruck by your love for your alma mater. As a ‘97 alum, staff member, and mother of a senior who will work out every day until she graduates, thank you for breathing new life into our campus community.

Thanks a lot for this wonderful “gift”. It is another gem on Bradley campus. I am sure more and more students and families will benefit from this family recreation center. Much thanks.

Dear Mr. Markin,
Thank you so very much for your generous contribution towards making the new recreational facility possible at Bradley. It is absolutley beautiful and a wonderful resource for students to be able to use right on campus! I’m so proud to have this as a bradley student and it is a wonderful addition to campus.
Thanks again!

1953 seems to have been a fantastic year as far as the caliber of students graduating from Bradley.

Mr. Markin, you, and another Bradley Alumnus who I know and who I met coincidentally with the start of my personal experience at BU and who has been very influential on me personally, both graduated that year.

You both are remarkable men, and I aspire to someday reach a point where I can contribute to the overall well-being of Bradley as you and he have done.

The Markin Center is a representative tribute to your generosity to the university. It is a wonderful facility and will not only be of benefit to the student body, but also is a glimmering example to the community and prospective Bradley students of the potential that Bradley provides its students, both while they are on campus and beyond.

Thank you.

Mr. Markin,

As a student at Bradley from 2001-2005, I desired very much for something beyond Hausler. I was passionate about Bradley not matching up to other recognized campuses due to the lack of recreational facilities. I just read about the new Markin Center in my Bradley Hilltopics and am so happy for the Bradley Community and can’t wait to see the new facility for myself sometime!

Thanks for your generosity to building the health of thousands to come.