Marquette Child Care Center celebrates 35 years — its only director shares the honor

Marquette Child Care Center celebrates 35 years - its only director shares the honor

Parents, others praise the longstanding facility and the impact it's had on the lives of children and families.

The Marquette University Child Care Center has been welcoming the children of faculty, staff, students and alumni for the past 35 years. It's a celebratory milestone - one shared by Amy Kaboskey, the center's current and only director.

Amy Kaboskey

Kaboskey started at the center, then located at 17th and Wells streets, when she was 25 years old. Her three adult children are MUCCC success stories. Now 60, Kaboskey says the center's move in 2011 to its current location at 19th and Clybourn streets was a gamechanger, noting that it created the space needed to provide the excellent care the center is known for.

The MUCCC, which cares for around 80 children, recently received a five-star rating from Youngstar, a child care quality rating and improvement system. The center must qualify for the rating every two years.

"Getting five stars is the top of the line," Kaboskey explains. "There's a lot of hard work that goes into it."

Dragonfly room at MUCCC

That hard work has not gone unnoticed by the parents who've entrusted their children to the center's care. Parents like Teresa Janusz, for whom the center has been a resource to her family for nearly the past decade.

"We started at the center in 2015 with our oldest and currently have our fourth child enrolled, so almost 10 years with the center," Janusz says. "All four of our kids attended and our three older children stayed until they were eligible for full time school."

Janusz, a Marquette alumna who works as the director of development for the College of Business Administration in University Advancement, says knowing that her children are close by and in a safe, loving environment has made all the difference.

"The child care center really are our partners in raising our children, and I couldn't have hoped for a better experience," Janusz says.

"I am a first-time dad and now a new Marquette Child Care Center user," says Dr. John Knapp, executive director of Innovation Alley. "One of the biggest blessings is knowing that the center is on campus. Having Boden close by, literally coming to work with me every day, is priceless. I already know there is nowhere else I'd want to take my son."

The Marquette University Child Care Center is looking to hire additional teachers. For more information, please reach out to Amy Kaboskey at [email protected].

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