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Marquette University's Division of Student Affairs has issued official warnings to three fraternities following allegations of sexual misconduct and hazing.

The warnings related to allegations of sexual misconduct were given to the Marquette chapters of Triangle Fraternity, Delta Chi Fraternity and Sigma Phi Delta. Sigma Phi Delta also was warned for a hazing incident at its fraternity house.

The warnings were issued April 9, and the university's investigation of the allegations continues, Marya Leatherwood, Marquette's assistant vice president for student affairs, said in a statement Tuesday.

The statement doesn't elaborate on the nature of the sexual misconduct and hazing.

A university spokesman said, however, that the incidents occurred at different times and were reported within the past two weeks.

An official warning means that if any additional violations occur — whether a violation of Greek policies, the university's student code of conduct or specific fraternity chapters' risk management policies — all activities by that fraternity immediately will be suspended pending the conclusion of an investigation, according to the university statement.

Each alleged incident was immediately reported to the Milwaukee Police Department and the university's Department of Public Safety for investigation, officials said. The university investigation of these incidents is continuing.

The Division of Student Affairs, which investigates possible violations of the student code, has met with the leaders of each chapter and will lead additional sexual misconduct prevention training for the fraternities.

"We expect all of our students to uphold Marquette's Catholic and Jesuit values and to contribute to a safe and respectful environment, and we take any allegation of misconduct extremely seriously," Leatherwood said in the statement.

All first-year Marquette University students are required to take university-sponsored training in sexual violence prevention and bystander intervention, and efforts have been made to educate the entire campus, officials said. More than 6,400 students have been trained in the program in the past three years.