The Center for the Advancement of the Humanities and WIN will host the first Humanities and Career Diversity Breakfast on Wednesday, March 30, from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. in Beaumier Suites B/C. A virtual option will be available as well.
A special panel will highlight diverse career paths and panelists will discuss how they are putting their humanities skills and graduate training to work in their fields.
The panel features:
- Mike Cummings (Master of Arts in Business Security, with a background in history and political science), president of Cummings Security Consulting, LLC
- Sterling Knox (current Ph.D. student in Marquette’s philosophy program), program manager at the Children’s Healing Center on the Red Lake Nation
- Dr. Laura McGough (Ph.D., history), senior technical advisor for University Research Co. and the Center for Human Services, and a global health expert with a specialty in maternal care and Africa
- Dr. Silas Morgan (Ph.D., theology), current president and COO of Showcraft, a social impact company that specializes in built environments for trade shows, conferences industry events and pop-up spaces
- Maggie Nettesheim Hoffman, associate director of career diversity for Humanities Without Walls and current history Ph.D. candidate, will serve as the moderator
The session will start with a breakfast social at 8:30 a.m., with the panel discussion to follow at 9 a.m. Virtual attendees are invited to join us at 8:30 a.m. to network over virtual breakfast on Microsoft Teams.
Register online before the date of the event.