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Celebrating first-generation students: senior Ashley Castañeda shares her experience and advice
National First-Generation College Celebration Week occurs every year around Nov. 8 to acknowledge and elevate first-generation college students and alumni. In celebration, Marquette Today is featuring first-generation students who share their experience and advice for future students.
Help support Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
The Marquette-housed nonprofit Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS) is announcing a new fundraising initiative to help finance its efforts. Through Saturday, Dec. 31, NewsMatch will match all new monthly donations up to 12 times or double all one-time gifts up to $1,000. For 11 years, NNS has tirelessly used professional journalism to paint a complete…
Celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day at the WE Are the Difference conference
In honor of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, the Institute for Women’s Leadership and the 707 Hub will host the first WE Are the Difference half-day conference on Friday, Nov. 18, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Join for an afternoon of networking, exploring the entrepreneurial mindset and celebrating a wide array of local women entrepreneurs. …
Register for IMPACT Education Series, Nov. 18
Join the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute (NMDSI) on Friday, Nov. 18, from noon to 12:30 p.m. for its IMPACT Education Speaker Series as it welcomes Ed Leonard, lead analytics engineer at Northwestern Mutual and instructor of practice in the College of Business Administration. NMDSI is a collaboration between Northwestern Mutual, Marquette University and University…
Celebrating first-generation students: senior Takayla Homes shares her experience and advice
National First-Generation College Celebration Day is Nov. 8 in honor of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. In celebration, first-generation students at Marquette are sharing their experience and advice for future students.
Marquette faculty member selected as inaugural Aspen Index Impact Fellow
Dr. Benjamin Correia-Harker, clinical assistant professor of educational policy and leadership in the College of Education, has been selected as an inaugural Aspen Index Impact Fellow with the Aspen Institute. Correia-Harker is the co-principal investigator of the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership, an international research project that explores the influences of higher education on college student…
Free bowling and snacks with Ignite, Nov. 9
Join Campus Ministry’s Ignite for an IgNite out of free bowling and snacks Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Union Sports Annex. Enjoy a great time connecting with others, building community and knocking down some pins. Limited bowling and catering will be available. No RSVP is required. For more information, contact…
Celebrating first-generation students: senior Michaela Drake shares her experience and advice
National First-Generation College Celebration Week occurs every year around Nov. 8 to acknowledge and elevate first-generation college students and alumni. In celebration, Marquette Today is featuring first-generation students who share their experience and advice for future students.
Soup with Substance on Black Catholic History Month, Nov. 9
Join Soup with Substance for a presentation on the history of Black Catholics both nationally and in Milwaukee Wednesday, Nov. 9, at noon in AMU 157 in honor of Black Catholic History Month. Fessahaye Mebrahtu and Shanedra Johnson from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will be presenting. Soup and bread will be served.
Ott Memorial Writing Center hosts annual ‘Writer Fight Club’
The Ott Memorial Writing Center will be hosting this year’s Writer Fight Club on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 6 p.m. in Lalumiere 292. The Writer Fight Club is an event in which participants read as a writer (novelist, poet, nonfiction writer, musician, screenwriter, etc.) and choose a sizeable set of quotes from them. Then…