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The President’s Challenge to host a development workshop, June 28 

The President’s Challenge is hosting a workshop on team formation and solution development on Thursday, June 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in AMU, 163. Marquette faculty, staff, and students are invited.  The workshop’s goal is to create, or improve, strong, diverse teams that have ideas to solve community challenges. The workshop will provide […]

Momentum continues on massive coalition to treat community’s trauma

Efforts led by President Michael R. Lovell and his wife, Amy Lovell, a mental health activist, continue with the newly formed Scaling Wellness in Milwaukee (SWIM) initiative. The goal of a recent Marquette gathering was to reach a consensus on the mission statement: “To inspire a dynamic collaboration that heals trauma and creates a resilient community.”

We are All Marquette: Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion launches Employee Resource Groups 

by Alan Chavoya, M.A. Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion has launched the pilot phase of its initiative to support Employee Resource Groups. The university established these groups to support employees from a broad range of backgrounds in response to concerns about a sense of […]

We Are All Marquette: Photos from the third annual Dreamers Gala

Marquette University’s Solidarity In Action student organization hosted the third annual Dreamers Gala: Love Has No Borders, on Wednesday, March 21, in the AMU Monaghan Ballrooms. The sold-out event raised more than $50,000. Photos taken by Michael Carpenter, intern in the Office of Marketing and Communication.       

MARQUETTE MOMENTUM: Marquette faculty members lead the health equity effort

As the Marquette community takes a deep dive this year on the drive to achieve health equity — through Marquette Forum events such as last week’s lectures by Dr. David R. Williams of Harvard University — Marquette’s faculty members are also tackling health disparities and social determinants of health through their community-engaged research and engagement.  Since […]

Marquette Forum event: “Health Equity and Native Communities,” Nov. 27

Marquette Forum will host Dr. Brave Heart who will present “Health Equity and Native Communities,” on Monday, Nov. 27, at 5 p.m. in the AMU Monaghan Ballrooms. Dr. Brave Heart is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of Native American Disparities Research at the Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health […]

Marquette celebrates Community Engagement Symposium by honoring professors, organizations

Two Marquette professors, a Milwaukee professional association, a cultural performing arts program and an independent charter school were honored this week at the university’s Community Engagement Symposium. Dr. Beth Godbee, assistant professor of English, won the Community Engaged Teaching Award; and Dr. Kristin Haglund, associate professor of nursing, and Proyecto Bembé shared the Community Engaged […]

2017 Marquette University Community Engagement Symposium is Nov. 6

The 2017 Marquette University Community Engagement Symposium, “Deepening Partnerships in Pursuit of Social Justice,” will be held Monday, Nov. 6, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dr. Timothy Eatman, from Rutgers University will deliver the keynote address. Dr. Eatman is a social scientist, educator, and publicly engaged scholar. He serves as the inaugural dean of […]

Marquette community encouraged to attend the NWS Farmers Market on Thursdays

Marquette students show your MUID at the NWS Farmers Market welcome tent and be entered in a drawing for a Sobelman’s Gift Card. Marquette faculty and staff are encouraged to show their MUID at the NWS Farmers Market welcome tent to receive a $3 off voucher that can be used at any vendor. Limit one […]