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We Are All Marquette: Lessons from the Linguistic Diversity Symposium

By Alan Chavoya, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Marquette on Sept. 19 and 20 hosted its inaugural Linguistic Diversity Symposium featuring renowned linguists Dr. Kim Potowski and Dr. Walt Wolfram. Organized by Dr. Sonia Barnes, assistant professor of Spanish, and in collaboration with Dr. Steve Hartman Keiser, associate professor of […]

We Are All Marquette: Theatre course takes cross-cultural discussions to new ‘Heights’

The importance of diversity is taught in many ways at Marquette, but students in Dr. Jeffrey Coleman’s Hispanic Theatre & Performance course were treated to a unique experience that included Lin-Manual Miranda’s “In the Heights.” Before Miranda wrote “Hamilton,” he wrote and starred in “In the Heights,” a musical that celebrates diversity by combining Latin […]

Marquette receives national innovation awards

In recognition of the university’s efforts to cultivate a culture of innovative and collaborative problem solving within its students, faculty, staff and community, Marquette earned two national awards for innovation at the University Economic Development Association’s annual summit. Marquette won the 2018 Award of Excellence for Developing Innovation and the Journal of Economic Development in […]

Marquette Momentum: New Henke Terrace adds outdoor innovation space to 707 Hub [slideshow]

The university on Friday, Oct. 5, celebrated the grand opening of the Henke Terrace, a new outdoor courtyard and patio connected to the 707 Hub, the university’s innovation, entrepreneurship and maker space. The new area offers an array of flexible seating options in an open, yet cozy setting designed to provide an inspirational and convivial environment […]

Dr. William Welburn named new vice president for inclusive excellence

Provost Dan Myers today announced that Dr. William Welburn, formerly the executive director of institutional diversity and inclusion, has been promoted to vice president for inclusive excellence, a move Myers says is critical to elevating Marquette’s commitment to being a more inclusive campus for all. Welburn’s new role is effective immediately. “The idea of ‘inclusive […]

Marquette Momentum: Rice Rice Baby — A professor’s unlikely experiment is changing Wisconsin agribusiness

By Joe DiGiovanni, JOUR ’87 Dr. Michael Schläppi, professor of biological sciences, started harvesting his second one-acre crop of rice from a farm in Mequon in late September, projecting to triple or even quadruple the yield from a year ago. Due to earlier planting and improved treatment of young seedlings, this year’s crop might yield 3,000 […]

We Are All Marquette: New RISE program helps welcome students of color

By Alan Chavoya, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion On Aug. 21–22, 2018, Marquette hosted its inaugural RISE (Ready to Inspire Success and Excellence) pre-orientation program for students of color. Led by the Division of Student Affairs, and in collaboration with the Office of Admissions and the Office of Institutional Diversity […]

Marquette Momentum: Supporting student success

Engineering Student Success Center provides space and resources to give engineering students an ‘extra boost’ By Alexis Schlindwein, COMM ’13 Along a back-lit whiteboard spanning the length of the room, a tutor works a statistics problem. At the next table, students are working through thermodynamics homework. In the study room at back, a group of engineers […]