By Mariet Bejarano, student intern, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Marquette University’s fourth annual Justice in Action Conference last month had an individualized, intimate feel and served as a call to action for students and community members — from sessions on racism to education, attendees were exposed to countless ways in which one can […]
We Are All Marquette: Exploring Her Biracial Identity to Help Students
In this episode of the “We Are All Marquette” podcast, Florence “Florie” Greenhill, an undergraduate student transfer advisor transfer in admissions, shares her journey to embracing her biracial identity. In her master’s program in the Diederich College of Communication, Greenhill researches multi-racial identities. Using what she learns in the classroom as well as her own life experiences, […]
We Are All Marquette: Why I became a US citizen
After living in the U.S. for almost 14 years, Angela Masajo never questioned if she belonged here. But in 2019, her Philippine passport was going to expire, prompting her to decide whether or not to go through the naturalization process. As an undergraduate at Marquette, Masajo studied Speech Pathology and Audiology, and Public Relations. She is […]
We Are All Marquette: We Are McNair. We Are Marquette.
In the latest episode of the We Are All Marquette Podcast, Dr. Donte McFadden sits down with Ricardo Vega, Eng ’18, to discuss the McNair Scholars Program—the impact it has had on both of them personally, as well as hundreds of others over the course of three decades. A part of the Educational Opportunity Program […]
We Are All Marquette: Student-written play ‘White Privilege’ selected for Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
“White Privilege,” a play written by theatre student Malaina Moore, has been selected to be performed next month at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Region III Festival in Madison. KCACTF is a national theatre program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide that has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of […]
We Are All Marquette: Men’s basketball team partners with Nike to celebrate Native American heritage
By Alan Chavoya, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion The Marquette men’s basketball team on Saturday, Nov. 17, celebrated two things: its 74-55 victory over Presbyterian College and Native American heritage. Marquette is one of 14 college basketball programs partnering with Nike’s N7 initiative, which provided the Golden Eagles with specially […]
We Are All Marquette: Privilege: Let’s Go There
By Mariet Bejarano, student communication intern, and Alan Chavoya, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion On Oct. 24, 2018, the university hosted “Privilege: Let’s Go There,” in the Varsity Theatre on campus. The event was designed to address campus concerns about racism, discrimination, microaggressions and ways to confront these issues. The intent […]
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 […]
We Are All Marquette: Hispanic-Serving Institution expert returns to Marquette
By Alan Chavoya, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion On Sept. 12–13, Dr. Gina Ann García, a leading scholar on the organizational culture of Hispanic-Serving Institutions, gave a series of presentations to the Marquette community on culturally enhancing practices. García, who is an assistant professor in the Department of Administrative and […]