By Alan Chavoya, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion The Committee on Equity and Inclusion on April 12 hosted “Rediscovering the Call of Marquette,” the university’s inaugural Symposium on Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice. Led by Dr. William Welburn, vice president for inclusive excellence, and Jacki Black, associate director of Hispanic […]
We Are All Marquette: How Dwyane Wade and the Marquette family changed alumna Tamara Johnson’s life
Tamara Johnson first met Dwayne Wade in 2010 when Wade made a visit to Marquette’s campus. He was coming to welcome the Youth of the Year winners to campus. The Youth of the Year Scholarship was made possible through a national partnership between Marquette University, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Wade’s nonprofit […]
We Are All Marquette: Bridging the City
“Bridge the City” podcast hosts Benjamin Rangel and Kyle Hagge take over as hosts on this episode of the “We Are Marquette” podcast. Marquette graduate students in the Trinity Fellows program, Rangel and Hagge met three years ago when they were both working at College Possible, an AmeriCorps organization dedicated to helping low-income students apply […]
We Are All Marquette: A reflection on how we stand with Native American communities
By Alan Chavoya, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Recently, Marquette hosted three distinct events related to issues affecting Native American communities. On Feb. 6, David Archambault II (Lakota name: Tokala Ohitika, “Brave Fox”), activist and former tribal chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, delivered a powerful […]
We Are All Marquette: Marquette’s Justice in Action Conference — a reflection
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 […]