The Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies announced the 2017 Women and Girls of Color grant recipients. The four projects below were selected this year across areas of health, academic achievement, and interpersonal violence. Health Mental Health and Academic Success Among Latina Emerging Adults: The Role of Culture and Gender Expectations; Dr. Lucas Torres, associate […]
Future Milwaukee accepting applications for 2017–18 class
Future Milwaukee Community Leadership Program, offered through the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, is currently recruiting individuals for its nine-month program. Participants meet two times each month on Monday evenings from mid-September 2017 through mid-May 2018 and receive a Certificate of Completion upon graduation. Program participants examine their personal strengths and challenges, and learn […]
Marquette receives two local awards for efforts in community engagement; student honored for engagement
Marquette University was recognized by the Milwaukee Academy of Science with the 2017 Partner of the Year Award. “The Milwaukee Academy of Science works with Marquette in many different ways with over 20 different partnerships. We partner with the education department, the engineering department, athletics, and there are even more partnership in the works,” said Tresca Meiling, […]
Provost’s Initiative supports two community-engaged research partnership development grants
The Provost’s Initiative is supporting two community-engaged research partnership development grants through the Office of Community Engagement. Dr. Aleksandra Snowden received a $5,000 grant to partner with Dr. Katherine Wilson, executive director, of the Frank Zeidler Center for Public Discussion, to examine interpersonal violence from a public health perspective in Milwaukee’s most violent neighborhoods. Dr. […]
Save the Date: 2017 Community Engagement Symposium is Nov. 6
Save the date for the second annual Marquette University Community Engagement Symposium, “Deepening Partnerships in Pursuit of Social Justice,” which will be held on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are incredible efforts occurring throughout our city that demonstrate the high impact of bi-directional, community-university research, teaching, and service collaborations […]
Making Marquette More Diverse
Engagement survey to be sent to all faculty and staff
Human Resources will send a survey in early May to all faculty and staff. The survey intends to determine how to best support the strategic plan, gain a better understanding of employee morale, job satisfaction, and the strength of university-wide processes and procedures. The survey results will be used to: Identify barriers to collaboration Inform […]
Project Night Night collecting items for tote delivery
Project Night Night volunteers have packed more than 4,000 totes for homeless children in the Milwaukee area. Recently, 150 totes have been delivered to Joy House, Meta House, Cathedral Center, Hope House and Casa Maria. Project Night Night is collecting the following items for a new delivery of totes: Blankets/afghans – must be new or almost new for sanitary purposes New or […]
Promentis Pharmaceuticals featured in Science Coalition report
American-Made Innovation Sparking Economic Growth, a report released by The Science Coalition, identifies 102 companies that exist because academic researchers had access to competitively awarded grants from agencies including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Promentis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a […]
