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We Are All Marquette: Answering the Call: New faces of Marquette’s student government

By Andrea García, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Last month on Sept. 18, best friends and dynamic duo Evelia Guerrero and Elizabeth Murillo made history as the first Latina students to be elected as Marquette University Student Government (MUSG) president and vice president. What started out as playful ribbing between […]

Listening sessions to be held with artist for new campus mural, Sept. 25

Marquette community members will have the opportunity to speak with winning artist Mauricio Ramirez about the new campus mural celebrating diversity and equity.  A series of conversations will take place via Microsoft Teams on Friday, Sept. 25:  10 a.m.  Topic: Community engagement / programming / paint day  11:30 a.m.  Topic: Oral history project focused on Marquette BIPOC (black, Indigenous and people of color) female alumni  1 p.m.  Topic: General discussion and feedback  […]

Votes are in; new mural on campus to celebrate diversity and racial equity will be installed by artist Mauricio Ramirez

Last week, the Marquette community was invited to vote on a new mural that will be installed on the north-facing façade of the Varsity Theater / Holthusen Hall building.  1,396 students, faculty and staff members voted online for one of three proposals submitted by local artists.  The winning artist is Mauricio Ramirez. His proposal, “Our Roots Say That We’re Sisters,” received 63% of […]

‘Addressing Racial Injustice at Marquette,’ with President Lovell and Black Student Council is tomorrow; Marquette community invited to tune in via livestream

On Friday, Sept. 11, at 11:30 a.m., members of the Black Student Council will come together with President Michael R. Lovell and Rev. James Voiss, S.J., vice president for mission and ministry, for a prayer service oriented toward healing racism at Marquette and the university’s role in addressing racial injustice. The Marquette community is invited […]

Anti-racist educational resources available

The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion has created a repository of resources to help guide the Marquette community’s efforts to learn more about bias, race and racism and plant the seeds for change from the ground up.   Acknowledging that becoming anti-racist is a process, these resources for anti-racist education are a starting place for better understanding […]