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Save the date: Dreamers Gala is March 25 

The seventh annual Dreamers Gala will take place on Friday, March 25, 2022, in the AMU ballrooms. This student-led event brings together students, administrators, faculty, staff, Jesuits and community members in a beautiful celebration of the accomplishments and resilience of our undocumented or “DACAmented” students. It is also the primary funding mechanism for the Ignacio Ellacuria, […]

Newest ‘Our Roots’ podcast episode features student Leen Morada 

Through the “Our Roots Say That We’re Sisters” mural project and podcast series, BIPOC women of Marquette now have space to be seen and heard.  The campus mural project, created by artist Mauricio Ramirez, showcases the diversity, richness and complexity of our campus and Milwaukee communities and provides a way for campus community members to see […]

Carrying while lifting: The First-Generation college student experience 

By Alexis Lopez, Marketing and Information Systems ‘23  “Forget the mistake. Remember the lesson.”  This is one of many pieces of advice Francisco Manzano-Arechiga, Comm ’19, first-generation Marquette alum, has recalled as both the first in his family to graduate from college and today as the marketing coordinator for the Milwaukee Bucks.  The college experience can be an uncertain one for students, especially for those whose […]

Newest ‘Our Roots’ podcast episode features recent alumna Jaileen Diaz 

Through the “Our Roots Say That We’re Sisters” mural project and podcast series, BIPOC women of Marquette have a space to be seen and heard.   The campus mural project, created by artist Mauricio Ramirez, showcases the diversity, richness and complexity of our campus and Milwaukee communities and provides a way for campus community members to […]

‘Café con Leche: Support for Spanish Speaking Community’ is Sept. 28 

The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion will host “Café con Leche: Support for Spanish Speaking Community” on Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m. to noon in the Center of Engagement and Inclusion, AMU 111.   The event will feature good food and conversation on Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month. Spanish speakers and Spanish learners, independent of […]