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In order to more efficiently notify campus stakeholders of upcoming diversity-related events, the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion has begun distributing regular newsletters. The monthly newsletter will promote events hosted by campus departments as well as student organizations. To start receiving the newsletter, email diversitycommunication@marquette.edu with “subscribe” as the subject line.   To submit […]

Office of Intercultural Engagement to host Black History Month events

February is Black History Month. The Office of Intercultural Engagement will host several events for Marquette faculty, staff and students to celebrate black history and culture.   Some of the upcoming events include:   Africa Comes to America | Monday, Feb. 11, from 6 p.m. AMU 157 Soup with Substance: Black & Islam | Wednesday, Feb. 13, […]

President’s Panel on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will be Feb. 26

A President’s Panel on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will be held Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m in the Law School’s Lubar Center. Join President Michael R. Lovell, faculty, staff and students for a panel discussion and Q&A on diversity, equity and inclusion moderated by award-winning journalist, speaker, author and philanthropist Soledad […]

Marquette will hire up to nine new faculty members this academic year to bolster Race and Ethnic Studies program

During the 2018-19 academic year, Marquette will recruit up to nine additional faculty members to bolster its Race and Ethnic Studies (RAES) program, which was announced in fall 2017 with a cluster hire of five new faculty. The Race and Ethnic Studies cluster hire is a collaboration among the Office of the Provost, the Klingler […]

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 […]