By Saul Lopez, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion A junior in the Klingler College of Arts & Sciences and a recipient of Marquette University’s Center for Peacemaking Fellowship, Johnny Irias Puerto can be found talking to the students floating around the second floor of the AMU on a September afternoon. […]
OMC colleague chosen for national diversity leadership academy
Dwayne Burtin, web producer in the Office of Marketing and Communication, has been named a member of the 2019 Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media, a partnership between Poynter Institute and The Washington Post. The academy recognizes pioneers in the field of digital media from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds who have demonstrated an aptitude for […]
We Are All Marquette: Chante Parker breaks barrier as School of Dentistry’s first African American class president
By Saul Lopez, graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion The Marquette University School of Dentistry is home to nearly 400 students — Chante Parker now has the unique privilege of serving nearly half of them as the second-year class president. She is the first African American to hold the distinction. An […]
We Are All Marquette: Beyond reporting
In 2016 when Melissa Evans, Comm ’13, was working as a health reporter for the Texas Tribune, she was asked to staff the state legislative session. Evans was eager to hear top leaders respond to a report that had recently come out about poor maternal healthcare in Texas. According to the report, pregnant women and […]
Dr. Marla Delgado-Guerrero featured on list of Wisconsin’s most powerful Latinos
Dr. Marla Delgado-Guerrero, mental health counselor and diversity coordinator in the Counseling Center, has been named one of the most powerful Latinos in the state. Delgado-Guerrero’s work has earned her a spot on the Si Se Puede 2019: Wisconsin’s 34 most powerful Latinos list. The list, created annually since 2015 by nonprofit online news outlet […]
We Are All Marquette: How one student uses fashion to share her Nigerian roots and spread love to all cultures
Student Oluwapelumi Oguntade created “OLUOMO WORLDWIDE,” a fashion brand through which she seeks to spread love to all cultures. A sophomore majoring in economics, Oguntade plans to expand her business using the prize money she received for winning first place in Social Innovation through the Brewed Ideas Challenge last spring. Oguntade is originally from Nigeria […]
We Are All Marquette: Trailblazing by example
Edith Hudson in December 2018 became the university’s new police chief. Hudson has broken several glass ceilings during her 25-year career — as field supervisor in the Milwaukee Police Department’s Tactical Enforcement Unit, as the department’s assistant chief, and now as MUPD chief. Even so, she says she’s never felt like a trailblazer. “I didn’t […]
We Are All Marquette: Empowered lifting
When Alyssa Duetsch, a senior in the Diederich College of Communication and an intern in the Office of Marketing and Communication, started working on a video project about Marquette’s power lifting team, she had no idea how much the team would impact her nor the larger impact the team is leaving on the university and […]
Marquette Momentum: University adds to employee resource group offerings
Women of Marquette to launch this fall Marquette University this fall is set to launch its seventh employee resource group, its third dedicated to female faculty and staff. ERGs are supported by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and help advance the Culture of Inclusion goal theme outlined in the university’s strategic plan, Beyond […]
Provost announces cluster hire to add to Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies program
The Office of the Provost, in partnership with the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, the Diederich College of Communication, the College of Business Administration, the Opus College of Engineering and the College of Nursing, has announced a cluster hire of additional faculty members to bolster its Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies program during the […]
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