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Pause to reflect: A Q&A with Felicia Mabuza-Suttle

Healing Conversations Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, Jour ’77, Grad ’78 Broadcaster, author and entrepreneur Born and raised in South Africa during apartheid, Mabuza-Suttle came to the United States on a student exchange program. After she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Marquette, her broadcast career took her back home to create a trailblazing national talk show, The […]

Celebrate First-Generation Week on campus, Nov. 7-11

National First-Generation College Celebration Week occurs every year around Nov. 8 to acknowledge and elevate first-generation college students and alumni identities and contributions. The Educational Opportunity Program, Center for Engagement and Inclusion and Career Services will host a variety of events on campus to celebrate first-generation students: EOP Open House Monday, Nov. 7 | 3:30 […]

Marquette Indigeneity Lab launches website 

The Indigeneity Lab at Marquette University has launched a website to highlight the research of the lab, which includes: The Indigenous Milwaukee Mapping Project directed by Dr. Bryan Rindfleisch, associate professor of history in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences The Indigenous Wild Rice Project directed by Dr. Michael Schläppi, professor of biological sciences […]

Career Services Center’s First Gen Connect, Nov. 8 

Join the Career Services Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the AMU Lunda’s Room for First Gen Connect. The Career Services Center invites first-generation college students to an evening of storytelling and conversation with fellow members of the Marquette University community and employer guests.  Attendees will hear and share […]

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November

Programs and events will be hosted on campus to celebrate Native American Heritage Month throughout November.  Following are the scheduled events as of Nov. 1:  Innovation Kitchen: Tasting and Teaching with Chef Jessica Pamonicutt  Wednesday, Nov. 2 | 11 a.m. and noon in AMU’s Innovation Kitchen  Join Jessica Pamonicutt, an enrolled member of the Menominee Nation […]

We Are All Marquette: A Q&A with Alexandra Gambacorta, graduate research assistant in the Marquette Indigeneity Lab

By Katie Darragh, communication intern in the Office of University Relations at Marquette University  The Marquette Indigeneity Lab allows undergraduates and graduate students to collaborate in meaningful ways with Native and non-Native faculty on several interrelated cross-disciplinary research projects in the sciences and humanities focused on Indigenous topics.    Alexandra Gambacorta is a 2018 Marquette […]

Marquette celebrates a bright Divali

Popularly known as the “Festival of Lights,” Deepavali (Divali) is one of the most vibrant festivals celebrated all over the world by most Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs. The five days of Divali encompass the darkest day between the lunar months of Ashvin and Kartik, running this year from Saturday, Oct. 22, to Wednesday, Oct. […]