Tag: Marquette University

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Marquette University’s College of Education Receives Grant to Strengthen Behavioral Health Workforce

To meet the growing need for child and adolescent clinical mental health counselors, the United States Department of Health and Human Services gifted $980,000 to Marquette University’s College of Education. Through the funding, 62 students in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology will receive internship stipends until 2025 to complete clinical placements in […]

July 16, 2021

Disabilties

Institutions Develop Initiatives to Support Neurodiverse Students

Making the transition from high school to college can be challenging for many students, but for neurodiverse students in particular — who face cognitive, learning and physical disabilities — the adjustment can be even more complicated. Existing stigmas often deter students from seeking additional resources or classroom accommodations. Institutions are now looking to eliminate misconceptions by implementing programs focused on supporting neurodiverse students.

July 6, 2021

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Marquette University Philosophy Professor Receives Career Enhancement Fellowship

Dr. Desiree Valentine, an assistant professor of philosophy in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received a Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. The fellowship program aims to increase the presence of minority junior faculty and other faculty committed to removing racial disparities in the arts and humanities. […]

May 21, 2021

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Marquette University Receives $1 Million to Help Preserve Historic St. Joan of Arc Chapel

Marquette University has received a $1 million gift from the Slaggie Family Foundation to help preserve its St. Joan of Arc Chapel. The chapel – more than 600 years old – was originally built in France and later reconstructed on campus more than 50 years ago, first gifted in 1966 by Marc and Lillian Rojtman. […]

February 12, 2021

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Marquette University Receives $31 Million from Alumni, Money to Go Towards Nursing School

Marquette University has received a $31 million donation from alumni couple Darren and Terry Jackson, Forbes reported. The gift will be used to help the school’s College of Nursing reach its goal of preparing 5,000 nurses over the next decade – the school wants 1,000 of the 5,000 to be ethnically and socially diverse. Beginning […]

February 5, 2021

African-American

Marquette Students Protest Police Violence, Present List of Demands to University

Several dozen Marquette University students protested and marched through the Milwaukee, Wisconsin school’s campus on Thursday, denouncing police brutality and demanding the university do more to address racism, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The hours-long protest began with students blocking traffic near campus for more than 40 minutes, shouting “stop the violence,” along with the […]

August 30, 2020

Students

After Racist Posts About George Floyd, Some Colleges Expel Students, Professor Resigns

Some universities have taken strict action against students, and in one case, a faculty member, for their racist and offensive comments and videos about George Floyd, a Black man who died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee on his neck for approximately nine minutes.

June 3, 2020

COVID-19

Some Colleges Are Already Planning for the Next Wave of COVID-19

Even as many colleges are still struggling to figure out what the beginning of the new academic year will look like, a few have made public schedules for the next semester which already account for another wave of COVID-19 infections in the fall, which epidemiologists have said is more or less inevitable.

May 21, 2020

MSIs

Colleges and Universities Pause to Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.

Throughout this weekend and into the federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Monday, institutions of higher learning across the country will be celebrating the life and legacy of King, the noted civil rights leader.

January 16, 2020

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Dr. Kimo Ah Yun Named First Minority Provost at Marquette University

Dr. Kimo Ah Yun will become the first person of color to serve as provost for Marquette University, a private Jesuit research school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ah Yun, who was chosen after a nine-month national search for the position, has been serving as acting provost for the university since Oct. 31, 2018. “Kimo has demonstrated […]

December 3, 2019

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Marquette to Add Nine Faculty in Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies

Marquette University plans to boost its Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies (REIS) program by onboarding nine new faculty members. The new hires will focus on diversity while spanning a variety of departments, including economics, philosophy, psychology, anthropology and theology.

July 23, 2019

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Grant to Help Marquette Professor Study Stroke Rehab

To further study stroke rehabilitation, Dr. Allison Hyngstrom, associate professor and chair of the physical therapy department in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, received a $2.3 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health. Hyngstrom will collaborate with Dr. Matthew Durand, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Medical […]

July 18, 2019