We Are Marquette

Dr. Samantha Majhor is a Marquette English professor with a focus on Native American literature. Chris T Cornelius is an architect and Nohl Fellow artist featured at Haggerty Museum of Art. Together, they discuss intellectual and personal experiences with Native American art, history, culture, as well as their exploration of indigenous ways of knowing. Moderator: Ruthie Dibble, Chipstone Foundation curator We Are Marquette Episode 52 Edited by Ina Li

Marquette University Student Government (MUSG) President Sara Manjee and Executive VP Dan Brophy work hard advocating for students. Within MUSG there are various departments that altogether make Marquette's campus the difference it can be, from hosting community events to bring students together to providing funding for student organizations. Sara and Dan actively meet with faculty, students, and organizations to listen to their needs and help them with those needs. Forming relationships that allow them to sit down and talk about how to create this change within Marquette's campus and in Milwaukee. We Are Marquette Episode 51 Edited by Ina Li

Mike Haischer and Casandra Goodrich help advance understanding of human potential at the new Athletic and Human Performance Research Center (AHPRC), which officially opened in April 2019. The AHPRC allows Marquette faculty and partners from the health care industry to collaborate on research and cutting-edge innovation in the areas of elite athletic performance, human performance, rehabilitation, fitness data analytics, and other related disciplines. Mike is a Strength and Conditioning Specialist with a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology. Mike is also a Marquette alum (B.S. Health Sci ’14) and current student, studying for his Ph.D. in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science. In addition to experience teaching exercise physiology, fitness and nutrition, and exercise testing and prescription courses, Mike has published research in the applied performance domain and has completed multiple strength and conditioning internships, including one with the Milwaukee Brewers. As lab manager of the AHPRC, Mike serves to facilitate collaborative team science and assist investigators in realizing their research goals. He is also committed to making a positive impact on Marquette Athletics, by helping to conduct applied research based on the performance goals of the teams, coaches, and individual athletes. Casandra graduated from Marquette University in 2019, completing a degree in Exercise Physiology. While an undergraduate, she competed as a sprinter for Marquette’s Track and Field team, a member of the 2016 and 2017 BIG East Indoor and Outdoor Conference Championship team. Casandra has since acted as an assistant coach for Marquette and is excited at the opportunity to work in the AHPRC. Her goal is to attend medical school, where she will foster her interest in pediatrics and oncology. We Are Marquette Episode 50 Editing and production by Chris Rolfing

Sasha Parsons Waters is the coordinator of the Women's Innovation Network (WIN) at the 707 Hub. WIN strives to support underrepresented groups on campus with leadership, networking and entrepreneurship. Interviewed by 707 Hub intern Ina Li, Sasha talks about growing up around entrepreneurship and how it brought her to where she is today, discovering her passion and helping others unlock their passions. For more information about WIN, visit https://www.marquette.edu/womens-innovation-network/ We Are Marquette Episode 49 Interview and editing by Ina Li

Andrew Stimmel was recently named Head Coach of the Marquette Men's Lacrosse team. In 2016, he spent a year as an Assistant Coach at Marquette while he helped lead the team to their first BIG EAST Championship. He returned to Marquette after coaching at Yale, where they have notched an overall record of 42-13 since 2017. In this podcast, Coach Stimmel is interviewed by Chris Rolfing, a senior on the men's lacrosse team. He discusses what brought him back to Marquette, his new staff and what he is looking forward to most being back at Marquette. For more information about Coach Stimmel or the Marquette Men's Lacrosse team, visit bit.ly/mumlax We Are Marquette Episode 48 Interview and editing by Chris Rolfing

Mechanical engineering majors Chris Malliet, James McKenna and Phillip Parisi have been friends since freshman year when they lived in McCormick Hall. Now roommates about to graduate, they wanted a weekly tradition to bond a larger group of friends. So they founded a Friday pasta night. Starting in September, they encouraged all attendees to bring a new friend the following week to meet more people and expand the circle. People loved the idea — free pasta with familiar and unfamiliar faces. Their hope? Bring 526 new people together. Read their story at http://bit.ly/526pasta We Are Marquette Podcast Episode 47 Produced by Tim Cigelske

Marquette graduate students Benjamin Rangel and Kyle Hagge created the Bridge the City podcast to focus on local Milwaukee communities. Disheartened by national media narratives, they sought to inform individuals about local elected officials like city council or the sheriff's office. Every episode ends with action steps to create positive change where people live. Ben and Kyle first met 3 years ago when they moved to Milwaukee to serve as AmeriCorps members with College Possible, a nonprofit helping low-income students get to and through college. Currently, both Ben and Kyle are Trinity Fellows at Marquette University. The Trinity Fellowship is a graduate program that focuses on social and economic justice and allows students to earn their Masters degree while simultaneously working at a nonprofit organization. Listen to their podcast: https://www.bridgethecitypodcast.com/ We Are Marquette Podcast Episode 46 Edited by Tim Cigelske

Andrea Garcia, a Resident Assistant for Marquette's Nuestro Hogar community, gets to know her residents on a deeper personal level. Nuestro Hogar seeks to create a space for the Latinx student body to come together and form a community: http://bit.ly/nuestro-hogar The goal of Living Learning Communities at Marquette is to blend in-classroom education with deeper connections where students live in residence halls. Marquette's dedication to inclusion and diversity is strengthened through Living Learning Communities (LLC's). These communities allow students to live in the residence halls and university-owned apartments that focus on similarities and goals that the group strives to accomplish. In this conversation Andrea Garcia and LLC faculty liaison Dr. Corinne Schwarz discuss the value they've seen in these communities. For a full list of the different LLC's that Marquette offers, visit bit.ly/mu-llc We Are Marquette Podcast Episode 45 Edited by Tim Cigelske

Before moving to college, Veronica Maniak turned her camera on to capture the journey to campus. Today, that video has 1.7 million views, and it helped propel her into stardom and nearly 90,000 subscribers on YouTube. The sophomore in the College of Health Sciences continues to share her college experience for her growing fanbase. Interview by Pam Palines, student in the College of Business YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/VeronicaVlogs05 We Are Marquette episode 44

Koby McEwen and Joseph Chartouny both grew up in Canada (Toronto and Montreal, respectively) and arrived at Marquette from other universities. The men's basketball teammates have a conversation about missing Caribbean and Lebanese food, feeling at home in the snow with friendly people, and what they want to do after graduation. We Are Marquette Episode 43 Editing by Alyssa Deutsch

Growing up, Florence "Florie" Greenhill felt caught between different identities as a biracial person. This led her to research multi-racial identities in her master's program in the Diederich College of Communication. She has used what she learns in the classroom and her own life experience to help students in roles in admissions and the Educational Opportunity Program. We Are Marquette podcast Episode 42 Edited by Colleen Duvall

Eating healthy in college, and in general, can be a challenge. Katie Ruffino, Pre-PA student at Marquette, found the adjustment to cafeteria eating more difficult than she anticipated. But using Instagram as an inspiration, she learned and shares her techniques for plant-based, label-free, mindful eating. Read her blog post with recipes at bit.ly/foodincollege We Are Marquette podcast Edited by Kaley Rohlinger Episode 41

For those of us who have journeyed through Advent by making time and space for silence and prayer, we are almost at the end of our waiting. Now we turn to St. Ignatius, the founder of the Society of Jesus, to help us. Dr. Kathy Coffey-Guenther, Senior Mission and Ignatian Leadership Specialist, guides our imagination to re-introduce us to the Nativity: An Ignatian contemplation for the 4th week of Advent. We Are Marquette episode 40 Read by Dr. Kathy Coffey-Guenther Edited by Tim Cigelske

Angela Masajo became an American citizen after 14 years of living in the U.S. and 7 months of applying for the naturalization process. Angela, a graduate student in Speech Pathology, discusses the nervousness, fears and ultimately hopes she had through this process with her internship supervisor, Amanda Gottheardt, who became a U.S. citizen herself after being adopted from India. Read Angela's story on Medium: http://bit.ly/pathstocitizenship We Are Marquette episode 39 Interview by Amanda Gottheardt, Marquette University Project Manager Editing by Tim Cigelske

Dr. Donte McFadden sits down with Ricardo Vega, Eng '18, to discuss how the McNair Scholars Program shaped both of their lives. Named for the African American astronaut and physicist who died in the 1986 Challenger explosion, the program has helped underserved students conduct research, learn from faculty mentors and go on to earn advanced and doctoral degrees. Read more about the program in the new Marquette Magazine http://bit.ly/mcnair-legacy We Are Marquette episode 38 Editing by Alyssa Duetsch and Tim Cigelske