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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