At the end of her sophomore year, Ellie Vonderhaar posted a photo on Instagram outside of Schroeder Hall. “People always ask what I love so much about Marquette,” she wrote in the caption. “And the answer is easy: the people. The people, the people, the people, the people!” So who are these people? In this podcast, we'll find out and hear the voices of Marquette University.

Introducing the We Are Marquette Podcast

Maureen Lewis has been an academic advisor at Marquette for 14 years, but her role goes far beyond that. When a student loses a parent or sibling, Maureen steps in when their friends have no idea what to say or do. Lewis shares her story in the first episode of the We Are Marquette podcast.

Maureen Lewis - Episode 1

In the new We Are Marquette podcast, President Michael Lovell talks about what he sees will be different for the Class of 2021, advice he’d give his 20-year-old self, who he considers his role models, what he learned from the theater department and more.

Michael Lovell - Episode 2

Dr. Kris Ropella, dean of Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering, talks about changing the face of engineering to include more women and underrepresented minorities, and why that’s important to her.

Kris Ropella - Episode 3

Marquette student Ariana Madson stars in Marquette’s new Christmas video singing Joy to the World outside St. Joan of Arc Chapel. The Health Sciences freshman from Eau Claire talks about faith, performing at Marquette’s Got Talent and the favorite part of her college experience. See the Christmas video at http://bit.ly/muxmas17

Ariana Madson - Episode 5

During her first semester, Sam Obrochta wasn't sure she wanted to stay at Marquette. Today the senior is the facilities manager at Cobeen Hall. Sam shares her journey of how she found her place in residence life, and how she lives her goal to help others to find their own path.

Sam Obrochta - Episode 7

Wilmore Peters arrived in this country from Belize and learned English as well as how to overcome dyslexia. Today, he has worked for facilities services as a custodian for nine years. He enjoys going to Marquette basketball games, connecting with students and reading Malcolm Gladwell.

Wilmore Peters - Episode 8

The faculty organizers of the Marquette University Student Film Festival discuss the importance of storytelling across disciplines.

Kris Holodak and Joe Brown - Episode 14

Latrice Harris-Collins, Director of High School Recruitment, is known for her real-talk outreach presentations.

Latrice Harris-Collins - Episode 15

Heather Sullivan brings an interest in blockchain technology and bitcoin cryptocurrency to the College of Business Administration's new Blockchain Lab. As the college's associate director of external relations, she connects students and faculty with community partners to work together and expand experiential learning.

Heather Sullivan - Episode 16

Abbey Wesley became involved with Dance Marathon while battling childhood cancer. Today, she helps lead the event at Marquette to support families facing a similar struggle, and she shares why she wrote "a love letter to cancer." bit.ly/lettertocancer 

Dance Marathon Marquette is 4/13/2019 
bit.ly/mu-dancemarathon

We Are Marquette 
Episode 17

Fighting back after overcoming childhood cancer

Tyler Vicknair found her voice at Marquette through business communication strategy and her beloved Gospel Choir.

Tyler Vicknair - Episode 18

A tour of the most iconic building on Marquette's campus and one of the oldest buildings in the United States. 

Guests: Ann Hilbert, Campus Ministry
Julie Baumann, St. Joan of Arc Chapel docent

Episode 19: St. Joan of Arc

Jim Love talks about the influence of Father Naus, the basketball student section and post-Hurricane Katrina service trips in New Orleans, and how those experiences shaped lessons he shares as a leadership speaker. 

Guest: Jim Love, Comm '13  
https://www.goauthenticyou.com/

Jim Love - Episode 20

Five years ago, Dr. Gary Krenz crossed the Boston Marathon finish line just before bombs exploded and tragedy struck. Today, he reflects on the #BostonStrong community, the joy he gets from running, and his goals as he returns to run 26.2 miles.

Boston Strong Runner Dr. Gary Krenz - Episode 22

Feeling stressed by the semester workload? Dr. Michael Zebrowski talks about how Cú the Therapy Dog and the Counseling Center services can help students decrease their anxiety during the final weeks of the year.

Cú the Therapy Dog and Dr. Michael Zebrowski - Episode 24

Sarah Hauer, Comm '14, Grad '16, talks about getting outside her comfort zone in student media, working with Pulitzer Prize winners in Marquette's O'Brien Fellowship, working the Bachelor/Bachelorette beat, and trying new storytelling techniques at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel such as her newsletter, Be MKE.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Reporter Sarah Hauer - Episode 26

In her 25 years at Marquette, Mary Janz has overseen how residence life has become more attuned to students, which includes the opening of Wild Commons this fall. She reflects on being a parent of a Marquette student herself, the Jesuit values that pull the community together in times of crisis, and how Marquette strives to make housing a home.

Housing and Residence Life Executive Director Mary Janz - Episode 27

Marquette alumnus shares his fashion creativity on Instagram as @SubjectiveFashion, which he started after a student complimented his style. This summer, he's partnering with Summerfest for the #Dress4TheFest fashion campaign.

Fashion Instagrammer Justin Price - Episode 28

Rick Arcuri began his career at Marquette nearly 30 years ago as hall director in Schroeder Hall, where he learned from Father Naus. Today he is responsible for helping open Marquette's newest residence hall.

*Note: Since the recording of this podcast, the building's name has changed from Wild Commons to The Commons  

We Are Marquette - Episode 29 
Edited by Colleen Yanke DuVall
Interview by Tim Cigelske

Rick Arcuri's Journey from Schroeder Hall to The Commons

Father Ryan Duns, S.J., became an accidental YouTube star when he started uploading Irish TinWhistle music lessons for a class he taught at Fordham University. Today, his channel has had more than 5 million views and he regularly hears from viewers around the world. 

This fall he comes to Marquette as a new Theology professor. He has a challenge for Marquette students: Take your earbuds out and appreciate the sounds of the world around you.

We Are Marquette - Episode 32 
Interview, mixing and editing by Tim Cigelske

The Jesuit YouTube Star

ROTC Cadets Maggie Plaza and Lindsay Walter spent their summers in Oman and Mongolia through Army cultural exchange programs. In this discussion with each other, they share stereotypes of Americans they encountered, how they broke down cultural barriers and learned local customs and the value they saw in building bonds with people around the world.

We Are Marquette episode 35 
Interview and editing by Kaley Rohlinger

Learning Global Cultures Through ROTC

Amelle Aldurra loves the moment when the choir finishes singing and there's a quiet, magical pause in Mass. The senior psychology and pre-med student finds the experience of liturgical choir helps build friendships, reduce stress and strengthen spiritual lives. Amelle discussed serving as the liturgical choir's president and her love of singing with her friend, roommate and fellow choir member Kaley Rohlinger. 

We Are Marquette episode 36
Interview and editing by Kaley Rohlinger

Lit Fam: Building Friendship Through Liturgical Choir

Renee Piquette Dowdy shares her Marquette experience in her current role as Assistant Director of Student Staffing & Training and as a former Hall Director of Straz Tower. 

Dowdy discusses the Resident Assistant (RA) role, what makes the RA community at Marquette RAs different from other schools, the application process to become an RA and what to expect at the RA Information Session on Tuesday, November 27th at 8:30 pm in the AMU Ballrooms.

We Are Marquette episode 37
Interview by Reece Harty

What Makes Marquette RAs Exceptional

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

Paths to Citizenship

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

To Bethlehem, we go ….

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

Marquette Basketball's Canadian Connection

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

Veronica Vlogs Her College Experience

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

Immersed in Living Learning Communities

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

Bridging the City

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

Meeting neighbors a noodle at a time

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

Welcome back Coach Andrew Stimmel

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

Everyone can WIN

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

Advancing Human Performance

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

Marquette's Student Government Leaders

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

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