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- Update the automatic flush public toilets with a sensory friendly feature to aid individuals on the spectrum and anyone who's experienced a premature flush.
- The Technology and Digital Innovation Lab (T-DIL) is a collaborative initiative where students work on real-world projects for external clients, applying analytics, AI, and emerging technologies to solve business challenges. Through hands-on experience, students gain practical skills, industry exposure, and the opportunity to innovate in a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment. T-DIL bridges the gap between academic learning and industry needs, fostering a pipeline of talent ready to drive digital transformation.
- Supporting Textbook Affordability and Student Success at Marquette: The connection between textbook affordability and student success is well-documented by national research, and we see this firsthand at Marquette especially with the MU student-led initiative, Community.Books.You. Building on the success of pilot projects, this proposal would focus on partnering with faculty in high-DFW courses to review open textbooks and other open or library licensed materials to determine if those could meet the academic needs of our faculty and students as an alternative to requiring students to purchase textbooks. Funding from the Explorer Challenge would be pivotal in both supporting faculty stipends to review materials and aid in building a campus infrastructure and support for affordable learning materials.
- Set up a stand on Marquette's campus that serves matcha and other refreshing drinks. The goal is to give students, faculty, and staff a healthy drink option while bringing people together and creating a sense of community.
- Bring businesses from around Milwaukee to Marquette. This not only helps spread the word about those small businesses, but it also serves as a way to promote cultural diversity, offer more food options on campus, and potentially make Marquette's very own food pop-up.
- Expand the work of Narrative 4 on campus harnessing the power of storytelling to help individuals and communities flourish. We have three main objectives: 1. to expand the use of story exchanges in thoughtful ways in classrooms across disciplines; 2. to integrate story exchanges into experiences for first-year students; 3. to create university-wide programming that will help build empathy, hope, and community. Funding will help us to train faculty students, staff and offer high-quality, inspiring programming to build community on campus.
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Employers are looking for candidates who can understand complex information and communicate it effectively, who can solve complicated problems through critical thinking and independent research, and who are driven by values that align with their organization’s mission. In short, they are looking for humanities majors. After a successful pilot sponsored by A&S and the Center for the Advancement of the Humanities in 2024-2025, The Humanities Careers Catalyst Project seeks additional funding to match Marquette humanities majors with employers, providing students with paid internships that will facilitate their professional development; provide students with new and earlier advising towards graduate and professional degrees; and create new lines of networking, mentoring, and communication between Marquette students and employers. It will also allow us as educators to gain new perspective on what employers want from our majors and how our majors are using their skills in the workplace, empowering our students to seek new opportunities beyond limited current assumptions about what humanities majors do with their lives.
- The proposed Marquette University Feeding Clinic will provide interdisciplinary care for children with Pediatric Feeding Disorders (PFD), bringing together experts from Speech-Language Pathology, Occupational and Physical Therapy, Nursing, and Psychology. This initiative will offer hands-on training for students, foster research opportunities, and improve access to specialized feeding support for families and children in need. Team members will work collaboratively to assess the 4 PFD domains (Medical, Nutrition, Feeding Skill, Psychosocial) ensuring holistic assessment and functional client/family centered interventions.
- The proposed Feminine Hygiene Product Accessibility Initiative seeks to address the lack of feminine hygiene products in bathrooms across Marquette's campus. This project aims to stock restrooms with essential items like tampons and pads, ensuring that all students have access to the products they need during school hours, regardless of their financial situation. By fostering inclusivity and support, we hope to create a more equitable and comfortable campus environment for everyone.
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This program is designed to provide resources and guidance for pre-health students, starting with pre-optometry, to simplify the application process by offering tools for tracking deadlines, planning admissions tests, and researching schools based on key factors like requirements, costs, and clinical site availability. In addition to streamlining this process, it helps students explore alternative health science careers, including master’s programs like genetic counseling and health education, as well as professional fields such as veterinary medicine and pharmacology. A key focus is assisting first-generation students in navigating the complexities of graduate school applications, ensuring they have the knowledge and support needed to make informed career decisions.
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The launch of the Seed Scholars Program empowers Marquette students to apply data science in mission-oriented work, solving real-world challenges for non-profits and community partners. Through funding, mentorship, and experiential learning, students develop innovative solutions that drive social impact. In collaboration with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin and other partners, this initiative fosters student excellence, leadership, and community-driven innovation.
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Create a pre-college through a higher education program to help low-income, first-generation, DACA, and undocumented students navigate college. The program would focus on exploring different colleges and assisting students in finding their passion and what they would like to study. Through this program, we would offer student support services for both pre-college and college students. These would consist of tutoring services, writing support, math support, and more. This program is relatively similar to the pre-college programs that are already affordable in the city of Milwaukee, however, the goal is to help as many students from different backgrounds have the opportunity to earn a higher education degree.
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