Marquette University

Milwaukee Roots: The Democratizing Local History Project will engage students in the local histories of Milwaukee’s people of color.

Marquette University Professor Irfan Omar and his former student, Kaitlyn Daly, co-editors of Interfaith Engagement in Milwaukee: A Brief History of Christian Muslim Dialogue, discuss their book.

It's part of Marquette's growing prison education program, which for the first time is including jail guards in its class roster.

Philip Rocco, associate professor of political science at Marquette University, speaks on the working requirements for food and healthcare programs in Wisconsin.

Some classes are on the Marquette campus, while others are offered at the Racine Correctional Institution and the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center (formerly the House of Correction.)

Marquette professors stand beside students who spoke out against the university's lack of support for students of color on campus. The student demonstrators were forced to step down from their leadership roles after a protest at the New Student Convocation held in August. The professors discuss the current climate on campus, the internal issues students of color are facing, and what they hope the university does next.

Marquette is one of the first higher education institutions in Wisconsin to pilot a faculty in residence program, starting this school year.

Ten students who participated an August protest are accused of violating the student code of conduct and are being sanctioned, according to advocates.

A program called MEDAL, which stands for medicine, engineering, dentistry, architecture and law is a partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin, MSOE, Marquette Dental School, MATC and Marquette Law School. Judge Mosley joins Lake Effect, along with Stephanie Nikolay, the director of admissions and recruitment at Marquette University Law School to share more about the work they are doing.

Marquette University's On Your Marq launched three years ago to help students on the autism spectrum navigate college through social and academic coaching. The support program celebrated its first graduate this month.