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What's on your backpack? Get involved today!
Each of the following is a Marquette chapter affiliated with a local or national organization. Getting involved is an excellent way to meet and serve with other students who share similar interests and the desire to make a difference.
To learn more about participating in these organizations, contact the Office of Student Development.
Greek
Organizations
Marquette University supports 22 fraternities and sororities. Each year these groups participate in more than 16,000 hours of community service and raise more than $60,000 for local charities.
Best Buddies of Marquette
Best Buddies enhances the lives of people who are mentally handicapped by encouraging interactions with students. Students learn about the special needs and abilities of Best Buddies, form friendships with their buddies, and assist with group outings and one-on-one activities.
Habitat
for Humanity
Habitat seeks to provide decent, affordable housing for those without adequate shelter. Marquette's chapter works with Milwaukee’s chapter, as well as with other housing organizations. In addition to work projects, members raise funds to sponsor houses.
Global Medical
ReliefGMR is a collaboration effort among university students, medical professionals, and other non-profit organizations to provide relief and additional resources to impoverished countries, through medical brigades, educational outreach programs and shipment of medical supplies. Download Brochure (PDF)
Big
Brothers/Big Sisters
Big Brothers/Big Sisters fosters caring relationships between college student "Bigs" and children ("Littles") between the ages of 7 and 17 years.
J.U.S.T.I.C.E.
Jesuit University Students Together in Concerned Empowerment is a student organization that supports student activism on social issues and challenges the administration to make decisions that are congruent with the Catholic, Jesuit nature of the university and that uphold principles of fairness and justice.
Circle
K International
Affiliated with Kiwanis and Key Club, Circle K provides leadership training through service to the community. Circle K is involved in a number of service projects in Milwaukee and is active at the regional and national levels.
Students
for an Environmentally Active Campus
Dedicated to heightening awareness of environmental issues and generating support on campus for efforts to alleviate environmental problems, this student group participates in the annual Milwaukee River Clean-up and sponsors several campus educational programs.
Gamma Sigma SigmaAs a national service sorority, Gamma Sigma Sigma members contribute at least 10 hours of service each semester through community involvement and sorority projects focusing on women and children.
Supporting
Special Olympics Marquette University was the first college or university in the United States to sponsor its own Special Olympics chapter. The chapter works with the Milwaukee Public Schools and places student volunteers at sites as coaches for 16 sports throughout the year. This organization also hosts two annual tournaments.
Autism Awareness SocietyThe purpose of this organization shall be to increase awareness about autism and autism spectrum disorder by providing information and education about these disorders. The Organization will support autism research and serve as an advocate for programs and services within the autism community.
Watumishi: People of Service This group of students and activists strive to educate the Marquette community about the issues relating to HIV/AIDS around the world. In the Jesuit tradition of "Contemplatives in Action," they hope reflect and learn, while serving. This group offers a summer trip to Voi, Kenya.
Ubuntu The purpose of this organization shall be to raise awareness and educate the Marquette community about the injustices of sweatshops and how it affects them. Ubuntu will work to raise awareness and educate the Marquette community about current issues on sweatshops through events such as guest speakers, and other creative events. Ubuntu will also work with Marquette University to keep its anti-sweatshop policy up to date. The goal of this organization is for the Marquette community to create solidarity with workers around the world and develop a sense of worldly responsibility for the injustices that the workers face.
MARDIS GRAS (Making a Real Difference in the Gulf Region and Area Surrounding) The purpose of this organization shall be to raise social awareness about the devastated Gulf Coast, especially New Orleans, post-hurricane. This Organization will be solely devoted to service trips to hard-hit areas, when not traveling the organization will discuss social issues and brainstorm ideas for recovery. Par working through alliances in the New Orleans area, members of the organization will have the opportunity to help the rebirth of the culturally rich territory.
Students For Life The purpose of this organization is to educate the Marquette community on the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death with particular opposition to the practice of abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia.
Colleges Against Cancer Colleges Against Cancer is a nation collaboration of college students, faculty, and staff dedicated to fighting cancer, volunteering, for the American Cancer Society, and improving college communities by instating and supporting programs of the American Cancer society.
Women and Youth Supporting Each Other The purpose of this organization shall be to train college women to be mentors and educators for middle school girls in under resourced areas. The WYSE mission is to provide girls with information, resources, and support necessary to make informed decisions about relationships, sexuality, and their future, and to create community change. WYSE Mentors will meet with their mentees one day each week for a two hour group mentoring and educational session.
Center For Community Service
| Service is at the heart of the Marquette experience, and students participate in a variety of ways: through New Student Orientation; student organizations; residence hall activities; local, national or international immersion experiences; leadership development programs; and athletic teams' activities. Join us as we strive to “Be the Difference!” Learn more about the Center for Community Service |
