Policies

Introduction to This Handbook

All student organization activities are guided by the policies and procedures delineated in this handbook. These policies grow out of the Marquette University Mission Statement. Marquette University encourages the formation of ethical and informed leaders and the development of women and men dedicated to the service of others. Achieving these goals is dependent upon creating a campus environment in which people feel safe, sustained, engaged, challenged, and appreciated.


Terminology in this handbook:

  1. Event, Activity or Program means any activity sponsored, cosponsored, or organized by a recognized student organization
  2. A Recognized or Approved student organization is an organization that has completed the recognition process through the Office of Student Development (OSD). Undergraduate student organizations must also complete the recognition process with the Student Senate of the Marquette University Student Government (MUSG)
  3. Registration is a process that recognized student organizations must complete every year to maintain the benefits and privileges of a Recognized Student Organization
  4. Active is a status given to recognized student organizations that complete the online registration process each academic year
  5. Inactive is a status given to recognized student organizations that have not registered for the current academic year
  6. AMU refers to the Alumni Memorial Union
  7. OSD refers to the Office of Student Development
  8. MIL refers to Marquette Involvement Link, the official student organization directory and communication tool used by staff in OSD. It can be accessed online at marquette.edu/mil

The staff in the Office of Student Development are here to assist you with all aspects of involvement in a student organization. Please stop by our office in AMU 121 for more information on any of the topics covered in this handbook.

University Mission Statement

Marquette University is a Catholic, Jesuit university dedicated to serving God by serving our students and contributing to the advancement of knowledge. Our mission, therefore, is the search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others.

Excellence

Our students, whether traditional or non-traditional, undergraduate, graduate or professional, come to Marquette University to share our commitment to the pursuit of excellence in all things as a lifelong endeavor. They come to join a community whose members — faculty, staff, students, trustees, alumni and friends alike — believe that education must encompass the whole person: spiritual and moral as well as intellectual, the heart as well as the mind. And they come seeking the educational, professional and cultural advantages of a university located in the heart of the city. We, in turn, take seriously our responsibility to foster and support excellence in teaching and research, to keep a Marquette education accessible to a diverse population of students, and to offer personal attention and care to each member of the Marquette community.

Faith

As a Catholic university, we are committed to the unfettered pursuit of truth under the mutually illuminating powers of human intelligence and Christian faith. Our Catholic identity is expressed in our choices of curricula, our sponsorship of programs and activities devoted to the cultivation of our religious character, our ecumenical outlook, and our support of Catholic beliefs and values. Precisely because Catholicism at its best seeks to be inclusive, we are open to all who share our mission and seek the truth about God and the world, and we are firmly committed to academic freedom as the necessary precondition for that search. We welcome and benefit enormously from the diversity of seekers within our ranks, even as we freely choose and celebrate our own Catholic identity.

Leadership

As a Jesuit university, Marquette embodies the intellectual and religious traditions of the Society of Jesus. Through an academically rigorous, values-centered curriculum, our students receive a firm grounding in the liberal arts, preparation for work in a world of increasing complexity and diversity, and formation for life as ethical and informed leaders in their religious, cultural, professional and civic communities. They work with and learn from faculty who are true teacher-scholars, whose research not only advances the sum of human knowledge, but also informs their teaching, and whose commitment to students is fundamental to their intellectual and professional lives.

Service

Through both our academic and co-curricular programs, Marquette strives to develop men and women who will dedicate their lives to the service of others, actively entering into the struggle for a more just society. We expect all members of the Marquette community, whatever their faith traditions, to give concrete expression to their beliefs by giving of themselves in service to those in need. All this we pursue for the greater glory of God and the common benefit of the human community.

Statement on Human Dignity and Diversity

As a Catholic, Jesuit university, Marquette recognizes and cherishes the dignity of each individual regardless of age, culture, faith, ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, language, disability or social class. Precisely because Catholicism at its best seeks to be inclusive, we are open to all who share our mission and seek the truth about God and the world. Through our admissions and employment policies and practices, our curricular and co-curricular offerings, and our welcoming and caring campus environment, Marquette seeks to become a more diverse and inclusive academic community dedicated to the promotion of justice.

Our commitment to a diverse university community helps us to achieve excellence by promoting a culture of learning, appreciation and understanding. Each member of the Marquette community is charged to treat everyone with care and respect, and to value and treasure our differences. This call to action is integral to the tradition which we share.

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