Hossenlopp Women's Leadership talk

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Jeanne M. Hossenlopp
Marquette University
INCLUSIVE INNOVATION: HOW EFFORTS
TO BUILD A CAMPUS CULTURE OF
INNOVATION LED TO MARQUETTE
UNIVERSITY’S NEW INSTITUTE FOR
WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP

2. Inspiration
 Vision – to be among the
most innovative and
accomplished Catholic and
Jesuit universities in the world
 Challenge – unleashing
untapped potential
President Michael Lovell
2014: New president brings new emphasis

4. Approach:
Disruptive Process of the Explorer Challenge
 Students, faculty, and staff
eligible
 Open, iterative process
created by campus
stakeholders
 Interdisciplinary approaches
and community partnerships
encouraged

5. Explorer Challenge
First 3 Years
444
pre-proposals
267
final proposals
72 funded projects
with over 300
participants

6. Outcomes
 65% projects involve 2 or more
campus units
 37.5% collaborate with external
partners
Faculty
67%
Staff
18%
Student
15%

7. Participation from all areas of campus, but....
 A donor to the fund questions whether
women are participating at a proportional
rate!

8. Historical context
1909 Marquette president Fr. McCabe admits
women undergraduates (and loses his job)

9. Women represent 53% of campus population but led only
40% of the submitted proposals

10. And women
asked for less
funding, on
average

11. Step 1: pilot new programming
 Thomas J. Rolfs Family Foundation funds
creation of Women's Innovation Network
(MU-WIN): initial primary focus on students
 Johnson Controls, Inc., funds Women
Colleagues Program to connect emerging
women leaders in our organizations

12. MU-WIN

13. Result – more inclusive participation

14. Step 2: Create endowed institute
 Expand to support research in women's
leadership
 Research-informed programming for broader
range of participants
 Funded by Thomas J. Rolfs Family Foundation

15. Broad planning input
 Campus focus groups
include community
participants
 National alumni board
 Regional alumni
events

16. Collective Leadership Team
L-R: Andrea Schneider, Prof. of Law (Director); Jean Grow, Prof. of Strategic
Communications (Co-director); Jennica Webster, Assoc. Prof. of Management (Co-
director); Sasha Parsons-Waters (coordinator of MU-WIN and JCI Women Colleagues
Program)

17. Women of Marquette ERG launched and NSF
ADVANCE adaptation track grant awarded

18. Interested in learning more?
 Explorer Challenge: https://www.marquette.edu/innovation/the-explorer-
challenge.php
 WIN: https://www.marquette.edu/womens-innovation-network/
 Institute for Women’s Leadership:
https://www.marquette.edu/innovation/womens-leadership.php
 707 Hub (campus innovation space): https://www.marquette.edu/707-
hub/index.php
 Or contact: Jeanne.Hossenlopp@Marquette.edu