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Paying It Forward
A lot of doors opened for CJ Egalite at Marquette, and he says his Ignatian Scholarship made it all possible.
"My scholarship enabled me to have experiences outside of my home in New Jersey and experience more in the Midwest," says Egalite, Comm '06. "I learned from others, met people I wouldn't otherwise have had the chance to meet."
In turn, Egalite, a passionate volunteer in high school, was an active participant on campus. His aim was to reciprocate what he has received by giving to others.
And he wasted no time in doing so. He was active in several high-profile campus service projects, such as Hunger Clean-Up and Urban Connection. He coordinated Marquette's orientation program, which helps freshmen acclimate to college life, and gave campus tours to visiting high school students and their families. He was also a retreat leader, an intern for the Manresa Project, and coordinator of the Freshman Service Project. "They're all great ways to connect with people," he says.
It also helped Egalite stay grounded.
"Giving is a way to take care of my emotional and spiritual self — it's what I do to balance myself. It allows me to sit back and reflect on what I'm doing with my life. It's also the way I put my own stamp on the university," he says. "I'm becoming my own person, not a collection of other people's experiences. So my stamp is unique."
To Egalite, giving is natural.
"Pay it forward – I can't see it any other way," he says. "Because people are giving to me in the form of a better education, I give to others. It's important to be a part of that chain."
PROFILES IN SERVICE
- CJ. Egalite
- Gabrielle Misfeldt
- Conor Sweeney
- On a Mission: Dr. Chuck Garven
- Hunger Clean-up and
National Service Day - The Whole Community’s a Classroom
- Campus Kitchen
“Giving is a way to take care of my emotional and spiritual self — it's what I do to balance myself.”
—CJ Egalite, Comm '06
Quick Facts About Marquette
| Identity: | Catholic, Jesuit, private |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Undergraduate: | 8,048 |
| Postgraduate: | 3,500 |
| Campus: | Urban, 90 acres |
| Athletics: | 14 NCAA Division I teams (Big East) |
| Colors: | Blue and Gold |
