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 The theme of Mission Week 2007 was:
"Challenged to Choose: The Courage to Act". Mission Week more deeply connected the Opus theme
to our university's Catholic and Jesuit roots.
Mission Week 2007 Schedule (PDF)
(Due to contractual agreement, video and manuscript
from Paul Rusesabagina's February 9, 2006, keynote address are not available for posting.)
Online Resources
Marquette University Libraries are pleased to ofer an
online resource guide to faculty, staff and students relating to the Mission Week 2006 theme. This webliography offers resources on the Rwandan genocide, Paul Rusesabagina and Hotel Rwanda, human rights, Catholic Social teaching and the discernment of moral choices in our lives. To explore these topics, visit this online resource guide.
Mission Week 2007:
Challenged To Choose: The Courage to Act
February 2 - 10
Welcome to Mission Week 2007!
The founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), St. Ignatius of Loyola, was a complex man with a simple goal: “to help souls.” Ignatius spent his life becoming more single-hearted in his love for God and other people. He was at once a person of keen intellect, deep faith and easily stirred emotion. In short, he was a whole person who used his gifts in the service of others. This year, during Mission Week, we stop to ask ourselves how we as individuals and as a university community are growing toward single-heartedness in loving God and other people. We use the measuring sticks of Faith, Excellence, Leadership and Service as a kind of shorthand for the deeper mission of Marquette, and we reflect especially on the ethical dimensions of our decisions through this year’s theme,
“Challenged to Choose: the Courage to Act.”
Through eloquent speakers, moving liturgies, conversations about our work and studies, and events that build community among us, we make Mission Week something that
will last throughout the year. Most Mission Week events are free and open to the Marquette community; some are open to the public as noted.
Please join in the celebration!
View Videos of Mission Week Speakers
Mission Week Film Festival - You Oughta Be in Pictures
View the Film Festival Winner!
Mission Week Reflections
Speakers for Mission Week 2007
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Lynn Brewer, former Enron executive and author of Confessions of an Enron Executive: A Whistleblower's Story |
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Keynote Address - February 8
Lynn Brewer, former Enron executive and whistleblower on corporate corruption
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Bethany McLean, Senior Writer at Fortune Magazine |
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Diederich College of Communication Burleigh Media Ethics Lecture featuring Bethany McLean
Tuesday, February 6th, 7:00 p.m.
Co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room: The
Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, McLean’sMarch 2001 article in Fortune (“Is Enron Overpriced?”) broke the story of the Enron debacle. McLean graduated from Williams College in 1992 with a double major in math and English. Before joining the staff of Fortune in 1995, she worked as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs. Sponsored by the Diederich College of
Communication.
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Alex Gibney, writer, director and producer of Enron:The Smartest Guys in the Room |
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Speech and Talkback
with Alex Gibney, Director
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Varsity Theater
Friday, February 2, the Marquette and Milwaukee communitites came to see the documentary that illustrated with shocking clarity the dishonest maneuvers of Jeff Skilling, Ken Lay and a host of others who were involved in the meteoric rise and eventual downfall of Enron, and the effect of the company’s deceptive practices on thousands of people. Following the movie, there was a talkback with Emmy Award-winning Alex Gibney wrote, directed and produced Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. |
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