1. Election Day tomorrow
   
2. Spring 2007 registration begins today
3. Contribute to the Community Campaign; It’s a win/win
4. Assistance is available to help with online benefits selection
5. Degree Navigator is available for academic advisers
6. Faculty invited to discuss good teaching, hear Jesuit scholar
7. Phi Beta Kappa Scholar will speak Thursday
8. Workforce trends in information technology is subject of colloquium
9. Biological Sciences seminar will feature Medical College researcher
10. Wade Chair to give lecture
11. Destination Dinner will feature speakers from South Africa
12. Intercultural Programs highlight Arab heritage this month
13. Submit orders for the 2006 Marquette holiday cards by Friday
14. Order your holiday poinsettias now
15. You can still participate in the Holiday Giving Tree
16. This Week in Marquette History
17. Interchange Highlights for the week of Nov. 6
18. University Events

1. Election Day tomorrow

Tuesday, Nov. 7, is Election Day, and Marquette is encouraging all students to exercise their right to vote.  

You can direct students to visit Marquette’s Web site for information about registering to vote at the polls and to find where to vote based upon their address.  Polling locations are open tomorrow from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

All employees are reminded that the Alumni Memorial Union serves as a polling location for residents living in the City of Milwaukee, District 4, Wards 311 and 312.

Further details about registration qualifications and other information are available on the Web site.

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3. Contribute to the Community Campaign; It’s a win/win

Make a contribution to Marquette’s Community Campaign this week and you have a chance to win two Midwest Airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States. In addition, any employee contributing $125 or more will receive a special memento of the university’s 125th Anniversary.

Most importantly, of course, your contribution can make a direct difference in the lives of Marquette students and families. Marquette Today benefits our students, through scholarships, support of the university’s athletic programs and the flexibility to meet the university’s immediate and critical needs. Students, faculty and staff also benefit from the cultural opportunities supported through the United Performing Arts Fund. And many members of our Marquette community volunteer for and know those who receive services from the dozens of agencies that are part of the United Way campaign.

Marquette’s campaign runs through Friday, Nov. 10. Visit the Community Campaign Web site to make a pledge online through a payroll deduction or credit card. You can also download the pledge form. If you are unable to give at this time, the online and paper forms enable you to indicate your support of the campaign. This counts as participation!

4. Assistance is available to help with online benefits selection

One-on-one assistance will be available on Wednesday, Nov. 8, for employees with questions about how to complete the online benefits application. Benefit staff members will be in ballroom E of the Alumni Memorial Union from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

ALL benefit eligible faculty and staff will need to access MyJob, the online employee information resource, in the next three weeks, even if you do not have or are not changing your insurance coverage. You will need to add, confirm, update and/or change your personal, emergency contact, dependent and beneficiary information during the annual enrollment period, which ends Nov. 17.  In addition, faculty and staff wishing to maintain or modify their medical and/or dental benefits and/or wanting to participate in the university-sponsored Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and/or dependent care MUST enroll online.

The benefits package mailed to employees’ homes included information on how to access MyJob. The program is available 24 hours a day from any computer with an Internet connection. There are links to MyJob in the A to Z listing on Marquette’s home page, as well as on the Resource Commons page. Or go directly to MyJob. The site is password-protected, using your eMarq user name and password. Follow directions carefully and print the confirmation page that will appear after you successfully complete each program.

If you have any questions regarding access to MyJob, please contact the IT Services Help Desk at 8-7799; for questions on the content of MyJob, contact Human Resources at 8-7305.

5. Degree Navigator is available for academic advisers

Advisers for students who entered MU as new freshmen in the academic years of 2005-06 and 2006-07 are now able to log in to Degree Navigator, an interactive, online system that allows both advisers and students to see what courses students have already taken, what they’re currently taking, and what courses they still need to fulfill. All information for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 new freshmen is now included online.

Degree Navigator enables students and advisers to assess degree progress by automatically applying courses to declared degree programs or a degree program under consideration. Students and advisers are able to access and print a student course history that includes MU courses and grades, transfer credits and test credits, as well as search and review general information about Marquette courses and degree programs. This includes both core requirements and the requirements for a particular degree, major or minor. In addition, the program allows users to determine the impact on academic progress of various “what if” scenarios, such as changing majors or adding a minor. Degree Navigator offers visual, tabular and narrative explanations of program and degree requirements and student progress in meeting those requirements. 

Access Degree Navigator online. There are also links on the registrar’s Web site, Resource Commons for faculty and in the A to Z listing on the university home page. A number of help screens and a user’s guide are available on the site to help advisers use Degree Navigator.

Degree Navigator is intended to complement, not replace, adviser-student meetings and college/school degree requirements. Students must still meet with their advisers as per their college policy and schedule. Clearance for graduation will continue to be determined by the college office.

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7. Phi Beta Kappa Scholar will speak Thursday

Professor Margaret Levi, Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington, will speak at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, in room 227 of the Alumni Memorial Union. Her speech is entitled “Transforming Self-Interest and Developing Pro-Social Preferences.”

She is the past president of the American Political Science Association and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  She has received numerous distinguished fellowships and research grants and has written and edited many books and scholarly articles on a broad range of subjects in political science.  She received her bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College and her Ph.D. from Harvard University.

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10. Wade Chair to give lecture

The Department of Theology presents the Wade Chair Lecture, “Birth or Death: The Shadow of Cavalry over Bethlehem,” by Rev. Gerald O’Collins, S.J., on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 4 p.m. in room 105 of Straz Hall.

O'Collins is professor emeritus of theology at the Gregorian Univerisity in Rome, Italy, where he has been teaching since 1974. An Australian with a doctorate in theology from Cambridge University, he is the author or co-author of 45 titles. This is the second time he has held the Wade Chair.

A reception will follow the lecture.

11. Destination Dinner will feature speakers from South Africa

In 1993, Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright Scholar working in South Africa against apartheid, was beaten and stabbed to death in a township near Cape Town. To honor her memory, her mother and family started the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust to help continue Amy’s work for peace and justice.   

Hear the unbelievable story of a mother’s grief and courage and a young man’s path to commit his life to ending violence.  Linda Biehl, Amy’s mother and continuing champion of the Amy Biehl Foundation, and Ntobeko Peni, one of the men convicted of Amy’s murder and a current employee of the foundation working to end violence in South Africa, will speak at a Destination Dinner sponsored by the Manresa Project on Monday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. in the Lunda Room of the Alumni Memorial Union. The two are in Milwaukee to speak at the International Restorative Justice Conference sponsored by Marquette’s Law School. 

For more information about the International Restorative Justice conference being held at Marquette next Monday, go to the MU Law School Web site. For more information about the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust, please go online. For more information about the Manresa Project, please see the project's Web site or or contact Mary Ferwerda.

12. Intercultural Programs highlight Arab heritage this month

Throughout the month of November, the Office of Student Development’s Intercultural Programs is presenting the Arab Heritage Celebration: “Bridging East and West.” A combination of lectures, presentations, displays and performances will celebrate Arab culture.

There will be displays in the second floor lobby of the Alumni Memorial Union (AMU) all month celebrating different aspects of Arab heritage.  On Nov. 10, there will be a Darfur picture display and from Nov. 13 to 17, a Village Bazaar Artwork display from the Arab World.

The AMU Marquette Place and the Lunda Room will be serving Middle Eastern Cuisine on Thursdays, Nov. 9 and 16.

A full calendar of events is available online.

Through training, programming, and one-on-one and group advising, the Multicultural Center educates the campus community about a variety of cultures, celebrates the rich contributions of those cultures to our campus, and models how to live in an inclusive, intercultural world.

13. Submit orders for the 2006 Marquette holiday cards by Nov. 14

The Office of Marketing and Communication is offering holiday cards for purchase this Christmas season to campus departments and offices. The cards will be pre-printed with a general greeting from Marquette with enough space for your handwritten personal message or signature(s).

Go online for additional information, including images of the cards and how to order. Orders will be accepted through Tuesday, Nov. 14.

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