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Service Fair next week
Take advantage of Student Health Service
Enjoy Mania Week activities
Sample the City 2006
University Ministry offers programs for graduate/professional students
Step Off exercise program starts next week
Recreational Sports is hiring
Chemistry labs dedicated
Biological Sciences seminars begin tomorrow
Turning 21 this year?
News from Raynor Memorial Libraries
The Dogg Haus is open
University events for Aug. 31 through Sept. 11

1.Service Fair next week

Learn more about the service opportunities available to Marquette students this semester at the Service Fair next Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 5 and 6. Agency and student organization representatives will be available in the Alumni Memorial Union ballroom on Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to discuss both community service and service learning. Community service opportunities will also be presented from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Students interested in doing service learning for an academic class may sign up on Wednesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in ballrooms A and B of the Alumni Memorial Union. Contact the Office of Student Development for more information at 8-1412. Those doing service learning for an academic class should call 8-3262 for additional information.

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2.Take advantage of Student Health Service

As a Marquette student, you have access to a variety of health care services on campus through the Student Health Service. Some of these services include: primary/acute care services; women’s health services; immunizations; TB testing; nutritional evaluation; STD testing and treatment; and allergy injections.

Check out the Student Health Service Web site Web site for a complete list of services. The clinic hours are: Mondays through Thursdays from 8:30a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 8-7184 to make an appointment.

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Celebrate the last days of summer and the beginning of the school year with a Marquette tradition. Mania Week 2006 is sponsored by the Marquette University Student Government (MUSG). All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, Aug, 31, 9 p.m., Outdoor Movie, "Tommy Boy," in the Central Mall (behind Raynor Library)

Friday, Sept. 1, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m., Video Dance Party in Westowne Square (outside of AMU; Rain site: AMU ballrooms

Saturday, Sept. 2, Brewers vs Marlins
Game Time 6:05 p.m.; this is Robin Yount bobble head night
Buses run from AMU to stadium from 4-6 p.m.
Buses return to AMU after game; $10

Sunday, Sept. 3, Great America Trip
Buses leave AMU at 11 a.m. and leave the park at 7 p.m.; $20

Tickets for events can be purchased in the Brooks Lounge on the first floor of the AMU Monday through Friday from noon to 11:30 p.m. and on weekends from 2 p.m. to 11:30 pm.

Sample the City 2006 is looking for volunteers on Thursday, Sept. 7, any time between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteer posts include setting up for the event, taking pictures, wearing a “Sausage Racer” costume and posing for pictures! Volunteers get a free “Got Milwaukee?” T-shirt. Please email Erin Lazzar with your time availability if you are interested.

University Ministry is offering several programs specifically for Marquette graduate and professional students this fall. Grad students are invited to Mass every Friday afternoon at 4:15 p.m. at the Joan of Arc Chapel, followed by TGIF, and two Saturday mornings of reflection at the AMU Chapel of the Holy Family from 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 7 and Nov. 4.

Graduate and professional students are also invited to be a part of faith-sharing groups, small groups focused on Christian living, ecumenical Bible study, Ignatian spirituality and overall group spiritual direction. Group meetings begin after Sept. 5. University Ministry will also sponsor a Graduate/Professional Student MAP service trip to the Gulf Coast region over spring break.

For further information about these opportunities, contact Rev. Frank Majka, S.J., at 8-3688 or go online.

Step Off, the walking exercise program introduced last year by the Department of Exercise Science and Recreational Sports, will begin again next week.

The program offers several different walking courses, with distances ranging from one to five miles. The program, which includes walking logs to keep track of how far you’ve traveled, is free for all Marquette students, faculty and staff.

Sessions begin on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Marquette students will lead one-mile walking sessions on Mondays at 12:30 p.m.; Tuesdays at 7 a.m., noon and 3:30 p.m.; Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m.; Thursdays at 7 a.m. and noon; and Fridays and noon. Participants should gather outside the Helfaer Rec Center on 16th Street.

Rec Sports is now hiring for desk and building staff. You must have previous customer service and cash handling experience. Applicants also need to be willing to work 10 hours a week. Interviews will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 6, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Helfaer Rec Center. No other interview times will be granted, so get there on time to make sure you get interviewed. Email Amy Bockman with any questions.

The undergraduate chemistry labs were dedicated this week in honor of the Honorable Sir Cho-Yiu Kwan, the late father of Henry King Hong Kwan, Arts ’71.

Dr. Michael McKinney, dean of the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, remarked that the Kwan family gift enabled Marquette to renovate the labs to better serve students participating in active collaborative learning. Marquette President Robert Wild, S.J., acknowledged the generosity of Mr. Kwan's gift, which met a fundraising challenge set by Hydrite Chemical for an additional donation from the company.

Mr. Kwan dedicated the labs to his father, who made it possible for him to leave Hong Kong and pursue an education at Marquette. He credited his father as being a man of vision who was committed to the cause of education in Hong Kong.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Todd Wehr Chemistry Building on campus.

The Friday seminars sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences will begin on Sept. 1.

Dr. Carla M. Koehler from UCLA’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will speak at 3:30 p.m. in room 111 of the Wehr Life Sciences Building. Her topic is “Of Yeast and Zebrafish: Studies in Mitochondria Biogenesis and Disease.”

The next seminar will be on Friday, Sept. 15, featuring Dr. John E. Speich, from the Mechanical Engineering Department at Vrginia Commonwealth University. He will speak about the “Characterization and Modeling of Adjustable Passive Stiffness in Smooth Muscle.”

The seminars are free and open to the public as well as students, faculty and staff. They are supported by the School Endowment and the Wehr Foundation.

11. News from Raynor Memorial Libraries

All library notices are now sent only via e-mail. All notification (including overdue, recall, ready/pick-up, and hold cancellation) are now sent to the borrower's eMarq address, for which students are responsible. Users who prefer to use another address can forward their email. Any library borrower with problems receiving library notices or questions about this change should call 8-7555 or stop by the Circulation Desk in Raynor Library.

Bring your travel mug to Brew @ the Bridge: Starting this fall, coffee will only be dispensed in hard-sided, spillproof mugs, provided by the purchaser, or in new mugs available for $2 at the Brew.

The Dogg Haus will feature classic “dogs” made from Vienna Beef. A traditional Chicago dog is a pure beef frank placed on a steamed poppy seed bun, with mustard, onions, relish, two sport peppers, two tomato slices, a kosher pickle spear and a dash of celery salt. Other items on the menu will include dogs with sauerkraut, salsa or jalapeno peppers, as well as an Italian beef sandwich and Polish, Italian and veggie sausages.

Tentative hours for the Dogg Haus will be Monday through Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 or 10 p.m.

This is the second Dogg Haus in Milwaukee. The first opened last year on Brady Street.

5:30 p.m. - Graduate School of Management Information Session for on-campus programs, College of Business Executive Center

10 a.m. - 8 p.m. - PT Faculty scholarship Fundraiser; $6 Gift and Jewelry Sale in the AMU

5:30 p.m. - Graduate School of Management Information Session for Executive MBA, College of Business Executive Center

10 a.m. - 8 p.m. - PT Faculty scholarship Fundraiser; $6 Gift and Jewelry Sale in the AMU

3:30 p.m. - Philosophy Colloquium with Dr. Anthony Peressini in the Raynor Library

Transitions Support Group for first year students at the Counseling Center. For more information, call 8-7172.

Ongoing
Art Nouveau French Posters: Berthon, Grasset and Mucha at the Haggerty Museum of Art through Sunday, Sept. 10. Call 8-1669 or go online for more information.

Ray Parker Paintings, 1958-71: Color into Drawing at the Haggerty Museum of Art through Sunday, Oct. 8. Call 8-1669 or go online for more information.

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