— August 30, 2007 —

Contents

  1. Deadline to verify your directory entry is tomorrow
  2. Faculty invited to participate in Honors Program
  3. Smart Classrooms added and upgraded
  4. Personnel changes in the Office of Research Compliance
  5. Entertainment establishments featured at FUEL event
  6. Note weekend hours for AMU
  7. Haggerty Museum showcasing Waswo photographs
  8. No 4 p.m. Mass at Gesu this Sunday

 

1. Deadline to verify your directory entry is tomorrow

To ensure accurate information in the 2007-08 Campus Directory, full-time faculty, administrators and staff are asked to verify their listings for the Campus Directory by noon tomorrow, Aug. 31. Go online and search by name.
 
If your entry is not accurate or not listed, click the "Report Correction" link on the results page or contact your area’s Campus Directory keeper.
 
Marquette is using a new data source for the directory, the HR Oracle system. The Campus Directory publication will be delivered in early October.

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2. Faculty invited to participate in Honors Program

Opportunities are available for regular and adjunct faculty to participate in the Honors Program curriculum for 2008-2009.

As a university-wide program, students from all colleges participate in the Honors Program and proposals from all disciplines are welcome. Lower level honors seminars involve stipend while upper level seminars involve a course "buy out."  

One area of particular need is HOPR 135, the Honors Undergraduate Research Seminar. HOPR 135 is a cross-disciplinary seminar that provides students with a humanities-based critical exposure to university research as a foundation for their own original summer research project.

The deadline for course proposals is Friday, Sept. 21. For more information or a copy of the proposal invitation, contact Maria Cooper.

3. Smart Classrooms added and upgraded

The Smart Classrooms project for summer 2007 has been completed, resulting in seven classrooms that were converted to Smart Classrooms. Sixteen other Smart Classrooms were upgraded, from screen repairs to replacement of all components in a room. Campus infrastructure, such as room security, was also enhanced to support the rooms. 

Immediate Smart Classroom support is available at 8-2577. For additional information contact the IT Services Help Desk at 8-7799.

4. Personnel changes in the Office of Research Compliance

With the retirement of Dr. Bela E. Piacsek, professor emeritus, compliance officer and radiation safety officer, Melissa Lauritch has succeeded Piacsek as research compliance officer in the Office of Research Compliance, and Beth McDonough has been promoted to director of research compliance.

The Office of Research Compliance is located in Schroeder Complex, 560 N. 16th Street, room 102. Contact the Office of Research Compliance for assistance with regulatory oversight of research involving humans, animals, radioisotopes, recombinant DNA or transgenic organisms.

5. Entertainment establishments featured at FUEL event

FUEL Milwaukee will host a purely social event to showcase some of Milwaukee’s newest entertainment establishments and bring together over 200 professionals from all industries. The event will take place Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 6 p.m. at Sullivan’s on Water Street.

Since Marquette University is a corporate member of FUEL, all Marquette faculty and staff can join this community organization at no cost and take advantage of FUEL events.

FUEL Milwaukee, the region’s talent network, is working to make the Milwaukee area a destination for world-class talent. FUEL Milwaukee offers local professionals the opportunity to support their professional growth through social events, targeted informational lectures and community service.  

For more information, contact Kayte Gannon, 8-7699.

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6. Note weekend hours for AMU

Labor Day weekend hours for AMU will be:
 
Saturday, Sept. 1, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2, 5 to 11 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 3, 4 p.m. to midnight

7. Haggerty Museum showcasing Waswo photographs

The Haggerty Museum of Art exhibition "India Poems: The Photographs of Milwaukee Artist Waswo X. Waswo," which runs through Sept. 23, features a suite of photographs taken by Waswo while he was traveling across the Indian subcontinent between 1999 and 2004. A Milwaukee native, Waswo has published two volumes of poetry and one book of photography. He is working on a new photography book as well as another volume of written poems.

8. No 4 p.m. Mass at Gesu this Sunday

Due to the Labor Day holiday, 4 p.m. Mass at Gesu Church will not be celebrated this Sunday, Sept. 2. Masses at 4 p.m. at Gesu will resume on Sunday, Sept. 9.
 
Lutheran services at 6 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Family (second floor of the AMU), and evening Masses at 8 and 10 p.m. also in the Chapel of the Holy Family will resume this Sunday, Sept. 2.

News Briefs is published Mondays and Thursdays, except in summer when only the Monday edition is published, and as news warrants by the Office of Marketing and Communication for Marquette faculty and staff. The deadline for the Monday edition is noon Friday. The deadline for the Thursday edition is noon Wednesday.

Comments? Questions? Is there news you would like to share? E-mail, call 8-6712, fax 8-7197 or send your note in campus mail to News Briefs, Office of Marketing and Communication.