1. Father Wild’s annual address tomorrow ties future to the past
2. Don’t miss Mission Week keynote speaker
3. Emmy Award winner kicks off Mission Week celebration
4. Cosmologist to speak tomorrow about the connection between quantum and cosmos
5. Nominate employees for 2007 Excellence in University Service Awards
6. New TSAR system provides online reports for test scoring
7. Submit your research and scholarship activities to Compendium
8. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science to hold colloquium
9. Human rights activists to discuss careers at POWER Lunch
10. McIlvaine program has location change
11. This Week in History
12. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of Jan. 29

 

1. Father Wild’s annual address tomorrow ties future to the past

Marquette University President Robert A. Wild, S.J., will deliver his annual presidential address to faculty and staff at 3 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 30, in the AMU Ballroom. All faculty and staff are invited to attend.

The title of this year’s address is “What Would Bishop Henni Say?” In it, Fr. Wild will reflect on Marquette’s past, present and future through the eyes of Bishop John Martin Henni, Milwaukee’s first archbishop and the man who made it his life’s work to establish a Catholic college in the emerging city of Milwaukee.

Faculty and staff will have the opportunity to ask questions of Fr. Wild following his remarks. A reception will immediately follow the speech.

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3. Emmy Award winner kicks off Mission Week celebration

Alex Gibney, Emmy award winner and Academy Award nominee, will speak Friday night as Mission Week gets underway. His talk will follow a 7 p.m. showing of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, the documentary he wrote, directed and produced about Enron. The documentary illustrates the maneuvers of Enron executives who were involved in the downfall of Enron, and the effect of the company’s deceptive practices on thousands of people.

The showing, speech and talkback will take place at the Varsity Theatre. Cost is $2 with an MUID and $3 for others. The talkback will be facilitated by Dr. John Pauly, dean of the Diederich College of Communication, which is sponsoring the presentation. The film is also being shown on Saturday at 6 and 9 p.m.

For more information about all Mission Week activities, go online.

4. Cosmologist to speak tomorrow about the connection between quantum and cosmos

The founding head of the NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Group will discuss the connection between the “inner space” of the quantum and the “outer space” of the cosmos in a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 30, in Marquette University’s Weasler Auditorium.

Edward (Rocky) Kolb, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago and director of the Astrophysics Center at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, will present the annual George V. Coyne, S.J., Lecture in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Named in honor of the longtime director of the Vatican Observatory, the lecture series was endowed by Mercedes Hurley Hughes, an alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences and an emeritus trustee of the university.

The Coyne Lecture is sponsored by Marquette’s Department of Physics. In addition to the public lecture, Kolb will meet with faculty and students throughout the day.

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5. Nominate employees for 2007 Excellence in University Service Awards

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2006 Excellence in University Service Awards, which are intended to recognize individuals for their contributions to the essential work of Marquette at the highest level of excellence. Candidates should be nominated based on meritorious service that is above and beyond the duties normally assigned to their positions. Nominees should demonstrate Ignatian ideals such as magis — a striving for excellence in all they do — and cura personalis — a personal concern and respect for others.

This year, there will be four awards: two to administrators and two to support staff. Members of the Marquette community are encouraged to submit one or more nominations of candidates and the recipients will receive award plaques at a ceremony on Tuesday, April 18. The names of the recipients will also be added to a permanent plaque located in the Henke Lounge of the AMU.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, Feb. 17. Nominate only one candidate on each form you submit, either online or through a form that has been distributed through campus mail. Additional information, and a list of previous winners, is also available on the Web site.

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• Fill out Form 1 and return it to the IT Services Help Desk at least 48 hours prior to the exam. This form generates the set of answer sheets and creates a secure, Web-based SharePoint site for the scan results.
• Give the exam.
• Return the answers sheets, key(s), and Form 2 to the IT Services Help Desk.
• Scanning results are posted to the SharePoint site within 24 hours.
• Scanned answer sheets are returned to the primary instructor.

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7. Submit your research and scholarship activities to Compendium

Compendium, Marquette’s biannual publication recognizing faculty research, scholarship and other achievements, was distributed late last week throughout campus. Be sure to take a look at the vast array of faculty accomplishments and make sure that yours are represented as well.

If you have a submission for the next issue of Compendium, go online or use the form on the back of the printed edition.

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11. This Week in History

In This Week in Marquette History, the “blizzard of the century” shut down Marquette.

Want to know more?  Go to the 125th Anniversary Web site.

This Week in History is sponsored by the Marquette University Department of History.  Research and writing was conducted by graduate students Gilbert Cervelli, Christopher Chan, Jess McCullough and Amanda Schmeider, with help from James Marten, professor and history department chair, and Carla Hay, associate professor and chair, 125th Anniversary Committee.  Special thanks to Thomas Jablonsky, associate professor of history, Harry G. John Professor of Urban Studies and director, Institute for Urban Life, who provided access to the manuscript of his forthcoming history of Marquette University.