1. Guidelines for Way Klingler Faculty Development funds available
2. Attend a Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance for free
3. Truman Library director to discuss access to presidential papers
4. Founder of Sharendipity.com to speak about Web-based creativity
5. Graduate School of Management holding information sessions
6. Marquette Maps featured in Field Museum exhibit
7. Tuition remission information presented at several programs
8. Win free tickets to Body Worlds exhibit
9. Learn more about the Jesuits on National Jesuit Vocations Day
10. Sharepoint to be upgraded this month
11. Help the needy and set a world record at the same time
12. Reconciliation service to be held Monday
13. Cheer on women’s volleyball and basketball teams
14. Help brighten someone’s holiday season

 

1. Guidelines for Way Klingler Faculty Development funds available

Applications for the two types of Way Klingler Faculty Development Program grants for Marquette faculty are now available online. The program features a series of awards intended to advance research and scholarship that was made possible through an $18 million donation by Helen Way Klingler announced in May 2004. Applications are for the 2008-09 academic year.

Way Klingler Fellowships: Given to full-time regular faculty at the associate or full professor rank with significant scholarship and higher potential. Faculty will be nominated by academic deans or self-nominated with dean endorsement.

Based upon a recommendation from the selection committee, Way Klingler Fellowships will be awarded in two categories labeled “science” or “humanities.” Science applicants are those with a track record of strong research funding whose research requires higher expense items such as equipment, supplies and research staff. Typically, those from the natural sciences, engineering and biomedical science would fall into this category. Humanities applicants are those with a national recognition for scholarship whose critical research requirements may be time, access to information and travel. Typically, those from the humanities, communication, business administration and education would be in this category. It would be appropriate for many disciplines, for example social sciences and nursing, to address either category depending on the research. The selection of category is not one set by discipline, but determined by the applicant.

Two Way Klingler Fellowships will be awarded in 2008, one each in science and humanities. The science fellow will receive $50,000 annually for three years and the humanities fellow will receive $20,000 annually for three years. The fellows will be chosen by the designated selection committee. The application deadline for submission by the deans is Feb. 29, 2008.

Way Klingler Young Scholar Awards: Supports promising young scholars in critical stages of their careers. Up to four awards will be given for 2008-09 to full-time regular junior faculty in the three years following their third-year review. The awards of up to $32,000 are intended to fund $2,000 in operating cost and cover up to 50 percent of salary to afford the recipient a one-semester sabbatical. Individuals will be selected by the Committee on Research. The application deadline is Feb. 8, 2008.

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3. Truman Library director to discuss access to presidential papers

Dr. Michael Devine, director of the Truman Library and Museum, will present “Presidential Libraries: Problems and Possibilities” on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Prucha Archives Reading Room, third floor of Raynor Library. For this free, public lecture, Devine will focus on the Truman library and issues relating to access to presidential archives. Public access to presidential papers and secrecy are contentious issues. What records should the public see? Which ones should not be seen?  Who should decide?

One of only 12 directors of presidential libraries in the United States, Devine has served as director of Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and president of the Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs since 2001.

Devine’s lecture is part of a continuing program sponsored by Marquette’s Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences to foster public history awareness.

4. Founder of Sharendipity.com to speak about Web-based creativity

Greg Tracy, founder of Sharendipity.com, will present "Sharendipitous Moments: Create Yours Today" today, Nov. 1, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Todd Wehr Chemistry 100.

Sharendipity is a Web-based community that allows people to express their creativity and share it with the world. It provides resources to make games, tools and applications users have always wanted to make but have not had the programming skills to make happen.

This presentation is sponsored by the College of Business Administration. For more information, contact Dr. Terence Ow, assistant professor of management, at 8-5104.

5. Graduate School of Management holding information sessions

The Graduate School of Management will hold three information sessions this month, covering curriculum, admissions requirements and application process. Except for Nov. 7, sessions will start with a 5:30 p.m. reception followed by the 6 p.m. presentation. Sessions are:

Monday, Nov. 5, Executive MBA Program, College of Business Administration Executive Center, Straz Hall, second floor

Wednesday, Nov. 7, On-campus MBA and MS Program, at the College of Business Administration Executive Center (reception at 5 p.m. and presentation 5:30 p.m.), Straz Hall, second floor

Thursday, Nov. 8, Waukesha MBA Program, at MRA, the management association N19 W24400 Riverwood Dr., Waukesha

To RSVP or for more information call 8-7145 or e-mail.

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6. Marquette Maps featured in Field Museum exhibit

Several maps from the J.R.R. Tolkien Collection at the Raynor Memorial Libraries are featured in the exhibition, “Maps: Finding Our Place in the World,” at The Field Museum, Chicago.

The exhibition runs from Nov. 2 to Jan. 27 and will be the largest exhibition of maps ever organized in the United States, featuring more than 130 maps from 70 institutions. Marquette’s contributions include: “Thror’s Map” from The Hobbit and “Chart of times and distances” and “Birdseye View Depiction of Minas Tirith” from The Lord of the Rings.

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8. Win free tickets to Body Worlds exhibit

The College of Health Sciences is sponsoring a drawing for five pairs of admission tickets to the “Gunter von Hagens’ Body Worlds: The Anatomical Exhibit of Human Bodies” exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. The tickets are for admission the afternoon of Jan. 27, 2008.

More than 22 million visitors in 40 cities across Asia, Europe and North America have viewed the exhibit’s 200-plus real human specimens since the exhibit’s debut in Japan in 1995.

Registration for the drawing takes place in the College of Health Sciences’ dean’s office during National Allied Health Professionals Week, Nov. 4-10.

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13. Cheer on women’s volleyball and basketball teams

Marquette will host the Big East Volleyball Tournament on Friday, Nov. 16, through Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Al McGuire center. The top eight teams will compete for the championship. For tickets, call 8-GOMU.

The Golden Eagles women’s basketball team will play the University of Wisconsin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. For every person over 4,000 in attendance, Head Coach Terri Mitchell will donate $1 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee. For tickets, call 8-GOMU.