1. Garrett will serve as interim dean
2. Samantha Power to give keynote address today
3. Alumni donate building to Marquette’s Aspin Center program
4. Thomas Jefferson researcher to speak on Jefferson’s role as slaveholder
5. Marquette alumnus to present Tolkien Lecture
6. Boden Lecture to address repression and restorative justice
7. Acclaimed author Jane Hamilton to give a reading
8. Accenture executive to speak about corporate venturing
9. German theologian to discuss Luther’s role in church unity
10. Soccer teams benefit breast cancer awareness
11. Break from a busy day with Centering Prayer
12. Reconciliation Service sponsored by University Ministry
13. Marquette launches new Web site
14. Committee on Administrators seeking nominations
15. “Miles for Meals” run walk benefits neighborhood lunch program
16. Holiday schedule for 2008 announced
17. Today proclaimed “Avenues West Day”
18. New menu introduced at Lunda Room
19. Bank hours change in AMU
20. Faber Center to host Alcoholics Anonymous meetings

 

1. Garrett will serve as interim dean

Dr. Dennis E. Garrett, associate professor of marketing, will serve as interim dean of the College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Management beginning Jan. 1, 2008, Provost Madeline Wake announced this week.

Garrett will succeed Dr. David Shrock, who will serve as interim provost next semester following the Wake’s resignation of Wake, which is effective Dec. 31. Wake will return to the faculty as a university professor following a year’s sabbatical.

Garrett also served as interim dean for the college in 1998-99.  In 2006, he received the Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J., Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, and he was the inaugural recipient of the College of Business Administration’s Miles Teaching Fellowship in 2004. Garrett received his doctorate in marketing from the University of Illinois in 1985.  Prior to joining the Marquette faculty in 1990, he taught at the University of Oklahoma.

“Dennis did an excellent job during his term as interim dean in 1998-99,” Shrock said.  “His experience and the respect he receives within the college, across the university, and in the community make him an ideal choice.”

Wake praised both Shrock and Garrett for accepting the interim responsibilities, citing their dedication to Marquette.

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3. Alumni donate building to Marquette’s Aspin Center program

The home-away-from-home for students studying at the Les Aspin Center for Government in Washington, D.C., will officially belong to the university thanks to a generous donation by Robert and Jacqueline Lewis. The Lewises have rented the property to Marquette for student housing since 1996. They announced their intention to donate the apartment building to the university at the Les Aspin Center’s annual Democracy Award dinner, where they were also honored with the center’s Founders Award.

The six-apartment building is located just four blocks from the U.S. Capitol and across the street from the Les Aspin Center’s classroom and office facility.

Bob and Jackie Lewis have championed the educational mission of the Aspin Center since it was founded in 1995. They identified the property upon which the center stands, and purchased the nearby apartment building for student housing. The Lewises have hosted Aspin Center students at their home for dinners and events, and they have welcomed countless university officials and Marquette supporters to the nation’s capital. Jackie Lewis is a 1960 graduate of the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences. The Lewises are both members of the Les Aspin Center National Board of Visitors.

“Bob and Jackie’s advocacy and generosity have contributed immeasurably to the sense of community the Aspin Center has built for our students and alumni in Washington, D.C.,” said Rev. Tim O’Brien, director of the Les Aspin Center for Government. “The gift of the apartment building ensures a permanent home for our students, and our program, in the heart of Capitol Hill.”

Also at the dinner, the Les Aspin Center honored U.S. Rep. David Obey with the 2007 Democracy Award, recognizing his tenure as the longest-serving member of either chamber of the United States Congress in Wisconsin history. As a representative of the 7th district of Wisconsin, Obey played an important role in the founding of the Les Aspin Center. He has also been a strong advocate of access to higher education and student financial aid programs, such as the federally-funded Pell Grants.

The dinner netted approximately $225,000 for student scholarships and other strategic initiatives of the Aspin Center.

4. Thomas Jefferson researcher to speak on Jefferson’s role as slaveholder

Cinder Stanton, a historian and expert on the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, will speak about Jefferson’s role as a slaveholder during a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Raynor Library Conference Center.

Stanton, who was part of a special committee to investigate Jefferson’s possible paternity of children with his slave Sally Hemings, will present “The Slaveholder and the Enslaved: Trying to Tell the Whole Story at Jefferson's Monticello." As a historian at Monticello since 1968, Stanton offers a perspective on how a major public history museum, the home of a president, came to grips with the issue of slavery.

As Shannon senior historian at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies in Monticello, Va., Stanton is responsible for advanced research and writing projects and directing the Getting Word oral history project on descendants of the Monticello enslaved community. A current advanced research project of the center involves the Monticello plantation, slavery and Monticello's African-American community.

Stanton holds bachelor’s of arts degrees in American history and literature and in general studies from Harvard University. She has published extensively on Jefferson.

5. Marquette alumnus to present Tolkien Lecture

Dr. John Rateliff, a Marquette alumnus and author of the two-volume series The History of the Hobbit, will discuss his research on J.R.R. Tolkien on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m. in the Raynor Library Conference Center Beaumier Suites B-C. The Rateliff presentation, "'A Kind of Elvish Craft': Tolkien as Literary Craftsman,” will be followed by a question-and-answer session and book signing. The event is part of the libraries' celebration of the 50th anniversary of the acquisition of the Tolkien manuscripts.

Rateliff said that he selected the Department of English at Marquette for his doctoral studies because of the Tolkien manuscripts preserved within the Department of Special Collections and Archives. He has worked with these manuscripts for more than 25 years.

The event is free and open to the public. The general public should pre-register by calling 414-288-0591 at least 24 hours prior to the program. Anyone with a Marquette ID need not pre-register.

For more information contact Matt Blessing at 8-0591.

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6. Boden Lecture to address repression and restorative justice

Carrie Menkel-Meadow, A.B. Chettle Jr. Professor of Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure at Georgetown University Law Center, will present the 11th annual Robert F. Boden Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., in Sensenbrenner Hall, room 307. The lecture is free and open to the public.

In Menkel-Meadow’s presentation, “Cultural Variations in Restorative Justice: Interactions of Law, Dispute Resolution, and Culture in the Transition from Repression to Democracy,” she will explore the different responses of three regimes in the transition from repression to democracy or some return of individual and social freedom. Focusing primarily on the truth and reconciliation processes in Argentina and Chile and the absence of such a national process in China following the Cultural Revolution, she will discuss whether concepts such as the rule of law, restorative justice and democratic transitionalism are universal and international or whether local and national history, economic development and political culture "trump" or "deform" efforts to transform political and legal regimes.

RSVP online. For more information, contact Christine Wilczynski-Vogel at 8-3167.

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8. Accenture executive to speak about corporate venturing

Michael Mojica, a partner in Accenture’s North America Retail Practice, will present "Corporate Venturing: Old Money for New Things" today, Sept. 27, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Wehr Chemistry, room 100.

Mojica has more than 18 years of experience in IT strategy, large-scale systems integration and outsourcing across a variety of industries. He works closely with industry in establishing corporate venturing programs focused on identifying, sponsoring, evaluating and funding startup ventures.  

The College of Business Administration is sponsoring the event.

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13. Marquette launches new Web site

Marquette launched its new Web site on Tuesday, Sept. 25, following several months of development and a four-week public review period.

The site includes several new interactive features, such as campus slide shows, interactive maps and Marquette profiles. The site also features a completely new search engine from Google and links to six leading social bookmarking utilities. Altogether, the new site includes 1,291 documents and 3,285 files.

15. “Miles for Meals” run walk benefits neighborhood lunch program

University Ministry’s Midnight Run is hosting its 8th Annual “Miles for Meals” run/walk on Friday, Oct. 5. Midnight Run uses the funds from this event to feed the neighborhood poor for its Noon Run lunch program. For more information or registration forms, visit University Ministry, AMU 236.