— November 5, 2007 —

Contents

  1. Marquette to launch Cross-Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative
  2. Attend a Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance for free
  3. Truman Library director to discuss access to presidential papers
  4. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president to speak
  5. Jesuit Refugee Service USA director to speak
  6. Wade Chair Lecture to focus on Judaism in Byzantium
  7. Klement Lecture to address northern women and the Civil War
  8. Registration deadline for Graduate School open house is tomorrow
  9. 2007 Wisconsin Elementary Teacher of the Year to speak
  10. Biological Sciences to present seminar
  11. Department of Chemistry to hold colloquium
  12. International internships and jobs available through GoinGlobal
  13. Exhibit features early maps of Wisconsin
  14. Environmental responsibility events planned this week
  15. Resident assistant program to be discussed
  16. Habitat for Humanity trips planned
  17. What are the meanings behind the Mass?
  18. Duo Roldan to perform Cuban music at the Haggerty Museum
  19. Marquette Radio raising money for Milwaukee Rescue Mission
  20. Turn in Yoplait Yogurt lids by Wednesday
  21. Protective walkways erected for Gesu Church maintenance
  22. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of Nov. 5

 

1. Marquette to launch Cross-Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative

The Cross-Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative, a program of entrepreneurship education and practice focused on the innovation process, will be established at Marquette this fall. The program will be accessible to all students and will encourage participation from faculty across the university. The initiative will be incubated in the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration. Tim Keane has been named its director. He will also remain in his roles as entrepreneur-in-residence and director of the Golden Angels Network.
 
Funding from the Helen Bader Foundation allowed a task force, which included at least one representative from each college, to visit several colleges across the country with similar programs to research best practices.
 
The initiative, which may eventually evolve into a Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, will support a university-wide culture of innovation. Major components of the program will include cross-disciplinary co-curricular activities, support for research and teaching, community outreach programs, social entrepreneurship activities and support for faculty entrepreneurs. The initiative will be built on Marquette’s rich tradition of entrepreneurship among alumni.

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2. Attend a Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance for free

The Diederich College of Communication and Gesu Church will host a Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance for the Marquette and Gesu communities on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Gesu. The free, public performance will include works by Gabrieli, Bizet, Strauss and Dvorak, and will open with the Marquette University Chorus.

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 can be contentious. 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. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president to speak

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis William Poole will meet with Marquette University students and faculty and deliver the keynote speech, “Market Healing,” at a luncheon Nov. 7 at 11:45 a.m. To register for the lunch, call 8-7141.

Poole directs the activities of the bank’s head office in St. Louis, as well as its three branches in Little Rock, Ark., Louisville, Ky., and Memphis, Tenn. In addition, he represents the Bank on the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve’s chief monetary policymaking body. Poole will retire from his post in March 2008.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, one of 12 regional Reserve banks, serves the Eighth Federal Reserve District. The regional Reserve banks, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., constitute the Federal Reserve System. As the nation’s central bank, the Fed is responsible for conducting monetary policy, supervising banks and operating the nation’s payments mechanism.

5. Jesuit Refugee Service USA director to speak

Rev. Ken Gavin, S.J., director of the Jesuit Refugee Service USA, will discuss U.S. refugee policy at an event in Marquette’s Office of International Education Thursday, Nov. 8, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. For more information, call OIE at 8-7289.
 
Gavin will also discuss his work and the experience of refugees across the world at a dinner Thursday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m. in the Lunda Room, AMU. A free, simple meal will be provided. No RSVP is needed.The event is sponsored by the Manresa Project.

Jesuit Refugee Service USA is dedicated to serving and defending the rights of vulnerable refugees. It operates as the major refugee outreach arm of U.S. Jesuits and their institutional ministries.

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6. Wade Chair Lecture to focus on Judaism in Byzantium

Rev. Philipp Gabriel Renczes, S.J., the 2007-2008 Francis B. Wade, S.J., Chair, will present “A Theology of Judaism in 7th Century Byzantium: Maximus the Confessor” Thursday, Nov. 8, at 4 p.m. in Cudahy Hall 001. The event is free and open to the public. A reception with refreshments will follow.
 
Renczes received a doctorate in the history of religion and religious anthropology in 1999 from the Sorbonne, Paris. He also earned a doctorate in theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris. As a member of the theology faculty at the Gregorian University in Rome and invited professor at the Patristic Institute "Augustinianum," Renczes teaches a variety of courses in theological anthropology with specific regard to the fathers of the Church. As Wade chair, he is teaching a fall undergraduate course at Marquette, “Special Topics in Systematic Theology: ‘The Theology of Joseph Ratzinger.’”

7. Klement Lecture to address northern women and the Civil War

Dr. Nina Silber, professor of history at Boston University, will discuss “Why Northern Women Matter for Understanding the Civil War” at the Klement Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, in AMU 163. This annual lecture features a distinguished scholar of sectional conflict to provide a fresh look on traditional topics.

The lectures are original works eritten by past winners of the Pulitzer, Bancroft, Parkman and Douglas Southall Freeman prizes, often drawn from current research projects. The published booklets, which can be ordered from Marquette University Press, are longer than the actual lectures and include full citations and illustrations.

8. Registration deadline for Graduate School open house is tomorrow

The Graduate School will host an open house in the AMU Ballrooms Wednesday, Nov. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about graduate programs and meet with faculty and other graduate students.   

The open house is a free event, but registration is requested at 8-7137 by 8 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6.

For more information, contact Carl Wainscott, assistant director for recruitment in the Graduate School, at 8-5319.

9. 2007 Wisconsin Elementary Teacher of the Year to speak

The School of Education Student Council will host Terry Kaldhusdal, the 2007 Wisconsin Elementary Teacher of the Year, for “What it takes to be the Teacher of the Year” on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the Hartman Center of Schroeder Complex, room 150.

Kaldhusdal has been a fourth-grade teacher in the Kettle Moraine School District since 1999 and an educator since 1991. One of his main teaching goals is to help his students interact with other diverse student groups, which he does by modeling respect for all students and developing lessons that help link the classroom with the community.

No registration is needed to attend. For more information contact Kaitlyn Branchaw.

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10. Biological Sciences to present seminar

Dr. Michelle Hastings, assistant professor of cell biology and anatomy at Chicago Medical School, will present “RNA Splicing and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Understanding Mechanisms and Searching for Cures,” at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, in Wehr Life Sciences 111.

11. Department of Chemistry to hold colloquium

Dr. Ben McCall, assistant professor of chemistry and astronomy at the University of Illinois — Urbana/Champaign, will present the Department of Chemistry’s colloquium on Friday, Nov. 9, at 4 p.m., in Todd Wehr Chemistry Building 121. McCall will speak on “Astrochemistry and Spectroscopy of C60.”

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12. International internships and jobs available through GoinGlobal

The Career Services Center now offers GoinGlobal, a new online resource for international internship and job opportunities. GoinGlobal includes extensive country-specific career and employment resources, corporate profiles for key employers in 31 countries and worldwide internship and job listings.

13. Exhibit features early maps of Wisconsin

A new exhibit, “Mapping Wiskonsin 1765-1856,” in Raynor Memorial Libraries displays a selection of reproduced maps from the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Depicting Wisconsin’s changes from the earliest maps through statehood, the exhibit is the culmination of a project to catalog and make available the early Milwaukee and Wisconsin maps preserved in the collection. In addition to a temporary lobby display, the main exhibit is on the third floor of Raynor, where it will remain until March 2008.

14. Environmental responsibility events planned this week

Culminating with a presentation on worldwide energy use and potential future constraints by Dave Ciepluch of WE Energies, Students for an Environmentally Active Campus will present several environment-related events this week.

Monday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m., Cudahy 118 — Harvest of Fear movie with snacks and discussion.

Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Thursday, Nov. 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., AMU — SEAC and WE Energies informational tables about how to contribute to renewable energy.The SEAC table will pass out carabiner clips and coupons for 25-cent Brew Bayou travel mugs (normally $1.99) on Wednesday only. All money raised benefits the Urban Ecology Center.

Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1 p.m., AMU 252 — Speakers from the Friends of the Milwaukee Rivers.

Wednesday, Nov. 7, 4 p.m., AMU 252 — Dr. Heather Kohls, professor of economics, will speak on the steps everyone can take for effective environmental change.

Thursday, Nov. 8, 4 p.m., Cudahy 128 — Dave Ciepluch, administrator for WE Energies new construction, commercial and residential energy efficiency programs, will speak on low cost energy tips and emerging technologies.

15. Resident assistant program to be discussed

Information sessions about how to become a resident assistant for the 2008-2009 academic year will be held:

Tuesday, Nov. 6, 9:30 to 10:30 p.m., AMU 252
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2 to 3 p.m., AMU 227
Monday, Nov. 19, 4 to 5 p.m., AMU 163
Thursday, Nov. 29, 9 to 10 p.m., AMU Ballroom B

Applications are available online.

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16. Habitat for Humanity trips planned

Habitat for Humanity International will host an informational meeting about its May trip to Chile on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. in Lalumiere 280. Participants will spend approximately two weeks in Los Andes, Chile, working with a group of Chileans at two assigned houses. Contact Katherine Trapp for more information.

Applications for Habitat For Humanity spring break trips are due Sunday, Nov. 11. Trips will take students to Tennessee, Oklahoma and Mississippi for a week to help build houses.

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17. What are the meanings behind the Mass?
 
Rev. Edward Mathie, S.J., will present explanations of the basic elements of the Mass on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Family, AMU. Mathie will discuss the Mass order, its movements, its meaning, why Catholics pray this way and other exploration of the Eucharistic liturgy’s meaning and movements.  

For more information, contact Steve Blaha at 8-6873.

18. Duo Roldan to perform Cuban music at the Haggerty Museum

The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art will host a free music performance of Cuban composers by Duo Roldan on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m.

Founders Ana Ruth Bermudez (cello) and Rene Izquierdo (guitar) are Cuban natives who studied at the "Amadeo Roldan" Conservatory of Music in Havana. Joining them will be Joseph Ketchum (violin) and Elina Chekan (guitar).

19. Marquette Radio raising money for Milwaukee Rescue Mission

Marquette Radio will host its 72-Hour-Rock-A-Thon from 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7, to 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, to help raise money for the Milwaukee Rescue Mission. During this show, students will take donations and auction sports and music memorabilia.

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20. Turn in Yoplait Yogurt lids by Wednesday

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Center for Health Education and Promotion has been collecting Yoplait Yogurt lids for the national breast cancer fund-raiser, “Save Lids to Save Lives.” Campus community members can still bring lids to residence halls, the AMU Information Desk, or the Office of Health Education and Promotion by Wednesday, Nov. 7.

For each pink lid collected, Yoplait donates 10 cents to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

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21. Protective walkways erected for Gesu Church maintenance

Scaffolding will be erected today in the front of Gesu Church and in front of the transept doors on the east and west sides of the church for a steeple maintenance project contracted by Gesu.

For the safety of pedestrians the protective walkways will be in place for at least two weeks.

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22. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of Nov. 5

• North and southbound I-43 will be closed overnight all week.

• Asphalt paving on southbound I-43 will cause some overnight noise east of Carpenter Tower on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 5 and 6.

• There will be pavement grinding and sawing on various bridges during daylight weekdays for the next two weeks. Work closest to the university should take place on Friday, Nov. 9, in the vicinity of 11th and Wisconsin.

• The full closure of Tory Hill from 10th to 13th streets will begin Friday, Nov. 9, at 6 a.m. It will re-open on the following Friday, Nov. 16, with a single lane in each direction

• Meter parking on 10th Street north of Wisconsin Avenue will be reduced next week.

• The meter parking on Clybourn St. behind Lalumiere Language Hall will remain closed until Thanksgiving.  

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