1. Marquette names two new trustees
2. Samantha Power to give keynote address at human rights conference
3. Faculty-student teams invited to present research 
4. Orbitz director of technology to speak today about global environment
5. Post-Grad Volunteer Fair features more than 50 organizations
6. Vowed women religious to discuss their life commitment
7. “March on Milwaukee” marchers to give first-hand accounts
8. Career Fair to include technical and nontechnical employers
9. Department of Chemistry to hold colloquium
10. Law School holding information session this Friday
11. Public address announcer needed for women’s basketball games
12. Student organizations invited to event planning showcase
13. Go online to indicate community service interest
14. Litherland exhibit ends Sunday
15. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of Sept. 24

 

1. Marquette names two new trustees

A Wisconsin corporate executive and a Jesuit priest from Boston College are new members of the Marquette University Board of Trustees.

Natalie Black, Law ’78, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for the Kohler Co., and Joseph M. O’Keefe, S.J., dean of the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, were elected to three-year terms.

Black, who also served as a trustee from 1993 to 2005, was an attorney at Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee before joining Kohler in 1981. She has a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and completed the program for management development at Harvard Business School.

Father O’Keefe has been at the Lynch School since 1991, serving in a variety of faculty and administrative roles. He is also director of the research center at the National Catholic Education Association.

Father O’Keefe received his doctorate in education from Harvard University. He is a graduate of Holy Cross College and earned master’s degrees in French literature from Fordham University and in educational administration from Harvard. He also received a master of divinity degree and licentiate in sacred theology from the Weston Jesuit school of Theology.

Father O’Keefe is editor or co-editor of 12 books, including The International Handbook of Catholic Education: Challenges for School Systems in the 21st Century, and author or co-author of more than 40 articles and book chapters on Catholic education and educational leadership. 

Marquette’s Board of Trustees last week also elected Donald F. Flynn, chairman of the board of Flynn Enterprises, Inc., a venture capital, hedging and consulting firm based in Chicago, as a trustee emeritus. Five other trustees — Dick Fotsch, Darren Jackson, Ulice Payne, Tom Tobin, S.J., and Anne Zizzo — were re-elected for terms that will expire in 2010.

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3. Faculty-student teams invited to present research 

Faculty-student teams are invited to participate in the annual Forward Thinking Poster Session and Colloquy, hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. The purpose is to celebrate and encourage faculty research that involves students. For each project, presenters may choose the presentation format, poster or colloquy, that best suits their discipline or project.

Interested faculty and students should submit an “Intent to Participate” form to ORSP by 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8. Participants need to submit a letter and abstract to Karen Welniak by 4 p.m. Nov. 5. The poster session and colloquy will take place on Dec. 4, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., followed by a reception.

4. Orbitz director of technology to speak today about global environment

Jeff Sippel, director of technology at ebookers, the European division of Orbitz Worldwide, will present "Building Technology in a Global Environment" today, Sept. 24, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Wehr Chemistry, room 100.

Sippel is responsible for the planning and execution of the Orbitz international technology strategy and has designed and built key components of the Orbitz.com and American Airlines Web sites.

The College of Business Administration is sponsoring the event.

5. Post-Grad Volunteer Fair features more than 50 organizations

More than 50 organizations will provide information about full-time volunteer community service positions at the Post-Grad Volunteer Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 25. The fair will run from 4 to 7 p.m. in the AMU third floor ballrooms.

For more information, contact the Center for Community Service, AMU 329, at 8-1412.

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6. Vowed women religious to discuss their life commitment

Hear the stories of young women religious about what it’s like to live in a community of vowed religious women on Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Campus Town East Community Room. They will discuss how they became attracted to religious life and how they are living out that commitment in the context of a community of sisters. Free pizza will be provided.

For more information, contact Dr. Susan Mountin at 8-3693. The program is sponsored by the Manresa Project.

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The program is sponsored by the Manresa

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8. Career Fair to include technical and nontechnical employers

The 2007 Career Fair will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 26 and 27, from 4 to 8 p.m. in the AMU Ballrooms. Wednesday will feature nontechnical employers and Thursday technical employers.

Approximately 200 companies and more than 800 students will attend. Seniors seeking full-time, post-grad positions or students seeking internships are urged to attend.

For more information, contact the Career Services Center at 8-7423.

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13. Go online to indicate community service interest

Students and student organizations interested in community service can now go online to fill out a service inquiry form. Forms will be sent to the Center for Community Service to help connect students with the type and time of service they are interested in.

15. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of Sept. 24

•  The only night work this week will be to pour a bridge deck on Wednesday, Sept. 26. This work is well south of Straz Tower and should not create much noise.
 
•  Southbound I-43 from North Avenue to the Menomonee River will be closed at the ramp to west I-94 on Saturday, Sept. 29, and Sunday, Sept. 30, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
 
•  Northbound I-43 from the Menomonee River to North Avenue will be closed past the exit to Plankinton on Saturday, Sept. 29, and Sunday, Sept. 30, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

•  All demolition work on the project will be completed next week.
 
•  The 11th Street Mall bollard installation is taking longer than anticipated. Upon completion of the bollards, the sprinkler installation will take place. Sod will be placed and the rest of the trees planted after all other work is completed later this fall. A grand opening will take place in October.