— April 14, 2008—

Contents

  1. President of Free the Slaves to discuss human trafficking
  2. Register for Alumni National Awards events this week
  3. Mayor Barrett to speak about politics and challenges facing city
  4. Federal Judges Evans and Sykes to speak at “On the Issues”
  5. Marquette Honors Program to hold lecture
  6. Former advisor to Ronald Reagan to present at Law School
  7. Women's Basketball team to be honored by Milwaukee Common Council
  8. Marquette Night at the symphony is April 17
  9. 100th anniversary of Marquette’s first Olympian marked with free program
  10. McNair scholars program to present “The Audacity of Origins”
  11. CheckMarq getting upgraded
  12. Fall 2008 faculty review period ends tomorrow
  13. Jazz Ensemble to give free performance
  14. Liturgical Choir performing spring concert
  15. Departments to hold colloquiums
  16. Free Brewer tickets available
  17. Medicare information to be presented
  18. Midnight Run hosts Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week events
  19. Terry Ryan to appear at book signing
  20. Black Student Council sponsoring women’s leadership forum
  21. Muslim American activism to be discussed over soup
  22. Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace scheduled
  23. Haven Conversation Series to address dating violence
  24. Cobeen Residence Hall holding rummage sale to prevent child abuse
  25. $5 massages at Massage-A-Thon
  26. Locks of Love taking hair donations
  27. TIAA-CREF representatives available for financial counseling
  28. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of April 14

 

1. President of Free the Slaves to discuss human trafficking

Dr. Kevin Bales, award-winning author and president of Free the Slaves, a non-governmental organization dealing with modern slavery, will discuss “The Challenge of Modern Day Slavery” at 7 p.m. tomorrow, April 15, in AMU Ballroom CD. This free, public lecture is hosted by the Center for Transnational Justice and will address issues ranging from human trafficking to debt bondage.

Bales will also speak at Soup with Substance at noon on Wednesday, April 16, in AMU 163.

Bales co-founded Free the Slaves and now serves as its president. The organization works with liberators worldwide to help free the estimated 27 million slaves around the globe. Free the Slaves’ research shows there are more slaves now than at any other point in history, citing population explosions in developing countries, rapid global social and economic changes, and government corruption as reasons for the resurgence.

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2. Register for Alumni National Awards events this week

Alumni National Awards week is April 24-26. Registration deadline is Friday, April 18.

Raymond A. Eckstein, Law ’49, and Kathryn A. Eckstein, Sp ’49 are the recipients of Marquette University’s 2008 Alumni of the Year Award. After establishing a law practice in Cassville, Wis., Ray founded Wisconsin Barge Lines in 1958 and later a new company, Marquette Transportation. The Ecksteins made a $51 million gift to the Law School in 2007 to inspire other alumni to do more for Marquette.

A complete list of 2008 university alumni award recipients is posted online and includes:

• Alumni Merit Award (For professional achievement) — Robert B. Trussell, Jr., Bus Ad ’74
• Alumni Service to the Community Award — Patrick C. Johns, Arts ’71
• Alumni Service to Marquette Award — Neil E. Peterson, D.D.S., Dent ’67
• Spirit of Marquette Award (For achievement before 40) — Julie A. Duffy, Comm ’90
• Friends of the University Award (For service by non-alumni) — Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern

3. Mayor Barrett to speak about politics and challenges facing city

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will speak about his political background, the importance of young people in politics and the challenges facing the city Wednesday, April 16, at 4:30 p.m. in Emory Clark Hall 111. He will also answer questions from the audience.

The event is sponsored by the Les Aspin Center Alumni Council, is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact Cassandra Koehler.

4. Federal Judges Evans and Sykes to speak at “On the Issues”

Federal Circuit Court Judges Terence Evans and Diane Sykes will be guests for “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” at the Law School. They will discuss their careers and take questions from the audience on Wednesday, April 16, from noon to 1 p.m. in Sensenbrenner 325.

Evans and Sykes serve together on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, but their professional relationship began in 1984 when Sykes clerked for Evans on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District after graduating from the Law School. Evans, a 1967 graduate of the Law School, was nominated to the Seventh Circuit Appeals Court in 1995 by President Clinton. Sykes was nominated to the Court in 2003 by President Bush. During their visit to the Law School, they will discuss their decisions to pursue public service.

Register online.

Podcasts for all “On the Issues” events are available on the law school Web site shortly after each event.

5. Marquette Honors Program to hold lecture

The Honors Program and the American Council of Learned Studies Contemplative Faculty will host “Transform the mind to change the brain: Steps toward a neuroscience of well-being,” Wednesday, April 23, at 4 p.m. in Emory Clark Hall 111. The lecture will be presented by Dr. Richard J. Davidson, William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and director of the W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The program is free and open to the public.

Davidson is internationally renowned for research on the neural substrates of emotion and emotional disorders. He has recently been working with HH Dalai Lama and his students on changes in brain physiology and function caused by meditation practices.

For more information, call the Honors Program at 8-7516.

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6. Former advisor to Ronald Reagan to present at Law School

Edwin Meese III, Ronald Reagan's top policy aide in the White House and U.S. attorney general from 1985 to 1988, will speak at the Law School on Thursday, April 17, at 12:15 p.m. in Eisenberg Hall, third floor of Sensenbrenner Hall. Meese will discuss “Would the Founding Fathers Recognize Today's Supreme Court?” Meese is now chair of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation.

The program is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required. A light lunch will be provided.

The event is sponsored by the Marquette Law chapter of the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy.

7. Women's Basketball team to be honored by Milwaukee Common Council

The 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament Champion Marquette women's basketball team will be honored by the Milwaukee Common Council tomorrow, April 15, at 9 a.m. at City Hall.

It will be resolved that the Milwaukee Common Council will recognize the accomplishments of Coach Terri Mitchell, Assistant Coaches Michelle Nason, Cara Consuegra and Jennie Ellis, and the 2008 WNIT Champions: Jasmine Collins, Krystal Ellis, Paige Fiedorowicz, Janelle Harris, Svetlana Kovalenko, Kelly Lam, Tatiyiana Morris, Jocelyn Mellen, Erin Monfre, Angel Robinson, Marissa Thrower and Courtney Weibel.

The Golden Eagles claimed the university's fourth national title in history by defeating Michigan State, 81-66 on April 5.

8. Marquette Night at the symphony is April 17

Reduced-priced tickets are available to the Marquette community for Marquette University Night at the Symphony, Thursday, April 17, at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. Tickets are 25 percent off, ranging from $16.25 to $31.25.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance of Holst’s The Planets will begin at 7 p.m. with a welcome from Dr. John Pauly, dean of the Diederich College of Communication. It will be preceded by a reception with free appetizers in the Anello Atrium at 5:30 p.m. and followed at 8:30 p.m. by a complimentary dessert bar and drink specials at the InterContinental Milwaukee. Call Sarah at 414-226-7836, using promotional code 9133, for tickets.

9. 100th anniversary of Marquette’s first Olympian marked with free program

"Marquette's First Olympian: John J. Brennan and the 1908 Olympics" is the subject of a lecture by Dr. Harvey Sobocinski, Arts ’72, Grad ’74 and Grad ’80, former faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Marinette Center and UW-Sheboygan Center, tomorrow, April 15, at 7 p.m. in the Prucha Reading Room of the John P. Raynor, S.J., Library.

The Department of Special Collections and University Archives will host this program about Brennan, one of 76 members on the 1908 U.S. Olympic team, who participated in the broad jump, high jump and triple jump at the London Games. The event is free and open to the public, but public members must pre-register by calling 414-288-7256.

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10. McNair scholars program to present “The Audacity of Origins”

William Orchard will present “The Audacity of Origins: Longing and Belonging in Gilbert Hernandez’s Poison River,” Thursday, April 17, from 4 to 5 p.m. in AMU 227. Orchard, an Arnold L. Mitchem dissertation fellow, is a doctoral candidate at Marquette completing his dissertation, The Illustrated Mexican: Politics, Popular Art, and the Making of U.S. Latinidad.

The Mitchem fellowships assist under-represented ethnic groups in joining the professorate by giving doctoral candidates from other U.S. universities one academic year of support and the opportunity to teach an undergraduate course at Marquette.

The presentation is sponsored by the McNair Scholars Program and the Educational Opportunity Program.

11. CheckMarq getting upgraded

CheckMarq, the student information system, is being upgraded and will provide users with improved functionality beginning in late summer. Faculty will submit grades for spring term using the current version of CheckMarq.

Monitor News Briefs throughout summer and fall for updates.

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12. Fall 2008 faculty review period ends tomorrow

Fall 2008 classroom assignments are now posted in CheckMarq. Faculty should access CheckMarq (term 1280) and review their course classroom assignments during the review period ending tomorrow, April 15.

In a new process for fall 2008 review sessions, faculty can also request classroom space for fall term review sessions from the Office of the Registrar until April 15.

Submit the online form to request a classroom change and a classroom for fall review sessions.

13. Jazz Ensemble to give free performance

The Jazz Ensemble will perform a free, spring concert Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium. Directed by Dr. Erik Janners, director of music, the ensemble will perform jazz music from all styles and time periods, from big-band swing to bebop and the contemporary new jazz. Highlights of this performance will include music by Charles Mingus, Gordon Goodwin, Chick Corea and Count Basie.

14. Liturgical Choir performing spring concert

The Liturgical Choir, the ensemble that sings for the 4 p.m. Sunday Mass at Gesu Church, will perform its seventh annual spring concert Saturday, April 19 at Gesu at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.

The concert, “Amazing Grace,” will include scripture readings and a variety of musical styles such as chant, Renaissance polyphony, Gospel music and contemporary composers of Catholic music. Audience members will be invited to sing along on pieces throughout the program.

Doors will open at 7 p.m. Donations will be accepted following the concert.

For more information contact Rachelle Kramer, assistant director of university ministry, 8-3695.

15. Departments to hold colloquiums

The Departments of Chemistry and Physics and the Albertus Magnus Circle will sponsor a colloquium Thursday, April 17, at 5:30 p.m., in Todd Wehr Chemistry 100. H. F. Schaefer III, Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Computational Chemistry at the University of Georgia, will present “The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking, and God?”

Dr. Joseph Colasanti, assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology at the University of Guelph, Ontario, will present the Department of Biological Sciences seminar “Deciphering maize floral induction signals,” at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 18, in Wehr Life Sciences, room 111.

Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III, Graham Perdue professor of chemistry at the University of Georgia, will present the Department of Chemistry’s Nakamoto lecture Friday, April 18, at 4 p.m., in Todd Wehr Chemistry 121. Schaefer will present on “Lesions in DNA Subunits: Foundational Studies of Molecular Structures and Energetics.”

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16. Free Brewer tickets available

Free tickets for the Brewers vs. Cardinals game on Tuesday, April 22, at 12:05 p.m. are available on a first-come first-served basis in the Brooks Lounge, AMU. A maximum of four tickets per MUID can be picked up.

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17. Medicare information to be presented

The Benefits Department will host a Medicare information session Thursday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to noon in AMU 157. A representative from the Social Security Administration will provide an overview of Medicare A, B and D, and discuss social security benefits and retirement age requirements.

RSVP to 8-7305 by tomorrow, April 15.

18. Midnight Run hosts Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week events

Midnight Run will sponsor several events this week in recognition of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, April 15 to 19:

Tuesday, April 15, 6 p.m. — “Think FAST” hunger banquet to conclude a day of fasting, Multicultural Center, AMU 425.

Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 p.m. — “What Color is Poverty?” presented by Kelli Jones, clinical instructor of nursing, Multicultural Center, AMU 425.

Thursday, April 17, 8 p.m. — "Reel" Poverty Film Festival, featuring films were made by Marquette students and focusing on poverty in Milwaukee.

Friday, April 18, midnight — “Meals at Midnight” hot dogs, chili dogs and nachos will be on sale to benefit Midnight Run, corner of 16th and Wells.

Saturday, April 19, Hunger Clean-Up, Marquette’s largest one-day service project.

19. Terry Ryan to appear at book signing

Terry Ryan, major funder for the Center for Peacemaking, will sign copies of his book Gandhi and Jesus: The Saving Power of Nonviolence, from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in AMU 230. Refreshments will be provided.

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20. Black Student Council sponsoring women’s leadership forum

The Black Student Council will sponsor “Phenomenal Forum: Women of Color in Leadership,” Thursday, April 17, from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Cudahy 001. Nikki Perkins, a public service graduate student, will present her graduate research, “Learning to Lead: Black Women in Milwaukee.”

Presentations will also be given by Eloiza Altoro-Acevedo, executive director of the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation; Zohreh Emami, associate director of Academic Affairs at Alverno College; and Brenda Bell-White, director of the State of Wisconsin Milwaukee Family Service Integration.

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21. Muslim American activism to be discussed over soup

Reem Rahman, communications coordinator at the Council on
American-Islamic Relations, Chicago will speak at Soup with Substance at noon Thursday, April 17, in AMU 227. She will discuss "Muslim American Activism: Challenges and Strategies."

Reem was one of the founding members of CAIR at the University of Illinois, the first university-based chapter in the nation. She served as the executive director, coordinating media and civil rights activism, community service, interfaith dialogue and leadership development.

The Manresa Project, University Ministry, the Department of Social and
Cultural Sciences, and the Muslim Student Association are sponsoring the event.

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22. Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace scheduled

An Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace will be held Thursday, April 17, at 4:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Family. This event is sponsored by the Office of International Education, the Center for Peacemaking and University Ministry as part of the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus’ “Ignatian PeaceAction.”

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23. Haven Conversation Series to address dating violence

The HAVEN Conversation Series will host its final program of the year, “Expect Respect,” Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in the Henke Lounge. This interactive program will cover how to recognize the signs of dating violence and ways to promote healthy dating relationships.

The program will be presented by the peer health educators from the Center for Health Education and Promotion/Student Health Service, and Sue Cooper, crime prevention officer in the Department of Public Safety.

HAVEN, Helping Abuse and Violence End Now, is a partnership of university departments and students committed to the prevention of interpersonal violence and to providing safe referral sources for those affected by sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking.

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24. Cobeen Residence Hall holding rummage sale to prevent child abuse

In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Cobeen Hall is sponsoring a “Spring Cleaning” rummage sale Friday, April 18, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the area between Cobeen and Carpenter residence halls. Women’s clothing and other items will be for sale to benefit the Children’s Hospital Child Abuse Prevention Fund. For more information, contact Bethany Snyder.

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25. $5 massages at Massage-A-Thon

Physical therapy students are hosting a Massage-A-Thon through Friday, April 18, at Schroeder Health Complex 397.

Hours are today until 9 p.m., Wednesday 4 to 9 p.m., Thursday 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday noon to 6 p.m.

Cost is $5 for every 15 minutes, up to 60 minutes. E-mail for appointment requests. Walk-ins are also welcome.

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26. Locks of Love taking hair donations

Volunteers willing to donate at least 10 inches of hair are invited to participate in Locks of Love at the Relay for Life fund-raiser on Friday, April, 25. Volunteers will receive a complementary final styling after the donated hair is cut. Layered hair is accepted as long as the shortest layer is at least 10 inches in length, but dreadlocks cannot be accepted. Donors do not have to be registered as a Relay for Life team member to participate.

Contact Lindsay Henning to set an appointment.

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27. TIAA-CREF representatives available for financial counseling

TIAA-CREF consultants will be available for one-on-one financial counseling sessions from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, and Wednesday, April 16, in AMU 228 and Thursday, April 17, in AMU 230.

Call 1-800-732-8353 to schedule an appointment.

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28. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of April 14

• Work has begun to replace the retaining wall on the 10th and Michigan sides of Lot-R/RR, behind Straz Tower/ the Rec Plex. This is a university project that will contain a commemorative plaque, honoring those involved in the Interchange Reconstruction Project.

• 10th Street north of Michigan is being reconstructed to reduce an undesirable angle. This will cause the intersection of 10th and Michigan to remain closed longer than anticipated.

• Pavement work continues behind and west of Straz Tower.

• Overnight bridge work will take place through Friday, April 18. This work will be well south of Straz Tower but may be audible to residents.

For more information, visit the Marquette Interchange update Web site.

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