1. Limited availability for Mission Week keynote tickets
2. Day of Alms moved to today and tomorrow
3. Submit justice and service photos
4. Daily Reflection — “Faith and Justice: Stewardship of the Environment”
5. Way Klingler Young Scholar applications due tomorrow
6. College of Engineering hosting programs for kids, families and teachers
7. Marquette hosting public roundtable about health care reform
8. Nominate staff for Excellence in University Service Awards
9. “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” class discounted
10. Tax information for international students and scholars
11. Fair Housing Council to present tonight
12. Free food and movie at Lebanese Night
13. Men’s basketball game showing at the Annex
14. Reconciliation service to be held Monday
15. TIAA/CREF holding retirement information sessions
16. Relay for Life kick-off meeting includes free food
17. Participants needed for stroke research study

 

1. Limited availability for Mission Week keynote tickets

Tickets for the Mission Week keynote event are almost gone. Tickets are available in Brooks Lounge, AMU first floor, with a limit of two tickets per Marquette ID, and are also available to the public. Standing room space may also be available today to attendees without tickets.

Soledad O’Brien of CNN will moderate the keynote panel about how faith affects moral decision-making involving contemporary world conflict. The panel, at 4 p.m. today, Feb. 7, in the Varsity Theatre, will include:

•  Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., editor-in-chief of America magazine, former head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Office of International Justice and Peace and lead staff person in the drafting of the U.S. Bishops' 1993 peace pastoral, The Harvest of Justice Is Sown in Peace.

•  Dr. James Turner Johnson, professor of religion and associate member of the Graduate Department of Political Science at Rutgers University who focuses on the historical developments and moral traditions related to war, peace and the practice of statecraft, and is the author/editor of 14 books on the moral questions related to contemporary warfare.

•  Rev. John Dear, S.J., former executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (largest interfaith peace organization in the United States), Coordinator of Pax Christi New Mexico, noted peace activist, author/editor of 25 books on peace and justice and columnist for the National Catholic Reporter.

• Nicholas Coddington, former senior U.S. Army Intelligence officer with NATO Southern Region, senior officer deployed to Baghdad to establish the Iraqi Military Academy, and coordinator of humanitarian and crisis relief operations in the Balkans, Middle East, Northern/Central Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia. 

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3. Submit justice and service photos

Marquette community members are invited to send photos of Marquette students, faculty, staff or alumni doing justice or service in the community for “The Big Picture Collage Project.” Digital images will be used to create a collage of Marquette-in-service images in the AMU rotunda and the best photos will be displayed on the Office of Mission and Identity Web site. Details are available on the Mission Week Web site.

4. Daily Reflection — “Faith and Justice: Stewardship of the Environment”

Children, the elderly, persons living in racially and/or economically segregated communities here in the United States, persons living in developing countries around the world – all are examples of groups with frequently enhanced vulnerability to the impact of our modern society on the environment.  Issues such as release of toxins into the environment and the effect of energy usage on global warming require us to truly understand the interdependence between people, regardless of geographic borders, and the relationship of humans with the world that we inhabit. Environmental justice calls us to make responsible choices, to build institutions that support environmental sustainability and to be advocates for those most at risk. Faith doing justice leads us to an on-going commitment to live our lives consistent with this commitment to environmental stewardship. We can work for environmental progress as individuals, as members of specific faith communities, and through interfaith efforts.  As noted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the topic of global climate change, it "is not about economic theory or political platforms, nor about partisan advantage or interest group pressures. It is about the future of God's creation and the one human family. It is about protecting both 'the human environment' and the natural environment." (Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2001, p.1).

~ Dr. Jeanne M. Hossenlopp
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry

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5. Way Klingler Young Scholar applications due tomorrow

Applications for the Way Klingler Young Scholar Awards, which support promising young scholars in critical stages of their careers, are due tomorrow, Feb. 8. 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.

Applications for the Way Klingler Fellowships, given to full-time regular faculty at the associate or full professor rank with significant scholarship and higher potential, are due Feb. 29. 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.

Guidelines are available online.

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7. Marquette hosting public roundtable about health care reform

Marquette will host a free, public roundtable on health care reform, “Health Care in Wisconsin: Where Do We Go from Here?” featuring legislators, health care representatives and businessmen. The discussion will take place Thursday, Feb. 14, from 9 to 11 a.m. in AMU Ballrooms A and B.

The panel, which will be moderated by Mike Gousha, distinguished fellow in law and public policy, will include: 

• State Sen. Alberta Darling, R-Whitefish Bay
• Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton
• Kevin Hayden, secretary of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
• Steve Martenet, president of Anthem Blue Cross-Blue Shield
• David Riemer, J.D., an architect of Healthy Wisconsin and former director of the Wisconsin Health Project
• John Torinus, chairman of Serigraph, Inc.
• Dr. Nick Turkal, president and chief executive officer of Aurora Health Care
• Dr. Susan Turney, chief executive officer and executive vice president of Wisconsin Medical Society

The roundtable will cover the current state of health care in Wisconsin, how to make health care more affordable and accessible, what the government and the private sector can or should do to realize these goals, and whether a proposal like Healthy Wisconsin or other reform options are appropriate. The last half hour will be open to questions from the audience.

No registration is necessary.

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12. Free food and movie at Lebanese Night

The Office of International Education will host the Second Annual Lebanese Night tomorrow, Feb. 8, at 6:30 p.m. in AMU 407. Sponsored by Marquette’s Lebanese students, this event will include food, belly dancing and a Lebanese movie.
 
For more information contact the Office of International Education at 8-7289.

14. Reconciliation service to be held Monday

University Ministry will sponsor a reconciliation service Monday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Family. A communal prayer service will begin the evening, followed by the opportunity for individual reconciliation.