1. CheckMarq unavailable during final upgrade
2. Annual Support Staff Appreciation Luncheon is tomorrow
3. Dr. Keenan Grenell accepts position at Colgate University
4. Journalism history expert named Nieman Chair
5. McNair Undergraduate Research to be presented Wednesday
6. Farewell reception scheduled for Dr. Mark McCarthy
7. Union Station to close temporarily
8. Library books must be renewed or returned
9. Haggerty Museum of Art to showcase photographer Stephen Shore
10. Annex holding Brewers Tailgate
11. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of July 21

 

1. CheckMarq unavailable during final upgrade

CheckMarq, the student information system, will be unavailable during the final stage of its upgrade from 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 23, through 1 p.m. Monday, July 28.

During this time all electronic processing by the Office of Student Financial Aid and the Office of the Bursar will be suspended. Check cashing, petty cash reimbursement, payment processing, change processing, departmental deposit processing and Western Union services will be unavailable. Departmental deposits dropped off during this time will be processed after July 28. Cash deposits can still be processed.

The Office of the Registrar’s services will also be unavailable during this time, including processing transcript requests, enrollment verifications, degree verifications, RTS forms and transfer and test credits. All processing requests must be submitted by the end of business July 22. Requests submitted July 23-30 will be processed beginning July 30. All registration activity will also be suspended. Grades for the Undergraduate, Graduate and Health Sciences Professional Summer Session 3 are due Wednesday, July 30, at noon, rather than July 28 as previously announced.

CheckMarq is being upgraded to provide students with improved functionality. The preview is available online.

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3. Dr. Keenan Grenell accepts position at Colgate University

The Office of the Provost will host a farewell reception for Dr. Keenan Grenell, associate provost for diversity and associate professor of political science, Monday, Aug. 4, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Henke Lounge, AMU. The formal program with remarks will begin at 4 p.m. Grenell has resigned, effective Aug. 21, to accept the position of vice president and dean of diversity at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. Grenell joined Marquette in June 2005 after leaving Auburn University.

As associate provost for diversity, Grenell chaired Marquette’s Diversity Advisory Committee; conducted diversity training for the University Leadership Council and mid-level managers; assisted in the expansion of the institution’s outreach to the Ethnic Alumni Association through participation in reunions and dialogue dinner opportunities; and facilitated recruitment efforts for minority faculty on campus, among other accomplishments.

Grenell also serves as President of the Keenan D. Grenell African-American Entrepreneurship Summit, Inc.; President of the Grenell Development Group; President of the Legacy Foundation; co-chaired the Regional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math White Paper for Southeastern Wisconsin; chairs the Accreditation Board for the Institute for the Transformation of Learning; and is involved in many other community and national organizations.

In announcing Grenell’s resignation to the University Leadership Council earlier this month, Dr. David Shrock, interim provost, praised Grenell’s expertise and ability to keep diversity “in the forefront of our thoughts and actions.” He said Marquette would “continue our commitment to diversity.”

RSVP to University Special Events at 8-7431 by Tuesday, July 29.

4. Journalism history expert named Nieman Chair

Dr. Bonnie S. Brennen, previously professor of journalism and vice provost of academic affairs at Temple University, is the new Nieman Chair in the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication.

As Nieman Chair, Brennen will be responsible for organizing the Nieman Symposia and Nieman Lecture Series. Dr. John Pauly, dean of the college and new provost, said Brennen will also teach an undergraduate course in ethics and a graduate seminar in communication theory. Pauly said Brennen brings a “wealth of scholarship in the areas of journalism history and cultural studies” to the position.

The Nieman Chair was endowed in honor of Lucius W. Nieman, who founded the Milwaukee Journal in 1882 at age 24 and served as the paper’s long-time editor-in-chief.

Brennen served on the faculty at the University of Missouri, Virginia Commonwealth University and SUNY Geneseo, after earning her Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. She is the author of For the Record: An Oral History of Rochester, New York Newsworkers and the co-editor of Picturing the Past: Media, History and Photography and Newsworkers: Towards a History of the Rank and File. She has also published numerous book chapters and articles in professional journals and has received a number of teaching and research awards.

5. McNair Undergraduate Research to be presented Wednesday

Undergraduate students participating in the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program this summer will present their research at the 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium this week. Poster presentations will be Wednesday, July 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. in AMU 227. Oral presentations will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 24, throughout Cudahy Hall.

Limited seating is also available for a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Dr. Davarian L. Baldwin, associate professor of history and African diaspora studies at Boston College and an alumnus of Marquette’s McNair Program, will speak at the luncheon.

For more information, contact the McNair Scholars Program at 8-1771.

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6. Farewell reception scheduled for Dr. Mark McCarthy

The campus is invited to a farewell reception for Dr. Mark McCarthy, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of student development, Tuesday, July 29, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Lunda Room/Henke Lounge of the AMU. McCarthy has accepted a new position as vice president for student affairs at John Carroll University in Cleveland.

RSVP to special events at 8-7431 or via e-mail.

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8. Library books must be renewed or returned

All books checked out from the Raynor Memorial general collection that are due Aug. 9 must be renewed or returned. If renewed, the new due date will be Aug. 8, 2009. If you have already renewed your books, there is no need to repeat this process. As a courtesy to other users, please return items no longer needed.

To renew items on your account, go to the Raynor Memorial Libraries Web site, select “Your library record” under the “Services” column, and enter your first and last name and the 14-digit Marquette Card barcode number from your MUID. Then, go to “Items currently checked out” and choose “Renew All” or click the “Renew” button next to individual titles and choose “Renew selected items.”

After Sept. 10, 2008, you will have to bring the books to the library for renewal. For more information, call the Circulation Department at 8-7555. Faculty with authorized assistants should call the Circulation Department to renew any material checked out to those records, or to transfer materials to personal records.

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