1. Hossenlopp will serve as interim dean of arts and sciences next year
2. Online feedback about provost candidates requested
3. More than $4 million allocated for merit raises
4. Microbial researcher to present Oliver H. Smith lecture
5. Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak to speak for Père Marquette Lecture
6. Educational reformer to address “The Problem in Public Education”
7. Hallows Lecture to address interpretive judicial philosophy
8. MUSG holding safety forum Monday
9. $200 Dittman paper submissions due Monday
10. Proposals sought for “Who Counts?” grants
11. Stations of the Cross held on Fridays during Lent
12. “Reflections on El Salvador” featured for Soup with Substance
13. Free movie addresses gender in advertising
14. Past participants of Civil Rights Pilgrimage to share their experience
15. Dasha Kelly holding writing workshop
16. Registration now open for third annual Relay For Life
17. Hunger Clean-Up registration now taking place
18. Contribute to AIDS quilt
19. St. Patrick's Day fish fry to include give-aways and dancing
20. IT Services offers help with junk e-mail management

 

1. Hossenlopp will serve as interim dean of arts and sciences next year

Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp, associate professor and chair of the Chemistry Department, will serve as interim dean of the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. Interim Provost David Shrock announced the appointment at the Marquette Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday.

Hossenlopp will succeed Dr. John Pustejovsky, who was named interim dean following the retirement of Dr. Michael McKinney in December 2007. Shrock praised both Pustejovsky and Hossenlopp for their willingness to assist the university during this transitional period. “We are blessed to have faculty who exhibit both leadership and a strong commitment to the success and excellence of the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences,” he said.

Hossenlopp, who has served as department chair since 2004, joined the Marquette faculty in 1989. She received a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award in 1989 and the John P. Raynor Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence in 2003. She earned her B.S. degree in chemistry at Colgate University, M.A. in education from Siena Heights College and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Syracuse University. Additionally, she did postdoctoral work at Columbia University.

Hossenlopp teaches physical chemistry courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as general chemistry for freshmen. Her research interests are in the area of nonmaterials with a focus on the development and characterization of materials for chemical sensor and fire retardancy applications. She is a member of the advisory board for Alcorn State University’s National Science Foundation funded HBCU-UP grant for improving undergraduate research skills.

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3. More than $4 million allocated for merit raises

Marquette’s fiscal year 2009 budget will allocate approximately $4.2 million for merit raises for faculty, staff and administrators.

 “The past 12 months have truly been a banner year for the university,” President Robert A. Wild, S.J., said. “As we celebrate four extraordinary eight-figure donations as well as many other wonderful gifts, both large and small, that we have received, I am cognizant that they are in many ways a tribute to the men and women who make Marquette a special place for our students to learn and grow and advancing our human family’s store of knowledge. Our donors recognize and appreciate the care and commitment which our faculty and staff have in ensuring that we offer excellent academic programs, opportunities for service and leadership and faith-filled experiences. For that I too am very grateful.”

The $4.2 million general merit pool allocation will be given to deans and vice presidents for distribution as adjustments to base pay. The salary increase does not reflect additional university contributions to benefit costs, including health insurance, retirement and tuition remission. Salary increases are awarded strictly on merit, based on annual performance reviews. The allocation of funding for merit raises does not mean employees will automatically receive raises. 

Each July and August, the university collects information from departments and offices around campus that helps in forecasting revenue for the next fiscal year. The information includes student enrollment forecasts, suggested tuition rates, and economic conditions. Senior administration then examines the budget data related to forecasted expenses for the next year, including nondiscretionary costs such as utilities and debt payments. After evaluating projected expenses, an amount is set aside for the salary pool.

In conjunction with this year's merit raises, salary changes for employees who work on a 12-month basis will take effect on July 1. Union employees will receive increases effective Sept. 1 in accordance with negotiated contract settlements.

Employees with employment arrangements of less than 12 months will receive increases as follows:

Staff and Administrators: July 1
Graduate assistants: Aug. 1
Faculty: Aug. 16
Part-time faculty: Sept. 1

4. Microbial researcher to present Oliver H. Smith lecture

Dr. J. William Costerton, professor at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry Center for Biofilms, will present “Microbial Biofilms in Nature and Disease” for the 22nd Annual Oliver H. Smith Memorial Lecture tomorrow, March 7, at 3:30 p.m. The lecture will take place in Emory Clark Hall 111 and is sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences.

Costerton’s research career has included studying the ultrastructure of bacterial cell surfaces and examining and stabilizing their extracellular polymers. More recently his research has included studies on cell-signaling and the genes involved in biofilm development. He is generally credited with the discovery that bacteria live predominantly in biofilm communities. He has published more than 600 papers in refereed journals, recently wrote The Biofilm Primer and is series editor for a set of 20 books about biofilms that will be published by Springer.

Dr. Oliver H. Smith joined the faculty of Marquette’s Department of Biology in 1963. Between then and his death at age 55 in 1985, Smith made many contributions to the department, the university and to the larger academic community in the genetics of Escherichia coli. His work led to appointments to national scientific committees and as a visiting scientist at the National Institutes of Health and at the Pasteur Institute of Paris.

5. Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak to speak for Père Marquette Lecture

The Department of Theology will host the 2008 Père Marquette Lecture in Theology, "Who Are the Church?” featuring Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, John and Gertrude Hubbard chair in religious studies at the Catholic University of America on Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Komonchak will explore the hypothesis that for every statement one makes about the Church, one should be ready to answer the question, “Of whom am I speaking?” He supports his position with the works of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas and relates his views to those of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J.

For more information, call 8-7170.

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6. Educational reformer to address “The Problem in Public Education”

The CEO of the NewSchools Venture Funds, a philanthropy firm working to transform public education by supporting educational entrepreneurs, will deliver the Tommy G. Thompson Educational Reform Lecture on Monday, March 10. Dr. Ted Mitchell will speak at 4:30 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium for this free, public lecture.

Mitchell, who earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Stanford University, was named CEO of the NewSchools Venture Fund in 2005 after serving on the NewSchools Board of Directors for seven years. He chairs the California Governor’s Committee on Educational Excellence, which is charged with making recommendations to improve the state’s system of K-12 finance and governance. In 2007 he was also named to the California State Board of Education.

Mitchell served as president of Occidental College, a liberal arts college located in Los Angeles, for six years and was a member of the Stanford Board of Trustees from 1985-1990.

The Tommy G. Thompson lecture series is jointly sponsored by Marquette’s School of Education and the Tommy G. Thompson Center at Marquette, which houses four decades of the former Wisconsin governor’s papers, including extensive documentation of Thompson’s role in the educational reform movement.

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8. MUSG holding safety forum Monday

MUSG will host a safety forum at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 10, in the Alumni Memorial Union first floor lobby. Chief Larry Rickard, director of DPS; Capt. Russell Shaw, associate director of DPS; and Jim Harpole, District 3 captain for the Milwaukee Police Dept., will discuss safety issues in light of recent events on campus and answer students' questions. All students are encouraged to attend the forum.

For more information, contact MUSG President Brock Banks.

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Faculty are asked to encourage their students to enter Raynor Memorial Libraries’ 11th Maria Dittman Research Paper Competition, which recognizes the importance of effective library research. $200 prizes will be awarded in freshman/sophomore, junior/senior and graduate/professional categories. All A-grade research papers written during the 2007 calendar year are eligible. The submission deadline is Monday, March 10.  

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13. Free movie addresses gender in advertising

The Office of Student Development's Intercultural Programs will host a free Lunchtime Flicks movie tomorrow, March 7, at noon in the Multicultural Center. The movie will be Killing Us Softly III, an examination of gender representation in advertising. 

15. Dasha Kelly holding writing workshop

The Office of Student Development will sponsor a free “Writing Experience with Dasha Kelly” Monday, March 10, at 4 p.m., in AMU 227. The writing experience will be an interactive writing workshop for participants to explore their own creativity through writing.

Kelly, a nationally recognized poet and author, will guide participants through a variety of exercises to discover the story within themselves. No registration is necessary.