NOVEMBER 13, 2008

IN THIS ISSUE

1. School of Dentistry opens northside clinic

The Marquette School of Dentistry opened a community clinic at 210 W. Capitol Dr. yesterday, Nov. 12. The clinic, located in the lower level of the Chase Bank building, will serve adolescents and adults five days a week.

The Marquette University Community Dental Clinic — North has 10 dental chairs in its 5,000-square-foot-space. A full-time faculty member, Dr. Albert Abena, oversees the state-of-the-art clinic, assisted by part-time dental and dental hygiene faculty members. Marquette dental students, under faculty supervision, provide for the dental needs of area residents.

In addition to the new clinic, Marquette dental students and faculty treat patients at a southside clinic, at the on-campus clinic at 1801 W. Wisconsin Ave., as well as at satellite clinics throughout the state. Dr. William Lobb, dean of the School of Dentistry, said the clinics serve nearly 20,000 patients annually with more than 80,000 patient visits. As one of the Wisconsin’s largest dental Medicaid providers, MUSoD provides care for more than 6,700 Medicaid patients each year.

The School of Dentistry will sponsor an open house at the new clinic in early December.

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2. Helping children cope with death is topic of nursing lecture

Dr. Betty Davies, professor of family health care nursing at the University of California, San Francisco, will present "When Someone is Dying: Helping the Children," for the James Wake Memorial Lecture. The lecture, on Friday, Nov. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in Emory Clark Hall 111, is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

Davies’ current research focuses on two studies funded by the National Institutes of Health to examine the experiences of Chinese and Latino families in pediatric palliative care and to explore the experiences of fathers of seriously ill children. She is director of a training grant that prepares acute-care pediatric nurse practitioners to have an end-of-life focus and is on the professional advisory board of George Mark Children's House in San Leandro, Calif., the first children's hospice in the United States.

Davies also helped establish North America's first free-standing children's hospice in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has published more than 100 articles and two books and received the 2008 distinguished career achievement award from the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association.

The lecture is presented by the Institute for End of Life Care Education at Marquette’s College of Nursing in memory of James Wake, husband of former Marquette Provost Madeline Wake, who is now university professor. Wake was a chaplain who devoted his career to helping others through social work and chaplaincy.

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3. Business plan competition deadline is tomorrow

Marquette’s Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship is accepting submissions for its 2009 Business Plan Competition until tomorrow, Nov. 14. Submissions require completing an entry form and answering three questions. At least one member of a team must be a Marquette student, faculty member, staff or alumnus/a.

The competition provides a learning environment in which entrepreneurs develop their business ideas and receive feedback from faculty and experienced entrepreneurs, according to Tim Keane, director of the center and the Marquette Golden Angels Network. Following the deadline for entries, the submissions will be reviewed by a team of judges. The entrants accepted into the competition will be paired with an entrepreneurial mentor from the Golden Angels Network, a Marquette alumnus or another community entrepreneur to develop a more in-depth plan. Entrants will also participate in a series of workshops covering business model development, plan refinement and presentation skills.

The fully developed plans will be reviewed by a panel of judges who will select semi-finalists to participate in oral presentations. The winners, who will be announced at Marquette on April 15, 2009, will receive services, such as legal, accounting and public relations assistance.

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4. Haggerty Museum to host lecture on The Saint John’s Bible

Tim Ternes, director of programming and exhibitions at St. John University's Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, will give a multi-media presentation describing the process of bringing a 21st Century illuminated manuscript project, The Saint John’s Bible, to life.

The presentation will begin at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, at the Haggerty Museum of Art.

The event, held in connection with the Turn the Pages Slowly exhibition at the museum, is free and open to the public.

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