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1. Father Pilarz and Opus Prize recipient Father Miranda will preside at Mission Week Mass

President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., will preside and Opus Prize recipient Rev. Trevor Miranda, S.J., will deliver the homily at Mission Week Mass, a special celebration of the Mission Week 2013 theme, Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 4 p.m. in Church of the Gesu. Jesuit martyr St. Paul Miki of Japan will be remembered at the liturgy. A reception in the Lower Church will follow.

This event is sponsored by Campus Ministry. All Opus Prize recipients and representatives will attend. For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431 or visit the Mission Week website.

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2. Opus Prize recipients and representatives to participate in World Café session on solving global problems

Opus Prize recipients and their representatives will discuss, "When passion meets practical realities: preparing to meet the challenge of solving global problems," Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 3:30 p.m. in the AMU, Monaghan Ballroom. Though there are multiple paths to addressing the needs of our human family, many of the most impactful efforts start with the recognition of a problem, an innovative idea, and passionate and motivated people. But what are the skills, perspectives and talents needed to drive humanitarian efforts when passion alone is not enough?

This World Café session invites students, community leaders and Opus Prize recipients from around the globe to take up the question of how humanitarian efforts are managed in day-to-day experiences. Key questions in this forum will include: the challenges of finding funding; managing relationships between governments, communities and other key stakeholders; creating and sustaining infrastructure; and addressing cross-cultural issues.

This event is sponsored by the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business Administration, Diederich College of Communication, College of Education, College of Engineering and College of Professional Studies. Registration is required. Capacity is limited. For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431 or visit the Mission Week website.

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3. Celebrate the work of Pastoral da Criança through readings and poetry

Efforts that make an impact on our world like that of Pastoral da Criança draw upon the energies and talents of countless individuals, but always at the core are the passions and human spirit of the volunteers. There is no better way to celebrate this desire to love and serve than through performance and the arts. Join Opus Prize recipient representative Dr. Nelson Neumann and the Diederich College of Communication to reflect upon and celebrate the work of Pastoral da Criança through readings and poetry Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 5:30 p.m. at the Haggerty Museum of Art. A dessert reception will follow.

This event is sponsored by the Diederich College of Communication. Registration is required. Capacity is limited. For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431 or visit the Mission Week website.

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4. College of Education hosting book drive for children in India

The College of Education is hosting a children's illustrated book drive to support the Reach Education Access Program, which has succeeded in leading thousands of children back to school or into vocational training programs. The REAP program was founded by Rev. Trevor Miranda, S.J., an Opus Prize recipient who is on campus for Mission Week. Through a non-formal education program that takes literacy to the doorstep of the poor, REAP works tirelessly for the eradication of illiteracy throughout India. New and used children's books can be dropped off now through Friday, Feb. 8, at the following locations:

  • Residence hall front desks
  • Schroeder Complex, rooms 146 and 151
  • AMU Information Desk
  • Raynor Memorial Libraries' lobby

For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431.

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5. IT Services to begin Office 2013 installations

Microsoft Office 2013 is now available to be installed on faculty and staff computers. Starting in February, IT Services will install Microsoft Office 2013 on new Windows-based desktop and laptop computers for faculty and staff. Any faculty or staff member who receives a new Microsoft Lync phone that has a PC with the Windows 7 operating system will have Office 2013 installed.

IT Services will also offer training sessions on Office 2013 applications throughout the spring semester. Those not receiving a new Windows computer or a Microsoft Lync phone can still request an upgrade to Office 2013. For more information, contact the IT Services Help Desk at 8-7799.

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6. Attend Retirewise seminar series on preparing for retirement

The Department of Human Resources will offer MetLife's Retirewise four-part seminar series beginning in February, with the same two classes offered each week, on two separate days over a four week time frame. This free Session A-Freshman Series is designed for employees who are starting to plan for their retirement or those who might need a refresher course in retirement planning. Session topics and dates include:

  • Building the Foundation – Tuesday, Feb. 5, and Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the AMU, 163

  • Creating and Protecting Wealth – Tuesday, Feb. 12, and Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the AMU, 254, and the AMU, 252, respectively

  • Establishing Your Retirement Income Stream – Tuesday, Feb. 19, and Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the AMU, 254, and the AMU, 252, respectively

  • Making the Most of What You Have – Tuesday, Feb. 26, and Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the AMU, 254, and the AMU, 252, respectively

Sessions are intended to build upon each other, and it is recommended that employees attend one class per week, although not mandatory. Registration information can be found online.

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7. Attend a discussion comparing and contrasting human trafficking in Wisconsin and Congo

Diane Rodini, state public defender, Joe Wall, U.S. attorney, and Dawn Jones, Milwaukee Police Department detective, will discuss the tragedy and implications of human trafficking Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 10 a.m. in the AMU, 163. Afterward, Dr. Jo Lusi and Nadine Lusi of HEAL Africa will compare and contrast human trafficking in Congo with trafficking in Wisconsin.

This event is sponsored by the College of Professional Studies. Registration is required. Capacity is limited. For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431 or visit the Mission Week website.

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8. Attend Leading from the Spirit lunch: Thank you, Sisters!

A panel of women religious will join Dr. Stephanie Russell, vice president for mission and ministry, and Dr. Margaret Callahan, dean of the College of Nursing, and Opus Prize recipient representative Peter Daino of the Lusubilo Orphan Care Project to discuss the founding of their congregations, their particular charisma and their ministries. The luncheon will take place Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 11:45 a.m. in the AMU, Monaghan Ballroom, and is sponsored by the College of Nursing and Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality

Registration is required. Capacity is limited. For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431 or visit the Mission Week website.

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9. Opus Prize recipient Father Miranda to host community partnership lunch

Attend a strategy session titled, "Inspired? Now what? A community partnership lunch," featuring Rev. Trevor Miranda, S.J., College of Education students and faculty, and community partners focused on improving educational opportunities for diverse groups Wednesday, Feb. 6, at noon in Schroeder Complex, 112. A light lunch will be served. This event is sponsored by the College of Education.

Registration is required. Capacity is limited. For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431 or visit the Mission Week website.

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10. Opus Prize recipient to speak about Working Boys' Center at "Soup with Substance"

Father Halligan of the Working Boys' Center will speak about his decades-long, innovative efforts to help struggling families through the Working Boys' Center in Quito, Ecuador at a "Soup with Substance" luncheon, Wednesday, Feb. 6, at noon in the AMU, Monaghan Ballrooms A and B.

This event is sponsored by the College of Engineering and Campus Ministry. Registration is required. For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431 or visit the Mission Week website.

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11. Attend panel discussion on health care disparities and community health initiatives

Providing broad-based access to quality health care continues to be a challenge globally and in our local communities. In this multidisciplinary panel moderated by Meg Kissinger of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Marquette community will join with Opus prize recipients and Milwaukee community health leaders to reflect on conditions, causes and possible remedies for health disparities, Wednesday Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium.

Invited panelists include Dr. Earnestine Willis of the Medical College of Wisconsin; Dr. John Bartkowski of the Sixteenth Street Clinic; and Dr. Christopher Okunseri of the School of Dentistry. Opus Prize recipients and representatives in attendance will include Dr. Nelson Neumann of Pastoral da Criança; Father Halligan of the Working Boys' Center; Brother Stan of AHADI International Institute; Father Frechette of St. Luke Foundation; and Peter Daino of Lusubilo Orphan Care Project. This event is sponsored by the colleges of Communication, Engineering, Health Sciences and Nursing, and the School of Dentistry.

Registration is required. For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431 or visit the Mission Week website.

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12. Tickets still available for Mission Week keynote event

All Opus Prize guests will be interviewed together for the first time, a compelling public conversation among international leaders of faith and justice at the Mission Week keynote event, The World is our Home, Thursday Feb. 7, at 4 p.m. in the Varsity Theatre.

Ambassador Mark Dybul, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, will facilitate. The fund has invested nearly $23 billion in support of large-scale prevention, treatment and care programs, and Dybul is widely recognized as a visionary leader on global health for his role in creating and implementing the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, the largest global health initiative undertaken to address a single disease.

Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are required and are available in the AMU, Brooks Lounge. One ticket per MUID will be issued. For additional information, contact University Special Events at 8-7431 or visit the Mission Week website.

After the keynote event, meet the Opus Prize recipients, who will be scattered among various "salons" for individual and small-group conversations, Thursday, Feb. 7, at 5:15 p.m. on the second floor of the AMU. Wander among the salons and talk personally with these amazing women and men of faith who have made the world and its people their home. All Opus Prize recipients and representatives will attend.

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13. Biological Sciences Seminar Series continues Friday

The Biological Sciences Seminar Series will host, "Coagulation in Drosophila: Not Clotting Normally is Life Threatening, But Not the Way You Think," Friday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. in Wehr Life Sciences, 111. Dr. Mitchell Dushay of the Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences will lead the seminar, which will be hosted by Dr. Edward Blumenthal, associate professor of biological sciences.

Refreshments will be served prior to the seminar at 2:45 p.m. in Wehr Life Sciences, 108. For more information, contact the Department of Biological Sciences at 8-7355.

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14. Student employee of the year nominations now accepted

The Student Employee of the Year Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Marquette Student Employee of the Year. Employees are encouraged to nominate any student employees they believe are deserving recipients of this award.

Undergraduate and graduate students on employee payroll that perform student employee jobs are eligible. Students must have been employed for a minimum of three months full-time or six months part-time from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. Students will be evaluated on reliability, quality of work, initiative, professionalism and uniqueness of contribution.

The student chosen for employee of the year will also be nominated for the Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrator's Student Employee of the Year. Members will select one winner from each state in the region. State winners will be considered for the regional and national award. This award is in conjunction with Student Employment Week from April 7 to 13.

Nominations are due Wednesday, Feb. 13. For additional information or to obtain a nomination form, contact Annette D'Amato, coordinator of student employment, at 8-7390.

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15. Play for Kay women's basketball game to feature bra drive, health fair

The women's basketball team will take on Notre Dame Sunday, Feb. 17, at 1:30 p.m. at the Al McGuire Center as part of the "Play for Kay" pink-out event. Prior to the event at 12:30, an interactive Health Fair will feature a wide variety of displays, activities and promotional materials designed to keep participants healthy for a lifetime. A complete list of displays and activities can be found online. The Health Fair is sponsored by the Center for Health Education and Promotion, the Association of Marquette University Women, Marquette Athletics and the Marquette University Ethnic Alumni Association.

In addition, the Center for Health Education and Promotion is hosting its fifth annual "Bra Drive" now through Sunday, Feb. 17. Collection bins are located around campus, to include the AMU, McCormick Hall, Schroeder Hall, Cobeen Hall, the Rec Center, the Rec Plex and the Al McGuire Center, to collect new or gently used bras for the Sexual Assault Treatment Center of Greater Milwaukee. Bras will be collected until halftime of the game. Last year, more than 150 bras were donated. For more information about the drive, contact the Center for Health Education and Promotion at 8-5217.

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16. Mission Week daily reflection: Messenger

Each day of Mission Week, a different poem is being offered to the campus community for reflection. Instead of a traditional prayer or reflection, these poems are suggested as ways to explore one's religious imagination. The Faber Center has also developed daily video reflections for the campus community, which are available on the Faber Center website.

As we explore the world around us, a helpful mindset is wonder and awe. We seek the poetic eye of Mary Oliver to show us the loving way forward into this majestic beauty of creation and the people who dwell there.

Messenger
by Mary Oliver

My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.

Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what
matters,
which is my work,

which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium.
The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.
Which is mostly rejoicing, since all the ingredients are here,

which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart
and these body-clothes,
a mouth with which to give shouts of joy
to the moth and the wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,
telling them all, over and over, how it is
that we live forever.

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