| News & Highlights
Office of International Education moves to Holthusen Hall
 As of July 25, the Office of International Education will be located on the fourth floor of Holthusen Hall. Stop by for a visit and familiarize yourself with our new space. The Program Center has been updated with a remodeled kitchen and smart room capabilities. It will continue to host quality student programming and will be available for student organizations to reserve. The Islamic prayer room will remain on the fourth floor of AMU. A special thank you to all of the Marquette staff, especially the University Architecture's office, who have helped our transition run smoothly.
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Marketing professors' research on Chinese consumerism honored
 Srnivas Durvasula and Steven Lysonski, professors of marketing in Marquette’s College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management have been honored with the 2011 Best Paper Award by the Journal of Consumer Marketing for their study titled, “Money, money, money – How do attitudes toward money impact vanity and materialism? – The case of young Chinese consumers.”
The team found that young Chinese believe that money leads to status, possessions, power and control over others. Durvasula explains that “for marketers, the results imply that positioning products based on the possession of money and the use of this money to indulge hedonism may resonate well with young Chinese consumers.” However, some of the relationships found might cause concern due to compulsive buying and other problems often found in consumer-driven societies.
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Practicing nursing in Peru
 From giving sight through cataract surgery to coping with the loss of a patient, Marquette nursing students experience it all on the Community Nursing Program in Piura, Peru.
Nine students led by Dr. Darlene Weis, associate professor emerita of nursing, and Dr. Ruth Ann Belknap, associate professor of nursing spent their summer completing their community health clinical working at a variety of sites in Piura including a hospice, a nursing home, an orphanage and an emergency room. They also visited homes in the villages surrounding the city and taught hygiene to local elementary school students.
In the hospice, the students made dear friends and lost a friend. Megan Paterkiewicz explains the experience in her blog, “It was such a feeling of sadness to have lost my first patient, but it was a feeling of joy to know that David was no longer suffering and was instead rejoicing in salvation.” With little time for grief, the other hospice patients still needed the student’s help and their smiles.
Additional articles: Marquette Magazine, Minnetonka Patch; Student blogs: Marianne Cassidy, Chelsea Keenan, Megan Paterkiewicz, Emily Peiffer, Rachael Rogers, Leah Taugher,
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Don't forget to join MU's International Friendship Program
 The Marquette International Friendship Program matches interested Marquette staff, faculty and administrators as individuals and families with an incoming international student. Friends meet with their student regularly over the course of the year to learn about each other’s culture through social or family activities. Invite your student to join you in activities that are a normal part of your life here in Wisconsin and in turn learn about a new culture.
For more information or to become a part of this program, visit our website and submit your completed application to the Office of International Education at AMU, 425. Contact Erin LeMoine with any questions. Applications are due by Friday, August 19.
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Volunteers still needed for International Student Orientation
 Volunteers are still needed for International Student Orientation. Student volunteers are needed to assist with a variety of activities related to international student orientation. Some of these activities include serving on student panels about student and academic life, preparing orientation materials, helping students buy books, arranging cell phone plans, escorting students on shopping expeditions and creating or participating in a skit about life at Marquette and cultural differences.
If you are interested in assisting please email Susan Whipple.
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Events
Get Consious Movie Nights
July 29 & August 19, 7 p.m.
Centers of Light,
1841 N. Prospect Avenue
July 29 – WASTE LAND follows a renowned artist to the world’s largest garbage dump in Rio de Janeiro, creating art about the people who live there.
August 19 - BUDRUS follows a Palestinian leader who unites Fatah, Hamas and Israelis in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter jumps into the fray.
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Summer of China
June 11 - September 11, 2011 Milwaukee Art Museum
Experience three thousand years of Chinese art and culture in five exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Muesum this summer. The series is part of a year-long celebration honoring the ten-year anniversary of the Santiago Calatrava designed Quadracci Pavilion.
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2011 Milwaukee International Festivals
Enjoy Milwaukee’s many ethnic festivals this summer! Listen to music, watch dance and theatre performances and sample delicious foods.
Festa Italiana: July 21-24; Henry Maier Festival Park
German Fest: July 28-31; Henry Maier Festival Park
African World Fest: August 6; Henry Maier Festival Park
Irish Fest: August 18-24; Henry Maier Festival Park
Mexican Fiesta: August 26-28; Henry Maier Festival Park
WI Highland Games: Sept. 2-4; Waukesha Expo Center Indian Summer: Sept. 9-11; Henry Maier Festival Park
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Scholarships & Conferences
New Scholarships and Conferences webpage
 Check out our new scholarships and conferences webpage dedicated to keeping up-to-date listings of scholarships, fellowships and academic conference opportunities available to undergraduate students, graduate students faculty and staff. We will list the latest additions in the Marquette Global Newsletter with a link to our new webpage for further information.
Academic and Conference Opportunities
- Global Health & Innovation Conference 2012
- Meeting of Chinese and Western Scholars Conference
- 2011 Central Slavic Conference
Fellowships and Scholarships
- Fulbright-Nehru Program in India
- United States-India Educational Foundation
- New Online Course: Global and Local Cultures
- IIE Graduate Fellowships
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