Institutes

Institute of the Catholic Media

Director: William J. Thorn, associate professor of journalism
Phone: (414) 288-3447
Fax: (414) 288-5227
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Catholic Media Agenda:

• analyzes the role of Catholic media within the larger context of the role of religious communication in the American media society;
  
  
• Conferences and workshops for professionals in the Catholic press;
  

The institute has specialized in media behaviors of American Catholics, readership of Catholic publications, and the institutional problems and pressures confronting Catholic media.

Institute for End of Life Care Education

Director: Sarah A. Wilson, PhD, RN, associate professor of nursing
Phone: 414-288-3860
Fax: (414) 288-1939
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Institute for End of Life Care Education Agenda:

• Advocating for end of  life care advancements. 
  
  
• Teaching  multidisciplinary student and professionals about end of life  care.
   
• Conducting research  to improve care and education.
   
• Providing community  education.
   
  
• Building  collaborative teams for research and care.

The College of Nursing at Marquette University is committed to changing the status of end of life care. We believe that a peaceful death with dignity is a right for all persons and want to take action to make that happen. The university’s affirmation of the goodness of life involves maximizing quality of life, including during the final stages of life. The Institute for End of Life Care Education was launched in spring of 2003.
 
The purpose of the Institute for End of Life Care Education is to improve the quality of care for dying persons and their families.  Persons who are terminally ill have multiple needs involving physical, spiritual, psychosocial, family and economic domains of personhood. The Institute for End of Life Care Education addresses these needs through three avenues: (1) professional education, (2) community education, and (3) research.  

Institute for Urban Environmental Risk Management

Director: Charles Melching, associate professor of environmental engineering
Phone: (414) 288-6080
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Fax: (414) 288-7521
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The institute offers interdisciplinary expertise in the general area of environmental management.

Specific Expertise Includes:

•  Flood control
  
  
•  Environmental management and control
  
  
•  Protection and restoration of urban water bodies
  
  
•  Urban watershed management
  
  
•  Disposal of water and risk associated with these activities
  
  
•  Environmental economics
  
  
•  Ethics and communication

The institute provides opportunities for interdisciplinary environmental education and research and closely cooperates with researchers from other universities in the Milwaukee area (University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee and Wisconsin Lutheran College).

National Sports Law Institute

Director: Matthew Mitten, professor of law, associate dean for academic affairs
Phone: (414) 288-7494
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Assoc. Director: Paul Anderson, adjunct assistant professor of law
Phone: (414) 288-5816
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Office Phone: (414) 288-5815
Office Fax: (414) 288-5818
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NSLI Historical Information:

Founded in 1989, the National Sports Law Institute (NSLI) is affiliated with Marquette’s Sports Law Program. The NSLI was the first and is still the only institute of its kind in the country.

NSLI Mission:

• To be the leading national educational and research institute for the  study of legal, ethical and business issues affecting amateur and professional sports from both academic and practical perspective.
  
  
• Provide educational opportunities for law students as well as current and future leaders in the sports industry.
  
  
• Provide a national forum for discussion and consideration of American and international sports issues and encourages input by persons and organizations with a wide range of viewpoints.
  
  
• To promote a legal environment in which sports at all levels of competition will flourish, and also serves as a resource for the media and public.

The NSLI organizes and hosts conferences on a variety of topics such as Sports Law in the 21st Century, Sports Facilities and Development and Intellectual Property Issues in Sports; a variety of seminars including Disability Issues in Sports Law and Sports Officials and the Law; and, a variety of workshops.

The NSLI Publications:

• Marquette Sports Law Review
  
  
• For the Record, which covers a wide range of issues relating to professional and amateur sports;
  
  
• Sports Facility Reports, which provides detailed information about the ever-changing sports and entertainment facilities industry (available online).
  
  
• You Make the Call, which provides readers with synopses of recent cases in sports and entertainment law (available online).
  

 

Institute for Natural Family Planning

Director: Richard Fehring,
associate professor of nursing
Phone: (414) 288-3838
Fax: (414) 288-1939
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The institute was established in 1997 to provide professional education, research and service in natural family planning (NFP).

Institute Goals:

•  provide NFP teacher training for health professionals;
  
  
•  conduct research and scholarship in NFP;
  
  
•  develop and offer innovative NFP services;
  
  
•  cooperate with the Catholic Church in the advancement of NFP

The core of the institute is the NFP teacher-training program which offers the most modern methods of natural family planning. Natural family planning provides couples with a natural means of determining the times when they are fertile so they may achieve or avoid pregnancy. Modern methods of natural family planning rely on biological signals that couples can easily detect and learn to interpret. The Marquette Model of NFP incorporates the latest fertility monitoring technology with traditional natural biological markers of fertility.

U.S. Cities Evaluating Marquette Model of NFP:

•  Milwaukee
  
  
•  St. Louis
  
  
•  Madison
  
  
•  Atlanta
  
  
•  Oklahoma City
  

Institute for the Transformation of Learning

Director: Howard Fuller, distinguished professor of education
Phone: (414) 288-5775
Fax: (414) 288-6199
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Institute’s Mission:

To support exemplary options that transform learning for children, while empowering families, particularly low income families, to choose the best options for their children.

The Institute Offers:

• Planning for Milwaukee’s charter, independent and private schools;
   
  
• Comprehensive audit services for existing Milwaukee schools;
  
  
• Guidance for existing schools to become fully accredited;
  
  
• Forums for research;
  
  
• Discussion and advocacy for changing the way young people learn, especially the poor;
  
  
• Neighborhood Technology Learning Centers with computer technology and youth-focused instruction;
  
  
• Professional Development Center, which helps educators improve teaching and learning processes;
  
  
• Wisconsin Charter School Resource Center, which works to create a positive environment for quality charter school development.

Institute for Transnational Justice

Director: H. Richard Friman, Eliot Fitch Chair for International Studies and professor of political pcience
Phone: (414) 288-5991
Fax: (414) 288-3360
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The institute is intended to facilitate greater understanding of the challenges and paths to achieving justice in economic, political, and social relations that extend beyond national borders.

Institute for Urban Life

Director: Thomas Jablonsky, Harry G. John Professor of Urban Studies and associate professor of history
Phone: (414) 288-5300
Fax: (414) 288-3259
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The institute was established in 1994. It promotes the mission of the university through its support of various academically based projects. Among the current programs receiving assistance fro the institute are the Harry G. John Scholarships, the Marquette University press; Urban Life Book series,the master of arts in public service's nonprofit specialization, and urban-focused curriculum enhancement grants. the director of the institute holds the Harry G. John Professorship in Urban Studies.