news june06

Behind-the-scenes with Cotter Smith from "McGuire"

Distinguished actor Cotter Smith, who plays Al McGuire in Dick
Enberg's play, "McGuire," recently talked to Anne Broeker,
Comm '96, about his role as the legendary Marquette basketball
coach.

"McGuire" just completed its second run at Marquette's Helfaer
Theatre.

Go to interview

Watch for "McGuire" in Southern California in the spring of '07

Help Marquette celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1977 national

championship men's basketball team!

Cullinan named Raynor Chair by Father Wild
Dr. William E. Cullinan, associate professor of biomedical sciences, has been appointed to
the John P. Raynor, S.J., Chair for the next two academic years. Cullinan’s appointment will
allow him to begin a new research effort into neuronal injury while continuing to teach.
Read more

Minding our business
The College of Business Administration is thrilled by BusinessWeek’s first-ever ranking
of the country’s best undergraduate business schools for 2006. The College is listed as
the 46th best program in the nation. Read more

Neumann receives second Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant
Dr. Donald A. Neumann, professor of physical therapy, has received a Fulbright Senior
Specialist Grant to travel to Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. Read more

New master’s degree to be offered
This fall, the College of Professional Studies will launch a master’s degree in
dispute resolution that will focus on mediation, arbitration, facilitation and public policy
consensus-building. Read more

Working Together

Dr. Sarah Bonewits Feldner, assistant professor of communication studies,
and Dr. Michael J. Monahan, assistant professor of philosophy, have been
awarded a Way Klingler Interdisciplinary Teaching Award. Through this
$20,000 grant, Drs. Feldner and Monahan will develop an undergraduate
seminar that will provide a more in-depth understanding of community and
identity in order to explore methods of addressing urban problems such as
violence.

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