GROW With Marquette

Opportunities for Personal and Professional Growth.

GROW registration is done through EventBrite. http://growwithmu.eventbrite.com/. The event code to register for all classes is "GROW". If you need assistance, please email growwithmu@marquette.edu or call 414-288-7305.

All GROW classes are free to Marquette employees and retirees. Courses with fewer than 10 registrants may be cancelled, therefore, it’s important you register online and cancel your reservation in EventBrite if you are unable to attend.

• GROW Fall Flyer - 2019
• How to Cancel Your Registration

If you have a suggestion for a GROW with Marquette session or if you have a proposal for a class you would like to offer through the program, please contact us at: growwithmu@marquette.edu.

Thank you to all the individuals who have recently given of their time and talent to the Grow with Marquette program.

timeline js and storymaps js: tools for telling digital stories

• Thursday, September 12, 2019 / 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m
  • Digital Scholarship Lab (lower-level of Raynor Library)

Want to share your family history? Or preserve the memory of your summer vacation with pictures, videos, and more? Digital Scholarship Lab staff will teach you how to use two free multimedia applications to create online digital exhibits. Learn how to use Story Maps JS to combine photo memories with a map to create a digital slideshow of your travels. In Timeline JS, we’ll create a chronological story, combining multimedia with a timeline format to create a narrative through time. All you’ll need is a Google account. The DS Lab will provide a file with sample photos and multimedia, or you can bring your own!

Presented by Elizabeth Gibes and Liz Wawrzyniak

tuition remission, fachex, & tuition exchange programs

• Monday, September 23, 2019 / 12:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (15-minutes per person)
  • Zilber Hall 136

Have questions about these benefits? These individual sessions are intended for staff and faculty who have dependent children who are high school seniors; the purpose is to provide answers to your specific questions regarding Marquette’s tuition remission benefit and the FACHEX and Tuition Exchange programs. Sign up for a 15-minute session and feel free to bring your college-bound dependent.

Presented by Kate Bracciano, Tara Mullarkey, & Deb Reeder

An ignatian approach to decision-making: ignatian book discussion

• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 / 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
• Wednesday, October 9, 2019 / 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
• Wednesday, October 16, 2019 / 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
• Wednesday, October 23, 2019 / 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
• Wednesday, October 30, 2019 / 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
  • Zilber Hall 025

Every day of our lives, we are confronted with multiple moments of decision over a variety of issues, options, and concerns. Moments of decision elicit a range of feelings and emotions from anxiety to confidence. With the benefit of almost 500 years of experience, St. Ignatius of Loyola offers an approach to decision-making grounded in Ignatian spirituality of discernment. Join us as we read and discuss What’s Your Decision? Books will be provided. Please register by Monday, September 30.

Presented by Michael Sparough SJ. Facilitated by Michael Dante and Sr. Anne Arabome SSS.

ask a librarian: Engaging with library resources and services

• Tuesday, November 12, 2019 / 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • Raynor Memorial Library

The Raynor Memorial Libraries are a dynamic place, and we have more than just books! We offer services and new technologies that are constantly evolving and changing to better serve the Marquette Community. Learn how Raynor Memorial Libraries can support you and your students through class visits, one-on-one appointments, online learning modules, digital scholarship expertise, and more. This session is designed for faculty, teaching staff, or anyone who teaches orplans programming for students here at Marquette University.

Presented by Taylor Ralph and Claire Dinkelm

guided walking tour of sculpture milwaukee

• Thursday, September 26, 2019 / 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  • Meet at 11:30 a.m. at 12th St. and Wisconsin Ave. (In front of Gesu Church)

Participants will be shuttled to O’Donnell Park (east end of Wisconsin Ave.) and then walk back to campus, stopping along the way to learn about the pieces included in this year’s Sculpture Milwaukee display. The tour will be led by Sculpture Milwaukee’s Special Project Manager, Brian Pfister.Sculpture Milwaukee 2019 features 22 art works by 20 emerging, mid-career and blue-chip artists. They use a wide range of materials, come from diverse backgrounds, and provide cues and commentary on the world in which they—and we—live.The walk will be approximately 1.5 miles long. Rain date for the program is Thursday, October 10 at 11:30.More information on Sculpture Milwaukee can be found here - www.sculpturemilwaukee.com

Presented by the Haggerty Museum of Art and Marquette Wellness

Is graduate school in your future?

• Thursday, October 10, 2019 / 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  • Straz Hall 250

Considering using your Marquette tuition benefit on a graduate degree? Then this session is for you. Representatives from Human Resources and our graduate recruiters will review your benefits, the degrees we offer and the application process. It’s never too late to start a new degree!     

Presented by Human Resources, the Graduate School and the Graduate School of Management

holiday stress management

• Tuesday, November 5, 2019 / 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Raynor Memorial Library Beaumier Suite C

For many, the holidays can create a season of increased stress. This presentation will provide tips for short- circuiting the stress response. Session objectives include the following: 1)Describe the stress response and identify stressful situations specific to the holiday season. 2)Learn about managing time, family interactions, and money. 3)Discuss strategies for managing emotions and physical health during the holidays.

Presented by Mike Rupsch, Aurora EAP Advocate

update your mu website: jumpstart web cms training

• Various dates / 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Need to create a new website or move an old website into the new content management system (CMS)? Then Jumpstart is for you. In a series of five workshops, you'll plan the website, learn how to create webpages in the CMS, and finally build and launch your site, all under the guidance of a member of OMC's web team. All you need is something to take notes with. Laptops not required. Sign up through: http://marquette.edu/jumpstart/signup.php

Presented by Alex Busbee, OMC

custom training for your department

Schedule small group training or department training on one of the IT topics. Trainings can be hands-on or large-screen projection at a department meeting. Contact the IT Services Help Desk to request a department training session.

intro to microsoft teams

• Friday, September 20, 2019 / 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • Cudahy Hall, Room 208
• Friday, October 25, 2019 / 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  • Cudahy Hall, Room 208

Teams is a workspace that features threaded and persistent conversations. Collaborate now using Microsoft Teams and make it easy for participants to access files and have conversations — all in one place

accessibility 1: make office documents accessible for persons with disabilities (CANCELLED)

• Friday, September 27, 2019 / 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Cudahy Hall, Room 208
• Wednesday, October 16, 2019 / 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
  • Cudahy Hall, Room 208
• Wednesday, November 13, 2019 / 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
  • Cudahy Hall, Room 208

Universal design works best for us all. Format Word and PowerPoint documents using headings, styles and lists to make an outline and improve navigation. Include alternative text for images and tables and make hyperlink text meaningful. Run the Accessibility checker and fix errors.

sharepoint online for office 365 groups/sharepoint owners (CANCELLED)

• Thursday, October 3, 2019 / 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  • Cudahy Hall, Room 208

Explore best practices for your SharePoint site: sharing options, adding subsites and customizing site permissions. Edit the site home page to show Documents and other apps like Planner or Calendar and improve navigation for site users.

Use excel as a data management tool (CANCELLED)

• Friday, Nobember 8, 2019 / 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • Cudahy Hall, Room 208
  Access, combine and clean up data sources and then analyze and visualize data. Rearrange columns, sort and filter with Tables. Use Pivot tables and Pivot charts to summarize and reorganize data and to quickly generate an interactive report.

Change is inevitable

• Tuesday, September 24, 2019 / 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
  
  • AMU 227
    

Change can be difficult. For instance, changing a work process in significant ways by introducing a new process or technology can be challenging for many. Change management is the process, tools and techniques to manage the people-side of change to achieve desired results. This session will provide tips on how to do this.

Presented by Wendy Butler, Human Resources

Fear of public speaking?

• Thursday, October 24, 2019 / 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  • AMU 374

Does speaking to an audience make you feel weak in the knees? Do you habitually use “crutch” words such as ah, um, like? Are you at a loss for how to hold the attention of the audience? This GROW session is for you! Find out how Toastmasters International helps speakers overcome these issues in a presentation by two members of the Marq Our Words club that meets right here on campus!

What’s Your Work Style Preference?

• Wednesday, December 18, 2019 / 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  
  • AMU 157
    

Discover your preferred work style(s) and motivators and how they affect your approach to work and interactions with others. Understand your opposite style(s) to enhance communication with those who think, structure, organize, and complete their work in a different way. An online assessment is required for this course.  Please register to be included and cancel your registration if you cannot attend.

Presented by Wendy Butler, Human Resources