GROW With Marquette

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.

• 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.

On demand training - academic impressions

Academic Impressions provides leadership, personal development, and skills-based training opportunities to faculty and staff in higher ed. Marquette has a campus-wide membership. Access these resources by creating an account using your Marquette email address.

https://www.academicimpressions.com/

 

Focused Learning Plans - Certificate of Completion

Each learning plan includes a set of questions that help you reflect on what you've learned and begin to think of ways to apply it. Access the training and the questions from a single PDF to track progress and your notes. Each plan requires 2 to 3 hours of work and when finished, you can submit for a certificate of completion. Topics include:

• Improving Your Meetings
• Leveraging Team Performance
• Understanding Teams in Higher Ed
• Improving the Effectiveness of Your Decision Making
• Leading More Inclusively
• Managing Conflict as a Leader
• Understanding Strengths-Based Leadership
• Supervision and Feedback
• Identifying Talent
• Creative Problem Solving in Higher Ed
• Building Resilience
• Developing Better Time Management
• Working with Introverts
• Managing Difficult Colleagues

https://www.academicimpressions.com/courses/micro-plan-sfwd/

Interested in joining a group discussion after completing a course? Need help with facilitating a group discussion? If so, contact Wendy Butler.

 

Ignatius's Life: Hope in the midst of change

• Thursday, October 29, 2020 / 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m
  • Microsoft Teams

St. Ignatius lived in a very turbulent time. He encountered much and was faced with many adversities. Please join us as we learn how he was able to find hope and navigate his challenges. This may be a source of hope and inspiration for us today.

Presented by Michael Dante, Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality

 

Managing your way through uncertain times

• Friday, October 23, 2020 / 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  • Microsoft Teams
    • Explore uncertainty and the effects on our well-being
    • Identify the negative efects of unproductive worry
    • Learn several effective strategies to manage ongoing uncertainty and worry

Presented by Anne Demski, Advocate Aurora Employee Assistance Program

The power of mindfulness

• Thursday, December 17, 2020 / 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  • Microsoft Teams
    • Understand what mindfulness is and what it is not and the science behind it
    • Identify how it helps with self-regulation in times of stress or change
    • Learn the benefits of making this an easy, regular practice

Presented by Anne Demski, Advocate Aurora Employee Assistance Program

 

 

OU Campus Quick Start CMS TRaining

• Wednesday, October 21, 2020 / 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
• Wednesday, November 4, 2020 / 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
• Wednesday, November 18, 2020 / 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
• Wednesday, December 2, 2020 / 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
• Wednesday, December 16, 2020 / 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
  • Microsoft Teams

Learn how to update an existing Marquette website in the Content Management System (CMS) in this all-in-one OU Campus training

Presented by Alex Busbee, Office of Marketing and Communication

Microsoft Team Meetings

• Thursday, October 29, 2020 / 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
  • Microsoft Teams

Discover best practices for leading Microsoft Teams meetings, including scheduling, screen sharing, recording and understanding roles. Use Spotlight, chat, backgrounds, polls and whiteboard.

 

Presented by Dan Smith, Information Technology Services

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.

Managing a Blended work environment

• Tuesday, October 27, 2020 / 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, November 11, 2020 / 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• Thursday, January 21, 2020 / 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  
  • Microsoft Teams
    
    • Disciss the positive outcomes and challenges when working in a remote or blended work environment and suggestions for addressing them
    • Learn how to stay engaged with your colleagues.

Presented by Wendy Butler, Human Resources & Sara Pforr, Office of Marketing and Communication

 

Creating Capacity

• Wednesday, November 18, 2020 / 12 – 1 pm
• Tuesday, January 12, 2021 / 12 – 1 pm
  
  • Microsoft Teams
    
    • The definition of capacity includes the maximum amount that something can contain and the amount that something (or someone) can produce
    • Learn strategies to help create capacity in your day by applying decision-making frameworks and prioritization techniques to your workload. This skill is especially important when working with limited resources.

Presented by Wendy Butler, Human Resources & Sara Pforr, Office of Marketing and Communication