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.
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.
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:
https://www.academicimpressions.com/courses/micro-plan-sfwd/ (NOTE you need to log in to Academic Impressions here before the course link will work)
The Meeting Diagnostic Tool (MDT)
Assess the effectiveness of your regular meetings and identify the specific factors that either help or hinder your meetings.
It looks at four critical elements that either make or break a meeting
Use this tool with your team or group that has regular face-to-face meetings on an ongoing basis (e.g. weekly, bi-weekly). Although the MDT is designed to evaluate face-to-face meetings, it has also been successfully used with video conferences/online meetings
https://www.academicimpressions.com/product/meeting-diagnostic-tool-mdt/ (NOTE you need to log into Academic Impressions here before the link will work)
The High Performing Teams Survey
Is your team performing to its fullest potential? The High Performing Teams Survey is based on a research-informed team effectiveness model that Academic Impressions has developed specifically for higher education. This model values collaborative decision making, transparency, accountability and mutual support, and team learning.
The booklet you receive includes:
https://www.academicimpressions.com/product/the-high-performing-teams-survey/ (NOTE you need to log in to Academic Impressions here before the link will work)
Time Management: Focusing on Your Priorities and Purpose
Access the course here. (NOTE remember to log in to receive access at no cost)
Interested in joining a group discussion after completing a course? Need help with facilitating a group discussion? If so, contact Wendy Butler.
Opportunities for professional and personal growth (Marquette employees only)
NEW ONLINE TECHNOLOGY COURSES!
Video training is available at your own pace without an Eventbrite registration!
Need a course in Excel, Sharepoint or accessible documents and PDFs? https://www.marquette.edu/technology-training/
To offer flexibility, these courses are offered once per month, now through August 2021. The specific date and time will be determined by participant availability, to the extent possible. Registration is open now so you may sign up for the course and month of your choice at any time. MS Teams invitations will then be sent to registrants at the beginning of each month.
Our days can easily become filled with stress, anxiety, and busyness. It helps every now and then to slow down, pause, and return to our center. Each Wednesday, we will offer a peaceful moment to allow yourself to be grounded. Please register here. Zoom link will be sent via email the day before (this same link will be used for entire series). Additional Faber Center events can be found here.
Presented by Michael Dante, Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality
Join members of the USS at this special information session designed to share information about the work of the USS, how it is organized, the upcoming election process, ways to get involved, and benefits of being a part of the group!
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Our lives are full of uncertainty, anxiety, and change. This retreat offers you the chance to slow down and get grounded. This 6-week retreat with its 1-1 meeting is flexible to accommodate your schedule. Please register here. Zoom link and more details will be sent via email. Additional Faber Center events can be found here.
Presented by Michael Dante, Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality
SHARED INQUIRY: THE GIFT OF PRESENCE IN LISTENING
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This gathering will start with shared inquiry, and what we have learned from it about listening itself. Moving beyond this experience, we will reflect together on ways we have found grace in saying nothing, “just listening.” Please join us as John Pustejovsky PhD (retired Assoc. Professor) leads us through this reflective experience. Register here.
Marquette Dining Services Culinary Director, Gary Schrubbe, Lucas Flaherty will demonstrate ways to prepare your favorite immune boosting foods. This will be a live virtual cooking demo style event with the possibility for a limited in person experience as the semester moved along.
Presented by Gary Schrubbe and Lucas Flaherty, Marquette Dining Services
Discover best practices for leading a Microsoft Teams meeting, including scheduling, screen sharing, recording and understanding roles. Use Spotlight, chat, backgrounds, polls and whiteboard.
Presented by Dan Smith, Deputy CIO, IT Services
Qualtrics online survey software is available to all faculty, staff and students. This training will teach you how to create, edit, distribute and generate reports for online surveys and explore options and features to help you build a better survey. No previous knowledge of Qualtrics is necessary.
Presented by Laura MacBride and Heba Ali, Office of Institutional Research and Analysis
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Organize your next group effort with Planner (“Tasks by Planner” in Microsoft Teams). Assign tasks with deadlines, checklists and attachments. Track progress and filter tasks.
Presented by Dan Smith, Deputy CIO, IT Services
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.
IT Services has partnered with the SANS Institute to provide cybersecurity training for Marquette University faculty and staff. Topics include recognizing social engineering, browsing safely, enhancing mobile security, and creating strong passwords. All active Marquette University faculty and staff can access the training via this URL:https://access.sans.org/go/marquette
Video training is available at your own pace without an Eventbrite registration!
Need a course in Excel, Sharepoint or accessible documents and PDFs?
To offer flexibility, these courses are offered once per month, now through August 2021. The specific date and time will be determined by participant availability, to the extent possible. Registration is open now so you may sign up for the course and month of your choice at any time. MS Teams invitations will then be sent to registrants at the beginning of each month.
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
Discuss 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
Change can be difficult. Learn the methods, tools, and techniques to manage the people-side of change to achieve desired results and adapt to new situations.
Presented by Wendy Butler, Human Resources
March and June - Improving the Effectiveness of Your Decision Making
April and July - Creating Problem Solving in Higher Ed
May and August - Building Resilience
Presented by Wendy Butler, Human Resources
Presented by Wendy Butler, Human Resources
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:
https://www.academicimpressions.com/courses/micro-plan-sfwd/ (NOTE you need to log in to Academic Impressions here before the course link will work)
The Meeting Diagnostic Tool (MDT)
Assess the effectiveness of your regular meetings and identify the specific factors that either help or hinder your meetings.
It looks at four critical elements that either make or break a meeting
Use this tool with your team or group that has regular face-to-face meetings on an ongoing basis (e.g. weekly, bi-weekly). Although the MDT is designed to evaluate face-to-face meetings, it has also been successfully used with video conferences/online meetings
https://www.academicimpressions.com/product/meeting-diagnostic-tool-mdt/ (NOTE you need to log into Academic Impressions here before the link will work)
The High Performing Teams Survey
Is your team performing to its fullest potential? The High Performing Teams Survey is based on a research-informed team effectiveness model that Academic Impressions has developed specifically for higher education. This model values collaborative decision making, transparency, accountability and mutual support, and team learning.
The booklet you receive includes:
https://www.academicimpressions.com/product/the-high-performing-teams-survey/ (NOTE you need to log in to Academic Impressions here before the link will work)
Time Management: Focusing on Your Priorities and Purpose
Access the course here. (NOTE remember to log in to receive access at no cost)