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Marquette Pawlik, Simmons, Trecek, Wicker recognized with Employee Service Awards Not lacking in quantity or quality of nominations, the 2010 Employee Service Award recipients share one additional characteristic. According to their respective nominators, they’re also representative of one of the university’s core tenets — cura personalis. Their caring and concern for others helped them rise to the top in consideration for this year’s awards.
Marcia Pawlik, who is on a medical leave, in 2007
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Dr. Jeanne Simmons
Dr. Jeanne Simmons
Associate Dean, College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management As associate dean of the Graduate School of Management, Simmons deals with all aspects of students returning to school to earn their master’s degrees in various business programs or disciplines. “When students embark on the 17-month executive MBA program in August, the program holds a farewell dinner with spouses and family members,” said a nominator. “The fact
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Administrative Assistant, Risk Management In more than 30 years of employment at Marquette, Pawlik has assisted others in a variety of roles while working out of several different departments, most recently processing claims for Risk Management. “In her work with insurance claims for Risk Management, she’s pleasant, patient and informative in dealing with university employees in stressful situations because of their illness or injury,” said a nominator. “She embodies the university spirit in the way she treats others.” “I’ve enjoyed working with all the different people inside and outside the university,” said Pawlik. “That’s what’s kept me there — being able to help all different people.” “Marcia isn’t only deserving of this award because of her tenure at Marquette, but because of the way she has allowed others to grow as a result of her friendliness and warmth,” said another nominator.
Carol Trecek
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Marcia Pawlik
Sandra Wicker
that she recognizes the support of spouses and children exemplifies cura personalis.” “I really enjoy the contact with so many different people from so many different walks of life,” said Simmons. “We have engineers, physicians, English majors, communication majors, lawyers, business majors — of course — and everyone in between. Some are just out of college and others are on their encore career. They are all looking to advance their knowledge, skills and careers. It is great to be a part of that.” C o n t i n u e d o n pa g e 4
Campus H a p pen i n gs Biblical women in Syriac tradition is subject of Pére Marquette Lecture Dr. Susan Ashbrook Harvey will present “Song and Memory: Biblical Women in Syriac Tradition” for the Pére Marquette Lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 11, in Raynor Beaumier Suites BC. She is the Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Brown University, specializing in ancient Christianity of the Syriac and Byzantine traditions, religion and the senses, and religious culture and social history.
Art critic to discuss architectural spaces used for executions Art critic and historian Barbara Rose will deliver the Curtis L. Carter Art and Social Change Lecture at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, in Cudahy 001. Rose will discuss the art in Lucinda Devlin’s The Omega Suites catalog (photographic series of execution chambers and associated spaces in 20 states), in conjunction with the photography exhibition at the Haggerty Museum of Art that captures images of the architectural spaces used for executions in the United States. A conversation with Devlin will follow the lecture.
Video and discussion to address clergy abuse The Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality and the Marquette University Law School Restorative Justice Initiative will host a viewing and discussion of The Healing Circle, a documentary of a restorative justice circle conducted at the Law School by Janine Geske, distinguished professor of law and former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice. The video addresses confronting and healing from the pain caused by clergy abuse and other issues related to clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Geske and Dr. Kathy Coffey-Guenther, associate director of the Faber Center, will lead the discussion. The event will take place Thursday, April 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Raynor Library Beaumier Suites. Lunch will be provided. Register at 288-4545 by Friday, April 16.
Desmond Tutu Peace Center CEO is resident peacemaker Nomfundo Walaza, CEO of the Desmond Tutu Peace Center, has been selected as the Center for Peacemaking’s 2009-10 Peacemaker in Residence. During her weeklong visit, Walaza will present “Women Waging Peace: A South African perspective,” Thursday, April 8, at 7 p.m. in Cudahy 001. In addition to her public presentation, Walaza will visit classes and student groups, and meet with faculty and university leadership during her stay.
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Fellowship program combines service with graduate studies by Tim Olsen
Marquette to host national conference The influence of technology on media and communication offers students considerable power to influence the world, according to Dr. Bill Thorn, director of “The Power to Transform the World” conference to be held July 19-21 at Marquette. Dr. Susan Mountin, director — Manresa Project, is the assistant director of the conference.
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They come from all over the country to Learning Center, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, work at a local nonprofit while simultaneously IndependenceFirst, Meta House, Milwaukee pursuing a master’s degree at Marquette. More Center for Independence, and the Urban than 80 individuals applied for the 10 openings Ecology Center. The Trinity Fellows Program in the university’s Trinity Fellows program for Review Committee matches each awardee with fall 2010. the agency and role that is most compatible Fellows follow a with the student’s 21-month master’s background, skills program, with an and goals. emphasis on devel“The nonprofit oping urban leaders placements not only who have a commitfoster leadership and ment to social justice. professional skill Fellows are also paired development, they with an area non-profit also give students organization, working the opportunity to at their agency-based make a real contrigraduate assistantships bution to the orga18 hours per week nization and our during the academic community during year and 40 hours the fellowship term,” per week during the said Carole Ferrara, summer. Trinity Fellows Just to be eligible program coordinator. Joseph Struble, now a Trinity Fellow at Marquette, received his under to apply for this fullApproximately 75 graduate degree in history and communications at the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. tuition scholarship percent of program program, applicants graduates go on to must have completed service in the Peace Corps, work in the nonprofit sector, according to Ferrara. Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Lutheran Volunteer Corps, The remainder are either in government, forAmeriCorps, or another comparable full-time profits or pursuing post-graduate degrees. volunteer program. “I searched a long time for a program that “When the program started in 2000, local offered a mixture of scholarship and service,” nonprofits jumped at the chance to work with said Joseph Struble, fellow and communications these very bright students,” said Dr. David manager at the Badger Association of the Blind Buckholdt, university professor and director of and Visually Impaired. “By participating in the Trinity Fellows. The master’s program combined Trinity Fellows Program and studying political with social justice service work is unlike any science at Marquette, I envisioned that I would other program in the country, according to gain a fuller understanding of how our political Buckholdt. Milwaukee-area nonprofit agencies system operates and what strategies work in are invited annually to apply to place a Trinity overcoming obstacles to lasting social change.” Fellow. Current placements include Adult
Changing the world through media technology
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Breaking ground for a groundbreaking engineering building
Dr. Stan Jaskolski, OPUS Dean of the College of Engineering (left) and more than 500 attendees applauded the March 5 groundbreaking for the new Discovery Learning Complex.
It is unusual for the Vatican to co-sponsor a conference with a non-pontifical university, especially in communications, according to Dr. Bill Thorn. Yet, Marquette will host such a conference on campus this summer — with Thorn expecting 80-100 participants.
Co-sponsored by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communication, the conference creates an opportunity for faculty teaching media and communication in America’s Catholic colleges and universities to discuss this trans formative power. “As Catholic institutions we share a basic orientation that flows from our understanding of human dignity,” said Thorn. “Thus we remain concerned about ethics, creative ways these technologies can be used to celebrate human dignity, and possible harmful effects on children, youth and families.” Although faculty have professional and academic societies in which they share scholarship and best practices with colleagues around the nation, there is no comparable opportunity for faculty teaching in the larger field of media and communications at Catholic colleges and universities, according to Thorn. “This conference will be the first opportunity for these 850-plus faculty to address a wide array of topics, teaching strategies, service learning, campus outreach programs, and student media in the context of our tradition and identity as Catholic universities,” he said. Proposals for paper sessions must be e-mailed to Thorn at
[email protected] by Wednesday, April 8. Additional information and conference registration are available at http://marquette.edu/pccs.
Active duty Dr. Brian Hodgson’s commitment to dental education, country leads to Iraq By Christopher Stolarski
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Tethering a Humvee to a Hodgson emphasized that his hovering helicopter is not on a roles as a dental educator and a typical dental professor’s daily naval officer complement each agenda. But Dr. Brian Hodgson is other well. “All military programs not a typical dental professor, and have one mission in common: to that’s exactly the sort of training develop leaders,” he said. “Those maneuver he was performing during same leadership skills are imporhis latest deployment to Iraq. tant in education. We hope that Dr. Hodgson is also Capt. our students will develop into Hodgson, a U.S. naval officer since leaders not only in the commu1986. He was commissioned just nities where they may practice, prior to his final year as a dental but also in the areas of dental student in the Marquette School of research and education.” Dentistry, where he is now an assisWhile deployed, Hodgson tant professor of pediatric dentistry. continued to develop and During his latest mission, which hone these leadership skills. took him to Al Asad Air Base in During his recent five-month Iraq from August to December 2009, tour in Iraq, he engaged in a Hodgson was the officer-in-charge weeklong, intensive training of the dental attachment assigned to session in combat casualty care. a battalion whose primary purpose “We needed to be prepared was to provide combat support, for any situation where one including medical and dental care, of our own, a civilian or even Dr. Brian Hodgson’s military experience has taken him to the deserts of Iraq (above) and California, remote to Marine infantry units. an enemy attacker may be villages in Alaska and Texas, and the Rocky Mountains in Colorado as an active duty naval officer. Even with these demands, seriously injured,” he said. Marquette was never far from To Hodgson, though, Hodgson’s mind. In fact, he was twice able to transcend the 7,500military service is about more than personal and career development. mile distance to deliver lectures to his students, live via teleconference. “I can’t describe the feeling of satisfaction that I had by being He utilized technology provided by the Freedom Calls Foundation, a recalled to active duty to support our nation’s effort in Iraq,” Hodgson civilian organization that coordinates video conferences for deployed said. “Many of our countrymen and countrywomen have made sacrimilitary personnel. fices much greater than mine, but knowing that I made the sacrifice “Students and faculty both commented that the lectures were exciting to to support them while they were away from their families, friends and see and participate in,” Hodgson said. “The voice and video quality were loved ones makes my military career that much more special to me.” very good, and the students were able to ask questions directly to me.”
On the Side
Kathy Kugi-Tom – Baton twirling judge and coach
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For the past 15 years, Kathy Kugi-Tom (dark jacket) has judged for the National Baton Twirling Association. In addition to judging, she is also a private instructor and coach, choreographing and critiquing performances. Sherry Daley Jung is to Kugi-Tom’s right.
“On the Side” offers a glimpse of faculty and staff interests outside of Marquette. E-mail your story suggestions to
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For Kathy Kugi-Tom, project management and baton twirling routines share characteristics. “Managing a project and managing a twirling group are similar — you need to look at everyone’s strengths and weaknesses on the team and evaluate how to work with them to achieve the best result,” she said. “There is always an opportunity to better yourself and set a new goal. This is what I enjoy most about my career at Marquette and my experiences in baton twirling.” As a project manager for the Office of the University Architect and head coach of the West Allis/West Milwaukee Diamond Twirlers, KugiTom’s experiences range from helping manage Eckstein Hall construction, Marquette’s new law school building, to choreographing routines for the Diamond Twirlers, a competitive and recreational baton group whose members range from 4 to 24 years old. Her connection to Marquette actually began in the 1980s when she performed during halftime at basketball games as a member of Milwaukee’s Daley Debutantes. Kugi-Tom’s coach, Sherry Daley Jung, was the feature twirler for the Marquette Band and always spoke highly of her alma mater, according to Kugi-Tom. “Baton twirling requires a lot of coordination and body control,” she said. “You need accuracy and endurance to really master the sport, as well as grace and athletic ability. I stay involved in baton twirling because it taps into my creative side and is a form of exercise that I really enjoy.”
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By Courtney Sampson
Recreation facilities are used by employees, students and club sports for training, exercise and competition.
The top five busiest months at the Rec Center and Rec Plex in 2009 by combined attendance, according to the Department of Recreational Sports. 1) February — 50,427 2) September — 44,815 3) January — 44,352 4) October — 38,524 5) November — 36,633 “Take Five” is a brief list concerning an interesting aspect of Marquette life. E-mail your list suggestions to
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Sustaining Catholic schools GMCEC tackles issues from faith to special needs By Tim Cigelske
Many of today’s Catholic K-12 schools lack resources for such needs as using technology in the classroom, serving special needs children and teaching English Language Learner students. That’s where the Greater Milwaukee Catholic Education Consortium is stepping in to help the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s 127 K-12 Catholic schools by harnessing the collective resources of the archdiocese’s Catholic higher education institutions, including Marquette. “Our goal is to help Catholic schools provide the very best education possible,” said Dr. Jennifer Maney, GMCEC coordinator. “With their limited resources, our Catholic schools appreciate the assistance GMCEC can offer to help support them.” The GMCEC was formed in response to the many challenges facing Catholic schools in an environment that often threatens not only quality, but their very existence. School demographics are changing significantly, enrollment is declining, tuition costs are rising, and schools and parishes are merging and closing. Maney, who has an office in the College of Education, has more than 20 years of experience in counseling, crisis management, communication and teaching. She earned her master’s degree in counseling and her Ph.D. in educational policy and leadership at Marquette. With coordination from Maney, Marquette, Alverno College, Cardinal Stritch University, Marian University and Mount Mary College provide academic resources and professional expertise to meet the needs of Catholic teachers, leaders, board members, and others in the form of workshops, conferences, individual consultation and more. Maney said the consortium will continue to evolve as it recognizes unique needs to be met, whether it’s promoting Catholic identity and faith, or strategies to support entrepreneurship and sustainability. “We’re tapping into a variety of departments,” Maney said. “For instance, we’ll provide a grad student who can deliver a new Web site, or if a school needs training with ELL, we can tap into education faculty and Spanish departments.” Since beginning with the GMCEC in January 2009, Maney has coordinated K-12 training sessions for grant writing, marketing for enroll-
The GMCEC provides services that include grant writing training, marketing for enrollment and effectively serving Latino students.
ment, effectively serving Latino students, and other needs as they are assessed. “Working with GMCEC has been an affirming and inspiring experience,” said Dr. Mark Joerres, principal at St. Thomas More High School. “They willingly offer a plethora of services in a convenient, effective and professional manner.”
The GMCEC partnership is aided by a $600,000, three-year gift from the Stollenwerk Family Foundation — formed by Marquette Board of Trustee John Stollenwerk — and partnership support from the Archdiocese’s Office for Schools.
Excellence in Employee Service Awards
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Carol Trecek
Sandra Wicker
Director, Continuing Education and Alumni Relations, School of Dentistry “Marquette has always felt like more than just a place to work for me,” said Trecek. “There is a sense of community here that is special. I also like working on a college campus — there is an energy that students bring to a place.” In a broad sense, her job is to connect or reconnect School of Dentistry alumni and dental professionals in general to the dental school, coordinating continuing education programming, reunions, receptions and other alumni events. “I believe we can train people to do a job, but we cannot train them to care, and for me that is what really sets Carol apart from others — her caring spirit,” said a nominator. “She is an outstanding individual dedicated to improving the Marquette environment as demonstrated over and over again in her 20-plus years at Marquette.”
Team Teacher, Krueger Child Care Center Wicker provides programming for the schoolage children of Marquette employees and alumni, plans and coordinates “adventures” for the children and assists in other areas throughout Marquette’s child care center. “Sandra’s creativity to continuously develop the imagination of our children is priceless,” said a nominator. “I think she instills values into children just as every parent would do with their own. I highly trust Sandra with the well-being of my own children, and most parents would agree this is a ‘status’ that is earned.” “I love exploring old and new things with the children and watching them take flight as they learn a new skill,” said Wicker. “I enjoy seeing kids get excited about turning four because they know soon they will be able to come to my room at the center.”
M A R Q U E T T E Hap p ening s Lisa Ling to present Burleigh Media Ethics Lecture
Law School to host Wendy Selig-Prieb
Journalist Lisa Ling will deliver the Burleigh Media Ethics Lecture, sponsored by the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication and Marquette University Student Government, Tuesday, April 6, at 4 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium. Ling, who will present “A Global Perspective,” has reported for The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nightline and National Geographic’s Explorer from dozens of countries, covering stories about gang rape in the Congo, bride burning in India and the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, among many other issues.
Wendy Selig-Prieb, Law ’88, former president and CEO of the Milwaukee Brewers, will participate in an “On the Issues With Mike Gousha” discussion Friday, April 9, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Sensenbrenner 325. Selig-Prieb will discuss her career, which involved starting her own business as an advocate for the welfare of women and children after leaving the Brewers. Register at http://bit.ly/seligprieb.
Stanek to be honored as Alumna of the Year Mary Ellen Bolger Stanek, Arts ’78, will be among 55 Marquette alumni and friends to be honored during Alumni National Awards Weekend, April 22-24. Stanek will accept the All-University Alumna of the Year Award on Saturday, April 24, at the All-University Awards dinner. She was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1999, serving as vice chair from 2003 to 2006. She also led the Board as the first woman chair from 2006 to 2009 and is chair of the Presidential Search Committee. For more information about Alumni National Awards Weekend, visit marquette.edu/awards.
Department of Performing Arts presenting Sunday in the Park with George The Department of Performing Arts will present Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, which brings to life Georges Seurat’s painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, April 15 to 25 at Helfaer Theatre. Ticket prices range from $6 to $21 and are available by calling the theatre box office at 288-7504. Discounts are available to senior citizens and Marquette students, employees and alumni.
