Marquette Matters Oct 2010 LR

O ctober 2 010 Marquette Anniversary celebration X 3 Legacies of business, journalism and nursing programs honored By ...

1 downloads 52 Views 1MB Size
O ctober 2 010

Marquette Anniversary celebration X 3

Legacies of business, journalism and nursing programs honored By Tim Olsen

With an esteemed history dating back to 1881, Marquette University can boast many successful, long-established programs and colleges. Three of them — the College of Business Administration, the journalism program and the College of Nursing — celebrate ­milestone anniversaries during the 2010-11 academic year. Marquette’s College of Business Administration was among the first 15 business schools established in the United States, back in September 1910 with 122 students, according to Dr. Linda Salchenberger, Keyes Dean of Business Administration. One hundred years later the college has 2,200 students and 20,000 alumni. Along the way the college established its MBA program in 1953, followed by an executive MBA and the Graduate School of Management. Other programs and centers include the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, Applied Investment Management program, Center for Real Estate, Center for Global and Economic Studies and Center for Supply Chain Management. “Milestones are reasons for looking back and celebrating what has been,” said Salchenberger. “They are also an important time for looking forward to what is still to come.” According to Salchenberger, there are two main purposes of “Marquette University Business Celebrating 100 Years.” First is simply to engage students, faculty, alumni and supporters in a celebration of the school’s role and its accomplishments. Second is to hold a series of centennial-themed events for business alumni. The Diederich College of Communication is also celebrating a centennial — “100 Years of Journalism at Marquette University.” At the height of yellow journalism in 1910, John Copus, a former journalist turned Jesuit priest, decided that Marquette’s urban campus was the perfect place to start the first journalism program at any Catholic university in the world. “This year-long observance of our journalism centennial is designed to reflect the impact that journalism plays in a free society,” said Dr. Lori

Bergen, dean of of the Diederich College. “We want our students, faculty, alumni and others to reflect on that role and bring their passion for free speech, for the unfettered and civil exchange of ideas that is journalism, to refine and define that mission for the next century.” To that end, the college is holding a series of student-produced roundtable discussions, Centennial Seminars, with nationally known journalists and media scholars on media, journalism and public life. “This is a year to celebrate successes as well as look to our future,” Bergen said. As with the business and journalism celebrations, the College of Nursing will commemorate its anniversary with a focus on its alumni and students, through events to bring both groups together to establish “beautiful relationships that grow out of a common experience — a Marquette nursing education,” according to Dr. Margaret Callahan, dean of nursing. Events will include a lecture series, a retreat and a ­professional conference, culminating in a celebration during reunion weekend 2011. “We’re celebrating 75 years of nursing excellence to honor the impact our 7,000 nursing alumni have made in this community and around the world,” said Callahan. “Marquette nurses have made significant ­contributions to patient care, nursing education, health care system leadership, and development of the scientific basis for practice and health systems research.” For the anniversary celebration itself, “75 Years of Caring,” Callahan hopes to better engage alumni in college activities and create an environment where Marquette nursing students understand the legacy of the college and what it means to be a Marquette nurse.

Marque tte’s Co llege of Hall (ab Journali ove), 55 sm mov 2  N. 13th Hall. Th ed into Street, e colleg Copus in 1950 e move renovate from Jo d b a c d Johns k into th hnston ton Hall e remod in 1975 eled an . d

Anniversary events Oct. 3 — Nursing Commitment to the Profession Ceremony Oct. 7 — Mass for Health Care Professionals Nov. 9 — Business sustainability panel Nov. 14-20 — Business entrepreneurship week Feb. 24, 2011 — Communication Burleigh Centennial Seminar March 7-8, 2011 — Communication Nieman Academic Conference April 30, 2011 — Communication Awards Ceremony May 14, 2011 — Business Centennial Celebration July 29, 2011 —Nursing 75th anniversary gala and professional conference For more information about the anniversary celebrations, monitor the college websites and News Briefs.

Campu s H a p p e n i n gs Race and housing in Milwaukee to be discussed

Jesuit to present “Ecojustice and Creation Care”

Two authors and local community activists will participate in a forum on race issues Monday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. in Raynor Beaumier Suites BC. Sociologist Matthew Desmond, author of The Theory of Racial Domination and Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty; historian Patrick Jones, author of The Selma of the North: Civil Rights Insurgency in Milwaukee, and William Tisdale and Carla Wertheim of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council will focus on housing issues and race relations in Milwaukee. The program is sponsored by the Institute for Urban Life, the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, McGee Lecture Series, and the Department of History. A reception will follow.

Rev. John Coleman, S.J., associate pastor of Saint Ignatius Church in San Francisco, will present “Ecojustice and Creation Care” Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium for the Gathering Points Lecture series. The series features topics on the contemporary Catholic Church and is sponsored by Marquette and Church of the Gesu. Father Coleman, the former Charles Casassa Professor of Social Values at Loyola Marymount University, lectures and writes about environmental topics.

Bishop Robert Morneau to lead free, fall retreat The Faber Center’s Annual Fall Retreat, “Mentors and Models for the Journey,” will take place Oct. 29-31 at the Jesuit Retreat House in Oshkosh, Wis. In this free, silent retreat, Bishop Robert Morneau, auxiliary bishop of Green Bay, will help draw participants to a deeper faith life through the lives of exemplary individuals. Employees of all faiths and beliefs are welcome. For more information visit http://bit.ly/Faberretreat10.

Center for Peacemaking offering $4,000 grants The Center for Peacemaking is offering $4,000 Rynne Faculty Research Fellowships to two full-time Marquette faculty to advance research on an aspect of nonviolent peacemaking. The awards are intended to fund work for a twomonth period during the summer of 2011 and may not be combined with teaching ­responsibility or other grant-supported work during the period of the grant. The submission deadline is 5 p.m. March 1. For more information visit www.marquette. edu/peacemaking/.

Marquette Matters

New PA fellowship addresses growing job demand It’s one of the fastest growing professions in America, and Forbes in May 2010 ranked physician assistant studies No. 1 for “Best Master’s Degrees for Jobs.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that the number of PA jobs will increase by 27 percent between 2006 and 2016. Responding to the demand, the Physician Assistant Studies program in the College of Health Sciences is expanding, launching a fellowship in emergency medicine. The intensive, one-year training program is the first of its kind in Wisconsin. It is just the second PA program in emergency medicine in the Midwest and only the seventh such program in the United States. The fellowship is a collaboration with clinical partners at Aurora-Sinai Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Students will participate in clinical rotations and receive practical training at both hospitals. “In today’s highly competitive job market, specialized training programs like this one can make the difference in physician assistant hiring,” said Mary Jo Wiemiller, PA program director. “This was a strategic response to the markedly increased role PAs are playing in the delivery of primary care.” Marquette’s emergency medicine fellowship program is on the front end of what is sure to be a nationwide trend, according to Wiemiller. Plus, national health care reform has yielded a greater emphasis on bringing additional providers into the health care structure, she said. “PAs are cost-effective to train, job autonomy provides PAs with high levels of personal fulfill-

Photo by Ben Smidt

By Christopher Stolarski

PA graduate Ryan Fulcer is completing his PA emergency medicine residency at Aurora Sinai. One of only three PA programs in Wisconsin, Marquette’s program is ranked in the top 40 nationally by U.S. News & World Report, and mean scores on the PA board exam rank the program in the top 10 nationally.

ment and PAs are increasingly respected and accepted by patients as well as other members of the health care team,” she said. “Global pressure to improve preventive care draws attention to the need for more providers in primary care.” “This profession is booming and students are beginning to recognize that,” added Dr. William

Cullinan, dean of the College of Health Sciences. “Over the past year, applications to our PA program quadrupled and we grew from 35 students per class to 50. Offering specialized postgraduate education was the next logical step in preparing excellent physician assistants.”

Do the math

Juniors report increased numerical proficiency in student survey By Tim Olsen

Once again, the vast majority (96 percent) of graduating seniors completing the annual junior/ senior survey indicated that their Marquette education met their overall goals “well” or “very well” and 89 percent would choose Marquette again if starting over. In a change from previous years, the percentage of Marquette juniors who reported “marked” or “moderate” improvement in their ability to apply mathematical concepts jumped from 33 percent in 2009 to 43 percent in the spring 2010 Junior and Graduating Senior Survey. The percentage of juniors who reported

at least moderate improvement in their ability to understand mathematical concepts increased to 42 percent in 2010, up from 35 percent in last year’s survey. Marquette received a three-year, $631,661 grant from the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education in 2007 for “Who Counts? Math Across the Curriculum for Global Learning” to integrate mathematical reasoning into courses in various disciplines. “We can’t directly attribute survey gains to Who Counts,” said Dr. Christine

Status of Future Plans for 2010 Graduates (Seniors) * 60% 50%

Applied for a full-time job Offered a full-time job

57%

Applied to a grad/professional program Accepted to a grad/professional program

40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Applied for a full-time service position Accepted for a full-time service position

34% 26%

26% 13% 6%

* Survey conducted in April 2010

Krueger, associate professor of English and principal investigator for the grant. “However, nearly 2,000  students have been in more than 30 Who Counts courses in many disciplines, and our assessments reveal these students’ improvements in quantitative reasoning confidence as well.” The Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment annually survey Marquette juniors and graduating seniors about co-curricular learning experiences, future plans and impact of their education.   “We hope that faculty, staff and administrators will better understand how students interpret their Marquette experience and will use this information to continuously improve our teaching, programs and services,” said Dr. Jon Dooley, senior associate dean of student development. Other survey highlights include: • Graduating seniors reported high rates of involvement in student organizations (85 percent), community service (82 percent) and student organization leadership (60 percent). • The percentage of graduating seniors who reported participating in a culminating academic experience (capstone course) rose to 79 percent in 2010 (from 70 percent in 2009 and 57 percent in 2008). The executive summary report is available at http://bit.ly/MUsurvey10. Complete results are available at http://bit.ly/studentsurveys.

Marquette becomes a Changemaker Campus Select program partners social innovation with entrepreneurship By Tim Cigelske

With the focus of the Changemaker Campus status, Snell envisions the next year will provide faculty and administration more data and feedback to help shape the direction of social entrepreneurship across disciplines and in curriculum. A key benefit of the Ashoka partnership for faculty and administration, Snell said, is the national network of peers offering social ­entrepreneurship instruction and support across the disciplines.

Changemaker Campus Information Sessions “‘What’s it mean for me?’ The Ashoka Partnership and the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative at Marquette” will explain the partnership and how faculty and students can be involved with the cross-campus Social Entrepreneurship Initiative at Marquette:

Photo courtesy of Rajiv Vinnakota

Marquette has officially become the 10th higher education institution bestowed with the Changemaker Campus title by the Ashoka Institute, a leader in social entrepreneurship — the practice of applying sustainable business models to attack and solve social problems at their root causes. By earning the designation, Marquette recently joined a highly select group of colleges and universities committed to social change and improving society through entrepreneurship. The program will help equip faculty and students to learn innovative ways to be men and women for others. “We clearly have the capacity to be a leader in this field,” said Special Adviser to the President Jeff Snell, who spearheaded Marquette’s application. “It seems like a natural outflow of our institutional DNA.” Current Changemaker Campuses include Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Marquette is the first Changemaker Campus in the Midwest and the first Jesuit college or university to earn this designation. Through the Changemaker Campus program, Ashoka works with teams of entrepreneurial students and faculty to accelerate their institutions’ growth as hubs of social innovation. Ashoka assists by providing access to resources, curriculum, role models, learning opportunities and peers to help social entrepreneurs advance in a variety of disciplines. Marquette’s foray into social entrepreneurship was accelerated in 2009 by the weeklong

Rajiv Vinnakotato will spend the week of Nov. 8 at Marquette as social entrepreneur in residence.

residency of Jane Leu, founder of the immigrant career-placement organization Upwardly Global in San Francisco. The university will host a second social entrepreneur in residence in November. Rajiv Vinnakota, cofounder of the SEED Foundation to bring high-achieving educational opportunities to urban communities, will spend a week at Marquette sharing his social entrepreneurship expertise.

On the Side

Lori Frederich and Dax Phillips – Food bloggers

•O  ct. 6, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in AMU 380, with refreshments •O  ct. 7, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in AMU 380, with a light breakfast •O  ct. 8, noon to 2 p.m. in AMU 380, with light lunch RSVP to Elizabeth Wieland, university advancement office associate, at [email protected] or 8-0726. Space is limited.

Take

Photo by Ben Smidt

By Tim Cigelske

Two Marquette employees have turned a passion for cooking, writing and photography into food blogs with growing followings.   Dax Phillips, law school director of technology, started blogging in 2007 as a way to make colleagues comfortable in contributing to the law school faculty and staff blog. Today his site, The Comfort Is Always Here — www.simplecomfortfood.com, has been featured in online food hubs like Tastespotting, Ree Drummond’s Tasty Kitchen and Foodgawker. Some of his favorite posts include food related to childhood memories and experiences of knowing his wife for 20 years. With three children under age 10, he aims to convey recipes that are simple to make at home. “My goal is to make comforting food,” he said. “Trust me, that helps after stressful and busy days.” Lori Fredrich, assistant director of PR, marketing and recruitment in the College of Education, also created her Burp! blog three years ago. The site — www.eatatburp.com – began as a way to track recipes and catalogue ideas. Soon it built an audience of both local and worldwide foodies. “If I had to boil everything down it would be about showing people that local eating is possible in Wisconsin, regardless of budget,” Fredrich said. “It pays to focus on food and nourishment as a community-building tool.” As a result of her success, Milwaukee “On the Side” offers a glimpse of faculty and staff Magazine enlisted her help to launch and interests outside of Marquette. E-mail your story write for its new blog, FOODCrush. suggestions to m ­ [email protected].

5

The top five most popular Human Resources-administered benefits chosen by employees in fiscal 2010, according to Human Resources, by percentage of eligible employees enrolled.

1) Dental insurance — 92% 2) Health insurance — 84% 3) Vision insurance — 81% 4) TIAA-CREF (matching plan) — 81% 5) Flexible spending accounts — 31% “Take Five” is a brief list concerning an interesting aspect of Marquette life. E-mail your list suggestions to [email protected].

Marquette Matters is published monthly, except June, July and August and a combined issue for December/January, for Marquette University’s faculty and staff. Submit information to: Marquette Matters – Zilber Hall, 235; Phone: 8-7448; Fax: 8-7197 E-mail: [email protected] Editor: Tim Olsen Graphic design: Nick Schroeder Copyright © 2010 Marquette University

Marquette Matters

Reciprocal relationships emerge Benefits enrollment begins this month from Faculty Mentoring Program Premium increases kept low by Tim Olsen

Photo by Dan Johnson

fall 2009. “It is nice to know that I have someone Junior faculty know all too well the chalto call upon should I need advice on anything,” lenges — getting to know new (to them) faculty said Jessup-Anger. “We have discussed topics co-workers and systems, in a new program at such as annual review, promotion and tenure a new university in a new city that may be in a and teaching, as well as work-life balance. Most, state, or even country, that’s new to them. And if not all, of the suggestions that my mentor they still have their professional responsibilities has given me I have followed through on, of teaching and research, possibly combined which I think will ultiwith personal responmately make me more sibilities as a spouse successful when it or parent. All with comes time for promothe road to tenure tion and tenure.” extending in front of But it’s not just the them. To help support mentees who grow assistant professors from the program. along their path to a Mentors also benefit successful career at from getting engaged Marquette, the univerwith someone new in sity offers a Faculty his/her career. Mentoring Program. “Just because my The program mentee is untenured extends Marquette’s doesn’t mean that he principle of cura or she doesn’t have a personalis particularly great deal of wisdom,” to junior faculty, to said Dr. Heather support their profesHathaway, associate sional development, professor of English according to Dr. Ed and a program mentor. de St. Aubin, director. “I believe that we He matches individual consider one another assistant professors “I have a three-year-old child and my mentor also has kids, so she trusted and valuable with a senior faculty understands the consistent tension between work and family,” said colleagues and friends.” member for a confiden- Dr. Jody Jessup-Anger, with her daughter, Olivia. “As a 24-year veteran tial, supportive relationfaculty member, I’ve ship. It’s an informal program with no specific requirements, although experienced everything they’re going to experience, ranging from P & T to choosing service de St. Aubin recommends that mentors and opportunities to raising kids,” said Dr. James mentees meet at least a few times a year. About Marten, professor and chair of history and 64 pairs are participating so far this year. program mentor. “There’s the intangible reward “The mentor helps guide the junior faculty of helping a new faculty member make his or her member’s journey to tenure while helping to transition from graduate student or outsider to alleviate anxiety along the way,” said de St. faculty member and member of the community.” Aubin. “It may not be as important as other relaFor more information about the Faculty tionships on campus for the junior member, but Mentoring Program see www.marquette.edu/ it plays a role.” fmp/ or contact de St. Aubin at ed.destaubin@ Dr. Jody Jessup-Anger, assistant professor of marquette.edu. educational policy and leadership, started in the mentor program when she joined Marquette in

Marquette’s proactive approach to health care costs, including health risk assessments, a 2010 network change and emphasizing wellness and preventive care, is helping the university avoid the double-digit premium increases projected for the Milwaukee region. The 2011 health insurance premium will increase only 2 percent for employees who complete both parts of the HRA. The health plan design, deductibles and copays will remain the same as last year. Dental and vision benefits will also remain the same — with no premium increase for vision and a minimal premium increase for dental. Legislative changes for 2011 include extending health insurance coverage to adult children — through the end of the month of their 26th birthday. Over-the-counter medicines are no longer reimbursable under the health care flexible spending account, unless by doctor’s prescription. Marquette’s annual enrollment period will begin Oct. 25 and run through Nov. 12, beginning with Benefits Information and Wellness Day in the AMU Monaghan Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 25. Key steps for benefits enrollment, with changes made through myjob.mu.edu, are: • Update/verify personal information, including beneficiaries, dependents’ birth dates and social security numbers and emergency contacts. • Choose whether to participate in the health, dental and vision insurance plans. • Decide whether to participate in an FSA. Enrolling annually is required. Existing health care debit (benny) cards are valid through Dec. 31, 2014, and 2011 elections are auto­ matically loaded onto the card. • Take the health risk assessment, which is available to all employees. Health plan participants who complete both HRA parts — biometric screening and health questionnaire — receive a 5-percent discount for 2011 health insurance premiums. Call 1-877-765-3213 and press “1” to schedule an on-campus appointment for Oct. 25 through Nov. 19. Employees must complete their biometric screening by Nov. 19 and the online questionnaire Oct. 25 through Nov. 22. Additional information is available on the benefits website, www.marquette.edu/hr/benefits.

M A R Q U ET T E H ap p enings Law School hosting MPS superintendent and Republican and Democratic Party chairs Gregory Thornton, Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent, will discuss issues facing the state’s largest school district at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 (previously scheduled for Sept. 16), in Eckstein Hall’s Appellate Courtroom as part of the “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” series. Gousha, distinguished fellow in law and public policy, will also break down the races for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, and control of the state legislature with Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus and Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 12:15 p.m. in Eckstein Hall (room TBD). Register at http://bit.ly/MPS-partychairs.

Marquette named “Developer of the Year” by Wisconsin Builder magazine Marquette University has been selected “Developer of the Year” by Wisconsin Builder magazine for its annual “Newsmakers of the Year” issue, which will run in November 2010. Marquette will be honored at an awards dinner Oct. 27 for its many recent construction and renovation projects.

The Beaux Stratagem is next in theatre line-up The Department of Performing Arts 2010-11 theatre season will feature The Beaux Stratagem; A Year with Frog and Toad, which captures the spirit of Arnold Lobel’s stories; The Laramie Project, partially sponsored by the Theatre and Social Justice Fund; and a collaboration with the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, The Lion in Winter. Single performance tickets for employees cost $16 and for the general public from $16 to $20. Discounts are offered to senior citizens and alumni. Season ticket packages are also available. Tickets can be purchased online at http://theatretickets.marquette.edu. Call the theatre box office at 8-7504 for more information.

Pulitzer Prize winner to give Simmons lecture Jacqui Banaszynski, Comm ’74, will deliver the Dr. Edward D. Simmons Lecture at 5 p.m. Oct. 28 in the AMU Ballroom. Banaszynski, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for “AIDS in the Heartland,” will present “The Heart of the Story.” Banaszynski will discuss how crucial it is for journalists to be on the scene to record moments both epic and intimate, calling for a renewal of the kind of j­ournalism that stands at the center of events, dares to challenge authority and fight for justice, and that cares about the human condition.