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Marquette Communication dean’s vision is building Bergen intends to break down barriers

“I wish I could just take a sledgehammer to this wall,” said Lori Bergen, new dean of the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication. “I’d like to open up this space.” Although she’s talking about the wall in her office on the first floor of Johnston Hall — which obscures a view to an entrance to the Church of the Gesu — she could be discussing walls that have traditionally separated the communication disciplines. Bergen is driven to raise the ceilings, break down barriers and open the college — both literally and figuratively. That energy captured the dean selection committee’s imaginations, said Dr. Ana Garner, associate professor of journalism and chair of that committee. What most impressed everyone, Garner said, was how Bergen came to the college with a clear idea of what the college could become. “We were seeking someone willing and able to work across boundaries that no longer exist in the rapidly changing communication world,” Garner said. Building is one focus of transformation It’s too soon for Bergen to know how that will play out in curriculum and program development, but opening, updating and collaborating are her ultimate goals, and the physical building is an important vehicle to get there, she said. Bergen — she prefers to avoid the title of Dr. — comes to Marquette from Texas State University– San Marcos, where she was director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She has also been associate director of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University, and she served on the journalism faculty at Southwest Texas State University and the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University.

Photo by John Nienhuis

By Tim Cigelske

“I was charmed by Milwaukee,” Lori Bergen said. “Texas is a pretty magical place and it would take an even more magical place to pull me away from a job I loved. You come for a visit to Marquette and you think, this is a place I want to be part of.”

The themes of progress and openness come up again and again with Bergen. She wants to raise the building’s drab lowered ceilings and expose ductwork and inner workings. She envisions creating first floor common space for students in all fields to congregate. She plans to transform the oldest academic building on campus into a hub of cutting-edge technology. “Technology is now helping define communication disciplines that we once thought didn’t have anything to do with technology,” she said. “We’re blending departments and creating joint projects. We’re already in a convergence model.” Bergen said this shift is already reflected in the newly remodeled lower level that will combine student print, radio and television journalism to cross-train students in different media. She would like to continue by enhancing the Wakerly Technology Training Center, creating a one-stop student advising center, renovating teaching spaces

so all classrooms are “smart” ones, and revamping building signage. Background includes violin, public relations, reporting “Architecture and design are forms of ­communication that send meaning,” she said. “Does the building welcome you? I want this building to make you feel like you’re at home — a nice home.” In many ways, her outward vision for collaboration manifests her own interests and professional pursuits. She has been involved in theatre, was trained as a classical musician on violin, worked in public relations for non-profits and served as a TV reporter, producer and host, and newspaper reporter and magazine editor. “I think the communication disciplines are naturally coming together,” she said. “My background and experience as a public communicator help me understand how all these media are connected.”

Campus H a p pen i n gs Wellpoint CEO to give keynote address at Business Leaders Forum

Donations to annual fund increased by 15 percent last year

The College of Business Administration will host the Business Leaders Forum Luncheon Tuesday, Sept. 22, in the AMU Monaghan Ballroom. Angela Braly, president and CEO of WellPoint Inc., will present “The Opportunity to Lead,” at 12:15 p.m. Lunch begins at 11:45 a.m. Register with University Special Events at 288-7431 by Tuesday, Sept. 15. Cost is $40 per person. For more information visit http://tinyurl.com/BizLeaders.

Dollars raised in fiscal 2009 for Marquette’s annual fund increased by 15 percent over last year, according to University Advancement. This included a 30.2 percent increase to the Scholars Fund and 22.3 percent increase to the Blue & Gold Fund. Total dollars raised in fiscal 2009 were nearly $37.6 million, including almost $9 million for the university’s annual fund; $3 million for the proposed College of Engineering facility; $1.1 million for the Law School facility; and $1 million for Bridge to the Future, a fund established in spring to provide financial assistance for students whose changing economic circumstances threaten their ability to continue their Marquette education.

Law School and Department of History hosting Legacies of Lincoln Conference Dr. Allen Guelzo, Luce Professor of Civil War Era Studies and professor of history at Gettysburg College, will kick off the Legacies of Lincoln Conference with the Department of History’s annual Klement Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 1, in the AMU Monaghan Ballroom. His lecture is titled “Colonel Utley’s Emancipation: The Strange Case of President Lincoln and His Bid to Become a Slaveowner.” The next day, Oct. 2, the Law School will host three panels led by distinguished scholars, focusing on Lincoln and politics, Lincoln and the Constitution, and Lincoln the lawyer. Register online at http://law. marquette.edu/jw/lc.

Wade Lecture to highlight Theological Interpretation of Scripture symposium Rev. William Kurz, S.J., will deliver the Rev. Francis Wade, S.J., Chair, Public Lecture on Friday, Sept. 25, at 10:30 a.m. in the Raynor Memorial Library Beaumier Suites. Father Kurz’s lecture, “Jesus and His Spirit-filled Disciples, especially Paul, as the Isaian Servant of the Lord in Acts,” is part of a day-long interdisciplinary symposium, “Theological Interpretation of Scripture,” sponsored by the departments of Philosophy and Theology and the Simmons Fund.

Marquette Matters

McCabe Hall opens to students; Zilber and Eckstein halls in progress Returning students, as well as the freshman class, will notice significant changes to the Marquette campus this fall. “Construction of Zilber and Eckstein halls is well underway, and McCabe Hall, a new residence hall, is already home to 220 Marquette students,” said Tom Ganey, university architect. The eight floors of McCabe, 706 N. 17th St., feature 91 double and triple rooms with private bathrooms and many original architectural details. The ground level includes a lobby with two large-screen televisions, chapel, rec room, hall store, computer lab, kitchenette and conference room. In addition to McCabe Hall: • Zilber Hall, the new student services building on Wisconsin Avenue between 12th and 13th streets, is progressing rapidly and on schedule with the first occupants expected to move in in November. The four-story, 130,000-square-foot building will house the offices of the Bursar, Registrar and Student Financial Aid in a common service center. Other administrative units will also move to Zilber by January 2010.

• Improvements to the Union Sports Annex • Marquette’s new Law School building, are nearly finished, with new wood wainscot, Eckstein Hall, is rising at the southeast corner paint, flooring, lighting and awnings. of campus just east of the Haggerty Art Museum For more information about campus construcand south of O’Hara Hall. The 200,000-squaretion, visit www.marquette.edu/architect/. foot building is expected to open in fall 2010 with two courtrooms, classrooms, faculty office suites, library, conference center and cafe. • Renovations to the fourth floor of Todd Wehr Chemistry this summer included the creation of six new offices and 10 new labs. The fifth floor will be completed in December, with more new offices and labs. • The final phase of the Varsity Theatre renovation was completed in August with new theatre seating, acoustical wood panels, carpet and tile. • The Straz Hall exterior makeover, completed in August, included masonry repair and installing new aluminum McCabe Hall, named after Rev. James McCabe, S.J., (inset) president of Marquette from 1908 to 1911, was built in the late 1920s, originally designed as the Marquette Hotel. windows.

Dollars and sense —

Marquette pursues millions in economic stimulus funding By Tim Olsen

As plans for extensive federal spending to stimulate economic recovery gained support in late 2008, Marquette’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and Office of Public Affairs followed developments closely. In the pending legislation, ORSP, OPA and other Marquette programs saw opportunities to secure funding for important research projects that had not yet been funded. Among the provisions of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the “economic stimulus” bill that became law Feb. 17, 2009, was additional funding for federal agencies to award for academic research in grant competitions. “We’ve been very aggressive in pursuing stimulus funding for Marquette,” said Keith Osterhage, executive director for research and ­sponsored programs. “The government’s response to the economy created an opportunity that our researchers have responded to enthusiastically.” Marquette faculty have submitted more than 50 grant proposals, worth more than $43.5 million, to federal agencies. Although most of the proposals are still pending, 10 grants totaling $4 million of stimulus funding had been approved as of mid-August. “The stimulus funding has already begun to fuel millions of dollars in research for us that may not have happened otherwise,” said Dr. Bill Wiener, vice provost for research.

Where the Money is Going Health Care

$1,757,205,046

Education

$1,569,548,433

Tax Relief Transportation

$1,540,383,315 $1,148,308,693

Workforce Housing

$889,527,019 $309,178,603

Energy

$243,623,533

Environment

$238,120,885

Public Safety

$46,820,438

Where Wisconsin stimulus funds are going, according to the Wisconsin Office of Recovery & Reinvestment, as of mid-August.

The largest of the 10 approved grants is $1,433,992 from the National Institutes of Health to study and develop compounds for treating cocaine addiction. Drs. David Baker, Douglas Lobner and John Mantsch, associate professors of biomedical sciences, will collaborate with researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and the Stanford Research Institute on the two-year grant. In the second largest award of stimulus funding at Marquette, Dr. Barbara Silver-Thorn, associate professor of biomedical engineering; Dr. Benjamin Brown, professor and chair of physics; and Dr. Kathleen Cepelka, associate dean of the College of Education, received $899,514 from the National Science Foundation. The grant is for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to attract and train 24 highly qualified science, technology, engineering and math majors at Marquette to teach in high-need middle or high schools. Additional new grants to Marquette from stimulus funding are: • $396,772 to Dr. Philip Voglewede, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, from the National Institutes of Health to create a new, bionic below-the-knee prosthesis to help lower limb amputees lead more active and productive lives. • $387,490 to Dr. Rejendra Rathore, associate professor of chemistry, from the National Science Foundation to study molecular wires for potential use in electronic devices and molecular electronics. • $300,000 to Dr. James Gardinier, assistant professor of chemistry, from the National Science Foundation to develop artificial multimetallic systems that could promote unusual chemistry for alternative, renewable energy resources. • $284,323 to Dr. Dmitri Babikov, assistant professor of chemistry, from the National Science Foundation to develop a theoretical model for the recombination reaction that forms ozone in Earth’s stratosphere. • $218,337 to Dr. Daniel Sem, assistant professor of chemistry, from the National Institutes of Health to develop a new approach to drug discovery, “fragment assembly,” which is applied to infectious disease drug targets using nuclear magnetic resonance. Dr. Edward Blumenthal, assistant professor of biological sciences; Dr. SuJean Choi, assistant professor of biomedical sciences; and Mantsch have secured more than $140,000 in stimulus funding as supplements to existing grants.

Photo by Kevin Pauly; inset courtesy University Archives

By Tim Olsen

It’s all coming together Recyclables no longer need to be sorted

Photo courtesy of Dr. Jeffrey Drope

By Andy Brodzeller

Dr. Jeffrey Drope, assistant professor of political science (center), ran a two-day workshop, “Political context mapping,” at the Africa Tobacco Situational Analyses Regional Consultation in Nairobi, Kenya, in June 2008, which was attended by Dr. Moses Aikins, professor of public health at the University of Ghana (left), and Dorcas Kiptui, desk officer-tobacco control at the Ministry of Public Health in Kenya.

Seeing through the smoke

Professor hopes to limit tobacco use in Africa By Andy Brodzeller

While Wisconsin prepares for a smoking ban in workplaces and the prevalence of smokers has declined in the United States for almost three decades, the number of smokers worldwide is still rising. Dr. Jeffrey Drope, assistant professor of political science, wants to change that. This fall Drope will travel to Africa to work with individuals trying to limit the growth of tobacco use in 12 African countries. Drope has received a grant from the International Development Research Center that will allow him to gather and analyze tobacco control plans developed by citizens and organizations in African countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania. The effort is part of the IDRC’s African Tobacco Situational Analysis project that Drope has been involved with for nearly two years. “The negative effects of smoking on a society are undeniable, but it is particularly hard on ­developing countries with limited financial resources and health care systems,” said Drope. “The work we are doing is meant to limit the growth and popularity of tobacco use before it cripples these developing nations.” Drope will take the fall semester off from teaching to concentrate on the project. The grant allows Drope to travel to Nigeria for the African Heart Network in September and the African AORTIC Cancer conference in November to meet with his African colleagues. In addition, the grant will support three internships, two for graduate students and one for an undergraduate student at Marquette, to help analyze data. He hopes to co-author peer-reviewed articles with each student and some of his African colleagues. “I am humbled that IDRC has provided this opportunity to me and equally excited to get students involved with a real-world issue and project,” said Drope.

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On the Side

Jacqueline Schram – Board Member, Indian Summer Festival, Inc.

The five oldest books in the Raynor Memorial Libraries Rare Book Collection, with their year of publication:  1) Conclusiones de diuersis materijs ­moralibus (Christian ethics), ca. 1470 2) De civitate dei (St. Augustine’s The City of God), 1473 3) Parvus Catho et Magnus (Latin maxims in Middle English), 1477 4) Statuta provincialia Concilii Moguntinensis (The provincial statutes of the council of Mainz), 1482 5) Biblia (Bible), 1483 “Take Five” is a brief list concerning an interesting aspect of Marquette life. E-mail your list suggestions to [email protected].

When Jacqueline Schram, public affairs office associate, volunteered at Indian Summer Festival in 2005, little did she know that less than a year later, she would be asked to serve on the festival board. Schram is a member of the Sagkeeng First Nation’s Ojibway band, a group of Woodland Indian people indigenous to Manitoba, Canada. After Schram moved to the United States in 1990, she struggled to find an outlet where she could embrace her heritage. Through her community engagement and graduate work in anthropology and museum studies, Schram found her niche in Milwaukee — increasing awareness about Wisconsin’s native people by advancing the mission of Indian Summer Festival Inc. Schram serves on the executive board as secretary and volunteers as director of the Circle of Art and Village Green, two of the festival’s main attractions. An advocate of higher education and one of the first people from Sagkeeng to earn a master’s degree, Schram said, “Marquette and the Indian Summer Festival are both committed to sharing knowledge, embracing diversity, promoting discovery and advancing the notion that the attendee will be forever changed by the experience.”

Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Schram

By Courtney Sampson

Photo by Dan Dry

Take

The university introduces a significant change Aug. 31 to make it easier for everyone on campus to help conserve more of the earth’s resources by implementing single-stream ­recycling. The program fosters easier recycling, which the Sustainability Task Force hopes will improve the amount of trash the university recycles. As the name indicates, single-stream recycling allows all recyclables to be collected in one single bin versus having to separate paper, glass, plastic and aluminum, as has been done at area recycling stations around campus. One of the more significant changes for employees is that the small blue recycling cans at personal desks will also accept all recyclable materials and not just paper. “Single-stream recycling was a suggestion the Sustainability Task Force heard from both students and employees last year,” said Mike Whittow, university sustainability officer. “The change will help the university meet our goal of recycling 30 percent of our waste by July 2011, a 50-percent increase in what we currently recycle.” During the first half of fiscal year 2008-09 the university recycled 406 tons of paper, aluminum, plastic and glass while collecting 1,694 tons of waste. For more information on single-stream ­recycling visit the Sustainability Task Force’s Web site, www.marquette.edu/sustainability.

Schram’s role as a board member of Indian Summer Festivals, Inc. includes helping provide economic opportunities and increasing the visibility and understanding of Indian people. The 2009 Indian Summer Festival takes place Sept. 11-13 at Henry W. Maier Festival Park.

“On the Side” offers a glimpse of faculty and staff interests outside of Marquette. E-mail your story suggestions to ­[email protected].

Marquette Matters

Diversity adviser sees natural connection with Marquette mission By Tim Olsen

Photo by Ben Smidt

The committee brought together faculty, administrators, staff and students from 2006 to 2008 to address the common goal of integrating diversity into Marquette’s commitment to academic excellence. “I hope to identify starting points that best exemplify what it means to build an inclusive university community, especially as we think about our faculty and students,” he said.

Dr. William Welburn cites the College of Nursing’s Project Beyond and the College of Engineering’s student chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers as just two of many successful diversity initiatives already in place at Marquette.

As the new senior adviser to the provost for diversity initiatives, Dr. William Welburn is impressed with programs already in place throughout Marquette. Yet, he envisions far more. “My role is to help program initiatives relating to diversity be successful,” he said. “Our campus commitment places diversity within the context of human dignity, and this is very important. If I could sum up my diversity vision in one word, it would be ‘listen,’ because we can learn a lot from one another.” “Dr. Welburn’s experience with diversity issues is deep and rich,” said Dr. John Pauly, provost. “He brings to Marquette many good ideas about the practices that have helped other universities recruit and retain diverse faculty and students.” Pauly has charged Welburn with a single, broad goal — to improve the recruitment and retention of diverse faculty and students. “Over the next two years, he will help the provost’s office develop specific diversity strategies and in the process more clearly define the diversity administrator position,” said Pauly.

Building an inclusive community Specifically, some of Welburn’s priorities include: • Identifying diversity opportunities in academic units and helping them create strategies to encourage hiring and retaining diverse faculty. • Working with the Office of Student Affairs to continue to improve the campus climate for diverse students. • Participating in discussions of enrollment strategy with the offices of Admissions, Student Financial Aid and Student Support Services to encourage student diversity. • Tracking national trends and best practices in diversity recruitment and retention. Welburn’s first step is to work collaboratively with key contacts throughout the university as well as the provost’s team to learn more about the diversity initiatives already in place on campus. He will also reconvene the Diversity Advisory Committee to begin prioritizing and carrying out their ideas for diversity initiatives.

What diversity means at Marquette Pauly believes that greater cultural diversity would enhance the educational experience of all students at Marquette. That means that the university’s diversity efforts should focus primarily on underrepresented racial and ethnic populations. “As we look at the broader society, we see that there are different populations that are not well represented in certain fields,” Welburn said. “Clearly, one critical area where we’re working to strengthen educational opportunities is with racial and ethnic populations.” From Welburn’s perspective, there’s a natural connection between the university’s mission and the diverse populations it’s trying to draw. A significant aspect of the educational experience at Marquette is for students to commit themselves to service. “That’s ideal for increasing diversity,” he said. “African American and Latino undergraduates, especially, tend to become deeply involved in improving their communities.” 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 – Holthusen Hall, 419G Phone: 8-7448   Fax: 8-7197 E-mail: [email protected] Editor: Tim Olsen Graphic design: Nick Schroeder Copyright ©2009 Marquette University

M A R Q U E T T E Hap p enings Five promoted to emeritus status

Nine new department chairs announced

Five faculty members have recently been conferred with emerita or emeritus status: Dr. Janet Boles, professor of political science; Dr. Richard Gaggioli, professor of mechanical engineering; Dr. Martin Seitz, professor of electrical and computer engineering; Dr. Charles Wilkie, professor of chemistry; and Dr. Sarah Wilson, associate professor of nursing. The rank of emerita/emeritus may be conferred upon a retiring tenured faculty member or a retiring academic administrator in recognition of the sustained high-quality performance shown throughout his/her career. The University Committee on Faculty Promotions and Tenure recommends emeritus cases to the provost and president for final approval.

New department chairs for the 2009-2010 academic year are: Dr. John Mantsch, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Dr. Linda Laatsch, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences; Dr. Richard Hagner, Department of Clinical Services (interim); Dr. John Pustejovsky, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures; Dr. Gary Stafford, Department of General Dental Sciences; Dr. Gary Krenz, Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science; Lt. Col. Robert Kaderavek, Military Science and Leadership; MaryJo Wiemiller, Department of Physician Assistant Studies; Dr. Barrett McCormick, Department of Political Science; Dr. Roberta Coles, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences; and Dr. Paul Luepke (interim chair), Department of Surgical Sciences.

Okunseri honored for research by National Dental Association Foundation

Al’s Run taking place Oct. 10

Dr. Christoper Okunseri, assistant professor of dental clinical services, has received the 2009 National Dental Association Foundation/Colgate Faculty Recognition Award in the research category. The award highlights the achievements of minority faculty who have demonstrated excellence in professional development in research.

Briggs & Al’s Run & Walk for Children’s Hospital will take place Saturday, Oct. 10, a couple of weeks later than in the past. The registration deadline to join the Marquette team, and all teams, is Friday, Sept. 25. To join the general Marquette team or any other Marquette team for the three- or five-mile run/ walk, go to https://register.alsrun.com/Teams/TeamLogin.aspx. Search “MU” and use the password “goldeneagles.” For more information, call 288-3128.