The Marquette Tribune | April 3, 2014

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Election of lay president welcomed by Jesuits

Thursday, April 3, 2014

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MU welcomes Wojciechowski Former Duke player and assistant coach will focus on values By Patrick Leary

By Matt Gozun and Melanie Lawder

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benjaminmatthew.gozun@marquette.edu melanie.lawder@marquette.edu

With Michael Lovell, Marquette president-elect and former University of WisconsinMilwaukee Chancellor, taking office Aug. 1, he will make history as the university’s 24th president and the first-ever layperson to hold the job in the school’s 133-year history. Despite the installation of a non-Jesuit to the university’s most prominent administrative position, many of the 51 Jesuits who reside or teach at Marquette are not concerned about their future role on campus. The Rev. Douglas Leonhardt, an associate vice president in the Office of Mission & Ministry and McCabe Hall pastoral minister, said the Jesuits will continue to play an important role at Marquette, with the construction of a new Jesuit residence a sign of the mutual commitment between the university and the Society of Jesus. “Without a Jesuit as president, the Jesuit community is committed to having the same kind of presence as in the past — in the classrooms, residence halls, campus ministry, other areas of administration as has been evident during the past years,” Leonhardt said in an email. “Even the location of the new Jesuit community is a symbol that the Jesuits are visible at Marquette. Jesuit presence is more about the quality of presence that Jesuits bring to a university setting than about the number.” Many Jesuits came to expect the presidential search committee’s decision to choose a layperson, especially with the number of Jesuits steadily declining. According to the Religious News Service, the number of Jesuits in the U.S. dropped from 6,616 in 1973 to 2,547 in 2013. “It was the expectation, often times expressed in the bylaws, that a Jesuit be president of a Jesuit college or university,” Leonhardt said. “This often was when there were a greater number of Jesuits available for such positions as well as when the presidency See President, Page 4

Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu

Newly appointed men’s basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski (left) laughs with University President-elect Lovell during a press conference Tuesday afternoon that announced the hiring of the former Duke assistant coach.

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Provost hiring expected to take time University plans to have key position filled by spring 2015 By Benjamin Lockwood

benjamin.lockwood@marquette.edu

The university is set to engage in its search for a permanent provost following the recent hire of Marquette’s new president-elect Michael Lovell. Students should not expect as quick of a hire as Marquette’s new men’s basketball head coach Steve Wojciechowski, which was announced just 10 days after Buzz William’s departure. According to an email from Interim Provost Margaret Callahan, the goal is to have a new provost named by spring 2015. The provost serves as the university’s chief academic officer. “Academic searches require shared governance and input from many collaborators so the process will likely take some time,” Callahan said. Lovell will be directly charged

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Interim Athletic Director Bill Cords wrapped up his introductory remarks with a request to the hundreds of media, students and fans packed into the Al McGuire Center Tuesday afternoon. “Marquette family, and to all of you, let’s welcome the head men’s basketball coach of Marquette University, Steve Wojciechowski,” Cords said. What resulted was a raucous, nearly 30-second standing ovation that characterized the level of excitement shown by the Marquette community on social media that day and by the attendance at a news conference scheduled just two hours in advance. The wide-reaching basketball family, which just days

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with establishing the timeline for filling the position, Callahan said. He officially begins his new role as Marquette’s president Aug. 1, according to an email he sent to students March 26. “Finally, the university has a number of key leadership hires to make in the next year,” Lovell said in the letter, “and ensuring we build the right team of people to foster innovation and collaboration will be extremely important.” The university has been without a permanent provost since June 2013, when former provost John Pauly left his position after five years in the job and returned to teaching. He is now teaching journalism and media studies classes in the College of Communication. Pauly said the provost has two main responsibilities, which are “managing urgency and making good decisions possible.” To do this, Pauly said, a provost must make tasks “actionable,” while simultaneously “giving people the sense that they are capable of

the hard work they are being asked to do.” As for the second responsibility, Pauly said, “any provost can just choose to do something, given the power the position caries.” However, the best decisions – the ones with staying power – come about collaboratively with other administrators. Pauly also mentioned the personal qualities the university should look for in potential candidates. These include respect, curiosity and the ability to work with an array of stakeholders in the university, such as students, staff, trustees and community members. “The best provosts know how to translate the idioms and concerns of each of those groups,” Pauly said, “and to coach their colleagues in how to work effectively with one another.” He said that speaking and writing skills were major factors in choosing a provost, but, “being a careful listener matters even more.” Pauly also criticized the current state of “disorganization” at Marquette regarding the

organizational charts that are in a constant state of flux. He said he thinks this creates confusion, particularly concerning the “strong provost” model that Interim University President the Rev. Robert A. Wild implemented in the fall. The strong provost model is supposed to make the provost the second-ranking member of university administration. “I may be in the minority on this,” Pauly said, “but I honestly do not think that anyone at Marquette knows what they mean when they say they want a strong provost model.” He said that Marquette should spend less time “fiddling” with organizational models and more time collaborating with one another. “Marquette’s habits of deliberation and decision making are just not very good,” Pauly said. “If we committed ourselves to significantly improving our culture of deliberation over the next several months, that would be a lovely gift to present to Mike Lovell.”

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MU-designed soccer playing robot headed to Brazil. PAGE 3

Workouts are more beneficial in the great outdoors. PAGE 9

Wojo leaves a solid first impression after arriving at MU. PAGE 11


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