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MARQUETTE Teaching political science in a historic election year By Lynn Sheka and Alexa Porter
In the midst of a historic political year for Wisconsin — beginning with the gubernatorial recall and ending with pundits predicting the state will play a key role in the 2012 presidential election — the Department of Political Science has used political events as a backdrop to educate students on the many facets of election season and politics in America. The gamechanging political season will culminate with an election night party hosted by the Department of Political Science, beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the Olin Engineering atrium. Students, faculty and staff from all disciplines can enjoy free food while watching the election results on MSNBC, CNN, FOX News and CSPAN. Other campus events leading up to Election Day included: ✪ Various departments sponsored a panel on “What It Means to Stick to the Constitution” in mid-September. Although the event did not directly tie to the election, Dr. Lowell Barrington, chair and professor of the Department of Political Science, says it was an example of how “topics discussed during a campaign season can frame a campus event.” ✪ The effect of media coverage on modern political campaigns was debated at a panel discussion held in early October featuring CBS News Correspondent and Board of Trustees member Ben Tracy, Nieman Professor of Journalism Bonnie Brennan and Les Aspin Center for Government Visiting Instructor Christopher Murray. ✪ Dr. Susan Giaimo, visiting assistant professor of political science, organized a panel discussion held in late October that discussed how health care issues — including Medicare and Medicaid
— may sway some voters. “The issues are vitally important, yet very complex. The panel hopefully helped students understand the positions of the two parties, and what their plans may mean in practice,” says Giaimo. ✪ Dr. Karen Hoffman, also of the political science department, teaches a class on politics and the media, and this semester focused on the issue of sensational journalism. “Students are attuned to biases in the media,” she says. “We try to get away from ideologies and hone in on
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Marquette Law School Poll shows pulse of public opinion By Brigid O’Brien Miller
From the New York Times to FOX News, the Marquette Law School Poll has created a national buzz from coast to coast. With Wisconsin at the epicenter of the national political landscape, the Law School Poll has become a sought after source providing an unbiased pulse of public opinion. Since launching in January, the Law School has conducted 15 polls throughout the year, releasing complete results to the public. It has garnered nearly 9,000 media placements worldwide, including major broadcast networks, daily newspapers and political websites.
While providing the public with an independent snapshot of the electorate on a regular basis during the campaigns, the Poll will also serve as a repository of information about the 2012 election year for researchers and academics for years to come. Led by Charles Franklin, director of the Poll and visiting professor in law and public policy (on leave from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s political science department), and Mike Gousha, distinguished fellow in law and public policy at the Law School, the Poll is part of the broader public policy efforts launched by Dean Joseph D. Kearney in 2006.
CAM PU S H A P P E N I N GS Annual giving to Marquette tops $50 million in fiscal 2012 Alumni, parents and friends contributed more than $50 million in cash and pledges to Marquette in fiscal 2012, according to University Advancement. For the first time in the university’s history, giving to the annual fund surpassed the $10 million mark, generating more than $10.5 million to support the Marquette Fund, Blue and Gold Fund, Scholars Fund and Bridge to the Future. The $10.5 million figure also exceeded the fiscal 2011 annual giving total by nearly $1 million. In addition, benefactors to the university increased from 26,500 to nearly 27,000.
Apply for faculty retirement benefit by Dec. 3 The deadline for tenured faculty to apply for retirement benefits is 4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, for the 2012–13 academic year. To be eligible for retirement benefits, a tenured faculty member must be eligible for retirement under University Policy and Procedure 4-18, including being at least 55 years of age and having a combined total age and years of full-time service with the university that equals at least 70. The retirement/tenure buyout policy also allows for mid-year retirements, meaning faculty can consider retiring in December. The deadline for faculty to apply for retirement with full retirement benefits at the end of a fall academic term is Feb. 1 of the calendar year in which the faculty member intends to forgo tenure. The policy is located at go.mu.edu/retirement-policy.
Benefits enrollment period runs through Nov. 9 The annual benefits enrollment period runs through Friday, Nov. 9. Employees do not need to re-enroll unless they are changing their plan option. Those who wish to continue participating in the flexible spending account benefit must also re-enroll at myjob.mu.edu. On-campus biometric screenings for the twopart health risk assessment are available through Nov. 17, for all employees and voluntarily for spouses and same-sex domestic partners. Call 1.877.765.3212 and press “1” to schedule an appointment. Employees who complete the twopart health risk assessment will receive a 10-percent discount on the employee portion of their medical premium.
Winter Compendium submission deadline is Dec. 7 Faculty and staff with professional accomplishments, such as publications, presentations and awards, should make sure they are documented by submitting them for inclusion in Compendium by Friday, Dec. 7. Accomplishments submitted to the Faculty Activities Database can be shared directly with Compendium by checking the box to grant permission. Faculty and staff who do not use the FAD need to submit accomplishments online at marquette.edu/omc/compendium.php. Accomplishments that have occurred between June 1 and Nov. 30, 2012, will be used to compile the winter issue, which will be distributed in February 2013.
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Leading the charge: Hossenlopp and Ganey discuss the strategic planning process We caught up with strategic planning Coordinating Committee Co-Chairs Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp and Thomas Ganey to discuss the strategic planning process. Q: What is the role of the Coordinating Committee in the strategic planning process? Jeanne Hossenlopp: We start with two basic jobs that we’ve been given to do this year. One is to facilitate campus-wide discussion, first with the themes that Father Pilarz has developed following his listening sessions last year. Our job is to make sure people are talking about them, understanding and grappling with them, and providing their input. The other thing that we’ve been asked to do is to develop an environmental scan. This is a crucial part of us looking at where higher education is going in the future, what the landscape outside of Marquette is and how that will impact the decisions that are made as we move forward. Tom Ganey: There’s also the spirit of the committee, in that Father has made it clear that we should have a transparent and open process. The existence of the committee holds all of us — the co-chairs, the President, the Provost, the Executive Vice President — a little bit more accountable. There’s a group that’s raising questions and reminding us to go the extra step in communication, in seeking input and conducting a campus-wide conversation.
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By Lynn Sheka
Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School, and Tom Ganey, university architect, are serving as the co-chairs of the strategic planning Coordinating Committee. Together, they have more than 40 years of service at Marquette.
Q: What makes your partnership as co-chairs of the Coordinating Committee work? JH: Each of us works with different groups in the course of our normal day of business. I talk a lot to faculty, I work with faculty committees — those conversations take a certain form and a certain cadence, and there’s a perspective that’s shared. When you work with somebody who then takes a step back and looks at the university from a different perspective, (particularly some-
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body like Tom, who has been involved in a lot of project planning, because that’s the nature of his work) learning how to get different people to come to consensus about ideas is a really valuable tool for this whole process. Q: If someone wants to share feedback with the Coordinating Committee, how do they go about doing that? JH: One way is they can go and share their thoughts online through the feedback form on the strategic planning website. Tom and I are also holding office hours and we’ve been having some wonderful discussions. TG: The other opportunity is if someone wants to host a conversation they can reach out to us and either one of us, or another member of the Coordinating Committee, will go and meet with them — in a group of four, five, six, it doesn’t have to be a whole department. In fact it might be a lot more interesting if it was people from different departments and different units, different colleges. JH: Tom raises a really important point. This is a great opportunity to disrupt those normal modes of conversation and bring people together, bring students into conversations with faculty and staff, where that may not be the normal group that comes together to grapple with a big issue. Q: What will success look like in May? TG: It will be a plan that people can rally behind, that people can find themselves in, that they don’t feel excluded from, but that they rather feel ownership of, and broad ownership, across the university community. It will also be a plan that carries on beyond May, that inspires department- and college-level planning and holds us accountable to keep going with it. JH: And I’d also like to add that a successful strategic plan will be a collaborative effort with the entire Marquette community. We hope the campus and our alumni and friends throughout the world will continue to be partners in building Marquette’s strategic plan.
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Election activities
By Kate Venne
Twenty years ago, the Ralph C. Hartman Literacy and Learning Center opened its doors to help improve the literacy acquisition of urban children and to strengthen teacher preparation in this critical area. Since then, the Hartman Center, housed within the College of Education, has helped hundreds of Milwaukee children master the core competency of reading. “If children don’t learn to read well in early schooling, they have a very difficult time catching up to their peers,” says Dr. Kathleen Clark, the center’s director. “In the Hartman Center, undergraduate teacher education students design and deliver specific, targeted reading instruction that accelerates children’s learning.” Undergraduate students teach inner-city Milwaukee school children twice weekly at the center, while College of Education faculty members and local teachers, many of whom are reading specialists, review lesson plans and supervise tutoring sessions. Faculty and graduate students also conduct research on factors that improve children’s reading and language acquisition abilities, as well as the effectiveness of teacher training in literacy instruction. Jim and Janet Hartman funded the Hartman Center — founded in 1982 by College of Education Professor Emerita Dr. Lauren Leslie — in honor of Jim’s father, Ralph Hartman, a 1931 Marquette Law School graduate. A 20th anniversary celebration attended by Provost John Pauly, College of Education Dean Bill Henk, Dr. Leslie and children who have benefitted from the Hartman Center, was held Oct. 5.
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iscussions about campaign ads, campaign d money and why the media is so influential.” ✪ Marquette University Student Government and the Les Aspin Center led a Student Voter Registration Drive on campus, which offered non-partisan venues for students to register to vote at their campus addresses. Political science faculty members have also been tapped as expert sources on the political climate by local and national media. Dr. John McAdams commented in USA Today on the news that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney chose Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate, Dr. Julia Azari weighed in on which U.S. presidents have been the “coolest” on NPR.org and Dr. Amber Wichowsky provided context on Wisconsin’s gubernatorial recall election on PBS’ Nightly Business Report, among others. Although this historic election year is drawing to a close, Barrington says it’s important to remember: “Politics doesn’t end on election night. Neither does student involvement in politics.”
Arts and Sciences dean search progressing By Brian Dorrington
Can you update us on the Arts and Sciences Dean Search? The committee began meeting in June, and we met during the summer. The committee is very engaged and excited about finding a new dean. President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., has been especially supportive of our efforts, as well as Provost John Pauly. We are working closely with our search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to identify and pursue qualified candidates, and are on track with our timeline to bring final candidates to campus early in the spring semester. The committee is optimistic that a new dean will be in place by fall semester 2013.
I believe the university has learned a lot about itself and, to its credit, has acted positively, especially regarding LGBT inclusion initiatives, notably the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. Although the past informs the present, the committee is most interested in the future.
What are a few key characteristics you and your committee are looking for? If you look at our “Opportunities and Challenges Profile” document at marquette.edu/deansearch, you’ll note that we’ve identified the need for an imaginative leader and an advocate, as well as one who values cooperation and collaboration and, of course, Catholic, Jesuit education. We are also looking for a leader who will possess energy and enterprise, especially toward building strong relationships with our college departments and alumni. How do the arts and sciences remain central to the mission of a Marquette University education? To understand our increasingly complex world today, one needs an expansive imagination and intellect. This is what the college strives for in its courses. This is the beauty of the arts and sciences, its breadth in addition to its depth. The college instills curiosity and inspires exploration that enhances and enriches one’s life. Père Jacques Marquette serves as our exemplar as an explorer of the secular as well as the spiritual self. The College of Arts and Sciences particularly honors that Jesuit mission and legacy.
Has the last dean search affected your current search? I regard the search as a process. I also appreciate the conscientious efforts of colleagues in the past as contributors to the process and have consulted with them. Over the past several years,
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Dr. Phillip Naylor, professor of history, is serving as the chair of the College of Arts and Sciences dean search committee.
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Stephanie Glanzmann – Renaissance woman
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By Ali Mancuso
Just as an artist is able to see a completed painting on a blank canvas, Stephanie Glanzmann can visualize ornate costumes from just one bolt of fabric. Glanzmann, an office assistant in the School of Dentistry, has always been fascinated with fashion history. To her, analyzing fashion trends from various eras is an exciting way to learn intricacies about the people who lived during a specific time. Glanzmann’s mother and grandmother started teaching her how to sew when she was seven. Today, she creates costumes for plays and for the annual Bristol Renaissance Faire in Kenosha, Wis., blending her love for sewing and her fascination with history. “Costumes can take 20 to 30 hours to create,” says Glanzmann. “If I’m creating a costume for a Renaissance event, I have to be careful with the color selections. During one Renaissance Faire, I worked as a merchant for a friend who runs a leather business, which historically would have made me a middle-class citizen. I couldn’t wear colors such as black, royal blue and purple because they had to be reserved for upper-class citizens.” Renaissance costumes are very detailed, but when Glanzmann is designing a costume for a play, she uses the “ten-foot rule:” if the costume looks realistic from ten feet away, it will work. For Glanzmann, creating concepts for a costume is the most difficult part of the process. She recommends costume creation to others who enjoy sewing, as she finds it to be “an excellent outlet to exercise your creative mind.” “On the Side” offers a glimpse of faculty and staff interests outside of Marquette. Email your story suggestions to marquettematters@marquette.edu.
5 Cookie night
The top five numbers associated with the Office of Residence Life’s weekly dining hall meal traditions are: 900 cookies for each “cookie night” 200 pounds of chicken nuggets for each “nugget night” 150 pounds of mac n’ cheese for each “nugget night”
50 pounds of yogurt for each “smoothie night”
50 pounds of fruit for each “smoothie night”
To learn more about the tasty traditions in Marquette’s dining halls, read the Marquette Magazine web exclusive at: go.mu.edu/cookienight. “Take Five” is a brief list about an interesting aspect of Marquette life. Email your list suggestions to marquettematters@marquette.edu. Marquette Matters is published monthly during the academic year, except for a combined issue in December/January, for Marquette University’s faculty and staff. Submit information to: Marquette Matters – Zilber Hall, 235; Phone: 8-7448; Fax: 8-7197 Email: marquettematters@marquette.edu Editor: Lynn Sheka Graphic design: Nick Schroeder Copyright © 2012 Marquette University
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We sat down with Dr. Phillip Naylor, chair of the Klinger College of Arts and Sciences dean search committee, to learn more about the college’s current dean search.
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Daniels wins Fulbright to research attitudes toward immigration, trade policy Dr. Joe Daniels, professor of economics, enjoyed his first Fulbright to Canada in 1997 so much that he headed back a second time. Daniels is the Visiting Fulbright Chair in Governance and Public Policy in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, this fall. While there, he is not teaching, but instead is focusing on his latest research regarding how patriotic and nationalistic attitudes after 9/11 have shaped U.S. and Canadian residents’ views on trade, immigration and foreign direct investment policies. Although his initial research will focus on the United States and Canada, he plans to expand his analysis by using survey data collected from 23 countries over an eight-year period. The ultimate goal of his research is to better understand various groups’ resistance to global economic engagement and thereby improve policy communications. “I anticipate that my interaction with the faculty and students at McMaster University will give me new insights on immigration and trade policy by exposing me to differing perspectives,” he says.
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By Nicole Sweeney Etter
Dr. Joe Daniels, professor of economics, is serving as the Visiting Fulbright Chair in Governance and Public Policy at McMaster University in Ontario.
Daniels, who is also part of the G8 Research Group at the University of Toronto, says McMaster is a good home base because of his other professional connections in Ontario and because of McMaster’s highly regarded political science department. This is Daniels’ third sabbatical spent at another university (in 2009 he served as the
Visiting Professor of International Economics at Wake Forest University), and his second time being assigned to a department other than economics. “I’m most excited about being located in the political science department,” he says. “This has really helped me maintain a multidisciplinary approach in both my research and teaching.”
Hard work shines through Zilber Hall’s Madonna della Strada Chapel As a champion of the university’s commitment to ensure each new building on campus has a designated space for reflection and prayer, the Office of Mission and Ministry, working with the Office of the University Architect, envisioned a quiet, reflective, unique space for Zilber Hall. After almost three years of thoughtful planning and deliberation, the Madonna della Strada Chapel on the second floor of Zilber is now open to the Marquette community. On the north wall of the chapel — named in honor of the first Jesuit church in Rome — four stained glass windows depict illustrated scenes from the St. John’s Bible, which was produced in 1998 as the first handwritten Bible in 500 years. Rev. Doug Leonhardt, S.J., associate vice president of Mission and Ministry, and Dr. Stephanie Russell, vice president for Mission and Ministry, spent numerous hours with University Architect Thomas Ganey, discussing the design of the chapel, especially the stained glass windows. Ganey worked with the Board of Trustees at St. John’s University and Donald Jackson, artistic director of the St. John’s Bible, to secure permission to re-duplicate on glass several of the illuminations from the Bible. Ganey spent many hours with a local stained glass artist to ensure the windows accurately depict the bright colors of the original illuminations. “We wanted scenes that portrayed the central themes of Judaism and Christianity,” says Father Leonhardt. The result is vibrant stained glass
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By Lexi Lozinak
President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., dedicated and blessed the Madonna della Strada Chapel on Sept. 27, the 500th anniversary of the approval of the Society of Jesus as a religious order of the Catholic Church.
depictions of the Creation Story, the Word Made Flesh, the Suffering Servant and the Resurrected Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene. While the chapel is a beautiful space to engage in prayer, Father Leonhardt believes it also serves a greater purpose for the Marquette community. “The Ignatian spirituality that infuses the vision and mission of Marquette is a spirit of reflection,” says Father Leonhardt. “This space invites people to stop, look at their own experiences and see that God is more active in their lives than they may think.”
M A R Q U ET T E H AP P E NINGS Way Klingler Teaching Enhancement Award applications due Nov. 30
Center for Teaching and Learning faculty fellows available for consultation
Applications for the 2013–14 Way Klinger Teaching Enhancement Award are now available. This award is intended to foster the development of e ffective and sustainable changes and innovations in teaching approaches within specific courses or clusters of courses. Applications are due by Friday, Nov. 30, and should be submitted to Dr. Gary Meyer, vice provost for undergraduate programs and teaching. Applications can be found online at go.mu.edu/ teaching-enhancement.
The first recipients of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Faculty Fellowships, Dr. Lisa Hanson, associate professor of nursing; Dr. Richard Taylor, professor of philosophy; and Dr. John LaDisa, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, are available throughout the spring 2013 semester to consult in their areas of interest as well as to conduct workshops for faculty on topics such as using video conferencing in a global context, creating learning simulations that address issues of diversity and exploring the use of 3-D virtual environments.