Marquette Matters September 2012

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MARQUETTE Exploring freedom in its many forms

By April Beane

It can mean different things to different people at different times. That’s why Dr. James Marten, professor and chair of the Department of History, chose to spearhead The Freedom Project — a yearlong commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War and the ­emancipation proclamation.

“Freedom isn’t something that is self-evident to everyone. You have to make it,” Marten says.

“One of the joys of teaching history is teaching students what they don’t know, but think they do, and more importantly that things are not as simple as they seem.”

Two years in the making, Marten wanted The Freedom Project to provide “the biggest umbrella possible” to involve as many departments and units on campus as possible.

And it has — particularly in the arts.

Image source: Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division

Freedom is complicated.

THE FREEDOM PROJECT at Marquette

Fall 2012 Event Highlights August 22 – December 22 Exhibit: Thencefoward, and Forever Free Haggerty Museum of Art Exhibit: The Freedom Project: Text/Context Haggerty Museum of Art August 29 – January 5

Thursday, September 27 – 7:30 p.m.

Klement Lecture “The Dimensions of Freedom: Slave Emancipation, Indian Peoples and the Projects of the New American State” Dr. Steven Hahn, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania Raynor Memorial Libraries, Beaumier Suites

Photo by Ben Smidt

Monday, October 1 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Freedom is the theme of the Helfaer Theatre’s 2012–13 season and several Haggerty Museum of Art exhibits. In addition, the Office of Student Development is sponsoring several banned book readings and movie viewings at Raynor Memorial Libraries.

“Freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of speech — a lot of abstract and ­interesting constructs of freedom are coming out through our schedule of events,” Marten says.

For a complete list of events and more ­information, visit marquette.edu/freedom-project.

A Civil War Commemoration

The image of a slave asserting his manhood serves as a symbol of Marquette’s Freedom Project. It first appeared in 1780s abolitionist literature and became one of the iconic images of the movement to abolish slavery.

Exhibit: Freedom Of/For/To: Selections From the Permanent Collection Haggerty Museum of Art

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Banned Books: The Reading Haggerty Museum of Art Friday, October 4, 2012 – 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Forbidden Film Festival: Four Films Based on Banned Books Raynor Memorial Library Conference Center (lower level) 1 p.m., Lord of the Flies; 3 p.m., Howl; 5 p.m., Twilight; 7:30 p.m., Hunger Games Monday, October 8 – 4:30 p.m.

Staged reading of A Vexed Question: John Quincy Adams and the Fight Against Slavery Performed by The Fiasco Company Eckstein Hall, Appellate Courtroom

Wednesday, October 10 – 4:30 p.m.

“American Slavery/American Freedom: The Possibilities and Limits of Black Freedom in the 19th Century” Dr. H. Robert Baker, Georgia State University Dr. A. Kristen Foster, Marquette University Dr. Kate Masur, Northwestern University Raynor Memorial Libraries, Beaumier Suites October 15 – January 28 Exhibit: Defining Freedom at Marquette in the 1960s and 1970s Raynor Memorial Libraries, second floor Thursday, October 18 – 4:30 p.m.

Boden Lecture “Reconstruction and the Origins of Birthright Citizenship” Dr. Eric Foner, Dewitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University Eckstein Hall Wednesday, October 24 – 6 p.m.

Curtis L. Carter Art and Social Change Lecture “Recreating Missing Histories” Elisabeth Subrin, assistant professor of film and media art, Temple University Haggerty Museum of Art Monday, November 12 – 7:30 p.m.

Metcalfe Chair Lecture “Taking Leave: Fugitive Slaves and the Politics of Freedom, 1850–1860” Richard Blackett, Andrew Jackson Professor of History, Vanderbilt University Raynor Memorial Libraries, Beaumier Suites

CAM PU S H A P P E N I N GS Faber Fall Retreat will be held Oct. 26 – 28

AMUW’s Boheim Lecture to focus on unrest in Syria

The Faber Center’s annual Fall Retreat will take place Friday, Oct. 26 to Sunday, Oct. 28, at the Jesuit Retreat House in Oshkosh, Wis. Retreat director Rev. Bert Thelen, S.J., will lead the group in “Cosmic Prayer, Personal Transformation and Global Unity: The Journey of Faith,” an exploration of the Biblical tradition enlightened by the new universe story. Online registration begins Monday, Sept. 10, and space is limited. This retreat is free and open to all faculty and staff.

Visit marquette.edu/faber for more information and to register, or call 8-4545.

The Association of Marquette University Women will present the Distinguished Eleanor H. Boheim Lecture, “Political Unrest: Notes from Syria,” Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. in Raynor Memorial Libraries, Beaumier Suites. It will be delivered by Dr. Lisa Wedeen, this year’s AMUW Women’s Chair in Humanistic Studies, and the Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago. Wedeen spent the first four months of the Arab ­uprisings in Syria, and will attempt to make sense of current events there.

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New directors share vision for Faber Center, Campus Ministry

By Lynn Sheka

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Eleven years ago, Dr. Michael Dante sat in his office in the Pentagon developing billion-dollar aerospace budgets as a consulting mathematician.

Despite his high-powered career, he felt something was missing. After a period of discernment, Dante decided to resign his position and undertake the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, a 30 day silent retreat. While there, he couldn’t ignore God calling him to a different path, which eventually included a master’s degree in Divinity from Washington Theological Union and a doctoral degree in spirituality from The Catholic University of America.

Dante will draw on his experience as a retreat and spiritual director, a chaplain in residence at Georgetown University and a visiting assistant professor at Fordham University to shape his vision for the Faber Center.

He explains, “My hope is to create an environment for reflection that enhances the university’s community, teaching, research and service.”

Dante’s future plans include positioning the Faber Center as a catalyst to facilitate personal spiritual growth, dialogue between spirituality and the academic disciplines, and interfaith conversations. He also hopes to offer a course in spirituality and leadership. “We need to ask ourselves what it really means to have the Ignatian spirit inform the university at all levels,” Dante says.

This spiritual vision has guided Dante throughout his life, even as his eyesight deteriorated from congenital cataracts and glaucoma. Despite this hardship, he describes himself as “a kind and thoughtful person who loves life” and he hopes to meet as many members of the campus community as possible. He asks only that people identify themselves by name when they greet him. For Dante — who lives in Abbotsford Hall with his wife, Hall Minister Cathy Dante — the loss of his vision has helped him “come in contact with a deeper passion for ministry.”

The Faber Center will host an open house to introduce Dante to the campus community, Monday Sept. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Faber Center, Schroeder Complex, 111.

Photo by Ben Smidt

Dr. Michael Dante, director

Mary Sue Callan-Farley and Michael Dante

Mary Sue Callan-Farley, director

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Campus Ministry

Helping students strengthen their connection to faith is of paramount importance to Mary Sue Callan-Farley.

She comes to campus with 20 years of experience in mission and ministry work, including 11 years as director of Campus Ministry at St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, N.J., an urban, diverse Jesuit university. Her experience there instilled in her the importance of helping students understand their own faith tradition and the traditions of others. Callan-Farley plans to build on the strong relationships Campus Ministry has throughout Marquette and the surrounding community to prompt new conversations and collaboration around strengthening students’ faith lives.

Callan-Farley believes meaningful student dialogue about faith occurs when individuals first explore “who they are as a person, what their ­relationship is to a loving and just God, and finally how they live their faith.”

She is excited to tap into Marquette’s well-established Mission and Ministry program and to learn more about the spirit of the campus. “I’ve always been impressed with how Marquette puts its Catholic, Jesuit mission and identity front and center. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?”

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2012-13 Performing Arts shows to examine freedom in many forms The shows playing at the Helfaer Theatre during the upcoming academic year were each selected to demonstrate a different expression of freedom. Running from Sept. 27–Oct. 7, The Foreigner tells the story of a shy Englishman who travels to a rural Georgia fishing lodge and pretends he cannot speak English, finding himself on a wild adventure of self discovery. Loosely inspired by the Pan Am 103 tragedy, The Women of Lockerbie depicts a grieving mother searching for her son’s remains seven years after the crash, and will run Nov. 8–18. Other shows include Fiasco Theatre’s version of Cymbeline, running Oct. 12–13; Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, running Jan. 12–13 and Jan. 19–20; A Doll’s House, running Feb. 21–March 3; Urinetown, running April 18–28; and Gathering Blue, running May 10–19.

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A new addition to campus: Gender and Sexuality Resource Center opens

By Lynn Sheka

reading programs were a part of her family’s everyday routine.

To foster a sense of community, the GSRC will host “open hours” for students, faculty and staff to study, chat and get together in its common space on the fourth floor of the AMU. Bartlow hopes to create a comfortable, living-room-like atmosphere where everyone feels accepted.

Given the focus of the center, Bartlow knows the GSRC may invite questions from the campus community, and she welcomes the learning that can stem from those discussions.

“My role is to help communities in transition that want to change, to help people find their voice, and to help the center be what the campus community needs it to be,” Bartlow says. “I’m not here to force my opinions on others. This is Marquette’s Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, and I’m here to facilitate it.”

Bartlow plans to spend the year ahead conducting a campus-wide needs assessment to determine how the center can provide resources to support current inclusion programs and which types of new initiatives Marquette could benefit from. One example: Bartlow pioneered a series of faculty research presentations on gender and sexuality issues with the Women’s and Gender Studies department at Dickinson that she hopes to replicate at Marquette. This year’s facultyin-residence — Dr. Theresa Tobin, associate professor of philosophy and Dr. Stephen Franzoi, assistant chair and professor of psychology — will also help shape the center’s academic programming and enhance inter­disciplinary

c­ ollaboration on scholarly work related to gender and s­ exuality.

A grand opening celebration is planned for Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m. in the GSRC, and will include remarks from President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J. As the center kicks off its inaugural year, Bartlow encourages faculty and staff to share their thoughts about needs the GSRC can help fill by dropping by the center or emailing gsrc@marquette.edu.

Photo by Ben Smidt

The university’s newest addition to the Office of the Provost, the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, has opened its doors with a twofold mission — to enhance programming, education and scholarship related to gender and sexuality; and to foster a diverse, inclusive and safe environment for students, faculty and staff interested in and affected by gender and sexuality issues. These may sound like tall orders, but the center’s director, Susannah Bartlow, has experience on her side. She founded the Women’s Center at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn., in 2008, and served as its founding director until beginning her new role at Marquette Aug. 1.

Bartlow reports to Dr. William Welburn, ­associate provost for diversity and inclusion, and believes the center’s close connection to the Office of the Provost is crucial for advancing scholarly work related to gender and sexuality.

“This is an important step forward as we continue to embrace diversity and enhance ­inclusivity within our campus community. The GSRC will encourage dialogue and growth around issues of gender and sexuality — both as a university and as individuals,” Welburn says.

Bartlow views the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center as integral to Marquette’s Catholic, Jesuit mission of social justice, which she learned about firsthand from her mother, a Methodist pastor in a field traditionally ­dominated by men. Living out their faith through volunteering in soup kitchens, finding sanctuary for refugees and leading after-school

Susannah Bartlow

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On the Side

Jeff Lochowicz – Movie extra

By Ali Mancuso

The top five numbers related to the Office of Residence Life’s summer residence hall refurbishment projects are:

• 1 0,662 room condition checks throughout the summer

• 5,100 yards of carpet replaced • 2,500 gallons of paint used to repaint residence hall rooms and common areas

• 800 drapery tracks replaced • 400 mattresses replaced Read more about ORL’s summer crew in Marquette Magazine at http://go.mu.edu/summercrew.

“Take Five” is a brief list about an interesting aspect of Marquette life. Email your list suggestions to marquettematters@marquette.edu.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Lochowicz

The average moviegoer may wonder where production companies find the thousands of people needed to recreate a cheering stadium crowd. Jeff Lochowicz, senior assistant dean in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and seasoned movie extra, knows firsthand that up to 90 percent of those “people” are usually cardboard cutouts.

A chance encounter while walking past a ­television show set outside of a high school led to his first experience as a production extra. “I have no aspirations of becoming a famous actor,” Lochowicz says. “I do this because it’s fun.”

So far, he’s participated in a “handful” of feature films, three television shows and two commercials, but has yet to spot himself in a final production — the hallmark of a good extra. “The whole idea behind being an extra is that you’re a film ninja.

You blend into the background and you’re not seen,” Lochowicz says. That’s why extras typically wear their own clothes for filming. Vibrant colors are not allowed, because they stand out too much against the set backgrounds.

Lochowicz has shot scenes around Milwaukee and has also traveled to Chicago’s Magnificent Mile to be a part of blockbusters including Batman Begins, Mr. 3,000 and Transformers 3.

He insists film productions aren’t nearly as glamorous as they sound. “It’s amazing how much energy goes into small things. Some scenes are shot about 37 times before they’re deemed perfect by the director. “

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Not a passing FAD Faculty Activities Database offers new way to submit scholarly accomplishments to Compendium and e-Publications

Nurse-midwifery services aimed at lowering infant mortality rates

As of August 2012, full-time and clinical faculty members can now submit scholarly activities for inclusion in Compendium and e-Publication through the Faculty Activities Database — better known as the FAD — meaning they can spend more time on scholarly activities and less time collecting and documenting their achievements.

“The Office of the Provost has invested resources in the FAD to make it easier to prepare annual faculty activity reports, third-year reviews, promotion and tenure dossiers, and institutional accreditation reports,” says Gary Meyer, vice provost for undergraduate programs and teaching.

“The FAD also makes it easier for faculty to identify ­opportunities for collaboration, recruit prospective graduate students and create ­periodic reports of scholarly work.”

Full-time faculty members who wish to submit scholarly ­activities for publication in Compendium and ­e-Publications via the FAD need to check the appropriate boxes in the “Report Permissions” section of the FAD to opt in, found at marquette.edu/fad. After doing so, faculty may choose to opt out at any time. If a faculty member does not opt-in, his or her scholarly achievements will not be published in Compendium or e-Publications.

After faculty members complete the one-time opt-in process, scholarly accomplishments will be shared with Compendium and e-Publications.

This includes awards and honors, published intellectual contributions, presentations, professional service and any public service related to Marquette for publication in Compendium, and published intellectual contributions and presentations — for which full text is uploaded — for e-Publications.

The Office of Marketing and Communication and e-Publications will not have direct access to the FAD. The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment will extract the appropriate reports and share them with OMC and e-Publications. All FAD users will be notified shortly before a Compendium or e-Publications report is pulled so they have time to enter scholarly activities they would like included that have not yet been entered into the FAD. Contact FAD@marquette.edu with questions.

Part-time faculty and adjunct faculty who do not use the FAD to report scholarly activities will still need to submit scholarly ­activities to Compendium and e-Publications through the online submission form, located at marquette.edu/omc/compendium.php. The form has been updated with additional fields to make it more comparable to the FAD submissions.

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By Lynn Sheka and Laura MacBride

A patient talks with certified nurse-midwife Kathlyn Albert (right) during a midwifery appointment at the Marquette Neighborhood Health Center, located at 1834 W. Wisconsin Ave.

By Lynn Sheka

According to 2008 data from the Wisconsin Public Health and Policy Institute, the infant mortality rate for women who do not receive prenatal care is approximately seven times higher than for women who receive adequate prenatal care. The Marquette Neighborhood Health Center, a nurse-managed center run by the College of Nursing, recently began accepting pregnant women into its practice for nurse-midwifery services as part of a fiveyear, $1,477,828 grant it received last fall from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to address such disparities.

Three certified nurse-midwives at MNHC, Kathlyn Albert, LuVerda Martin and Nichole Virgo, practice a holistic approach to care, which can include prenatal care coordination, breastfeeding peer support, and CenteringPregnancy®, a model for group prenatal care, which brings together 8-12 women for 10 two-hour educational sessions. Women receive individual prenatal checkups and learn about breastfeeding, nutrition, appropriate weight gain and many other topics through group discussions in an atmosphere that encourages peer support and sharing of personal stories.

“Seventy-nine percent of MNHC’s current patients live in one of the nine Milwaukee zip codes with the highest levels of poverty,” said College of Nursing Dean Margaret Faut Callahan.

“Providing midwifery services will help the MNHC further its mission of improving health care in underserved neighborhoods near Marquette’s campus.”

The maternity care services provided by the MNHC’s certified nurse-midwives and project staff are based on research evidence.

The intent of the grant is to provide services that lead to better health outcomes for both mother and child, reducing the high rates of infant mortality in the communities surrounding Marquette.

M A R Q U ET T E H AP P E NINGS Briggs & Al’s Run & Walk is Sept. 15

Three new department chairs for 2012-13

Registration is available for the 35th annual Briggs & Al’s Run & Walk for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, which will take place Saturday, Sept. 15. More than 16,000 participants are expected to line up on Marquette’s campus for an 8K run and 3- and 5-mile walks to help make a difference in the lives of children from across Wisconsin. The registration cost is $30 for runners and $25 for walkers, and includes a t-shirt. Register online at http://go.mu.edu/AlsRun2012.

For more information, contact Ali Myszewski, assistant director of the AMU, at 8-3129.

Three faculty members have been named department chairs for 2012–13: Dr. Anne Pasero, foreign languages and literatures; Lt. Col. Michael C. Gibson, military sciences; and Dr. Lowell Barrington, political science.

Social innovation author to deliver Burleigh Lecture Author and journalist David Bornstein will present the 2012 Burleigh Media Ethics Lecture Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 4 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium. Bornstein is the author of “How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas,” which The New York Times described as the “Bible of its field” and a “must read” for “anyone interested in building a more equitable and stable world.”

Lecture will kick off 75th anniversary celebration for The Hobbit Raynor Memorial Libraries will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the printing of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic novel, The Hobbit, this fall. To kick off the semester-long celebration, Dr. John D. Rateliff will present, “How The Hobbit Came to Milwaukee,” Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Raynor Memorial Libraries’ Beaumier Suites. Rateliff is an expert on Tolkien’s manuscripts and the history of fantasy, as well as author of The History of the Hobbit. He received his doctoral degree from Marquette, where he studied manuscripts in the J.R.R. Tolkien Collection in University Archives.