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MARQUETTE School of Dentistry groundbreaking moves expansion from dream to reality By Kate Venne
After years of planning, fundraising and collaboration, the university’s vision to expand the state’s only dental school will become a reality. A groundbreaking held Sept. 18, 2012, kicked off construction on the approximately 40,000-square-foot addition to the School of Dentistry building. The expansion is expected to be complete by fall 2013. Consisting of a lower level, first and second floors, the expansion will allow the school to increase its graduating class size to 100 students per year, and will include a patient care clinic, a larger faculty practice clinic, additional classroom space and a research lab. The expansion, which has been led by School of Dentistry Dean William Lobb, will also allow for the existing simulation lab to be expanded to accommodate additional students. “Dental education continues to evolve and so must the facility we use to educate future dentists who will be practicing decades from now,” Lobb says. “When a Marquette dental student graduates, they are clinically competent, but they also demonstrate characteristics and qualities associated with cultural competency. Our graduates are well prepared and have experience treating patients in rural and urban settings, as well as children and adults.” The new patient care clinic will enable students to treat patients in a state-of-the-art clinical setting alongside dental faculty. The current simulation lab, which provides students with experiences to develop the fine motor skills required to successfully practice dentistry, will expand to accommodate more students. All third- and fourth-year dentistry students serve on clinical rotations under the supervision
A rendering of the 40,000-square-foot addition to the School of Dentistry, located at 1801 W. Wisconsin Ave. The new addition will include a patient care clinic, a larger faculty practice clinic and simulation lab, research space for faculty and students, a distance learning classroom and additional faculty offices.
of a dental faculty member in community clinics in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin. Each year, more than 27,000 unduplicated patients from 66 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties receive dental care at a Marquette-affiliated clinic. “Early clinical experience is the hallmark of a Marquette dental school education. It combines the best of what we do — excellence in education and service to others,” Lobb says. “From the moment our students set foot in the dental school they are assigned a clinical home, and gain exposure in clinical settings early on to provide the clinical context for their initial dental education.” The State of Wisconsin committed $8 million in its 2011-2013 biennial budget to the planned expansion, which the university matched with
gifts from alumni, individual donors and corporations. When the expansion is complete, the school will have its own research space to help faculty and students translate research findings into clinical treatments, something the existing building does not have. The faculty practice clinic will also be expanded, allowing for more dental school faculty to treat patients. Both the research space and faculty practice will help the school in recruiting and retaining faculty. The expansion will also include 13 faculty practice operatories (up from five), a high-tech 50- to 60-seat classroom equipped for distance learning and computer-assisted learning for continuing education in Wisconsin and nationally, and offices for additional faculty.
CAM PU S H A P P E N I N GS Libraries’ Tekakwitha collections featured at canonization
Poet Mary Oliver to receive honorary degree, give poetry reading Nov. 12
On Oct. 21, Kateri Tekakwitha will become the first Native North American declared a saint by the Vatican. Tekakwitha was a 17th-century Mohawk Indian convert known for her sanctity and devotion to Jesus. Her example, made known by a growing circle of Native American devotees, has drawn thousands of Native and non-Native Americans to Catholicism. In conjunction with her canonization, photos from Raynor Memorial Libraries’ extensive collections about her and other Native Catholics will be featured in an exhibit at John Cabot University in Rome. View the photos at go.mu.edu/nativecatholics by searching using “Cabot.”
Renowned poet Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, will receive an honorary degree from Marquette University and give a poetry reading Monday, Nov. 12, at 4 p.m. in the AMU, Monaghan Ballrooms. Tickets are free and can be picked up beginning Monday, Sept. 24, in the AMU, Brooks Lounge. There is a one-ticket maximum per MUID.
Strategic planning process kicks off The Marquette community has committed to creating a comprehensive, university-wide strategic plan to submit to the University Board of Trustees in May 2013. When completed, the strategic plan will provide a blueprint to guide the university’s priorities and decision-making for the next five to seven years. Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School, and Tom Ganey, university architect, have been named co-chairs of the strategic planning Coordinating Committee, a working committee convened to gather information, feedback and input from across the university, and to scan the external environment for information and trends that will affect strategic planning decisions. For more information and to submit input, visit marquette.edu/president/strategic-planning.php.
Physics Nobel Prize winner to give Coyne Lecture Joseph H. Taylor, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in Physics, will deliver the Rev. George V. Coyne, S.J., Annual Lecture Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium. Taylor, professor of physics at Princeton University, will address the topic of binary pulsars, the area of work for which he received the 1993 Nobel Prize.
Community Campaign fundraising goal is $340,000 The Marquette Community Campaign, an annual opportunity for employees to donate to the United Performing Arts Fund, the United Way and the university’s Annual Fund, will run through Wednesday, Oct. 17. This year’s goal is to raise at least $340,000 from faculty and staff. Contributions can be made by payroll deduction, credit card or check. Learn more online at marquette.edu/mucc.