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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.
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A realistic hospital environment to educate tomorrow’s nurses They bleed, breathe, talk, give birth and even go into cardiac arrest. Known as “Noelle” and “Hal” to the College of Nursing students who regularly interact with them during simulation exercises, they may look, sound and act like humans, but they’re really computer- programmable mannequins. They serve as patients for nursing students practicing simulation exercises — from inserting a central line to calling a code to assisting with labor and delivery — in the brand new, 10,000-squarefoot Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Center for Clinical Simulation, located in the terrace level of Emory Clark Hall. Made possible in part by a $1 million gift over five years from Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, and generous college alumni and friends, the facility features a six-bed hospital suite complete with two intensive care rooms, two medicalsurgical rooms, one pediatrics room, and one labor and delivery suite with a mannequin simulator that actually gives birth. Completed in August 2012, the Center for Clinical Simulation also features two health clinic examination rooms, a home health/assisted living apartment, a clinical skills laboratory, two fourbed patient care rooms, and four debrief rooms, where professors and clinical educators review video recordings of simulation exercises with students. Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral nursing students all participate in simulation exercise in the new facility. “Most of the equipment you’d find in a stateof-the-art hospital is in our simulation center, from monitors to oximeters to incubators,” says College of Nursing Dean Margaret Faut Callahan. “We could have our students in a clinical environment 24 hours a day, seven days a week for their entire undergraduate career, and they still may not see some of these high-risk scenarios that they need to be educated for. That is one of the main benefits of simulation.” The partnership also benefits Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, which will use the facility for ongoing training of its clinical staff.
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By Lynn Sheka
In a medical-surgical room within the Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Center for Clinical Simulation, three graduate students – Sarah Battani, Grad ‘14, Lisa Maas, Grad ‘15, and Lee David Klemens, Grad ‘16 – work to resuscitate a patient experiencing a “Code Blue” cardiac arrest.
In conjunction with the new Center for Clinical Simulation, the college has launched a reimagined pre-licensure curriculum for this fall’s freshman class. A team from the college reviewed industry best practices and insights shared by chief nursing executives at healthcare systems in approaching the new curriculum, which focuses on enhancing students’ clinical reasoning skills. Simulation is woven throughout the new curriculum, especially when a new skill is introduced. “Simulation helps give context to the skills students are learning in their courses. First they learn about the skill, and then they practice it in a safe, simulated environment before being expected to perform that skill on patients in a clinical environment,” says Mary Paquette, director of the Center for Clinical Simulation. Another key curricular revision is a reframing of introductory-level classes to “give students a better understanding of our rich Jesuit tradition as it relates to healthcare and to better understand what Ignatius has called us to do in terms of serving the poor and vulnerable,”
says Callahan. “These concepts will be threaded throughout the entire pre-licensure curriculum.” Together, the new simulation center and curriculum help prepare nursing students to enter clinical environments in which patients are sicker than ever, the pace is faster than ever and more is expected of care providers. “If, when they first set foot in a clinical environment, they are more confident and prepared because of simulation, then we can say our vision for reimagining nursing education has been successful,” Callahan says.
Join the College of Nursing for an open house at the new Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Center for Clinical Simulation Friday, Oct. 19 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Emory Clark Hall Terrace Level
Benefits enrollment for 2013 I n addition to the “family” and “single” plan options, a third “employee + 1” option is now available for both the EPO and PPO medical plans, as well as dental and vision plans ■ A n enhanced maternity management benefit and an improved autism benefit ■ U niversity/employee cost-sharing at 80/20 percent ■ A s of Jan. 1, 2013, per Federal regulations, the yearly health flexible spending account maximum is changing from $5,000 to $2,500 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 re-enroll at myjob.mu.edu. ■
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The 2013 benefits enrollment period will begin with Benefits Information and Wellness Day on Monday, Oct. 22, and run through Friday, Nov. 9. On-campus health risk assessments will be offered Oct. 22 through Nov. 16. On-campus HRA appointment scheduling will be available online beginning Oct. 1. Features of the 2013 benefits plan include, but are not limited to: ■ A 10 percent discount on the employee portion of the 2013 medical premiums for those who complete the two-part HRA. New this year, spouses and same sex domestic partners are eligible to voluntarily participate in the HRA process. However, the Marquette employee must participate in order to receive the insurance discount.
The Marquette Neighborhood Health Center, at 1834 W. Wisconsin Ave., is an in-network provider for Marquette University EPO and PPO medical plans.
Celebrating 75 years of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit By Becky Dubin Jenkins
I n a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Why did J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, cancel plans to visit campus to speak the two times he was invited? How exactly did The Hobbit come to Milwaukee? During the 2012–13 academic year, the Marquette community will discover answers to these questions and more as part of the university’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit. Marquette acquired the original manuscripts for The Hobbit, as well as The Lord of the Rings, during the 1950s under then-Director of Libraries William B. Ready. They are part of the university’s J.R.R. Tolkien Collection, which is composed of working drafts of Farmer Giles of Ham; an original copy of the children’s book Mr. Bliss; books by and about Tolkien; periodicals produced by Tolkien enthusiasts; audio and video recordings; and several published and unpublished materials relating to Tolkien’s life and fantasy writings. Unique treasures in the collection include three sets of page proofs with the author’s corrections; a watercolor rendering by Tolkien of the dust jacket used by The Hobbit’s publishers; a watercolor of trolls and Gollum by German artist Horus Engels; and the original copy of Thor’s Map. “The university is extremely blessed to own such a remarkable collection,” says Bill Fliss, archivist and interim curator of the Tolkien Collection. “It seems that most of the serious
Tolkien scholars find their way to Marquette at some point in their careers. The collection has attracted researchers from all over the world.” This semester, Dr. Tim Machan, professor of English, is teaching a course on “Tolkien the writer rather than simply Tolkien the creator of Middle-Earth.” Students will read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, as well as some of the author’s scholarship, translations and original poetry. “The idea is to see how medievalism and philology animated everything he wrote,” Machan says. Upcoming this semester are two events hosted by Raynor Memorial Libraries in conjunction with the anniversary. On Nov. 8, renowned scholars Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, authors and editors of many works by and about Tolkien, will present “J.R.R. Tolkien and the Art of Middle-Earth.” On Feb. 21, 2013, four Tolkien scholars — Dr. Robin Reid of Texas A&M University; Dr. Yvette Kisor of Ramapo College of New Jersey; Dr. Edward L. Risden of St. Norbert College; and Richard C. West of the University of Wisconsin–Madison will participate in “A Roundtable Discussion on Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit.” Earlier this semester, Dr. John Rateliff, Grad ’90, presented “How The Hobbit came to Milwaukee.” Rateliff has spent nearly 30 years studying Tolkien’s papers and has published extensively on the author.
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Tolkien scholars Rateliff, Hammond and Scull, authors of the above works on Tolkien and The Hobbit, will present on campus this fall.
The November and February events will be held at 4:30 p.m. in Raynor Memorial Libraries’ Beaumier Suites. Space is limited, so call the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at 8-7256 by noon the day before the event to pre-register. For more information about this year’s campus events related to The Hobbit, go to go.mu.edu/hobbit75.
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Todd Vicker – Bike champion By Tim Cigelske
Todd Vicker had simple goals of biking to work and riding to more errands when he began the Wisconsin Bicycle Challenge, where employees from companies across the state compete to log the most miles between May and August. When the competition ended this summer, Vicker finished with 6,889 miles in the saddle — the highest total in the state. He racked up miles with early morning rides followed by taking the long way to and from his work as executive director of the Alumni Memorial Union and auxiliary enterprises. Vicker averaged more than 400 miles each week to lead Marquette to an 11th place finish among Wisconsin workplaces. A total of 55 Marquette riders competed in the challenge, logging more than 38,000 miles. “Biking to work is so rewarding compared to driving,” he says. “My route along the lakefront captivates me every day. It’s my ‘discernment time’ that the Jesuits talk about.” What drives him to bike each day? “Frankly, I’m motivated to stay in the same notch on my belt,” he says. Read more about Vicker in a Q+A on the Employee Wellness Blog at muwellness.wordpress.com.
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The top five articles downloaded from e-Publications during the 2011–12 academic year were:
❶ “ The Golden Age of Comic Books: Representations of American Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War,” by Mark Kelley, 5,432 downloads
❷ “ Qualitative Research Interviews,” by Dr. Sarah Knox and Dr. Alan Burkard, 4,136 downloads
❸ “ Building Self-Esteem of Female Youth in Group Counseling: A Review of Literature and Practice,” by Maura Lynn Rouse, 3, 833 downloads
❹ “ The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: Drawings and Original Manuscripts from the Marquette University Collection,” 3,485 downloads
❺ “ The Impact of Parental Divorce on the Intimate Relationships of Adult Offspring: A Review of the Literature,” by Amber J. Ottaway, 3,398 downloads Submit scholarly accomplishments to e-Publications by emailing them to rose.fortier@marquette.edu, director of digital programs, or visiting epublications.marquette.edu. “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
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A new game in town It was Jesuit missionaries who first reported on the Native-American pastime of lacrosse in the 1600s, even giving the oldest sport on the continent its modern-day name. So it seems fitting that lacrosse has found a new home at Marquette. The men’s and women’s NCAA Division I teams are gearing up for their inaugural season, which begins in February 2013, with home games played at Valley Fields. “Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the country right now, and teams are adding like wildfire,” says Meredith Black, head coach for the women’s team. Lacrosse fans aren’t surprised that it’s catching on. “It’s a sport that combines a lot of characteristics of other sports — the contact and physicality of football, the speed of basketball and the open space of soccer,” says Joe Amplo, head coach for the men. Amplo spent most of his 11-year coaching career at Hofstra University, his alma mater, while Black spent seven years coaching at Towson University, University of Notre Dame and University of California– Berkeley. This is the first head coaching gig for both. “Every day is an adventure because everything is so new,” Black says. “This season, we want to start building the tradition with strong work ethic, hustle and confidence.” Both teams hosted summer camps, coaching clinics and a GROW session for faculty and staff. Black also launched a youth league to get younger girls involved in the sport — which looks a little different from the men’s version. “People assume that men’s and women’s lacrosse are the same and they’re 95 percent different — basically only the ball and the net are the same,” Black explains. “The field lines are different, the rules are different, the equipment is different.” Many of the new recruits are from the East Coast, where the sport is already well-established. Among them is Lisa Beltramello, a recent
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By Nicole Sweeney Etter
Members of the Marquette men’s lacrosse team practice at Valley Fields. Left to right: A defensive player (long stick) guards an offensive player (short stick) while the goalie awaits a shot. A men’s lacrosse team may only have four long sticks on the field at a time. All players on women’s teams use the same length stick.
raduate from Connecticut who is now using her final year of eligig bility at Marquette while studying sports leadership in the College of Professional Studies. “It has always been a dream of mine to play a Division I sport,” says Beltramello, who played club lacrosse on campus last year. “I’m excited to actually get a chance to play games. Doing an entire year of just practicing and training was fun, but not being able to compete in games was a little tough sometimes.” Both the men’s and women’s teams are excited to compete at the Division I level this spring. The women’s team will also play a fall campaign, although most matches will be played on the road.
Accreditation site visit set for fall 2013 Faculty, staff and students preparing self-study for campus review By Andy Brodzeller
The Higher Learning Commission, Marquette University’s accrediting agency, will conduct its onsite visit Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 2013. During the past year, more than 120 faculty, staff and student members of the steering committee, as well as nine subcommittees, have been working to prepare a self-study of the university, articulating the excellent work the university does and reflecting on areas where improvement may be made. To date, more than 50 campus “point persons” have helped committee members identify and gather close to 1,000 pieces of evidence for the self-study. During the remainder of the fall semester, a complete draft of the self-study report will be prepared and then posted online. The campus community will be invited to review and comment on the draft from Jan. 28 to Feb. 15. Dr. Gary Meyer, vice provost for undergraduate programs and teaching, and Dr. Toby Peters,
a ssociate senior vice president, who serve as chair and co-chair of the steering committee, will also host listening and feedback sessions during that time. Additional details on feedback sessions will be shared in the February issue of Marquette Matters and in News Briefs.
IMPORTANT DATES Fall 2012: Draft of self-study report completed Jan. 28 – Feb. 15, 2013: Self-study draft posted online for campus feedback Spring and summer 2013: Feedback incorporated into final draft of self-study report August 2013: Self-study report submitted to the Higher Learning Commission Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2013: Higher Learning Commission conducts onsite visit For more information, visit marquette.edu/accreditation.
M A R Q U ET T E H AP P E NINGS Service Learning Program named Experiential Education Program of the Year
Annual PR + Social Media Summit to feature industry experts
Marquette’s Service Learning Program, part of the Center for Teaching and Learning, was recently named Experiential Education Program of the Year by the National Society for Experiential Learning, and is currently being featured by the American Association of Colleges and Universities as an excellent exemplar of service learning. Following in the Jesuit tradition of faithful service, the Service Learning Program facilitates student academic learning through meaningful service experiences.
The Diederich College of Communication’s annual PR + Social Media Summit will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the AMU, Monaghan Ballrooms, and the Weasler Auditorium. This one-day conference focuses on the convergence of strategic communications and social media. It features executives from McDonald’s, General Motors Company, Prudential, Shoutlet and several other brands, businesses and media outlets. Register online at http://prsms.eventbrite.com/.