Understanding the “Business” of Marquette
Higher education is a unique environment. Navigating through the “business” of Marquette can be challenging, especially for employees that are new to higher education. This session is designed to give employees an understanding of the priorities and purpose of higher education at Marquette University including: the structure of the university; a look at the traditions and protocols; a key to the common vernacular; an overview of our Mission; an examination of opportunities to be involved with on campus and with our students; and an chance to discuss what makes Marquette special and a fun place to work.
Presented by: Dr. Toby Peters, Associate Senior Vice President
Tuesday, September 29
1 -3 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite B/C (lower level)
Limit: 50
The “Business” of Intercollegiate Athletics
Intercollegiate Athletics is integral to the “business” of Marquette. Our NCAA Division 1 intercollegiate sports draw national attention to our university. Alumni, prospective students, elite athletics/recruits, donors and sports fans connect to the university on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Marketing, the use of multimedia, compliance and fund-raising are critical elements of the athletic department. In this session you will: learn more about what happens behind-the-scenes in Intercollegiate Athletics; find out how the success of the teams can impact admissions and fund-raising; and tour the Al McGuire Center, a state-of-the-art practice facility with strength and conditioning and sports medicine facilities, an academic center for student athletes, and Marquette Athletics Hall of Fame.
Presented by: Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Tuesday, November 3
1 - 3 p.m.
McGuire Center Media Room
Limit: 50
Is it us? Is it them? Is it personality? Is it behavior? Difficult people are…well…difficult. They frustrate us, they make us angry, and they interfere in our ability to get our work done. Is there anything that can be done? ABSOLUTELY!
If you have a “difficult person” in your life, this GROW program will help you to identify and understand the difficult person and how to better cope. We’ll examine strategies and give you the tools to create a better way of working and interacting with that individual.
Presenter: Kerry Egdorf, Ombudsman
Monday, October 12
1 – 3 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite A (lower level)
Limit: 30
Perfecting the Corrective Counseling Process
This session is designed for managers and supervisors that have direct reports.
Employees at Marquette University take pride in their work and conduct themselves in a positive and professional manner. There are however situations where an employee exhibits performance deficiencies or violates established workplace rules. Quick and effective corrective counseling will assist employees in correcting these deficiencies.
This program will:
- Assist in determining the appropriate course of action
- Provide information on the systematic steps of the corrective counseling process
- Include helpful resources to assist in creating a corrective counseling memo
- Discuss how to professionally and effectively communicate with the employee
Presented by: Angela Nixon, Department of Human Resources
Tuesday, October 27
1 – 2 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite A (lower level)
Limit: 30
Why does conflict occur? Why do I respond to conflict the way I do? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, come to this program on understanding conflict!
We will explore how conflict unfolds and how your conflict style affects its outcome. Are you avoiding conflict? Are you escalating conflict unnecessarily? How can you become more collaborative and encourage the person you are in conflict with to become the same?
Before the program, Kerry will send you a styles assessment questionnaire for you to complete. This is a practical program that will help you understand and constructively engage in conflict in both your personal and work life.
Presented by: Kerry Egdorf, Marquette ombudsman
Monday, November 9
1 – 3 p.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 137
Limit: 30
Office of the University Architect
The new Zilber Building opens in Fall 2009, the new Law School in Fall 2010. The construction of these buildings, demolition of old buildings and other projects on campus are planned and orchestrated by the Office of the University Architect. How are the designs picked? Are we building “green” buildings? What physical changes on campus are next? Come learn how the professional staff in this area are helping to shape the campus.
Friday, October 16
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite A (lower level)
Limit: 30
The Kenneth Shuler Instructional Media Center (IMC) provides a wide range of multimedia creation and production services for the Marquette University community. The recently remodeled, state-of –the-art production facilities located on the second floor of Johnston Hall allow IMC staff and Electronic Broadcast and Communication students to create and produce audio, video and other multimedia projects including MUTV daily broadcasts.
Enjoy an interactive tour of a digital television production facility: see yourself on camera and hear your voice through a microphone. The tour will conclude with a demonstration of a video conference; interactive telecommunications technology that allows two or more locations to interact via simultaneous, two-way video and audio transmissions.
Thursday, November 12
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Johnston Hall, Room 100
Limit: 30
The workshops are open to regular and adjunct faculty as well as graduate students in the Preparing Future Faculty Program. Participants should have taken the basic D2L workshop or have learned to use D2L in some other fashion. There is no need to register.
To earn the e-Teaching certificate, participants must attend all seven sessions, not necessarily in the same semester, and prepare and present a project that uses some aspect of the technology covered in the workshop.
All sessions will be held from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesdays in Room 320H of the Raynor Memorial Libraries.
September 16 ….Online and blended teaching with D2L
September 30 ….Digital imaging and scanning in D2L
October 14……….Video and audio production and distribution in D2L
October 28…......Synchronous technology
November 11 …..Using social networking tools in teaching
December 2 ……..Emerging technologies
December 9………Project presentations of D2L enhanced courses
- How enrolling in a Flexible Spending Account can lower your out-of-pocket expenses each year
- Why it’s so important to obtain pre-authorizations for procedures or surgeries
- What resources and links you can find on our MU Benefits Web site
- Overall dental plan, providers, and plan options
- Why it’s important to participate in TIAA-CREF
Presented by: The Benefits Department
Thursday, October 1
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite A (lower level)
Limit: 30
Flu Shot: Should I get one this year and what other immunizations should I have?
The appearance of a unique influenza strain, H1N1, in the spring raised questions about the availability of the vaccine. While “swine flu” got a lot of attention just a few months ago, seasonal flu causes an average of 36,000 deaths and 220,000 hospitalizations each year in the US. What can you do to protect yourself and your family? There are other immunizations recommended for adults. Participants will have the opportunity to review the most recent adult immunization recommendations and the risks and benefits.
Tuesday, October 6
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite A (lower level)
Limit: 30
How does the Marquette Employee Wellness Program benefit employees?
The Marquette Employee Wellness Program has been working toward its mission of promoting a culture of wellness and healthy lifestyle choices for employees since January 2009. This session will cover what the wellness program is, why it’s offered at work, how you can benefit and how it’s applicable to employees at all stages of health and wellness. The use of aggregate data (HRA, biometrics and annual surveys), how health information is kept confidential and respect for employee privacy will also be addressed. Learn about the newly established University Wellness Implementation Committee and how the committee will promote the mission and vision of the wellness initiative on campus.
Presented by: Mandi Weis, Wellness Coordinator
Thursday, November 5
11:00 a.m. – noon
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite A (lower level)
Limit: 30
Vitamin D: Why We Need It and Why We Don’t Get Enough of It
Vitamin D is crucial to our body, and new research is showing that it is more important than we ever thought. We get some from our diets and the sun, but living in Wisconsin during the winter makes it difficult to get the amount we need. Come find out about this crucial vitamin.
Tuesday, November 10
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite A (lower level)
Limit: 30
Life begins at retirement – Are you ready to retire from Marquette?
Meet with a panel of specialists to discuss your questions surrounding Marquette’s retirement benefits.
- Steve McCauley – Benefits Manager and Long-Term Care Spokesperson
- Marty Garcia – TIAA-CREF Personal Consultant
- Karyl Richson – Social Security and Medicare Representative
- Denny Mueller – Banker’s Life Medicare Supplement
Thursday, November 19
2 – 4 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite A (lower level)
Limit: 30
Learn more about your voluntary benefits!
- Did you know Marquette University offers an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)? There are many ways in which an EAP can be useful, such as finding a camp or day care for your children; finding a support group for a variety of concerns you might have; tips on writing a will; and so forth.
- As a Marquette employee, you also have access to Long-term Care through Northwestern Mutual or John Hancock.
- MetPay Auto & Home Insurance offer competitive rates for Marquette employees through payroll deduction
- U.S. Savings Bonds available on a payroll deduction basis through National Bond and Trust
- Employee discounts through the Purchasing Department
Thursday, December 3
1 – 2 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Library, Conference Center
Beaumier Suite A (lower level)
Limit: 30
Using Office Communicator for Unified Communications
You have received a VOIP phone and are now able to make and receive calls from your computer.
Explore the following:
- Functionality of your new phone
- Ways to make calls from your computer
- End, refuse or redirect incoming calls
- Place a call on hold
- Make conference call/ invite others to join a call
- Switch between speaker phone, speakers and handset
- View a log of calls made and received in Outlook
Presented by: IT Services
Thursday, October 8th
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, 208
Tuesday, October 20th
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, 208
Are you new to Twitter and don’t know where to begin? This brief, hands-on session will teach you how to create an account, craft your first tweets and find people to follow. Questions are encouraged. If these skills are needed, this course is recommended before taking “A Guide to the Social Network – Twitter Basics.”
Presented by: Tim Cigelske, OMC and Scott Feldstein, IT Services
Monday, October 5
1 – 2 p.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
A Guide to the Social Network – Twitter Basics
Communicating and marketing to your targeted audiences is changing. More and more of your audience is using Facebook, Twitter and Blogging to communicate, market information about their services, and build interaction within these communities. Learn how to be a part of the university’s growing social media presence in this hands-on, interactive session.
Presented by: Tim Cigelske, OMC and Dax Phillips, Law School
Wednesday, October 14 Monday, November 2
1 -2 p.m. 10 - 11 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208 Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18 Limit: 18
Shared Folders and Documents in SharePoint
This class is for site users. Hands on and step by step instruction:
- Download a file, make changes and save
- Upload documents
- Open a document library with Windows Explorer – move or delete a document
- Link to a shared folder from your desktop or in My Documents and open it from Office applications
- Send a link to a document or set an alert
Presented by: Pamela Lewis, IT Services
Wednesday, October 7
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
*additionally, individual departments can schedule this training session at a suitable time in their offices
This class is for site users. Hands-on and step by step instruction:
- Link to a shared folder from your desktop, or in My Documents and open it from Office applications
- Use a meeting workspace to share documents, minutes, agendas, attendees
- Use a shared calendar and connect it to Outlook
- Use a contact list and connect it to Outlook
- Set permissions for a folder, document, calendar or announcement to limit access
Presented by: Pamela Lewis, IT Services
Prerequisite: Experience using SharePoint or attended Shared Folders and Documents in SharePoint class.
Tuesday October 13
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
This class is for the administrator of a department’s SharePoint site.
- Learn the basics of creating and managing sites
- Organize a document library with folders and versioning
- Manage permissions for the site
- Add, remove and edit Web Parts
- Make your site easy to navigate
- Create new sites or sub sites including meeting sites
Presented by: Pamela Lewis, IT Services
Prerequisite: Experience using SharePoint or attended Shared Folders and Documents in SharePoint and Intermediate SharePoint class.
Wednesday, October 21
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
Discussion of the following topics, plus bring your SharePoint questions and share the cool things you do using SharePoint.
- Customize views, modify columns in a document library
- Resize web parts
- Add web parts that are not available in the Add a web part menu
- Add a second set of links or announcements
- Create a Wiki
- RSS feeds and notifications from document libraries
- Change a site name, URL
- Save a site as a template (<10 MB) and move it to a new location, delete a template
Presented by: IT Services
Prerequisite: Experience using SharePoint as an Administrator or attended SharePoint Administrator class.
Wednesday, October 28
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
Contribute is web-editing software. This class is designed for Marquette employees who are responsible for editing university web pages.
- Edit an existing web page or copy an existing page and edit.
- Edit text, images, tables, and links on the page.
- Copy a page to create a new web page.
- Format text – fonts, bullets, numbering, headings.
- Create a link to a web page, insert a PDF, add and format an image, insert and edit a table.
Presented by Jeremy Saperstein, IT Services
Thursday October 22
10 a.m. - noon
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
Microsoft Communicator without Voice
- Send an instant message to 1 or multiple recipients
- Add new contacts
- Manage your presence status
- Change a person’s access to your contact information
- Tag a contact
- Share your desktop
Presented by: Pamela Lewis, IT Services
Wednesday, November 4
10 - 11:30 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
Microsoft Outlook: E-mail a large group using a distribution list or do an e-mail merge
- Create a distribution list using the global address list and other contacts
- Send the e-mail to yourself and use BCC for the distribution list
- Export a contact list from Outlook to use for an e-mail merge
- Begin with a Word document and do an e-mail merge
Presented by: Pamela Lewis, IT Services
Wednesday, November 11
10 -11:30 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
Learn time-saving Word 2007 tips and tricks. Examples include adding a water-mark to a Word document; creating custom bulleted lists; fast formatting; keyboard shortcuts; navigating Word documents by using a table of contents; removing unwanted formatting; tricks for selecting text; sorting tables; creating calculations in tables; using bookmarks; creating special symbols; and tips for using Smart Art and Mail Merge.
Presented by: Susan Biro
Wednesday, November 11
9 a.m. – noon
Raynor Memorial Libraries, Room 320H
Limit: 18
Explore some of the new features of Windows 7 in this demonstration:
- Improved taskbar
- Jump Lists
- Desktop enhancements
- Better device management
- HomeGroup
Presented by: IT Services
Wednesday, November 18
10 - 11 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Excel
This program is ideal for those who need to further develop their abilities with complex spreadsheets. Learn little-known Excel tips and tricks. Examples include: calculating a person’s age; formatting tables; creating instant range names; working with crowded worksheets; using data validation; defining constant values; flipping data in a worksheet; linking cells to a textbox or object; shortcuts for using names in formulas; tracking revisions; using goal seek; using names to simplify formulas; using conditional formatting; and more.
Presented by: Susan Biro
Wednesday, December 2
9 a.m. – noon
Raynor Memorial Libraries, Room 320H
Limit: 18
Create an online form that users can fill out, save and e-mail back to you.
- Create a Word Form and save it as a PDF
- Insert text fields, check boxes, drop-down lists
- Protect the document so that only form fields can be edited
- View a demonstration using Adobe Acrobat Pro to create an online form.
Presented By: Pamela Lewis
Wednesday December 2
10 - 11:30 a.m.
Cudahy Hall, Room 208
Limit: 18
In this hands-on session for beginners, you will learn how to creatively use Twitter in your classes to promote students' class engagement, collaboration and learning; create a Twitter account; write an appropriate profile; and learn basic Twitter functions and lingo. Presenters will show ways to use Twitter in class assignments and group discussion.
Presented by: Associate Professor Gee Ekachai and Professional in Residence Linda Menck, J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication
Friday, October 9
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Raynor Memorial Libraries, Room 320H
Limit: 30
Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art will present the following opportunities. All sessions meet in the Museum’s Main Lobby.
Overview of the History of Iran by Dr. Phillip Naylor, Associate Professor-Department of History
Wednesday, October 21 (changed from October 14th)**
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Limit: 30
The History of the Movement to Emancipate Women in Iran presented by Fahimeh Vahdat, Professor-Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. A native of Iran, Vahdat experienced displacement and religious exile as the revolution broke out in 1979 in Iran, first relocating to England and then to the U.S. Vahdat received her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Wednesday, October 28
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Limit: 30
The Collection of Iranian Ceramics and Artifacts from the Milwaukee Public Museum presented by Kevin Cullen, Archaeologist-Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin
Wednesday, November 4
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Limit: 30
