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Pilarz sets direction for MU’s future Strategic planning committee taking first steps forward By Melanie Lawder melanie.lawder@marquette.edu
The writing process for Marquette’s strategic plan is expected to pick up momentum with the recent creation of the strategic planning coordinating committee and the University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz’s articulation of five themes that will guide the plan’s progress. The members of this committee and the five themes were announced Aug. 28 in a letter from Pilarz to the Marquette community. “The pace of work on the plan will accelerate dramatically this fall as we strive toward our goal of delivering a final strategy to the Board of Trustees in May 2013,” Pilarz wrote in the letter. The strategic planning coordinating committee is charged with the task of facilitating conversations with members of the Marquette community to gather an accurate representation of the campus’s concerns and goals, Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice provost for research, dean of the Graduate School and one of the co-chairs of the committee, said. All of this information will be relayed to the president and provost, who will then proceed accordingly. Pilarz and Provost John Pauly are the gatekeepers and decisionmakers for the plan’s content. They will be the ones who actually write the university’s strategic plan, according to the university’s webpage devoted to the strategic planning. The coordinating committee is also responsible for carrying out an
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“environmental scan” of external and internal factors that may affect the university in the future. According to Hossenlopp, the committee will then apply this external information internally to decipher how Marquette can respond positively to a changing environment. Timothy Ripplinger, the senior associate vice president of university advancement and a member of the new committee, said external factors the committee will examine include changing student demographics, faculty demographics, philanthropic trends, civic and community issues, governing and regulatory restrictions, teaching and learning developments, higher education finance, revenue models, and an analysis of the infrastructure in other institutions. Hossenlopp said that they will also reference the strategic plans and major developments of other peer Catholic universities to “make sure we’re not missing anything.” The committee will draft a report with the findings and data from the environmental scan. The report will be released by December 2012 to the provost and president. The committee is comprised of 15 representatives from different areas of university life and two co-chairs who will preside over the members’ activities. Two students–both an undergraduate and a graduate student–are also committee members. Hossenlopp said the coordinating committee is in the beginning stage of its deliberations. Its members have met once, on Sept. 4, and are expected to meet once every two weeks moving forward. To ensure an honest representation of campus perspectives, Hossenlopp said she plans to meet with various student groups, such as the Marquette See Strategic, page 7
Week to support survivors
Photo by Danny Alfonzo/daniel.alfonzo@marquette.edu
From left to right: Freshmen Damarius Edwards, David Kourim and Alex Wuest teeter-totter under the Raynor Memorial bridge to raise money and awareness for sexual assault victims.
Annual Sexual Violence Awareness Week underway By Jacob Born jacob.born@marquette.edu
Students will once again see the campus dressed in teal this week for Marquette’s annual Sexual Violence Awareness Week, sponsored by the Center for Health Education and Promotion. The week, which dates back to 1994, aims to get information out to students about
what sexual violence is and how to prevent it. The week started Monday with a Health Hut, a table with students and health educators handing out pamphlets with information about sexual assaults See Sexual assault, page 8
11 years later, attacks still solemnly remembered students to reflect. Marquette’s ROTC program will continue its tradition of holding the annual Tri-Service 9-11 Commemoration Ceremony, which will honor the day with three branches of Marquette’s ROTC: Air Force, Army and Navy. Cadet Jacob Berg, a senior in the College of Communication, was appointed by the previous senior class to the Tri-ROTC liaison position, which includes
Members of the Army ROTC program properly lower the flag Monday.
Although more than a decade has passed since the 9/11 attacks, Milwaukee is doing its part today to commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the tragedy. Milwaukee County hosted a
ceremony at the War Memorial Center – Fitch Plaza this morning from 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. that featured several speakers, including Gov. Scott Walker, Mayor Tom Barrett, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and a representative from the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek. To honor the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks, wreaths were placed in a reflecting pool, and participants rang a bell from the USS Milwaukee. On campus, two Marquette groups will offer opportunities for
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Air Force, Navy, Army ROTC unite for 9/11 memorial ceremony By Jenny Zahn jennifer.zahn@marquette.edu
Photo by Alyce Peterson/alyce.peterson@marquette.edu
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STUDY BREAK..................5 SPORTS..........................12 CLASSIFIEDS..................14
Voting for MUSG senators will be entirely online. PAGE 3
Health department confirms isolated case at Marquette. PAGE 3
See 9/11, page 7
Coach Shymansky has made a big impact in little time. PAGE 12