In summer 2018, President Michael R. Lovell asked Provost Dan Myers to convene the next iteration of the Community Engagement Task Force composed of internal leaders, external community partners and the campus community to seek recommendations on how to institutionalize community engagement at Marquette. The goals is to further solidify Marquette as a local, national and global leader in community engagement.
A steering committee and dimension leads have been established to provide oversight, guidance and support. Dimension leads are tasked with exploring strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the current state, identifying national best practices and making recommendations in the following dimensions:
- Faculty and staff engagement
- Student engagement
- Mission
- Partnership management and cultivation
- Impact/Assessment
- Profile and membership
To date, more than 80 individuals have been invited to participate in these working teams.
Those who would like to be more directly involved in these efforts should attend a faculty and staff listening session on Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the AMU Ballrooms. This will be one of a few planned listening sessions in early- and mid-October.
Steering committee:
- Kimo Ah Yun, dean, Diederich College of Communication
- Griselda Aldrete, president and CEO, Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee
- Rana Altenburg, vice president for public affairs
- Kent Beausoleil, assistant to the senior vice provost for faculty affairs and vice president for student affairs
- Daniel Bergen, executive director, Office of Community Engagement
- Brett Blomme, president and CEO, Cream City Foundation
- Xavier Cole, vice president for student affairs
- Brian Dorrington, assistant vice president, advancement communication
- Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice president for research and innovation
- Janet Krejci, dean, College of Nursing
- William Lobb, dean, School of Dentistry
- Ray Manista, executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary, Northwestern Mutual
- Daniel Myers, provost
- Keith Stanley, executive director, Near West Side Partners Inc.
- William Welburn, executive director, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
Dimension leads
Faculty and staff engagement:
- Lynn Mellantine, assistant vice president for human resources
- Gary Meyer, senior vice provost for faculty affairs
Student engagement:
- Mary Janz, executive director, Office of Residence Life
- Rob Smith, Henry G. John Professor of History and director, Center for Urban Research, Teaching, and Outreach
Mission:
- Kathy Coffey-Guenther, associate vice president for mission and ministry
- Theresa Tobin, associate dean, Graduate School
Partnership management and cultivation:
- Kim Bohat, director of service learning
- Anne Deahl, associate vice provost for academic support programs and retention
Impact/Assessment:
- Carie Hertzberg, director, Burke Scholarship Program
- Jen Reid, director, student affairs communications
Profile and membership:
- Jaclyn Ness, managing director, corporate and foundation relations, University Advancement
- Kathleen Waterbury, director of brand marketing, Office of Marketing and Communication