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MUScoop => The Superbar => COVID-19 => Topic started by: Macallan 18 on March 23, 2020, 04:15:20 PM
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Marquette extending remote learning through the remainder of the semester and postponing commencement. Really feel for the seniors :(
https://www.marquette.edu/email/today/marquette-today-coronavirus-3-23-20.php
(https://www.marquette.edu/email/today/marquette-today-coronavirus-3-23-20.php)
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Dear Marquette community:
As we start our first full week of remote learning and working, we want to thank you for your continued patience as we move the university forward amid this unprecedented set of circumstances.
Given changing guidance from the State of Wisconsin and the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we are announcing several major decisions, made after thoughtful input from university leaders and public health experts. We understand these may be difficult to read, and may cause sadness, anxiety and even anger. Please know that every decision we are making is to ensure the health, safety and well being of our campus community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marquette University announces the following:
Remote learning extension
Remote learning is extended through May 10, the end of the spring semester. This includes final exams, which will be taken online or through a remote learning method determined by instructors. Deans of colleges where students are engaged in hands-on clinical experiences will be in touch with students to discuss next steps. A remote learning website has been created as a resource for students.
Summer Studies
Registration for all summer sessions is open. We do not yet know whether Marquette will be open for on-campus summer instruction, but today 200 sections of undergraduate and graduate classes are available fully online, and more will be added. As of now, the summer calendar remains as listed on the academic calendar.
Fall registration and fall housing deadlines
Fall registration will begin April 6 for all undergraduate and graduate students. Students will receive new registration times by March 25. The fall university housing deadline will also be delayed; students will receive more information in the coming weeks.
Room and board credits
Students who are spring residence hall residents will receive a 50% credit to their Bursar account, which can be used for future tuition, room and board. Some exclusions apply; those students will be contacted separately. For those students who stayed in our residence halls after Spring Break, the credit will be prorated based on length of time living in the residence halls.
The remaining meal balance for Loyalty 50 plans will be credited to students’ Bursar accounts. Individuals who would like to keep their plan active or donate their remaining meals to students facing food insecurity should email orl@marquette.edu by March 27.
Students who have an Anytime Meal Plan will receive a 50% credit to their Bursar account. Individuals who would like to keep their Anytime Meal Plan active should email orl@marquette.edu by March 27.
The goal is to have room and board credits processed by April 3.
At the request of some of our Marquette parents, families may gift a portion or all of their room and board credit to support Marquette’s Bridge to the Future Fund to assist students experiencing unexpected financial need. Families who wish to support Marquette in this way can contact Missy Egelhoff at melissa.egelhoff@marquette.edu or (414) 288-6774 by March 27. Gifts, regardless of size, will help Marquette ensure our students have the resources they need during this challenging time.
Retrieval of students’ items from residence halls
The Office of Residence Life will email students who had been living in the residence halls with specific instructions regarding a process to retrieve belongings, beginning March 25. The process will be managed to ensure social distancing best practices are followed and to limit the number of students moving out at any one time. If students are unable to come to campus in person, ORL has options to have their belongings packed and stored, at additional cost. If a shelter-in-place order from a state or local government is issued that affects Marquette, that may change the timing of when students may return to campus to retrieve their belongings. This is a fluid situation and we appreciate your flexibility and patience.
A very limited number of students who do not have anywhere else to finish their remote studies will be allowed to remain in the residence halls.
Remote work
Remote work continues for faculty and staff. The university will continue to monitor the situation and follow guidance from state and local authorities.
Events guidance
All events held on the Marquette University campus are canceled through May 10.
Commencement
We have made the very difficult but necessary decision to postpone Marquette’s 139th Commencement ceremonies, including college-specific ceremonies. We know this is just the latest in a series of changes our campus community – and especially our graduating seniors – have had to face. As parents ourselves, we have experienced firsthand that Commencement is the culmination of years of hard work for our graduates and their families. To give this special occasion the pomp and circumstance it deserves, we want to celebrate Commencement together, in person, and in a safe and meaningful way. A team from across the university is working on options, including the likelihood of postponing the in-person celebration until August, and will be gathering feedback from spring 2020 graduates. We promise to be in touch with our spring 2020 graduates soon to share more details. With Commencement delayed, students who meet their graduation requirements will still have a graduation date of May 2020 on their diplomas. The university intends to mail diplomas by early June.
Parking refunds
Students: All students with commuter parking permits will receive a refund for 50% of the semester parking expense. Students with 24-hour parking permits must email the Parking Office by March 27 if they wish to cancel their parking permit and retrieve their car from campus by April 1 to receive a 50% refund. If students cancel their permits and remove their cars after April 1, the refund will be prorated.
Faculty and staff: The university will suspend collection of parking fees for those who pay to park in a campus parking structure or surface lot for the month of April, which will be reflected in April pay periods. The university will continue to assess parking as the situation evolves.
In an effort to answer questions as quickly as possible, we have developed an extensive Frequently Asked Questions page on Marquette’s coronavirus website. Questions not addressed via the FAQs can be asked via this form or by calling Marquette Central at (414) 288-4000.
Please continue to support one another in the spirit of cura personalis. Rev. Jim Voiss, S.J., vice president for mission and ministry, said it best in this video message: “Our challenge is to model our mission of excellence, faith, leadership and the spirit of service we embody at Marquette – even during these difficult times.” We are being tested as never before, and we’re grateful for everything you’re doing every day. Marquette University is better because of you. Know that each of us is praying daily for our entire Marquette family.
Dr. Michael R. Lovell
President
Dr. Kimo Ah Yun
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Joel Pogodzinski
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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I especially feel bad for class of 2020 seniors.
They were headed for a pretty solid job market, very low unemployment. That all changed on a dime, and now their job prospects are close to zero.
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Moving out started today. Unversity is looking for MU staff volunteers to help at the dorms. We need that list to fill up to help the students and their families.
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I especially feel bad for class of 2020 seniors.
They were headed for a pretty solid job market, very low unemployment. That all changed on a dime, and now their job prospects are close to zero.
Agreed.
But I feel more sorry for families with young children who are already out there trying to find their way through this.
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Marquette issuing room and board refunds (not credits) for residence halls. Wonder how much this will impact the budget.
https://today.marquette.edu/2020/03/university-issuing-room-and-board-refunds-not-credits-for-residence-halls/
(https://today.marquette.edu/2020/03/university-issuing-room-and-board-refunds-not-credits-for-residence-halls/)
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Based on newly released guidance from the U.S. Department of Education, Marquette will be issuing refunds (rather than credits) for room and board for students who were living in residence halls during the spring semester.
For students who were living in residence halls, refunds will be issued as follows:
+ For students who have an outstanding bursar account balance, the refund of 50% of their semester room and board costs, including meal plans, will be first applied to that balance. Any amount remaining after the balance is paid in full will be issued as a refund via direct deposit or check. Some exclusions apply; those students will be contacted separately.
+ Students whose bursar accounts are paid in full will receive a full refund via direct deposit or check for 50% of their semester room and board costs, including meal plans.
+ The small number of students that continue to stay in residence halls and eat on campus will not receive a refund.
For all other students who purchased a spring semester meal plan, refunds will be issued as follows:
+ For students who have an outstanding bursar account balance, a refund of 50% of their meal plans will be first applied to that balance. Any amount remaining after the balance is paid in full will be issued as a refund via direct deposit or check. Some exclusions apply; those students will be contacted separately.
+ Students whose bursar accounts are paid in full will receive a full refund via direct deposit or check for 50% of their meal plan cost.
+ The small number of students that continue to eat on campus will not receive a refund.
Students who have not already done so should sign up for direct deposit by April 15 to receive their refunds as quickly as possible, and to minimize the number of employees on campus required to print paper checks. Visit the Marquette Central website for instructions on how to sign up for direct deposit through Checkmarq.
The university will issue the refunds no later than April 17 by direct deposit or mail.
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It will impact the budget pretty severely. Between this, the unmet (unrealistic) attendance goals, and a terrible market ripping up their endowment, it is going to be an awful financial year for Marquette.
But most schools can weather a year like this. But there are dark clouds for next year.
*Enrollment did not only not meet numbers goals this year, they had to discount too much to get the class they got. Now they have to hope to retain them AND recruit an even larger class next year while not sacrificing on the revenue side. That's not going to happen.
*With decreased NCAA payouts this year, the athletic department is really in a tough shape for next year. Basketball has to go on as planned attendance wise. But there are a lot of questions about weather or not the season ticket base will hold. Lackluster results, what could end up being a very poor economy, skittishness about going to larger events. If Marquette basketball isn't profitable, they are really going to be in poor shape not only in the athletic department, but because the University will likely have to cover some costs it hadn't previously.
*Fundraising continues to be a problem. Announcing the business building campaign, then having the dean die in an accident, then having COVID happen was absolutely horrific luck. I don't mean to make light of either tragedy, but if Marquette knew then what it knows now, that building would not have been announced. But also Lovell isn't really connecting with a number of donors.
The University isn't closing or anything, but there are a lot of dark clouds on the horizon. Some of them are new, but a number have been there for awhile. Not good.
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My Godson and his father drove up and back from Indy yesterday to clear out his dorm room at Mashuda Hall. They were allotted an hour and a half to clear everything out. They saw the RA and one other student during the time they were in the building. The student is staying the rest of the semester. I asked if he was a student from a foreign land. Nope. A small city in Wisconsin. Apparently not a good home life. Sad. But I'm happy that someone at MU was able to see the circumstances and accommodate him.
The other part of the story was the commute from Indy to Milwaukee and back. They, not surprisingly, sailed the entire trip. Nothing but semis out there.
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These are all great points.
Had MU's season continued with two more losses, season ticket accounts would have taken a hit .. that factor is likely smaller now, with the big asterisk of COVID.
But also .. doesn't MU ask for renewals in May? That'll be just weeks from peak COVID and unemployment is gonna be double digits, massive recession in the works.
Could be a huge huge reduction as people think about what's necessary in their lives.
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These are all great points.
Had MU's season continued with two more losses, season ticket accounts would have taken a hit .. that factor is likely smaller now, with the big asterisk of COVID.
But also .. doesn't MU ask for renewals in May? That'll be just weeks from peak COVID and unemployment is gonna be double digits, massive recession in the works.
Could be a huge huge reduction as people think about what's necessary in their lives.
They're going to have to market the heck out of the returning notes same series along with a Wisconsin home game
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Not sure if it's plausible, but it might be an ideal time to skip a year of reseating and allow people to renew in the same location for next season.
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*Fundraising continues to be a problem. Announcing the business building campaign, then having the dean die in an accident, then having COVID happen was absolutely horrific luck. I don't mean to make light of either tragedy, but if Marquette knew then what it knows now, that building would not have been announced. But also Lovell isn't really connecting with a number of donors.
I continue to hear this more and more.
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They're going to have to market the heck out of the returning notes same series along with a Wisconsin home game
Our last few years with season tickets, we were splitting with another couple, so would only get lucky with the UW tickets once every 4 years. -- Now that we switched to the mini-plan .. we get UW tickets every time.
So .. UW tickets are not a huge selling point any more for the full season.
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Our last few years with season tickets, we were splitting with another couple, so would only get lucky with the UW tickets once every 4 years. -- Now that we switched to the mini-plan .. we get UW tickets every time.
So .. UW tickets are not a huge selling point any more for the full season.
Hah Notre dame got corrected to notes same. But yeah I get what you mean
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These are all great points.
Had MU's season continued with two more losses, season ticket accounts would have taken a hit .. that factor is likely smaller now, with the big asterisk of COVID.
But also .. doesn't MU ask for renewals in May? That'll be just weeks from peak COVID and unemployment is gonna be double digits, massive recession in the works.
Could be a huge huge reduction as people think about what's necessary in their lives.
On the flip side they might be so desperate for sports that they are still willing to watch their Marquette squad deteriorate every February.
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These are all great points.
Had MU's season continued with two more losses, season ticket accounts would have taken a hit .. that factor is likely smaller now, with the big asterisk of COVID.
But also .. doesn't MU ask for renewals in May? That'll be just weeks from peak COVID and unemployment is gonna be double digits, massive recession in the works.
Could be a huge huge reduction as people think about what's necessary in their lives.
That is exactly right. They have done the projections for next year. And they are, in a word, ugly.
I wouldn't doubt that they hope the NCAA drops the minimum number of sports.
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That is exactly right. They have done the projections for next year. And they are, in a word, ugly.
I wouldn't doubt that they hope the NCAA drops the minimum number of sports.
The good news is all spring sport "student-athletes" have another year of eligibility...the bad news is we eliminated all spring sports.
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Iowa State is having their coaches take cuts. Oregon is looking into it as well. My guess is that this will be a trend.
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That is exactly right. They have done the projections for next year. And they are, in a word, ugly.
I wouldn't doubt that they hope the NCAA drops the minimum number of sports.
It will help to break the myth that college sports is flush with cash. One of our kids played division I in a non revenue sport and it was by no means a plush experience. With the exception of a few powerful football schools, most are breakeven or lose money in athletics.
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Many D1 athletic departments are flush with income, but they spend every single cent of it. They are like drunken sailors. Very little long-term planning or endowment development at most schools.
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DePaul announced they are freezing tuition for the upcoming academic year as a result of the virus.
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Smart move, aina?
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Refunding a half semester’s worth of room and board costs combined with other lost revenues and additional expenses related to the pandemic has resulted in an immediate short-term financial shortfall of approximately $15 million.
A number of steps were announced today including temporary unpaid furloughs starting after April 17 for about 250 employees and a pause in non essential hiring.
https://www.marquette.edu/email/today/coronavirus-staff-4-08-20.php (https://www.marquette.edu/email/today/coronavirus-staff-4-08-20.php)
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Campus operations this fall and new Commencement date.
https://today.marquette.edu/2020/04/covid-19-update-campus-operations-this-fall-and-new-commencement-date/
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Many D1 athletic departments are flush with income, but they spend every single cent of it. They are like drunken sailors. Very little long-term planning or endowment development at most schools.
That can be said about departments across the land. Spend it or lose it.
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Deposits for the incoming first-year class are tracking behind last year. The current number of deposits is 179 fewer than last year, or 13% less.
Staff believe that the inability to visit Marquette contributed to the decline in deposits. The two admitted students days for the Class of 2023 in April 2019 generated 60 deposits each.
https://marquettewire.org/4032658/news/class-of-2024-enrollment-numbers-sees-decline/ (https://marquettewire.org/4032658/news/class-of-2024-enrollment-numbers-sees-decline/)
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Class of 2024 enrollment numbers sees decline
This story was written by Matthew Choate. He can be reached at matthew.choate@marquette.edu.
Enrollment numbers for the incoming class have gone down compared to previous years, according to the provost Kimo Ah Yun.
Vice president for enrollment management John Baworowsky supervises undergraduate admissions, the Office of Financial Aid, the Office of the Registrar and Marquette Central.
Baworowsky said deposits for the incoming first-year class are tracking behind last year. The current number of deposits is 179 fewer than last year, or 13% less.
The number began to fall behind in March when many high schools and universities announced they would be switching to online school due to COVID-19.
Baworowsky said he believed the deposit number declined in March because prospective students were focused on their online high school classes rather than on their college selection.
He also said he believes that the inability to visit Marquette contributed to the decline in deposits. He said the two admitted students days for the Class of 2023 in April 2019 generated 60 deposits each.
Baworowsky said he hopes online visits and events being offered to potential students will help to generate more deposits.
He also said the university has an admitted students web page for potential students. Students, faculty and deans have posted videos giving information about Marquette. Baworowsky said he hopes to see more similar events held in June and allow an extension on deposits until then.
Baworowsky said this situation is not normal, and he “hasn’t seen anything like it in his 38-year career.”
He said it’s an “all hands on deck” approach to encourage high school students to apply and choose Marquette. This involves being able to get information to potential students about Marquette.
The drop in admissions deposits could have an impact on the diversity of the incoming class.
William Welburn, the vice president for Inclusive Excellence, seeks opportunities to work collaboratively with the campus on various issues relating to diversity, equity and inclusion.
“(The drop in admissions) is simultaneously disheartening and understandable,” Welburn said in an email. “Most four year colleges and universities are concerned with drops in enrollment.”
Despite this, Welburn said Marquette’s admissions efforts are “very strong.” However, he did note that high school students all over the country are still trying to figure out what to do.
“For students of color, other underrepresented students, and first generation students, it is an even greater challenge to decide where to matriculate (enroll) in the fall,” Welburn said in an email.
Welburn said Marquette is attracting many applications and admitting very good students, but the current environment makes it tough for new students to figure out where they’re going in the fall. Baworowsky said it’s difficult to increase deposits because high school students are likely more focused on completing their online classes, rather than choosing what college to attend. Despite the situation, Welburn said he stays optimistic.
Welburn said the Marquette admissions team has done an extraordinary job of getting all students admitted to Marquette. “And by applying, clearly, students can see themselves at Marquette,” Welburn said in an email.
However, Welburn said seeing a decline in enrollment by students of color would reverse a five-year increase. For example, Welburn said there has been an increase in the number of students of color going from 23.3% to 28%.
Despite the decrease in deposits, Welburn said the Admissions Office has done quality work over the years through excellent leadership and very hard work.
“Frankly these days the very best colleges and universities across the United States are also attracting a diversity of students,” Welburn said in an email. “We know that we are better together when we are learning together, addressing the challenges of our society together and preparing to go out into a culturally diverse world.”
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That will help acceptance rate for out New England friends. ::) ::)
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Marquette, along with a lot of other schools, extended their deposit deadline to June 1. So comparisons to last year aren't exactly apples-to-apples. I'm sure the reason this wasn't mentioned was because Marquette apparently just decided to do this on Monday - most other schools made that decision weeks ago.
And I am sure a lot of students (and parents) are waiting to see if Marquette will be a residential campus in the fall.
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It's interesting to think of how each class (Fr, So, Jr, Sr) have different takes on starting school -- and I'd like to see more than just the Class of 2024 numbers.
Freshmen are .. excited. Lots can't wait to have that college experience.
Seniors .. wouldn't be surprised if lots of them would want to pause. First, the economy in 2021 is not going to be conducive to getting hired .. second, social distancing would be a sad way to end college life.
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It's interesting to think of how each class (Fr, So, Jr, Sr) have different takes on starting school -- and I'd like to see more than just the Class of 2024 numbers.
Freshmen are .. excited. Lots can't wait to have that college experience.
Seniors .. wouldn't be surprised if lots of them would want to pause. First, the economy in 2021 is not going to be conducive to getting hired .. second, social distancing would be a sad way to end college life.
I can only speak based on my daughter's experience, but her friends that remained in Milwaukee are not doing much social distancing. Parties still going on. Kids are being kids.
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Video put out by Marquette today by Marquette muckitymucks remotely congratulating the class of 2020.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1957632901037422
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Video put out by Marquette today by Marquette muckitymucks remotely congratulating the class of 2020.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1957632901037422
That was painful to watch. And doesn't everyone by now know to use an appropriate camera angle? The lady with the baby---yikes.
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Thought it was fine. Better than I would’ve done, with the exception of calling it a “Golden Eagle education.”
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Thought it was fine. Better than I would’ve done, with the exception of calling it a “Golden Eagle education.”
Yeah, I was overly critical. None of them signed on to be their own producer and camera crew. And I now recognize that “lady” to be the Dean of the College of Nursing with whom I assume is a grandchild. Heartfelt, so not bad.
Dean of the Law School needs a new furnace.
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Yeah, I was overly critical. None of them signed on to be their own producer and camera crew. And I now recognize that “lady” to be the Dean of the College of Nursing with whom I assume is a grandchild. Heartfelt, so not bad.
Dean of the Law School needs a new furnace.
Our HR department worked with a couple of our graphic designers to put together a video for our CEO and President thanking them for all they’ve done for us and continuing to support us and keep us running through all of this. They asked employees to send a 10 second clip saying thank you in whatever way you want. Even having grown up with this kind of technology I still find it awkward as can be to talk into a phone screen staring into my own face. I hate FaceTiming, Zoom, etc. It’s all just awkward to me.
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Our HR department worked with a couple of our graphic designers to put together a video for our CEO and President thanking them for all they’ve done for us and continuing to support us and keep us running through all of this.
Yeesh.
Fear of layoffs manifesting as sycophancy at scale by HR, with an added layer of forced time wasting by (through subjective peer pressure) forcing everyone to record a thank you video for their dear leaders.
Corporate America at its absolute worst...
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Yeesh.
Fear of layoffs manifesting as sycophancy at scale by HR, with an added layer of forced time wasting by (through subjective peer pressure) forcing everyone to record a thank you video for their dear leaders.
Corporate America at its absolute worst...
Nobody forced anything. They asked for 10 seconds or less of you saying thank you. It took, well, 10 seconds.
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Yeah, I was overly critical. None of them signed on to be their own producer and camera crew. And I now recognize that “lady” to be the Dean of the College of Nursing with whom I assume is a grandchild. Heartfelt, so not bad.
Dean of the Law School needs a new furnace.
Correct on both counts.
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Video put out by Marquette today by Marquette muckitymucks remotely congratulating the class of 2020.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1957632901037422
It was a little long but nice.
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The academic calendar was released with an earlier start and end date for Fall semester. Of course this is all with the caveat that plans may need to change based on government and medical official guidelines.
https://www.marquette.edu/email/today/marquette-today-academic-calendar-5-15-20.php (https://www.marquette.edu/email/today/marquette-today-academic-calendar-5-15-20.php)
Undergraduate courses will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, and in-person instruction will conclude on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Students then will have the opportunity to move out for the semester prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. This calendar change prompts a necessary adjustment to final exams as well and requires that we administer them remotely from December 2 to 9, 2020. More information about best practices for delivering online exams will be forthcoming.
To maximize the amount of time students are away from campus and out of residence halls, spring 2021 undergraduate courses will begin a week later than usual on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, and conclude on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Final exams will be administered in person, May 10 to 15, 2021. Graduate School and Graduate School of Management courses will follow a similar schedule.
Spring break has been combined with Easter break and will take place from Saturday, March 27, through Monday, April 5, 2021, for undergraduate courses, while most Graduate School and Graduate School of Management courses will resume on April 5, 2021. In this way, we limit the number of times students travel home and back during the semester.
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Lovell on a call with Pence, DeVos, and Birx:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/readout-vice-presidents-discussion-higher-education-leaders/
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https://www.instagram.com/tv/CASzZPNpX04/?igshid=4hu3ntgrg2i4
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Buh bye College of Education.
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Buh bye College of Education.
For sure? It was inevitable. Education programs are shrinking all over Wisconsin and Marquette's was pretty small to begin with.
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For sure? It was inevitable. Education programs are shrinking all over Wisconsin and Marquette's was pretty small to begin with.
Yep, more layoffs coming.
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Marquette is moving into Phase 2 of the return to campus plan.
https://today.marquette.edu/2020/06/work-from-home-continues-for-majority-of-campus-recovery-plan-step-2-protocols-in-place-for-limited-number-of-employees-returning-to-campus/ (https://today.marquette.edu/2020/06/work-from-home-continues-for-majority-of-campus-recovery-plan-step-2-protocols-in-place-for-limited-number-of-employees-returning-to-campus/)
They have also created a nice brochure explaining the process and what employees can expect as they return to campus - https://issuu.com/marquetteu/docs/return_to_campus_step2_v1 (https://issuu.com/marquetteu/docs/return_to_campus_step2_v1)
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Marquette is moving into Phase 2 of the return to campus plan.
https://today.marquette.edu/2020/06/work-from-home-continues-for-majority-of-campus-recovery-plan-step-2-protocols-in-place-for-limited-number-of-employees-returning-to-campus/ (https://today.marquette.edu/2020/06/work-from-home-continues-for-majority-of-campus-recovery-plan-step-2-protocols-in-place-for-limited-number-of-employees-returning-to-campus/)
They have also created a nice brochure explaining the process and what employees can expect as they return to campus - https://issuu.com/marquetteu/docs/return_to_campus_step2_v1 (https://issuu.com/marquetteu/docs/return_to_campus_step2_v1)
Creating "department designees" to ask health screening questions and conduct temperature checks is not a good idea.
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Marquette partners with Herzing University on new pathway program.
The program recognizes that there might be some students in the high school Class of 2020 who need an alternative pathway – possibly due to academic and/or financial reasons – for their four-year college experience. Marquette Horizons at Herzing offers national access to a Marquette degree through a first-year online pathway program.
Applications are now being accepted for the Horizons program, which starts in fall 2020 and offers an eight-class sequence through Herzing. This includes three courses developed and structured by Marquette instructors as well as access to additional Marquette resources. All courses have been approved for transfer credit in full by Marquette, subject to GPA requirements.
The one-year program blends the strengths of each institution to create an “on-ramp” to the Marquette experience. Students will benefit from Herzing University’s 20-year expertise in online education and best-practice student support on a national level.
https://today.marquette.edu/2020/06/marquette-partners-with-herzing-university-on-new-pathway-program/ (https://today.marquette.edu/2020/06/marquette-partners-with-herzing-university-on-new-pathway-program/)
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Marquette partners with Herzing University on new pathway program.
The program recognizes that there might be some students in the high school Class of 2020 who need an alternative pathway – possibly due to academic and/or financial reasons – for their four-year college experience. Marquette Horizons at Herzing offers national access to a Marquette degree through a first-year online pathway program.
Applications are now being accepted for the Horizons program, which starts in fall 2020 and offers an eight-class sequence through Herzing. This includes three courses developed and structured by Marquette instructors as well as access to additional Marquette resources. All courses have been approved for transfer credit in full by Marquette, subject to GPA requirements.
The one-year program blends the strengths of each institution to create an “on-ramp” to the Marquette experience. Students will benefit from Herzing University’s 20-year expertise in online education and best-practice student support on a national level.
https://today.marquette.edu/2020/06/marquette-partners-with-herzing-university-on-new-pathway-program/ (https://today.marquette.edu/2020/06/marquette-partners-with-herzing-university-on-new-pathway-program/)
Interesting, so is this sort of like the Wisconsin technical schools guaranteeing admission to any UW school after 2 years?
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Interesting, so is this sort of like the Wisconsin technical schools guaranteeing admission to any UW school after 2 years?
I don't believe your statement is true, Hards.
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Yeah you have to complete a defined set of classes in two years and get a certain GPA.
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Yeah you have to complete a defined set of classes in two years and get a certain GPA.
Well, yeah, but isn't that the case for the UW program as well.
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Yeah you have to complete a defined set of classes in two years and get a certain GPA.
It is also a limited amount of credits that will transfer, I think.
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Administration is starting to plan more intently for no students on campus. The financial implications of no residential housing for the first semester doesn't look good. And there is increasing concern that there will be no basketball next year.
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Shockin', hey?
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Marquette's no different than a lot of places. The landscape has shifted tremendously over the last few weeks. Everytime you think the luxury of time will make things better, you realize as it gets closer, it really doesn't.
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Yale announced last week quite a different plan for 2020-2021 than I've heard anywhere.
Juniors and Seniors will report to campus.
Sophomores will be online for fall semester and on campus for spring semester.
Freshman will on campus for fall semester and online for spring semester.
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Yale announced last week quite a different plan for 2020-2021 than I've heard anywhere.
Juniors and Seniors will report to campus.
Sophomores will be online for fall semester and on campus for spring semester.
Freshman will on campus for fall semester and online for spring semester.
Plus weekly testing...
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Yale announced last week quite a different plan for 2020-2021 than I've heard anywhere.
Juniors and Seniors will report to campus.
Sophomores will be online for fall semester and on campus for spring semester.
Freshman will on campus for fall semester and online for spring semester.
We were just talking to our neighbors, and another school had a similar plan. Freshman/Sophomores on campus in fall/online in spring. Juniors/Seniors online in fall/on campus in spring.
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JUST IN: Harvard announces all course instruction will be taught online for the 2020-21 academic year.
Undergraduate tuition of $49,653 remains the same.
It's funny, my takeaway from that MU is now almost as expensive as FREAKING HARVARD.
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It's funny, my takeaway from that MU is now almost as expensive as FREAKING HARVARD.
Marquette doesn't have a $40 billion endowment.
I am sure Harvard's per-student expenses are much higher than Marquette's. It's just that the students at Marquette have to pick up a bigger piece of the tab.
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Screenshot from the MU Parents page..
(https://i.redd.it/29b3ciiclx951.jpg)
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Marquette participates in historic transfer agreement with technical colleges
Will this and the Herzing agreement help increase the enrollment numbers?
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https://today.marquette.edu/2020/07/marquette-participates-in-historic-transfer-agreement-with-technical-colleges/ (https://today.marquette.edu/2020/07/marquette-participates-in-historic-transfer-agreement-with-technical-colleges/)
Students seeking to transfer credits from any of Wisconsin’s 16 technical colleges to Marquette will have a much easier time in the future thanks to a historic, comprehensive agreement announced yesterday.
Marquette is one of the private, nonprofit colleges and universities participating in the WAICU-WTCS Course Credit Transfer Agreement. WAICU stands for the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; WTCS is the Wisconsin Technical College System.
“Streamlining the process to transfer credits from a technical college to a four-year private college opens doors for more students to earn bachelor’s degrees in Wisconsin,” said Dr. Rolf Wegenke, president of WAICU. “Our private colleges have longstanding relationships with the technical colleges, and this new agreement will make a difference as the state strives to increase the level of educational attainment and improve our position in the competitive knowledge economy.”
More than a dozen popular introductory courses are included in the agreement, such as chemistry, psychology, and speech. Under the agreement, specified technical college credits will count toward requirements for a bachelor’s degree at Marquette, provided the student earned a grade of “C” or better within the last ten years. Technical college students must also meet Marquette’s admissions requirements.
“Wisconsin’s private colleges and universities have long been leaders in recognizing the rigor of a technical college education, and the value of creating transfer opportunities for our students,” noted Dr. Morna K. Foy, president of WTCS. “This agreement sets a strong foundation for the future by allowing all of our institutions – in both sectors – to make lifelong learning opportunities even clearer for students.”
The negotiated “course equivalencies” provide great value to transfer students by reducing or eliminating the need to spend extra time and money retaking courses. The ability to smoothly transfer credits provides more flexibility for students — especially those who wish to start their college career close to home as well as nontraditional students who are already in the workforce and are looking to further their careers with bachelor’s degrees.
With the new agreement in place, students can look forward to an educational experience that is more efficient and simpler to navigate, while shortening the time to graduation and reducing their college costs.
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My personal physician's son will be a sophomore at Georgetown. The have been informed that only freshman and seniors will be on campus for the 20/21 academic year.
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My personal physician's son will be a sophomore at Georgetown. The have been informed that only freshman and seniors will be on campus for the 20/21 academic year.
This is actually a good idea in terms of keeping the "college experience" alive at name brand universities. I've been wondering how the long term Donations fallout of online students not really feeling an affinity toward MU (or others) and perhaps these two years being two of the most memorable ones will stop at least some of that fall out.
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Less than 50/50 that Marquette has students on campus this fall. The administration is really doing in-depth look at alternatives.
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Not sure if this was posted in another thread ..
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/07/17/milwaukee-schools-colleges-not-allowed-open-fall-semester/5458663002/
TLDR, the City of MKE's health department issued "stricter guidelines when in-person classes may resume." This applies to all schools in the city, including MU and UWM, etc. At the moment, it means the phase the city is in equals no in-person classes.
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Another article... https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/07/20/marquette-university-opening-campus-classes-unsafe-some-faculty-say/5430390002/
I don't know what MU does here. I can't imagine dorm life is safe, even with protocols in place.
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You read that article .. wow. I guess we always knew the sh1t was in the air targeting the fan. It's landing on the blades now.
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Another article... https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/07/20/marquette-university-opening-campus-classes-unsafe-some-faculty-say/5430390002/
I don't know what MU does here. I can't imagine dorm life is safe, even with protocols in place.
What you do is you push the year to start until october. You wait and see what happens to other schools and adapt. Forcing artificially important start dates is a terrible idea.
If other universities open in Aug/Sept and don't have problems, then you follow their lead. If they have problems, examine their problems and adapt or go online again.
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What you do is you push the year to start until october. You wait and see what happens to other schools and adapt. Forcing artificially important start dates is a terrible idea.
If other universities open in Aug/Sept and don't have problems, then you follow their lead. If they have problems, examine their problems and adapt or go online again.
Which school goes first? Other than a school like Liberty, I’m not sure who “volunteers” to be the first one back. I feel once one school starts pushing back, more will follow. I doubt anyone wants to be in the news for coming back too early.
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Which school goes first? Other than a school like Liberty, I’m not sure who “volunteers” to be the first one back. I feel once one school starts pushing back, more will follow. I doubt anyone wants to be in the news for coming back too early.
We're talking about Marquette here specifically. Someone else WILL go first, I guarantee it.
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MU released some info on returning to campus- https://today.marquette.edu/2020/08/covid-19-update-marquette-to-reopen-for-in-person-instruction-this-fall-with-hybrid-and-online-classes-where-reasonably-possible-and-reduced-number-of-students-living-residentially/
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MU released some info on returning to campus- https://today.marquette.edu/2020/08/covid-19-update-marquette-to-reopen-for-in-person-instruction-this-fall-with-hybrid-and-online-classes-where-reasonably-possible-and-reduced-number-of-students-living-residentially/
The University has to reduce its on-campus residency under direction of Milwaukee’s health department.
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The University has to reduce its on-campus residency under direction of Milwaukee’s health department.
So Sophomores have to find housing? Is there enough non dorm housing available?
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So Sophomores have to find housing? Is there enough non dorm housing available?
yes... In some very unfun areas.
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Could Marquette politely request that students who reside in the surrounding counties become commuter students? Offer free parking etc.
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So Sophomores have to find housing? Is there enough non dorm housing available?
They don't have to find housing. They can opt out by either commuting or finding an apartment.
In my opinion this won't work because sophomores have already made decisions about whether or not they will commute, and it is too late to find a suitable apartment.
The University and the health department are concerned about quarantine space. What isn't being said is that if a student lives off campus, and they test positive for Covid, the University doesn't have to provide space for them. And if they live with three other students in an apartment? They are all quarantining.
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yes... In some very unfun areas.
So, no...
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Protest at Lovell's house..
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/08/17/faculty-students-protest-at-mu-presidents-house/
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Protest at Lovell's house..
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/08/17/faculty-students-protest-at-mu-presidents-house/
Our risk our choice is easy as they're all social distancing and wearing masks... not sure he'd have that same attitude as his dorm mates start coughing all over him
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Below are the videos that students are required to watch before returning to campus, including a pledge to do your part.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWjoSn_I1aTHKeD6b4slgwxdqKaKA_NQ (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWjoSn_I1aTHKeD6b4slgwxdqKaKA_NQ)
Marquette also produced a video encouraging students to mask up.
https://youtu.be/XmcuAxDyWog (https://youtu.be/XmcuAxDyWog)
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Below are the videos that students are required to watch before returning to campus, including a pledge to do your part.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWjoSn_I1aTHKeD6b4slgwxdqKaKA_NQ (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWjoSn_I1aTHKeD6b4slgwxdqKaKA_NQ)
I bet ND didn't make their students take a Youtube pledge. MU has solved COVID!
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Dr. Lovell also sent this out to all of the students yesterday:
Dear Marquette students,
I want to extend a warm welcome as we embark on a new academic year. Whether it is your first semester or last, I think it is important to recognize that the start of this year will be the most unique in Marquette’s 139-year history.
Throughout the summer, hundreds of faculty and staff worked tirelessly to develop a Recovery Plan for reopening campus. This plan includes significant changes to the way we take classes, live in residence halls, and interact socially so that we can help protect the health and safety of our community. We’re asking you to do your part by taking and following the Marquette University Community Pledge.
We all need to understand the seriousness with which you, and every member of the Marquette community, must take our public health and safety requirements. We’re seeing at college campuses across the country that mistakes by a few are having large impacts on many. Disregard for wearing face masks and maintaining proper physical distance, as well as hosting large social gatherings off campus, can have enormous impacts, including compromising others’ health. These behaviors could potentially lead to a shift back to completely remote education. One person’s decision to ignore their responsibility can be the reason for an entire class missing its senior year.
I am confident that each of you will take seriously your responsibility to maintain the safety of your fellow students and our dedicated faculty and staff who are devoted to your success. I encourage you to participate in less risky outdoor activities and university-sponsored events that maintain social distancing.
I believe that each of you are willing to personally sacrifice for the well-being of our university. Remember, YOU make the difference.
Best wishes on a successful and safe semester,
Dr. Michael R. Lovell
President
Marquette University
Look for university-sponsored events and activities at these websites (some sites are still being updated for the start of the academic year):
Campus Ministry
Late Night Marquette
Office of Engagement and Inclusion
Office of Residence Life
Recreational Sports/Rec Center/Rec Plex
Student Organizations
https://www.marquette.edu/email/president/8-20-20-coronavirus.php
TL;DR - Don't be a dick. Follow the rules so that we don't have to shut campus down.
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Kinda like da Pledge of Allegiance, hey?
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Dr. Lovell also sent this out to all of the students yesterday:
Dear Marquette students,
I want to extend a warm welcome as we embark on a new academic year. Whether it is your first semester or last, I think it is important to recognize that the start of this year will be the most unique in Marquette’s 139-year history.
Throughout the summer, hundreds of faculty and staff worked tirelessly to develop a Recovery Plan for reopening campus. This plan includes significant changes to the way we take classes, live in residence halls, and interact socially so that we can help protect the health and safety of our community. We’re asking you to do your part by taking and following the Marquette University Community Pledge.
We all need to understand the seriousness with which you, and every member of the Marquette community, must take our public health and safety requirements. We’re seeing at college campuses across the country that mistakes by a few are having large impacts on many. Disregard for wearing face masks and maintaining proper physical distance, as well as hosting large social gatherings off campus, can have enormous impacts, including compromising others’ health. These behaviors could potentially lead to a shift back to completely remote education. One person’s decision to ignore their responsibility can be the reason for an entire class missing its senior year.
I am confident that each of you will take seriously your responsibility to maintain the safety of your fellow students and our dedicated faculty and staff who are devoted to your success. I encourage you to participate in less risky outdoor activities and university-sponsored events that maintain social distancing.
I believe that each of you are willing to personally sacrifice for the well-being of our university. Remember, YOU make the difference.
Best wishes on a successful and safe semester,
Dr. Michael R. Lovell
President
Marquette University
In other words, if you're gonna hook up, please do it outside.
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In other words, if you're gonna hook up, please do it outside.
Come November wrapping it up is going to have a whole different meaning unless you want some frostbite
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Come November wrapping it up is going to have a whole different meaning unless you want some frostbite
Queue Heise calling for the end of all Universities located in cold weather locations
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i understand that the main purpose of college is to get an education. but let's be honest here- much of the pr surrounding most schools attractions are the "extra-curricular" stuff. exhibit A-the loughlin gals. this covid thing is putting a big pooper in that party. this could be the start of the decline of "need" to go to college. people are going to realize, hey, i don't really need...fill in the blank as i'm finding out, for example, i didn't miss the NBA that much
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i understand that the main purpose of college is to get an education. but let's be honest here- much of the pr surrounding most schools attractions are the "extra-curricular" stuff. exhibit A-the loughlin gals. this covid thing is putting a big pooper in that party. this could be the start of the decline of "need" to go to college. people are going to realize, hey, i don't really need...fill in the blank as i'm finding out, for example, i didn't miss the NBA that much
I know a couple of guys from high school who are extremely happy to be doing HVAC/plumbing/trades. They were making 50k two years out of high school, and are living quite comfortably.
Plus, they didn't have to pay back an enormous student loan.
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I know a couple of guys from high school who are extremely happy to be doing HVAC/plumbing/trades. They were making 50k two years out of high school, and are living quite comfortably.
Plus, they didn't have to pay back an enormous student loan.
Same. And now that we're all 40-ish they struggle to stand up straight or make a fist properly. Trading your health for money isn't for everyone.
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Same. And now that we're all 40-ish they struggle to stand up straight or make a fist properly. Trading your health for money isn't for everyone.
And likely making the about the same money they were making 2 years out of high school.
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Skilled trades pay upwards of 100k in some situations.
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Skilled trades pay upwards of 100k in some situations.
That is why I said "likely", not "in every situation".
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They make plenty of money for their lifestyle. Plus the smart ones start their own business.
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They make plenty of money for their lifestyle.
What does that even mean?
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What does that even mean?
They love to hunt, fish, and go up north with their families.
They have ample cash flow to achieve these goals. Trucks, boats, first homes that the built. They are happy blue collar workers.
They didn't need to go to college to achieve these goals.
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Get your CDL in high school, skip college, join the Local 150 operators, boom $145k+ with the best insurance money can buy plus pension.
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What does that even mean?
I think he's calling them swingers.
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Get your CDL in high school, skip college, join the Local 150 operators, boom $145k+ with the best insurance money can buy plus pension.
But if you don’t really want to do that for a living, it kinda sucks.
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Get your CDL in high school, skip college, join the Local 150 operators, boom $145k+ with the best insurance money can buy plus pension.
I am sure if it were that easy, there would be a lot more people doing that. I see plenty of truck driver job postings that brag that they pay 60 cents a mile, which means at the speed limit, you'd have to work about 80 miles a week.
Reminds me of Steve Martin's advice on how to be a millionaire. "First - get a million dollars."
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I am sure if it were that easy, there would be a lot more people doing that. I see plenty of truck driver job postings that brag that they pay 60 cents a mile, which means at the speed limit, you'd have to work about 80 miles a week.
Reminds me of Steve Martin's advice on how to be a millionaire. "First - get a million dollars."
You can start tomorrow.
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Marquette's dashboard. Looks like they are doing well:
https://www.marquette.edu/coronavirus/dashboard.php?fbclid=IwAR3uE3KLlzNpjZq-h6_-au41l62wOCrpBX92WShw92-sd1npe127Cuv_zN4
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Marquette's dashboard. Looks like they are doing well:
https://www.marquette.edu/coronavirus/dashboard.php?fbclid=IwAR3uE3KLlzNpjZq-h6_-au41l62wOCrpBX92WShw92-sd1npe127Cuv_zN4
Doing "well" running 15 tests a day. The trick to keeping your numbers down is testing 0.1% of your university's student population.
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Doing "well" running 15 tests a day. The trick to keeping your numbers down is testing 0.1% of your university's student population.
If it’s like my campus, a lot of students who have symptoms are choosing to be tested off campus. I think showing on campus testing is a mistake because it’s likely not a complete story.
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If it’s like my campus, a lot of students who have symptoms are choosing to be tested off campus. I think showing on campus testing is a mistake because it’s likely not a complete story.
Agreed, but I'm assuming that MU's reported cases include students tested on and off campus. There number of cases is quite low, something is working.
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Agreed, but I'm assuming that MU's reported cases include students tested on and off campus. There number of cases is quite low, something is working.
Perhaps. I don’t know. Numbers are low but this week will tell the story. Move in was still two weeks ago.
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Ruh oh.
https://twitter.com/MU_Wire/status/1305670365016993792
BREAKING: Schroeder Hall residents are required to quarantine for 14 days beginning 10 p.m. tonight.
https://marquettewire.org/4037928/news/schroeder-hall-residents-to-quarantine-after-rise-in-covid-19-cases/
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Oh dear.
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Thats 11 positive cases.
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Ruh oh.
https://twitter.com/MU_Wire/status/1305670365016993792
BREAKING: Schroeder Hall residents are required to quarantine for 14 days beginning 10 p.m. tonight.
https://marquettewire.org/4037928/news/schroeder-hall-residents-to-quarantine-after-rise-in-covid-19-cases/
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'hole lotta shakin' gonna go on, hey?
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i would have taken the semester or 2 off and worked and taken online classes on the side. they're under complete control of the powers that be...i mean really complete control. change schroeder's name to sing-sing
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i would have taken the semester or 2 off and worked and taken online classes on the side. they're under complete control of the powers that be...i mean really complete control. change schroeder's name to sing-sing
They can leave. They just would have to withdraw.
I think taking classes online sounds like a good idea. Until you try to transfer them in. Frankly its just going to be a crapty year to be a college student.
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Dr. Lovell and Dr. Cole spent today wheeling a huge cart full of snacks and drinks through Schroeder and checking in with the quarantined students.
#curapersonalis
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Dr. Lovell and Dr. Lovell Cole spent today wheeling a huge cart full of snacks and drinks through Schroeder and checking in with the quarantined students.
#curapersonalis
But no Real Chili?😉
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Dr. Lovell and Dr. Lovell Cole spent today wheeling a huge cart full of snacks and drinks through Schroeder and checking in with the quarantined students.
#curapersonalis
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But no Real Chili?😉
Dont want everyone in the chitter at once, hey?
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Dont want everyone in the chitter at once, hey?
Ahhhh, true dat!
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"You have MarquetteCASH on your card, right?"
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"You have MarquetteCASH on your card, right?"
Hope they take ZIGGYCASH
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Due to lower enrollment this year and projected lower enrollment next year administration is warning that the risk in the 2022 fiscal year will be in the range of $45 million or more.
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https://marquettewire.org/4038625/news/university-to-face-possible-cuts-due-to-budget-shortfalls/
(https://marquettewire.org/4038625/news/university-to-face-possible-cuts-due-to-budget-shortfalls/)
University to face various possible cuts due to budget shortfalls
Alexa Jurado, Assistant News Editor | September 22, 2020
Marquette faculty and staff voiced their concerns over potential budget cuts and layoffs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Monday’s virtual University Academic Senate meeting.
Provost Kimo Ah Yun said that the university is 424 students short of the budget for the current fiscal cycle — 363 fewer first-years, 24 fewer transfer students and a drop of 37 continuing students.
Net revenue of tuition is approximately $23,000, Ah Yun said. By that calculation, the university earned more than $8.3 million less than usual this fall, excluding room and board revenues. The total loss, Ah Yun said, should be calculated by the students’ four years at Marquette, which is why the deficit is expected to carry over for the next three or four years.
Many in attendance were confused about these projections.
“It seems like that assumes that cohort of students just vanishes,” Kate Ward, assistant professor of theology, said. “Is there any chance that students who aren’t choosing to enroll this year — for obvious reasons — want to return for a more traditional college experience if things get better?”
Ah Yun admitted that Ward’s scenario could be possible but reiterated that the university expects a smaller class size for the class of 2025 as well — 250 less than pre-COVID-19 numbers.
“Could we beat our estimate? We would like that,” Ah Yun said. “But right now we’re thinking we’re probably going to be short again.”
Ah Yun said there are a number of different options the university is considering to reduce costs. Altering administrative structure — like having fewer provosts and vice presidents — is being considered. He said the university is predicting, based on a flat tuition and increased discount rate, a first-year class of about 1,770.
The class of 2023 had 1,974 students and the class of 2022 had a record-breaking 2,162 students.
There are a number of other strategies being explored to make up for the shortfalls of the 2021 fiscal year, which began July 1. The strategies will also be used to make up for the expected shortfalls of the 2022 fiscal year and beyond.
Joel Pogodzinski, senior vice president and chief operating officer for the university, said the university has estimated financial risks of $20-25 million, largely tied to the smaller first-year class.
“We embarked on a series of what I call ‘temporary actions,'” Pogodzinski said.
These include reduced discretionary spending, a 403b suspension, a decrease in the merit program and leadership pay reductions.
A 403b is a type of retirement plan for employees of public schools and tax-exempt organizations.
Pogodzinski said these temporary fixes were done out of necessity due to a short window to implement, and they allowed more time to address longer-term challenges, but aren’t sustainable for the long-term. He also said that the university could be looking at a larger revenue loss than first anticipated due to further de-densification of residence halls to gain approval of the Health Department and the Board of Directors.
He said the risk in the 2022 fiscal year will be in the range of $45 million or more, with a second cohort of students with smaller enrollment numbers.
“It’s our annual responsibility, as stewards of Marquette resources, not to outspend the revenues that we generate as an institution,” Pogodzinski said.
He went into discussing the “demographic cliff” the university has been anticipating since last spring, which he said the pandemic has accelerated. What he was referring to is the expected drop in college-age students — particularly in the midwest — due to less births.
“This is not a one-year event or a two-year event,” Pogodzinski said. “What we’re looking for is permanent, strategic, long-term actions.”
Additionally, having to shift online or the potential canceling of the basketball season could contribute to lost revenues, he said.
“This could be in the tens of millions of dollars,” he said.
The use of Marquette’s endowment of nearly $700 million is the university’s last option, and it is not currently anticipated, Pogodzinski said. This is despite the call to consider doing so by MU Faculty United this past summer.
Using the endowment would impact future endowment growth and revenue, but also current funding of certain departments, programs and scholarships. Using the endowment may also violate the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, which requires all cohorts on a campus to benefit equitably, Pogodzinski said.
“If using the endowment is last resort, it does not inspire trust in the leadership to make productive changes,” Noelle Brigden, an associate professor of political science, said in the Microsoft Teams chat. “Endowment should not be the LAST resort. That constrains the process in counterproductive ways.”
Many faculty members expressed their concerns.
“Losing ANY faculty should be the last resort, not using the endowment,” Sonia Barnes, an associate professor of Spanish, said in the chat.
Allison Abbott, an associate professor of biological sciences, observed that it seemed like the university was planning on a “smaller Marquette.”
“How committed are we to that lower enrollment?” Abbott asked.
Ah Yun said the budget and the number of faculty and staff are generally built around the assumption that approximately 2,ooo students will enroll each year. He said even if class sizes grow little by little in the next few years, there will still likely be a downward trend.
Sergio Gonzalez, an assistant professor of history and Latinx studies, mentioned Marquette’s commitment to Beyond Boundaries and becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution, as well as the promises the university has made to its students of color in the last month, suggesting it is a “demographic shift” rather than “cliff” and that the university use current circumstances as an opportunity to reach out to minority groups.
“We don’t want to build a university on the hope that students will come,” Ah Yun said.
Doug Woods, vice provost for graduate and professional studies and dean of the Graduate School, spoke more on possible immediate budget cuts. These included workload adjustments; consolidation of colleges, administrations and staff functions; program consolidation and closure; changes to faculty workforce balance; various discretionary cuts; and tightening sabbatical requirements and availability.
“Anything we do in the short-term could have long-terms effects,” Woods said.
That being considered, Woods explained the “workgroups” being created to aid in the short-term budget reduction process and the long-term planning process. These groups will broach teaching, programs, administrative structure, research and the student body, among others.
Rachel Contos, a Trinity Fellow, reiterated that budgets are “moral documents.” As such, she suggested that one moral would be to not fire anyone. She also emphasized ensuring racial equity.
The Trinity Fellowship is a “graduate fellowship program dedicated to developing urban leaders with a commitment to social and economic justice,” according to its website.
Ah Yun mentioned deficits would be the equivalent of losing 450 faculty and staff members. However, Ah Yun said not all cuts would be from faculty.
“Invest in your institution when you are in an economic down cycle,” Julia Paulk, an associate professor in the department of languages, literatures and cultures, said in the Microsoft Teams chat.
The potential future reduction in faculty and staff comes after Marquette was ranked 18th in the country for undergraduate teaching by U.S. News and World Report. This is a jump from the previous ranking of 72.
This story was written by Alexa Jurado. She can be reached at alexa.jurado@marquette.edu.
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Given the so-called demographic cliff that MU (along with sooooo many other schools), reducing the size of the school seems prudent. That is, if MU wants to maintain the current level of student quality.
St. Joe's in Philly has talked about doing that.
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The potential future reduction in faculty and staff comes after Marquette was ranked 18th in the country for undergraduate teaching by U.S. News and World Report. This is a jump from the previous ranking of 72.
18th? I missed that memo.
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It's not just the lower enrollment that's the issue. It's the lower net tuition figure. That is down almost ten percent from a couple of years ago. What that means is that not only do they have less students, but the students who remain are paying less. That's not good.
The University is in a bad place financially right now. The Board needs to be asking questions of the leadership.
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See the article I posted in the Higher Education folder.
Apparently 2011 was the high water mark for the number of students in college and available for college and it's been all down hill since.
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The Board needs to be asking questions of the leadership.
That's naturally fine to do, but .. COVID is a pretty good excuse.
If one could go back in time, say, 5 years, and do something different at MU, what would it be?
Also .. how are DePaul, Creighton, Xavier, SLU, etc doing? Honestly don't know, but I'd imagine they are in the same boat.
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That's naturally fine to do, but .. COVID is a pretty good excuse.
If one could go back in time, say, 5 years, and do something different at MU, what would it be?
Also .. how are DePaul, Creighton, Xavier, SLU, etc doing? Honestly don't know, but I'd imagine they are in the same boat.
You wanna be SLU, aina?
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You wanna be SLU, aina?
I'd take the medical school.
Other than that, nah....
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You wanna be SLU, aina?
100% yes. Did you know there's an Arby's 2 blocks off SLU's campus?
Two. Blocks.
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It's not just the lower enrollment that's the issue. It's the lower net tuition figure. That is down almost ten percent from a couple of years ago. What that means is that not only do they have less students, but the students who remain are paying less. That's not good.
The University is in a bad place financially right now. The Board needs to be asking questions of the leadership.
Would it be better for the university if they totally filled enrollment at a discount or have enrollment fall short, but have a higher net tuition figure?
Is there a lesser of evil?
Or, it depends?
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Would it be better for the university if they totally filled enrollment at a discount or have enrollment fall short, but have a higher net tuition figure?
Is there a lesser of evil?
Or, it depends?
It's probably somewhere in between. In theory, there is an algebra formula that would show the best combo. But that's tough to figure out exactly what that is.
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At some point, you want the bodies in. They are likely offering first year students a deeper discount for the first year only in hopes that they stick around and pay more in years 2-4.
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At some point, you want the bodies in. They are likely offering first year students a deeper discount for the first year only in hopes that they stick around and pay more in years 2-4.
Except at Marquette, most scholarships are for the full 4 years as long as the student remains in good academic standing. I suppose if the student's financial situation improves, they may get a smaller need-based grant.
There are small annual increases in base tuition, but expenses are increasing as well.
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Except at Marquette, most scholarships are for the full 4 years as long as the student remains in good academic standing. I suppose if the student's financial situation improves, they may get a smaller need-based grant.
There are small annual increases in base tuition, but expenses are increasing as well.
Well I said "likely." But its pretty common practice when you are trying to meet enrollment targets to up an award for the freshman year. If they are not doing that, then they're in the minority.
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Well I said "likely." But its pretty common practice when you are trying to meet enrollment targets to up an award for the freshman year. If they are not doing that, then they're in the minority.
Marquette just announced today that they will not be raising tuition next year.
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Cobeen is now on lockdown for two weeks -
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/09/25/marquette-university-coronavirus-outbreak-prompts-cobeen-lockdown/3539849001/ (https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/09/25/marquette-university-coronavirus-outbreak-prompts-cobeen-lockdown/3539849001/)
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It looks like they tightened things regarding leaving this time.
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100% yes. Did you know there's an Arby's 2 blocks off SLU's campus?
Two. Blocks.
The Investment Firm of the Owner of the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Team owns roughly 63 Arby's.
It's interesting considering St. Louis has had a popular local fast food Roast Beef Chain (Lion's Choice, about 25 locations) since 1967 which is much preferred by many locals. Lion's Choice is very good.
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Cobeen is now on lockdown for two weeks -
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/09/25/marquette-university-coronavirus-outbreak-prompts-cobeen-lockdown/3539849001/ (https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/09/25/marquette-university-coronavirus-outbreak-prompts-cobeen-lockdown/3539849001/)
Evewen back in da dey, Cobeen wuz noann ass da virgin vault, aina?
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The Marquette Tribune had a pair of stories this week about quarantine and isolation practices on campus. One of the off-campus quarantine/isolation options is the Ambassador Hotel.
https://marquettewire.org/4038638/news/students-quarantine-inside-the-ambassador-hotel/
(https://marquettewire.org/4038638/news/students-quarantine-inside-the-ambassador-hotel/)
https://marquettewire.org/4038243/news/students-with-a-positive-covid-19-test-must-live-in-isolation/ (https://marquettewire.org/4038243/news/students-with-a-positive-covid-19-test-must-live-in-isolation/)
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Cowbeen.
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It looks like they tightened things regarding leaving this time.
Teal?
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With Schroeder didn’t they tell kids they could go elsewhere? This announcement discouraged that, and said they could only go to their permanent residence, and would need a negative test to return. Was that part of the Schroeder order too?
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With Schroeder didn’t they tell kids they could go elsewhere? This announcement discouraged that, and said they could only go to their permanent residence, and would need a negative test to return. Was that part of the Schroeder order too?
No. They were discouraged from leaving there as well.
Many, many more kids left Cobeen. They saw what happened in Schroeder and could prepare.
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This is a hell of a quote:
"It is likely that Marquette will change more over the next year than any time since 1909, the year that Marquette became the first Catholic university in the world to enroll women with men," Lovell said.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/09/30/marquette-facing-deep-cuts-due-covid-19-lower-enrollment-outlook/3579205001/
(https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/09/30/marquette-facing-deep-cuts-due-covid-19-lower-enrollment-outlook/3579205001/)
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This is a hell of a quote:
"It is likely that Marquette will change more over the next year than any time since 1909, the year that Marquette became the first Catholic university in the world to enroll women with men," Lovell said.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/09/30/marquette-facing-deep-cuts-due-covid-19-lower-enrollment-outlook/3579205001/
(https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/09/30/marquette-facing-deep-cuts-due-covid-19-lower-enrollment-outlook/3579205001/)
He should be fired. Covid is making a problem that he created worse. But he created the problem to start.
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He should be fired. Covid is making a problem that he created worse. But he created the problem to start.
Didn't we essentially fast track his hiring to hire a basketball coach? The timeline supports that. That alone shows there are problems bigger than even Lovell.
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Didn't we essentially fast track his hiring to hire a basketball coach? The timeline supports that. That alone shows there are problems bigger than even Lovell.
I think the BB coach search quickened the end of a process whose course was pretty much set.
Lovell was considered a strong hire at the time.
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Cobeen is now on lockdown for two weeks -
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/09/25/marquette-university-coronavirus-outbreak-prompts-cobeen-lockdown/3539849001/ (https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/09/25/marquette-university-coronavirus-outbreak-prompts-cobeen-lockdown/3539849001/)
locking the Virgin Vault, eh?
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Yes Lovell was definitely considered a strong hire. I have a good friend who worked in administration at DePaul at the time, and she congratulated me on what she termed was a great hire.
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Yes Lovell was definitely considered a strong hire. I have a good friend who worked in administration at DePaul at the time, and she congratulated me on what she termed was a great hire.
Next time you talk to JLP, congratulate her on retirement
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Just to quell any rumors, not JLP, but an actual well-respected professional....😁
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All second-year dental students have been quarantined -
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/all-marquette-second-year-dental-students-quarantined-due-to-possible-halloween-weekend-covid-19-exposure/ar-BB1aLuR7?ocid=msedgntp (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/all-marquette-second-year-dental-students-quarantined-due-to-possible-halloween-weekend-covid-19-exposure/ar-BB1aLuR7?ocid=msedgntp)