UWM Chancellor named MU President

[mr.MUskie]

Certainly raises some questions. Bringing in someone from outside can be a plus, just as promoting from within can be limiting. If we truly did a nationwide search and the best we could find was right down the road.....makes me wonder about the process and those conducting it.

Where did I hear this before...?

[Rockmic87]

But he's not catholic....

[texaswarrior74]

But he's not catholic....

Article says he's a very devout Catholic

[MU82]

Certainly raises some questions. Bringing in someone from outside can be a plus, just as promoting from within can be limiting. If we truly did a nationwide search and the best we could find was right down the road.....makes me wonder about the process and those conducting it.

What if, after a thorough search, it became evident that Lovell was the best choice? I'm trying to figure out how that invalidated the search in any way. If we had just hired this guy after one day, everybody would have said we should have done a thorough nationwide search, no?

[THRILLHO]

Certainly raises some questions. Bringing in someone from outside can be a plus, just as promoting from within can be limiting. If we truly did a nationwide search and the best we could find was right down the road.....makes me wonder about the process and those conducting it.

I certainly don't have a dog in this fight, but if ties to Milwaukee are part of the evaluation then it is definitely possible that the best candidate was just down the road.

[GB Warrior]

Do we really believe that after a nationwide search, a guy in our back yard was really the far and away best choice? I'm dubious.

And I don't think Marquette should aspire to be UWM.

[MUEng92]

The way the Internet has performed this week makes me seriously question my Weather Channel app when it tells me the sun will rise tomorrow.

[WarriorDoc]

Just saying, on paper it seems like the Law Dean was a more impressive find.  That being said I realize this is about fundraising, so hopefully he can bring in big money.

[Knight Commission]

From my 50k foot level, he seems to be less of an academic than Kearney, Wild, Pilarz, and in that case it's good.  Based on his past experiences I feel like he has some business and political savvy which is good.  I hope he has a dynamic personality, students see and hear from him on campus and alums see him at the games.

[MUFC9295]

First it was Luis Bennett for. Men's Soccer.  Now this.  We're going public folks! Low academic standards here we come!

[warriorstrack]

MU soccer coach came from UWM
MU track coach came from UWM
MU prez UWM
Trend?
MU next basketball coach TBD

[4everwarriors]

If this gets SS in the fold, I'm down with this and its timin'.

[Knight Commission]

Just saying, on paper it seems like the Law Dean was a more impressive find.  That being said I realize this is about fundraising, so hopefully he can bring in big money.

When I was a student I had a private meeting with Father Raynor after writing an editorial critical of his lack of presence on campus.  He basically said that fundraising was his primary responsibility and used that as an excuse for a lack of presence.  I politely disagreed (suggested he should have a State of the School type address at least once a year for students) and still believe the MU President has a critical responsibility to lead and inspire students in addition to fundraising.

[MUEng92]

 I hope he has a dynamic personality, students see and hear from him on campus and alums see him at the games.

Well, the comments section of the JS Online article tells me that he hates basketball.

Off topic, but I also learned, "95% of Milwaukee can't stand Marquette people. (We are) just a bunch of self-serving, elitist snobs who add nothing to the community while rambling on and on about how great Chicago is."  Also, apparently we "lay in bed at night, snuggling (our) yellow sweater vest and dream about what life would have been like had daddy had the connections or money to get (us) into notre dame?"

I am guessing somewhat lost out on either a job or girlfriend to an MU alum

[LastWarrior]

Mehhh doesnt seem overly impressive but who knows?   . Let's hope the committee did their due dilligence.

BTW... Those comments certainly make the UW schools look like a bunch of tools!

[KenoshaWarrior]

How does it make MU look bad? That's what reporters get for needing to break everything first. They believe some MUTV sophomore reporter who doesn't have inside info and they pass it along as fact. DONE DEAL. Their own fault, not Marquette's.

a lot of badgers fans are laughing at us on twitter.  So yea it has made us look bad.  Badger fans are saying that we are going to the horizon league and such.  Not digging those rats

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Well, the comments section of the JS Online article tells me that he hates basketball.

Off topic, but I also learned, "95% of Milwaukee can't stand Marquette people. (We are) just a bunch of self-serving, elitist snobs who add nothing to the community while rambling on and on about how great Chicago is."  Also, apparently we "lay in bed at night, snuggling (our) yellow sweater vest and dream about what life would have been like had daddy had the connections or money to get (us) into notre dame?"

I am guessing somewhat lost out on either a job or girlfriend to an MU alum

You can never gage anything about the comments after an article.  For 90% of people leaving a comment everything in life sucks.

[KenoshaWarrior]

https://www4.uwm.edu/chancellor/upload/UWM-Chancellor-Michael-R-Lovell-CV-20140214.pdf

He has your typical 47 page CV

What does CV stand for

[Tugg Speedman]

What happened to the Kearney hire?

All this misinformation and leaking of candidates names is making MU look like rank amateurs.

How does this reflect badly on MU?  Why do we constantly twist everything into a negative for MU.  This had to stop.

It makes the local media look like idiots (which they are).  It's their problem, not ours.

As was mentioned before, I'll bet they got Kearney's name from this board.  Between that and running with Shaka getting hired based in tweets they lost all credibility.  

Now watch them run an editorial about the dangers of listening to social media when news is breaking.  What they should do is fire the person that wrote that story to send a message to the rest of their staff to stop reading this board and do real work.

[KenoshaWarrior]

You can never gage anything about the comments after an article.  For 90% of people leaving a comment everything in life sucks.

It does seem like a good 80 percent of people in Milwaukee hate marquette for some reason.

[Tugg Speedman]

Well, the comments section of the JS Online article tells me that he hates basketball.

Off topic, but I also learned, "95% of Milwaukee can't stand Marquette people. (We are) just a bunch of self-serving, elitist snobs who add nothing to the community while rambling on and on about how great Chicago is."  Also, apparently we "lay in bed at night, snuggling (our) yellow sweater vest and dream about what life would have been like had daddy had the connections or money to get (us) into notre dame?"

I am guessing somewhat lost out on either a job or girlfriend to an MU alum

Do you think this reflects on MU or the pathetic life of the person that wrote this?

[MUEng92]

You can never gage anything about the comments after an article.  For 90% of people leaving a comment everything in life sucks.

I read the comment sections purely for the humor.  That is, until the laughter is outweighed by feelings of depression about the future of the human race.

[MUONTOP]

I don't believe anything until its reported on Twitter

[MU111]

I got my master's from UWM, and also work there.  Academically, getting Lovell is a much bigger coup for Marquette than people probably realize.  He's been involved in numerous high profile efforts at UWM, from Innovation Campus in Tosa, to one of only four Freshwater Sciences schools in the country, to a new Public Health building, to higher research emphases and funding, to more competitive incoming classes, etc.

Sports-wise, it's hard to say.  UWM is obviously no MU when it comes to funding on that side, but I hope he realizes that basketball is not going away at Marquette.

[melissasmooth]

It does seem like a good 80 percent of people in Milwaukee hate marquette for some reason.

Well I would say it is a good guess that at least 80 percent of people living in Milwaukee are lowlifes. Look at the demographics.