Heartland/Delta Faculty Conversations
The Global Network of Jesuit Higher Education
Feb. 19-21, 2016
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
All events take place in the Alumni Memorial Union (AMU), unless otherwise indicated
Friday, Feb. 19
2 - 4 p.m.
Conference registration
Courtyard by Marriott, Milwaukee Downtown (lobby)
300 W. Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53203
Campus tours available by request
Depart from hotel lobby
Email missionandministry@marquette.edu to make arrangements
4:30 –
5:30 p.m.
Shuttles from the Marriott to the Alumni Memorial Union (AMU)
4:30 - 6 p.m. On-site conference registration
Lynch Lounge, AMU 3rd Floor
5 p.m.
Cocktails
Monaghan Ballroom, AMU 3rd Floor
6 p.m.
Dinner
Monaghan Ballroom, AMU 3rd Floor
Welcome:
Dr. Daniel Myers
Provost
Marquette University
Invocation:
7 p.m.
Rev. D. Edward Mathie, S.J.
Interim Vice President for Mission and Ministry
Marquette University
Dinner Program
Keynote:
Suffering and Solidarity: A Challenge for Jesuit Universities
Rev. Jose Idiaquez, S.J.
Rector/President
University of Central America, Managua, Nicaragua
Note: Unforeseen circumstances will prevent Fr. Idiáquez from attending
the conference in person. He has pre-recorded his address and will
respond live, via Skype, to participant questions and comments.
8:15 p.m.
Shuttles to the Marriott Hotel
Alumni Memorial Union, 1st Floor (east side of building)
Saturday, Feb. 20
7-8 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Marriott Hotel Ballroom
8 - 8:20 a.m. Shuttles to Marquette University
8:30 a.m.
Introductions and Orientation to the Day
Stephanie Russell
Office of Mission and Ministry
Marquette University
8:45 a.m.
Healing Earth: A Living Textbook of the International Jesuit Ecology Project
Dr. Nancy Tuchman
Professor of Biology; Founding Director of the Institute of Environmental
Sustainability; Co-Director of the International Jesuit Ecology Project
Loyola University Chicago
Dr. Michael Schuck
Associate Professor of Theology; Co-Director of the International Jesuit Ecology
Project
Loyola University Chicago
10:00 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m.
Beyond Melbourne: Province Resources and International Trends in Jesuit
Higher Education
Rev. Daniel McDonald, S.J.
Provincial Assistant for Higher Education
Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus
Fr. McDonald will speak via Skype
11:30 a.m.
Lunch Buffet in Lynch Lounge
Optional discussion groups on Marquette University global projects available at
specified tables:
 Global Water Center – Dr. Daniel Zitomer
 Office of International Education – Jessica Lothman
 Center for Peacemaking – Patrick Kennelly and
Rev. T. Michael McNulty, S.J.
12:45 p.m.
Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins
Dr. Mary McFarland
Executive Director
2:00 p.m.
Break
2:20 p.m.
Developing Intercultural Competencies in Our Students:
A Facilitated Discussion
Terence Miller
Director, Center for International Education
Marquette University
Dr. Michele Bogard
Associate Vice Provost for Student Life
Creighton University
Dr. Ruth Ann Belknap
Professor, College of Nursing
Marquette University
Jessica Lothman
Study Abroad Coordinator, Office of International Education
Marquette University
Intercultural competencies are a vital skill set for graduates in an increasingly
diverse and inter-connected world. There has been a national rubric developed
and on-going conversation with AJCU faculty and administrators to articulate a
rubric that aligns competencies with the mission and values of a Jesuit education.
This conversation will identify curricular, co-curricular and professional
development programming that is currently utilized to develop intercultural
competencies. Further, we will discuss how intentional interventions and
reflections can be integrated into current courses and programming to achieve
these desired learning outcomes. By identifying available resources, best practices
and modalities of intercultural competencies we will explore the intersection of
this skill set with the characteristics of Jesuit education.
4:00 p.m.
Vigil (Sunday) Mass – optional; all are welcome
Celebrant: Rev. Nicky Santos, S.J.
Chapel of the Holy Family, AMU 2nd Floor
4-5:15 p.m.
Shuttles from Marquette to the Marriott Hotel
AMU 1st Floor (east side of building)
6:156:30 p.m.
Shuttles from the Marriott Hotel to the Wisconsin Club
Wisconsin Club (north entrance)
6:30 p.m.
Cocktails
7:15 p.m.
Dinner (assigned seating by school)
Invocation
Dr. Kathy Coffey Guenther
Assoc. Vice President for Mission and Ministry
Marquette University
8:15
Dessert and Irish Dance by the Kinsella Academy of Irish Dance
8:30- 9 p.m. Shuttles to the Marriott Hotel
9 p.m.
Social at the Marriott Hotel lobby
(Marquette participants also invited – cash bar)
Sunday, Feb. 21
8 a.m.
Full Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Global Jesuit Case Series
Dr. Jim Joseph
Dean, Madden School of Business
Le Moyne College
9:45 a.m.
Film (edited version) and Discussion
Melbourne 2015: Expanding the Jesuit Higher Education Network:
Collaborations for Social Justice
Conclude by 11:30 a.m.