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Volume 13, Issue 5, November 3, 2017
Contribute YOUR News! If you have a new position, made a presentation, received an honor, or have other news to share, please send the details to your program director: MA: [email protected] MBA: [email protected] MSCP: [email protected] MSN: [email protected]
If you missed getting your student ID . . . If you missed having a photo taken for your student ID, go to Student Affairs any weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Your student ID contains your library barcode and can be used in the La Verna Commons if you add funds to your ID.
Alverno Campus’ Online Calendar of Events A direct link to all campus events
https://scheduling.emp.alverno.edu/mastercalendar/MasterCalendar.aspx
Graduate Student Suggestion Box A link to the Graduate Student Suggestion Box has been created on the Graduate News website http://lampout1.alverno.edu/masters for you to submit your suggestions, ideas, and comments regarding the Alverno graduate programs. We look forward to your feedback! If you would like a personal response to your suggestion, please provide your name and email address.
“You have to have confidence in
your ability, and then be tough
enough to follow through.” Eleanor Rosalynn Carter
Greetings. It’s registration time! For some of you getting registered is a “no-brainer”. You just do it as soon as you get your materials and have your assigned time on IOL. Others may take a little more time to sort out which courses you want to take, how many you are going to take and if you have the prerequisites needed to take them. For still others, registration is a painstaking process that you tend to put off until the last minute…when was that last minute anyway…I hope it didn’t go by already. I’d like to encourage you to figure out your registration sooner rather than later. Here are some reasons why: First: You will have a better chance of getting in the class that you want to take. You may think: “Oh, I won’t have a problem; hardly anybody takes that class…” What you may not know is that if some of our classes don’t have enough students in them, they could be cancelled. So it’s not just the big classes that could cause a delay in your program. The earlier you register, the more likely the classes you want will run and the more likely you will get into them. Makes sense, right? Second: It’s good for your peace of mind. You will be able to talk with others about what classes you are taking next semester. You will find out what kinds of expectations there are for the class you are going to take. You’ll maybe even figure out what the reading load is like… Third: It’s a great time to check out your overall program schedule on IOL. Go to IOL and take a look at your “Academic Evaluation”. This tells you what you have already taken, what you are taking now, and what you still have to take. It’s a great time to see how far you’ve come and how far until graduation. Once you’ve reviewed your program on IOL, you’ll have more ability to ask specific questions of your advisor or of a professor. I hope your semester is going really well for you and that you are rising to the challenges and that you are rolling with the mistakes. Both enhance your learning process and make you a stronger, more flexible learner. In the long run it is the successes and the failures that can make you more confident as a professional. It’s up to you. As Rosalynn Carter says, “…have enough confidence in your ability and then be tough enough to follow through.” I might add, and resilient enough to follow through. Now go register!
Sandra Graham Graduate Director
Master Programs General Information
Monday Matters: Dessert & Discussion
The Alverno College Counseling & Health Services invites you to a “dessert
and discussion” on Mondays called “Monday Matters”. It is from 6 – 7 p.m. in FO
164 (the center meeting room inside La Verna Commons). Graduate students are
welcome to attend. Here are the topics for the remainder of the semester:
Monday, November 6
Finding Time & Energy for Personal Wellness
Meg, Laci, & Mary
Counseling & Health Services
AF 208
382-6119
Upcoming Events
The Labyrinth is Back!
November 14, 15, 16
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Bucyrus Conference Center
For more information and due dates
see the filer at the end of this
newsletter.
As a reminder, the Weekend Coffee Hour takes place every weekend college
Saturday from 12 - 1 p.m. in the Inferno Café. Here is the schedule for the
rest of the semester:
November 4 CHS/Body Mind Spirit Meg Pledl Mind,Body,Spirit
November 18 Career & Professional Jessica May Promote career
Development counseling service
and pre-register
for the
WorkForce Fair.
December 2 A-Store Alicia Ellison Buyback Books for
Spring 2018
December 9 Registrar’s Office Sherry Golwitzer Registration
questions.
Weekend Coffee Hour Reminder
Campus Ministry's
Annual Sock Drive
Good for Our Souls;
Good for Their Soles!
November 1 - December 1
For more information and due dates
see the filer at the end of this
newsletter.
2017 Strengthsfinder Discovery
Session
November 7
5 - 7:30 p.m.
FO 148
For more information and due dates
see the filer at the end of this
newsletter.
Servant Leadership
Thursday, November 16
FO 148
For more information and due dates
see the filer at the end of this
newsletter.
Liberty for ALL! African American Civil Liberties in Milwaukee
Thursday, November 9
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Sister Joel Read Center
Join us for an evening with guest speaker Reggie Jackson in his presentation,
Liberty for ALL! African American Civil Liberties in Milwaukee. Together we will
take a look at the struggles of African Americans in Milwaukee to attain those basic
civil liberties that we assume are the rights of all Americans. Looking at the issue
through a historical lens to see how in the past and present times civil liberties are
still denied to African Americans in Milwaukee.
Reggie Jackson has been a much sought-after speaker, author, and media
consultant on Black Holocaust topics regionally and nationally for over a decade.
He presents seldom-told stories of the African-American experience past and
present and conducts diversity training at schools, libraries, churches, and
businesses.
This presentation is free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.
Please register in advance at
https://alverno.wufoo.com/forms/liberty-for-all/.
Funded through a grant from UW-Stout’s Center for the Study of Institutions and
Innovation, this event is co-sponsored by Alverno College student organizations:
Black Student Alliance, CHICA and YES.
Contact the Assessment and Outreach Center with any questions at
[email protected] or 414-382-6020.
An Evening of Dialogue: Guest Speaker
Upcoming Events
Master Programs General Information
Alverno Community Conference
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
On March 16, 2018, our annual Alverno Community Conference
will focus on the theme, What is Truth? We invite you to submit a proposal that
will help us explore this topic from multiple disciplines and perspectives that will
challenge attendees to look at this question in complex and meaningful ways. We
are looking for presentations that are: relevant, offer differing world views,
challenge social constructs or perceived truths, question the ownership of truth,
encourage dialogue and engage a diverse audience.
The proposal form is found later in the newsletter. Deadline November 6.
Contact Julie Borgealt at Ext. 6435 or by email with any questions.
Breakfast with Santa
Saturday, December 9
9 - 11 a.m.
Sister Joel Read Center
RSVP by Friday, December 1 at
www.alverno.edu/alumnae.
For more information, see the filer at
the end of this newsletter.
Graduation Information
& Deadline
Order Your Regalia
Ceremony Tickets
Rites of Passage Celebrations
Commencement Schedule
For more information and due dates
see the filer at the end of this
newsletter.
The Freedom to Marry
A two-part Documentary
Saturday, November 18
Saturday, December 20
Time: 12:10 p.m.
Location: FO 335
Open all faculty and students in any
graduate program.
For more information and see the
MSCP page.
Master of Arts in Education
Education Licensure Programs Recognized
Alverno's Education licensure programs were recognized in a
2017 international case study conducted by Argentinian
educator Andrea Samper Richard in her project "Los e-
portafolios de aprendizaje como recurso para formar docents
reflexivos/ E-portfolios for Learning as a Resource to Form
Reflective Teachers." Samper Richard highlights the strengths
of Alverno's teacher education programs. Following is an
excerpt of the introduction of Samper's work. The full text (in
Spanish) can be read by emailing:
Professor Desiree Pointer Mace ([email protected])
"In this paper we present the results of a research on the e-portfolios of
apprenticeships of students who finished their teaching career at Alverno College,
located in Milwaukee (state of Wisconsin, USA). We investigate the nature of this
process of training to obtain evidence that they give an account of the potential of
the e-portfolios to train reflective teachers. Academic portfolios have been used for
several decades in other latitudes - mainly North American and European - with a
function that is certifying in most cases (Rigo, 2013). Little by little they are
incorporating alternative uses oriented towards understanding and improving the
educational work that can contribute to favor reflective processes. The integration
of technology in the portfolios allows a substantial expansion of the functionalities
and the scope that we normally attribute to these instruments, about which,
although they represent a promising option from the technical and pedagogical
point of view, we know very little and we have still weak guidelines for its
elaboration. Our interest in studying how the use of e-portfolios can favor the
development of reflexive practices is based on the need to design devices for
training to improve the reflective capacity of students - future teachers - and with
they develop competencies to "improve the status quo of things and
people" (Zabalza, 2012: 23)"
Master of Science in Community Psychology
Alverno will host the labyrinth on November 14, 15, and 16 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Walking the labyrinth is a popular mindfulness practice. You can drop by at any
time during the open hours to walk. It is in the conference center and the labyrinth
pattern is literally down on the floor so that you can walk it. A flyer about the
labyrinth is attached at the end of Grad News.
The Labyrinth is Back!
The Community Psychology program will host a
viewing of the documentary “The Freedom to Marry.”
This is open to faculty and students in any graduate
program. You can find information about the film and
view the trailer here: https://
freedomtomarrymovie.com/.
Here is a description of the film from their website:
“Evan Wolfson, the architect of same-sex marriage, and
his colleagues led a decades long battle to win rights for
LGBT people, culminating dramatically at the U.S.
Supreme Court. This is the surprising story of the most
successful – and perhaps most inspiring – civil rights
movement of our time.”
The documentary is about 1.5 hours long, so we will split it into 2 showings. The
first half will begin at 12:10 p.m. on November 18, and the second half will begin
at 12:10 p.m. on December 2. Both will be happening in FO 335. Please join us,
and bring your lunch!
Freedom to Marry
If you are planning to begin your MSCP practicum in summer or fall 2018, please be
sure to attend! Feel free to bring your lunch. The information session will be held on
Saturday, November 4 from 12:15 - 12:45 p.m. The room will be announced
soon.
If you are not sure when you will begin practicum, you can consult your MSCP
Student Handbook for guidance. Generally, students complete their practicum and
internships during the final 3 semesters of their graduate program. This
information session will walk you through the application process and answer any
questions that you have.
Practicum/Internship Information Session
Liberty for ALL!
Alverno is hosting guest speaker Reggie Jackson who will present “Liberty for ALL!
African American Civil Liberties in Milwaukee.” This will be happening on
Thursday, November 9 at 6 p.m. in the Bucyrus Conference Center. A flyer is
at the end of Grad News.
Master of Science in Community Psychology
The MSCP program is going to participate as a community partner for this year’s
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), as we did last year. TDOR is a yearly
event that honors those who have lost their lives due to anti-transgender violence.
Community partners help advertise the event and encourage people to attend. We
also have the option to help out with the program, which could include reading
names (names of all who were lost in the past year are read aloud), pass out
Kleenex and candles, check people in, etc. I attended last year and it was a touching
ceremony that I was glad to be a part of.
Any of you who are taking a course right now that asks for Service Learning hours,
this event could potentially count for that. So please speak to your instructor if you
are interested in counting participation as Service Learning time.
We will be getting official flyers soon, but in the meantime I thought it would be
good for you to know about it in case you want to plan to attend. It will be held on
Saturday, November 18 at 6 p.m. at the Milwaukee LGBT Community
Center (1110 N. Market Street in Milwaukee).
Transgender Day of Remembrance
APA DIV 27
I want to make sure that everyone is aware of Division 27 in the American Psychological Association. The APA has many (many) divisions that represent a range of subfields in psychology, one of which is community psychology (DIV 27). The official title of DIV 27 is Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA). It's an awesome division with a lot of wonderful resources that may be of interest to you. They also have multiple listservs that you can join (including one for students). Here is the link to their general website: http://www.scra27.org/ The Membership tab will take you to a list of all the listservs that you can join.
Master of Science in Nursing
Upcoming Events
Burn Care Program Thursday, November 7
3 – 6 p.m. Wehr Hall
Native Nations Nursing
Summit
Thursday, November 15
(Must register to attend)
www.go.wisc.edu/nnns2017
Faculty News
Cathy Schulz presented a break-out session at the 2017
Wisconsin Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine Summit
which was sponsored by the Wisconsin Chapter of the
Academy of Pediatrics. Cathy educated audience members
on the Outreach and Education Efforts being performed,
specifically discussing her outreach efforts in the
Milwaukee Public School system on both HPV prevention/
protection and the vaccine. Cathy is an ANP and practices
at Aurora Medical Center.
Kristin Wroblewski has received her certification
from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(FMCSA) to perform Department of Transportation
examinations to commercial motor vehicle drivers.
The examination required by the FMCSA is designed
to improve safety of drivers and is consistent with the
Federal regulations and guidelines. Kristin will be
performing these exams through her FNP practice
employer, Concentra.
Good for our souls;
good for their soles!
Campus ministry is collecting
new plain socks for the Capuchin Clothes Closet at House of Peace!
Questions? Contact Campus Ministry:
[email protected] | 414-382-6352 | FO 255
Please bring socks to the donation bins on campus or the Campus Ministry office by
December 1st.
Last year we collected 561 pairs of socks. Help us beat our record!
Finding Time & Energy for
Your Personal Wellness
Finding Time & Energy for Your Personal Wellness
Discussion & Dessert
Monday, November 6
6pm to 7pm
FO 164 (center study room in LaVerna Commons)
Sponsored by:
Counseling & Health Services
Proposal submitted by: Contact Name (if different):
Title or position (e.g. instructor, student):
Work Phone: Cell Phone:
Email:
Working Title or Topic:
Description:
Anticipated Outcomes:
Name of Presenters:
Structure of Proposal: Choose the option that best meets your needs and expertise and then describe what you need for your session below.
☐ I would like to deliver a workshop/presentation of 45 or 60 min (please circle one)
☐ I would like to deliver a mini-workshop/experiential learning of 30 min
☐ I would like to present a poster or informational exhibit
Maximum Audience Size (if applicable):
Set-up Requests:
___ Smart Classroom ___ CD player ___ newsprint flipchart w/markers
___ special set up (please be as specific as possible):
Any questions, please contact Julie Borgealt, Assessment and Outreach Center at 414-382-6435 [email protected].
2018 Alverno Community Conference - What is Truth? Friday, March 16, 2018
WORKSHOP PROPOSAL FORM PROPOSAL DUE Nov. 6, 2017 to [email protected]
Alverno College Alumnae Office
FALL, 2017 STRENGTHSFINDER DISCOVERY SESSION
The Alum Office has sponsored successful “Using Our Strengths” sessions for the past two years. Participants of all ages and occupations have discovered how their top 5 Signature Themes, identified through the Clifton Strengths Finder Talent Assessment, have and do enrich their lives. These strengths are the ways an individual most naturally thinks, feels and behaves; representing one’s natural power and potential for excellence. Participants have requested additional sessions to explore how to better use their gifts (strengths), often “hiding in plain sight” to enhance their lives and interactions with others.
Join us during the Fall, 2017 for our next Alverno Strengths Discovery session. We invite previous participants, alums, spouses, friends, and current and retired Alverno employees to these sessions. Bring anyone to the meeting who might be interested.
“Before I understood my strengths, I was unconsciously competent, doing my work very well, but having no direction in developing my best self. Learning about my strengths provided me a path to growth.” Debra Golias, CSA "Receiving your results is only the beginning. As with any other muscle if you do not use it, you lose it. The StrengthsFinder Workshops allowed me the opportunity to focus on another aspect of my Strengths development. I have been working with StrengthsFinder for over five years and know that this is a life-long exercise in becoming a person who brings her best self to her team (whether work or outside activities) every day."
Kimberly Thomas ‘00
Tuesday, November 7, 5-7:30 pm, FO 148
Consciously Using My Strengths to Lead. The first step in strengths implementation is understanding one’s own strengths and what one brings to the table.
To register for the session, RSVP to [email protected]. Sylvia Hedin ’67 and Virginia Wagner ’69 coordinate the group along with facilitator, Jo Ann Miller ’60*. If you have questions or suggestions for future sessions, email Sylvia at [email protected] or Virginia at [email protected].
In Preparation: • Complete the Clifton StrengthsFinder (Directions below)
Print your Signature Theme report and bring it to the session. • Email the names of your top 5 strengths to [email protected].
Directions: Go to www.gallupstrengthscenter.com. Purchase a code for $19.99 and complete the assessment or use a CSF code found in Gallup books: http://shop.gallup.com StrengthsFinder 2.0, Now, Discover Your Strengths, Teach with Your Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership. Strengths Based Parenting. If you have completed the Clifton StrengthsFinder in the past, you can update your reports by signing in (no charge) at www.gallupstrengthscenter.com with your user name and password. If forgotten, call Gallup Support at 1-888-561-5270 for assistance.
*Facilitator: Jo Ann Miller, OSF, ’60 was recruited by the inventor of the StrengthsFinder, Dr. Don Clifton, in 1974 to join his small company, SRI (Selection Research Inc.). Jo Ann offered education and church leaders research-based selection tools to identify and develop talented personnel. She retired in 2014 from Gallup (acquired by SRI in ‘88) after working there 40 years and returned to Milwaukee to continue her strengths ministry, setting up a Strengths Development Center with a mission to serve urban education, churches and non-profits.
Reggie Jackson has been a much sought-after speaker, author, and media consultant on Black Holocaust topics regionally and nationally for over a decade. He presents seldom-told stories of the African-American experience past and present and conducts diversity training at schools, libraries, churches, and businesses. Currently serving as the education liaison for a workforce development firm, Reggie previously taught sociology as an adjunct professor at Concordia University and worked as a special education teacher in Milwaukee middle schools.
Mr. Jackson first volunteered with America’s Black Holocaust Museum in 2002. A year later, he was appointed Head Griot (docent). By the time the bricks-and-mortar museum closed in June 2008, he had led hundreds of tours. Since the museum’s founder Dr. Cameron’s death in 2006, Reggie has served as an expert on the life of this unsung civil rights hero and lynching survivor. He authored the Afterword of Dr. Cameron’s memoir, A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story, 3rd edition.
Reggie is the 2015 winner of the Eliminating Racism Award from Southeast Wisconsin’s YWCA and the 2016 Courageous Love Award from the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee and 2017 winner of the Frank P. Zeidler Public Service Award from the City of Milwaukee.
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 6:00-7:30 p.m. Alverno College Sister Joel Read CenterBucyrus Conference Center3400 S. 43rd Street, Milwaukee
Join us for an evening with guest speaker Reggie Jackson for his presentation, Liberty for ALL! African American Civil Liberties in Milwaukee. Together we will take a look at the struggles of African Americans in Milwaukee to attain those basic civil liberties that we assume are the rights of all Americans. Looking at the issue through a historical lens to see how in the past and present times civil liberties are still denied to African Americans in Milwaukee.
Liberty for ALL! AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES IN MILWAUKEE
This presentation is free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.
Funded through a grant from UW-Stout’s Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation.
This event is co-sponsored by Alverno College student organizations: Black Student Alliance, CHICA and YES.
Contact the Assessment and Outreach Center with any questions at 414-382-6020 [email protected].
Please register in advance at alverno.wufoo.com/forms/liberty-for-all
THE LABYRI NTH
A meditative walk and sacred journey for the soul.
Reflection. Relaxation.
Tuesday—Thursday: November 14, 15 & 16 10am—5pm in the Conference Center
For more information contact Campus Ministry:
| 414-382-6352 | FO 255
Join the November Servant Leadership Discussion!
Date: Thursday, November 16 Location: Alverno College - F0148 Schedule:
7:45 Gathering 8:00 — 8:45 a.m. Introductions and Conversation 9:00 a.m. Adjourn
The Inferno Café is open to buy grab-and-go breakfast items or Hudson's Servery is open to purchase breakfast entrees before our discussions begin.
Servant-Leader Milwaukee is a learning community for persons who are interested in learning more about Servant Leadership and connecting with others who are committed to walking the walk of the Servant-Leader. It is intended to be a resource to those who are committed to applying the leadership philosophy developed by Robert K. Greenleaf and commonly known as Servant Leadership.
For more information go to: www.s-l-milwaukee.com
We will meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Alverno to continue the discussion of Servant Leadership.
2017 Schedule December 21
2018 Schedule January 18, February 15, March 15, April 19, May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18, November 15, December 20
Please click HERE for archived discussion documents and notes.
To register, please call contact the Alumnae Engagement office at [email protected] or 414-382-6090.
GRADUATE NEWSLETTER
November 3, 2017 Order Your Regalia November 21st is the deadline to order your regalia. Orders placed after the deadline will incur a $25 processing fee. Your Graduation Fee includes the cost of your regalia, which you paid already as part of your Fall 2017 tuition. Your commencement apparel will be mailed to your home. Ceremony Tickets Guest do not need tickets to attend the ceremony. Each graduate is welcome to invite up to 10 guest. Don’t forget to visit Alverno College’s website to stay current on all commencement information.
Please contact the Dean of Students office (FO 119) at 414-382-6118 with any questions or concerns.
Rites of Passage Celebrations
December 10, 2017
2:00-3:30 PM Bestowing of the Kente
Bucyrus Conference Center
4:30-6:00 PM Latinas con Fuerza LaVerna Commons
Commencement Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017
9:00 AM
Graduate Rehearsal Reiman Gymnasium
10:00 AM
Commencement Ceremony
Pitman Theatre
11:00 AM Graduate Reception La Verna Commons
Join us for our annual Breakfast with Santa!
Saturday, December 9, 2017
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Sister Joel Read Center
Spend part of your holiday season with us. Visit with Santa, make holiday crafts an d join in caroling. Be sure to bring your camera to take photos of your child with Santa.
Breakfast includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, fruit, and donuts. Tickets are $15 for children under 12 (includes breakfast, crafts, story time, a coloring book and a treat!) and $20 for adults.
Space is limited, and reservations are required. To make sure you’re on Santa’s list this year, register at alverno.edu/alumnae or call 414-382-6090.