Recent Announcements

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August 23, 2006

Graduate Business Students,

Just a few things to get you going for this fall term:

All MBA Saturday classes begin this Saturday, August 26th. All weekday classes begin the week of Monday, August 28th.

The Graduate School of Management (GSM) has moved offices. We are now located on the second floor of the College of Business Administration in the Executive Center, room 275.

Dr. Jeanne Simmons, Associate Dean 275D

Ms. Cheryl Nelson, Director of Student Services 275E

Ms. Debra Leutermann, Admission Coordinator 275B

Ms. Connie Knoll, Administrative Assistant 275

We can all be reached at 414.288.7145 or MBA@Marquette.edu.

GSM Website is http://www.marquette.edu/gsm. Please visit often! You can view the schedule of classes, class meeting dates, elective course descriptions, specialization requirements, apply for graduation, etc. Go to current students to see topics such as registration materials, class withdrawal policy, transfer of credit policy, etc. Please let me know if there is something you thing we should add!

eMarq Email System: Communication from the GSM will be sent to your Marquette University email account. Please be sure to read your email regularly or forward it to an account you read on a regular basis. It is easy to forward your mail from your CheckMarq account. Just go to: http://www.marquette.edu/pages/home/its/help/emarq. You can get all of you questions about eMarq answered on this Website. The ITS helpdesk phone number is 414.288.7799.

ID Cards: If you have not already obtained your student ID card you should plan to do so this week or next. You can get your ID at Union Station, first floor of the Alumni Memorial Union. They have extended hours next week (Mon-Thurs. 8:30am-5:30pm). They are also open on Sat. August 26th from 10:00-2:00pm. They are closed this week Wednesday (Aug. 23rd) for freshman orientation. You need your ID card to access the building after hours or on weekends, to access the library in person and on-line, etc.

Computer lab in the College of Business Administration – located in room 116.

· There is a copier and printer in the lab. You will need to use your Marquette ID card to print or copy. You begin the year with $21 worth of printing, which is 300 black and white pages, for the academic year. You will need to add money to your Marquette Cash account (on your MU ID card) for copying or for extra printing pages. You can add money to your card by going to http://www.marquettecard.com.

· There is NO eating or drinking in the new lab. If you have food or a beverage with you the lab attendants will ask you to leave.

· The hours of the College lab are:

Mon-Thur 8 am - 11 pm

Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm

Sat. 10 am - 6 pm

Sun. Noon - 11 pm

· The building will be locked at 9 pm Monday-Thursday. You will need to use your Marquette ID card to access the building after these hours or on the weekends.

· There are no floppy disk drives on the computers. You will need to use a CD or Flash drive to save your work. The machines will be reimaged every evening or whenever there is a long period of no use on the computers so do not save your work to the computer for later access as the material will not be there.

The College of Business now has a NEW wireless access system throughout the building. To find out more visit http://www.marquette.edu/pages/home/its/help/network.

The Straz Cafe will be open beginning Monday, August 30th. The cafe hours are 3:30 pm - 8 pm. Monday through Thursday. The cafe is located in the Atrium on the first floor in the east end of the building.

There is a study area in the lower level of the College of Business. This is open for student use both days and evenings. This is also where vending machines are located.

If you have not yet arranged for parking, please visit the parking website at:

http://www.marquette.edu/parking/permits/Fall05.html. Permits for the semester are $50.00. You can also pay on a per evening rate of $3.00 after 5:00 pm or $5.00 before 5:00 pm. This option is available at either structure (16th Street or Wells between 13th and 12th). There is limited space for the per evening parking and permit parkers will be given priority. The structure on Wells Street is closest to the College.

Finally, if you are planning on graduating this December, please be sure to complete your application for graduation by October 9th. You can apply on-line at:

http://www.busadm.mu.edu/graduate/graduation.shtml. You can go ahead and apply today!!

Hope you have a great fall term!

Jeanne M. Simmons, Ph.D.

Associate Dean