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Survey Results #34: Why Lawrence? (Part Three)
Below are the most common responses given by our incoming class of 2013, to the question of, “Why Lawrence”?
– Abundant international population
Favorite response:
– Lawrence is “filled with possibilities, and even some impossibilites. In short, it’s just right.”
Want to discover your “why Lawrence” reason? Take a tour, sit in on a class and spend the night during one of our fall visit days.
Lawrence grad appointed acting head of Minneapolis Fed
From Bloomberg News comes some exciting news for James Lyon, Lawrence (’74):
Minneapolis Fed Appoints Lyon as Acting President
By Vivien Lou Chen
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis named James Lyon as acting president to succeed Gary Stern, the central bank’s longest-serving policy maker and a critic of bank bailouts.
Lyon, chief operating officer, will lead the Minneapolis Fed bank until a successor is named, district bank spokesman David Fettig said. Lyon joined the Minneapolis Fed in 1977 as an attorney and has served as first vice president and chief operating officer since 2000, the bank said on its Web site. Stern’s tenure ended yesterday, it said.
The Minneapolis Fed spent years under Stern warning about the risks posed by financial institutions deemed “too big to fail,” the focus of three congressional hearings from March until May. The district bank’s committee leading the search for a new president is headed by James Hynes, chairman of the Minneapolis Fed’s board.
“The board wants somebody who is trained as an economist, somebody very knowledgeable about monetary policy and who will provide a lot of feedback,” said V.V. Chari, a consultant to the Minneapolis Fed who teaches economics at the University of Minnesota.
Lyon, 57, leads the district bank on an interim basis amid the worst recession since the 1930s and efforts by the Obama administration to turn the central bank into the supervisor for the largest, most interconnected financial institutions.
Coordinates Operations
Lyon is chairman of the Conference of First Vice Presidents, which coordinates the operations of the 12 regional Fed banks. He is a graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota Law School.
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Survey Results #33: Voglio studiare all’estero!
Since about half of Lawrence University students study at one of our off-campus programs before they graduate, we figured it would be good to know where you are interested in going. The results are equal parts surprising and expected.
First, as you often have, you turned up an eclectic list. All said, 53 individual countries captured your interest as potential study abroad opportunities.
So you will likely appreciate that we have so many programs set up for you.
There was actually a dead-even tie for the countries that the largest group of you responded with an interest for.
England and Italy…or Italy and England, whichever you prefer.
Either way, it’s fair to assume that in a few years, several of your classmates might find themselves en route to London, Florence, Oxford, Rome, York or Milan. Even more convenient that one of our programs is in both countries.
So, here are the next five countries incoming Lawrentians are interested in going to for a study abroad experience:
2 – Spain
3 – France
4 – Germany
5 – Japan
6 – Russia
Although they didn’t make the top five, Australia, Ireland, Austria, Greece, India and Israel all had a lot of responses as well!
As we’ve said already, Lawrence University is proud to have one of the most internationally diverse campuses in the country. If that’s still not enough for you, we’re ready and excited to help you experience the culture of a different country.
Survey Results # 32: So Long, Farewell…
Perhaps you’ve heard that change is a part of life. As much as we would sometimes prefer to dig our heels in, put on the brakes, or linger a while exactly where we are…change happens. We can only imagine that right now lots of emotions are rolling through you. Excitement, fear, anxiety, joy, and oh so many other emotions that cannot always be named.
To honor the upcoming change you’re about to experience, we asked what you might miss about home…this is what you said…
My parents
Cooking with Dad
The mountains, the warmth, and knowing everybody
My cat, he can’t talk on the phone
My sister
Being spoiled by my parents
My friends and family, Finnish parks and sausages
Home cooked meals…mac ‘n cheese here I come!
The food (and yes, of course, my family too)
My own room
I don’t know yet
Comet Football
Everything that I’m used to
My youth
Fresh quality bagels (we do have a wonderful, home cooked bagel shop only a mile or two from campus! Try it out…)
Besides family and friends, NYC’s art and music in the subways. However, I won’t miss the fully packed subways.
My family, my animals, fry bread, and mutton (sheep meat)
24/7 fridge access
My best friend