Category Archives: Engaged Alumni

A pilot program designed to stimulate engagement among students and the Fox Cities community through short, student-made documentary films about local issues was officially launched in late January with the help of renowned author, educator and activist Parker Palmer during an address in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. The Civic Life Project (CLP) is a uniqueContinue Reading

By Jared Marchant ’13 Increasing numbers of Lawrence alumni have re-engaged with the university in recent years. One specific program that has benefited immensely from alumni re-engagement of this sort is the Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) initiative, which is now in its fifth year. Assistant Professor of Economics Adam Galambos is spearheading this initiative withContinue Reading

By Marti Gillespie Katelin Richter ’11 has always been a go-getter. After internships with the Fox Valley Symphony, the Santa Barbara Symphony, Germany’s Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the State Department in Munich, the fifth-year senior approached Lawrence President Jill Beck about the possibility of doing an internship with her. What followed became one of Richter’s mostContinue Reading

As a charter school, Appleton’s Valley New School (VNS) provides students in grades 7–12 with a learning environment much like Lawrence’s. It’s a place where they are encouraged to pursue project-based learning, community engagement and independent thinking. The Lawrence connection to VNS goes even farther than a shared vision. It was the creativity and foresightContinue Reading

In her role as program coordinator for the Almost Home program in Appleton, Jessica Patenaude ’05 wears many hats: she helps families apply for the Habitat for Humanity program and assists existing Habitat families in retaining ownership of their homes. She’s passionate about creating happy endings for the people she works with. Her quest toContinue Reading

On April 22, Rev. Scott Alexander ’71 will dip the rear tire of his bicycle in the Pacific Ocean at Costa Mesa, Calif. This symbolic act will mark the beginning of The Ride to Beat Hunger, Alexander’s month-long, 3,300-mile bike trip across the country to raise $50,000 for two hunger relief organizations. “To be freeContinue Reading

College Fair Volunteers Get the LU Word Out In banquet halls, cafeterias and gymnasiums from Burbank, Calif., to Watchung, N.J., alumni are volunteering to represent Lawrence at college fairs, chatting with prospective students and their parents and helping to raise the college’s visibility. Each year Lawrence receives invitations to hundreds of college fairs across theContinue Reading

Submitted by Anna Stowell Belyaev ’91 In 1991, Lawrence received a $10,000 grant from Campus Compact to start the Lawrence Assistance Reaching Youth (LARY) program, a one-on-one, needs-based mentoring program for students at Edison Elementary School in Appleton. Since then, the LARY program has matched more than 700 students with Lawrence mentors. Anna Stowell BelyaevContinue Reading

By Rick Peterson During a career spanning more than 30 years, filmmaker Catherine Tatge ’72 has created works that explore creative genius, spiritual matters and the human condition. She has chronicled the lives of such American luminaries as playwright Tennessee Williams, dancer/choreographer Martha Graham and ground-breaking environmentalist John Muir. She has used her story-telling skillsContinue Reading

Mike Cisler ’78 is indefatigable in helping Lawrence continue to thrive and help students succeed.