Category Archives: Spring 2010

As the first person from her family to attend college, Arlene Atwood Trettin ’61, believes a “miracle” brought her to Lawrence. “Lawrence is an integral part of my family— not only because I met my husband, (Tom Trettin ’60), but also because of the lifelong friendships that I formed.” When reflecting on her Lawrence experience,Continue Reading

Jason D. Brozek assistant professor of government and Stephen Edward Scarff Professor of International Affairs “Footnotes in Gaza,” Joe Sacco, 2009 In the small world of comic book journalism, Joe Sacco is a pioneer. His earlier books — including “Palestine” (2002) and “Safe Area Gorazde” (2000) — were award-winning accounts of, respectively, the waning daysContinue Reading

Swimming and Diving Peter Brengel ’12 added some hardware to his trophy case by winning a pair of titles at the Midwest Conference Swimming and Diving Championships at Lawrence’s Boldt Natatorium. Brengel won the 100-yard backstroke and 200 backstroke for the second consecutive season. He won the 200 backstroke in 1:53.90, breaking the Lawrence, meetContinue Reading

Lawrence’s More Light! campaign, the most ambitious fund-raising campaign in the college’s history, continues its positive trajectory. The More Light! campaign strives to enhance Lawrence’s strengths and build on the college’s historic academic and artistic excellence, while moving the college boldly into the future. Generous alumni and friends of the college have committed $128 millionContinue Reading

In December Mark Breseman ’78, director of Björklunden, was named associate vice president of alumni and constituency engagement at Lawrence. Lawrence Today sat down with Breseman to talk about his new role on campus and the new vision for the office formerly known as alumni relations. LT: Why was the name of the Office ofContinue Reading

Jeffrey Clark, associate professor of geology, published “Pore Water Flow Due to Near- Bed Turbulence and Associated Solute Transfer in a Stream or Lake Sediment Bed,” in Water Resources Research; “Comparison of Morphological and Biological Control of Exchange with Transient Storage Zones in a Field-Scale Flume,” in the Journal of Geophysical Research — Biogeosciences; andContinue Reading

Warch Campus Center garners three awards The Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center was named one of Wisconsin Builder magazine’s 2009 Top Projects. The program recognizes construction developments that, according to the magazine, “have made a difference in their communities, triumphed despite tricky circumstances or introduced a new technique to the industry, among other reasons.”Continue Reading

Dear Lawrentians, In January, scores of Lawrence students participated in a day of community service, turning the holiday set aside to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., into a “day on,” rather than a day off from scheduled classes. Some students worked with the Rebuilding Together organization to paint and clean at Holy Spirit SchoolContinue Reading

by Joe Vanden Acker When Wisconsin sports fans think of a power combination in the lineup, they look no further than Milwaukee Brewers Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder and the expanse of Miller Park. But Braun and Fielder have nothing on Lawrence University softball stars Alex Goodson ’10 and Carli Gurholt ’11 and their domainContinue Reading

By Rick Peterson They are separated by more than 2,200 miles. And the cultural chasm between them is even greater. But when a staggering 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 12, the reverberations clearly were felt throughout the Lawrence campus — nowhere more strongly than in the office of Professor of Music JanetContinue Reading