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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

Mike “Skudder” Szkodzinski took the reins of the Lawrence men’s hockey program in 2006. In 2009, he added the title of acting athletic director to his resume. After one year Szkodzinski was named director of athletics — becoming only the second person in the college’s history to hold that position. Lawrence Today talked with SzkodzinskiContinue Reading

Each June on the heels of Commencement, a second — but no less spirited — celebration bursts across the Lawrence University campus. Between June 17-20, 789 alumni and guests, representing the classes of 2000, 1994-96, 1985, 1974-76, 1970, 1960 and the “Goldens” from classes graduating more than 50 years ago, took their campus by stormContinue Reading

Thomas Steitz can add “building name” and “commencement speaker” to the list of accolades bestowed by his alma mater. At its fall meeting, the Lawrence University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to rename Science Hall “Thomas Steitz Science Hall” in honor of the 1962 Lawrence graduate and 2009 Nobel Prize winner. “It’s an astonishing surprise,”Continue Reading