Tag Archives: Nancy Wall
Enlightening Educators
They are responsible for helping students find their “aha” moments—those times when the proverbial light bulb goes off, and big ideas finally start coming together. The President’s Report annually spotlights Lawrence faculty members for the unique ways in which they are opening young minds to new methods of thinking. Whether in the classroom, in theContinue Reading
More Light! January 2010
Lawrence’s More Light! campaign continues its upward momentum. Despite a difficult economic climate last year, alumni and friends of the college added an impressive $21 million to More Light! bringing its total to $125 million. Now, as the More Light! campaign officially enters the second year of its public phase, its focus is shifting fromContinue Reading
Barrier Breakers – Lawrence leads a trend of women in leadership
When she attended opening convocations at the University of California, Irvine during the late 1990s, Jill Beck contemplated the unintended message new female students were receiving. The convocations were revealing, she recalls, as almost all of the convocation speakers were senior administrators and, most notably, they were all men. With a 10:1 ratio of menContinue Reading