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I Am: Appleton Moves – Kids Dance Clinic

Hello LU Faculty and Staff!

Our names are Arianna Fearing and Elsie Tenpas and we are the co-captians of the Lawrence University Dance Team. Each year our team hosts a kids clinic, I Am: Appleton Moves, which is open to K-8 students.

This year, the clinic will take place on Saturday, February 24th and Saturday, March 3rd from 10am-noon in the Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center at Lawrence University. On March 3rd, the dancers are welcome to attend a complimentary lunch with members of the LUDT and then their performance will be that afternoon at 1:30pm. The cost of the workshop is $15 which includes a T-shirt and a lunch in Andrew Commons.

If you have a K-8 student interested in participating, please email ludanceteam@lawrence.edu by February 1st to register!

Please don’t hesitate if you have any questions! Also, please feel free to forward this to anyone who may be interested in participating this year.

Thank you,
Arianna and Elsie

January Cultural Competency Lecture

Cultural Competency Lecture Series

January 4, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. in Esch Hurvis Room (225)

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Mark R. Jenike

 Fat Stigma: Why All of Us Are Stakeholders in Obesity

Fat stigma is real; it is worldwide; and it has real consequences, including worsening health outcomes and exacerbating obesity. Americans’ understanding of the causes of bodyweight variation is dominated by a personal responsibility frame. This session will draw on research, as well as personal experience, to provide a more complex and nuanced exploration of the causes of bodyweight variation in the contemporary world. Preliminary results from a recent focus group study with large-bodied individuals in the Fox Valley will be presented and discussed. The purpose of the session is to help us develop more productive ways to understand this element of diversity so that we can engage in less counterproductive stigmatizing and blaming in order to show more respect and inclusion for people of all sizes.

Please RSVP to div-inclusion@lawrence.edu by January 2!

Griff’s Grill Winter Edition

We are breaking out the winter gear in preparation for the winter edition of Griff’s Grill. We are featuring Jacobs’ hot dogs and brats, a special “winter” brat and of course veggie options.  Join us Wednesday, November 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for lunch (seating is available inside).

LU Apparel Store Sale
Stop by the apparel store after lunch! Faculty and staff get 20% off on all LU apparel on Wednesday, November 29.
 

Cultural Food Day

Join the Caribbean Support Team for Cultural Food Day!

Saturday, November 11, 2017 • 5:30 – 8 p.m. • Diversity Center in Memorial Hall

For just $7, you get to enjoy foods from around the world and all of the proceeds are going to support the Caribbean Support Team’s efforts. Don’t forget to bring a plate!  To register, click here to donate your $7. Use “Cultural Food Day” in the comment section.

 

The new Staff Monthly newsletter has arrived!

Our staff connections team is proud to announce the release of their monthly newsletter. The communication will be sent via the LU Insider on a monthly basis and also be available on the Staff Connections website. In this month’s edition, you will find a note from Cal Husmann, upcoming event listings and more! Click here to download the November issue of Staff Monthly.

 

2017-2018 Convocation Series – “Is Peace Possible?” with Colman McCarthy

Tuesday, October 31, 2017
11:10 a.m.
“Is Peace Possible?”
Colman McCarthy

Award-winning journalist, educator and long-time peace activist, Colman McCarthy directs the Center for Teaching Peace in Washington, D.C., which he founded in 1985.

The son of an immigration lawyer and a stay-at-home mother who often welcomed refugees straight from Ellis Island into their home, McCarthy spent nearly 30 years as a columnist for the Washington Post. Since 1999, he has written a weekly column for The National Catholic Reporter.

As an educator who believes if we don’t teach children peace, someone else will teach them violence, McCarthy has taught courses on nonviolence and peace literature for more than 30 years. He is the author of 14 books, including 2002’s “I’d Rather Teach Peace” in which he chronicles his experiences introducing the theory and practice of creative peacemaking to classrooms ranging from a suburban Washington, D.C. high school to a prison for juveniles to Georgetown University Law Center.

McCarthy earned a bachelor’s degree from Spring Hill College, a small Jesuit school in Mobile, Ala.

His appearance is supported by the Class of 1968 Peace and Social Activism Fund.