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Anders Hanhan

Author: Anders Hanhan

SLUG Earth Day Gardening Session

Monday, April 22 | 6-8 p.m.
SLUG Garden

On Earth Day, there will be a special opportunity to engage in the SLUG Garden for 17 Days of Kindness! SLUG will be hosting an Earth Day gardening session followed by a campfire with s’mores. Attendees will be entered in a raffle to win jars of SLUG honey™ from our very own LU bees!

This is a great opportunity to learn more about SLUG if you have been interested but not yet participated and get involved before the garden’s busy season! This is also an opportunity for faculty and staff to learn more about the community bed program that the garden hosts where community members can manage a bed in the garden for the season.

17 Days of Kindness

Kindness is a key component of community, particularly a community like Lawrence’s that values acceptance and belonging. Our 3rd annual 17 Days of Kindness community-wide campaign begins April 11!

17 Days of Kindness is a Lawrentian tradition that showcases the best of our community through a mix of events, gratitude, and a celebration of the intentional and random acts of kindness that make Lawrence so special. There will be events across campus that will span the 17 Days that will give faculty, staff, and students the opportunities to share gratitude with those who have impacted Lawrence students virtually and in person, and kindness to ourselves through self-care.

17 Days of Kindness has a kickoff planned for Thursday April 11 outside Warch Campus Center and ends on April 27 with our annual President’s Ball!

Full List of 17 Days of Kindness Events!

  • 17 Days Kickoff – April 11 at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Outside of Warch Campus Center
  • Ice Cream Social – April 12 at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Outside of Warch Campus Center
  • Be Kind to Yourself: Mirror Affirmations – April 13-14 | Various Campus Restrooms
  • Friendship Bracelets – April 14 at 7-8 p.m. | Mead Witter Room WCC
  • Crafts & Cookies – April 15 at 1-3 p.m. | International House
  • National Stress Awareness Day – April 16 at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Warch 1st Floor
  • Gratitude Giveaway – April 17 at 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Warch 3rd Floor
  • Petal It Forward – April 18 at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Warch 3rd Floor
  • Consent is Kindness – April 19 at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Warch 3rd Floor
  • U-Stuff It – April 20 at 3 p.m.-5 p.m. | Mead Witter Room WCC
  • Blu’s Crew Scavenger Hunt – April 21 at 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Starts in Mead Witter Room WCC
  • SLUG Garden Open Hours – April 22 (Earth Day) at 6-8 p.m. | SLUG Garden
  • Skilled Trade Workers Day – April 23 at 10:00-11:30 a.m. | Outside Warch
  • Big Prize Bingo – April 24 at 8-10 p.m. | Somerset Room WCC
  • Kindness Shouts – April 25 at 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Raymond House
  • LU Spirit Day – April 26 at 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Outside Warch
  • LU Softball vs. TRB – April 27 at 1-3 p.m. | Whiting Field
  • PRESIDENT’S BALL! – April 27 at 8 p.m.-Midnight | Pusey and Somerset Rooms WCC

LUaroo volunteers needed!

As we get closer to the end-of-year LUaroo celebration, we are looking for staff or faculty members who are interested in volunteering their time supporting the festival and being present day of to assist student leaders. 

LUaroo is an annual student run music festival that takes place over Memorial Day Weekend. There are typically two days of music, with a mix of on campus and off campus performers. The festival is held annually on Memorial Day weekend on Main Hall Green and is one of the events that students most look forward to every year! 

If you are able to volunteer a few hours of your weekend on May 25-26, please sign up on this form! Primarily, we just need assistance keeping an eye out and making sure everyone is safe, but at times we will need staff to operate golf carts to assist the student organizers. We are hoping to have at least one staff/faculty volunteer at the festival to assist with the event and Campus Safety will be present the entire event on both days. Our students have worked hard to put on a successful festival and your support is greatly appreciated! 

Thank you so much for your assistance! 

Anders Hanhan ’24
Student Engagement Fellow
Office of Student Engagement, Activities, and Leadership
hanhana@lawrence.edu | (920) 832-7289

“Life Skills” Event Series for Seniors

The Career Center is hosting a series of sessions focused on working with seniors to help you feel ready for life after Lawrence! The series will take place Tuesdays in April at 5:15 p.m. in the Runkel Room (4th floor Warch).

If you register for the events in advance and attend, you will be entered in a raffle for a $250 prize basket including your choice of a $50 Amazon Gift Card or a Costco Membership, Magic Bullet Blender Set, a set of pans, LU swag, and more!

How to Navigate Your Financial Journey After Graduation

Tuesday, April 9 | 5:15 p.m.
Warch – Runkel Room

Personal Finance: Budgets, Goals, and Emergency Funds

Tuesday, April 16 | 5:15 p.m.
Warch – Runkel Room

Transitioning to a New Job and Community

Tuesday, April 23 | 5:15 p.m.
Warch – Runkel Room

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