Friday, April 25 | 5-7 p.m.
Main Hall Green
Join hands-on service projects (bracelets, bookmarks, wind chimes & more), connect with local organizations doing great work in the Fox Cities, and enjoy live music.
All participants get free boxed dinners & tote bags!
We’re excited to introduce the 2025 Viking Impact Award, a new annual initiative from Lawrence Athletics that empowers our athletic teams to make a difference in the Fox Valley community. This initiative was created and is led by Taylor Svoboda, an Athletics Department Intern and Women’s Basketball Player.
From April 20–27, every Lawrence athletics team will compete to sell the most t-shirts through an online store, with proceeds going to the Boys & Girls Club of the Fox Valley. This organization does incredible work supporting local youth, and we’re proud to rally our Viking community behind them.
T-shirts are just $15, and every purchase not only supports a great cause but also helps your favorite team(s) compete for the Viking Impact Trophy—a traveling award that will be passed down to the top-selling team each year. Simply click on the link, pick the team(s) you want to support, and purchase a t-shirt via that team’s tab.
There will be both a direct shipping option and an option to pick up your t-shirt from Alexander Gym.
This initiative is designed to be impactful yet manageable for our busy student-athletes—and we hope you’ll join us in spreading the word and showing your support!
Thank you for helping us turn school spirit into community impact!
Come cheer on your Vikings at this week’s home athletic events!
Bring Your Own Mug
8-11 a.m. | outside Warch
Enjoy some free coffee or hot cocoa if you bring your own mug!
Rock and Chalk
6-7 p.m. | Main Hall Rock
Help us paint the rock and draw sidewalk chalk!
Greenfire Mending
8-9 p.m. | Elvira/Greenfire Loft (1st floor Colman)
Bring torn clothing or fabrics that need to be fixed. Needles and thread provided!
SLUG Meeting
6-7 p.m. | SLUG Garden
Come garden with SLUG and make seed bombs full of native seeds harvested from the area!
Deep Listening
7:15-8 p.m. | Trever Woods
Meet in front of Trever Hall for a deep listening walk with Dean Brian Pertl!
Dinner and Letters
6-8 p.m. | Elvira/Greenfire Loft (1st floor Colman)
Join Greenfire for an open dinner and letter writing about environmental issues to representatives with Citizens’ Climate Lobby.
Fork Farms Tour
2-4:30 p.m. | Meet at Wriston Turnaround
Visit Fork Farms, a locally founded business, to learn about hydroponic farming and how it connects business, health, and sustainability! The bus will leave Wriston Turnaround at 2 p.m.
Battery Sorting
8-9 p.m. | Runkel Room (Warch 414)
Help the LU Sustainability Committee sort batteries and enjoy a viewing of The Lorax. Don’t forget to bring your own batteries!
Fork Farms Tour
2-4:30 p.m. | Meet at Wriston Turnaround
Visit Fork Farms, a locally founded business, to learn about hydroponic farming and how it connects business, health, and sustainability! The bus will leave Wriston Turnaround at 2 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Jason Wilhite
4:30-5:30 p.m. | Youngchild 121
A lecture about environmental advocacy and lobbying from the manager and former activism team lead at Patagonia Chicago.
Nature Walk with LUPS
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | SLUG Garden
Take a walk outside while spotting native spring ephemerals and picking up trash to keep our campus clean.
Green Streets
1-2 p.m. | Meet at the LU Arch (corner of Drew St/College Ave)
Join Professor Jason Brozek on a walk around the city and explore the impacts of infrastructure on sustainable living.
Earthfest
2-4 p.m. | Kaeyes Mamaceqtawuk Plaza (next to the library)
Tabling from LU organizations and local nonprofits!
Sunday, April 27 | 3-4:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
The orchestra is a unique ensemble of 40 people performing East European folk music on authentic Russian folk instruments, primarily balalaikas and domras. The repertoire consists of Russian and other Slavic and East European folk songs, dances, and ballads, with occasional selections of modern Western pieces.
Soloists:
Zoya Nevinskaya, vocals
Amalasuentha McGwin, percussion
David Pook, percussion
Music director and founder: Victor Gorodinsky
The concert is free and open to the public. There will be a reception following the concert in Shattuck 163.
Tuesday, April 22 | 4:45-6 p.m.
Warch 308-Kraemer Room
As you prepare to leave Lawrence and embrace exciting new opportunities, we understand that adjusting to a new job and/or community can be both exhilarating and challenging.
In this session, we’ll explore essential aspects of succeeding in your new job, relocating, making new friends, ensuring a smooth transition as you embark on this next chapter of your life, and much more!
Friday, April 25 | 7-10 p.m.
Memorial 009—Esports Lounge
Join us for a fun night of mixed video games and Just Dance tournaments!
Saturday, April 26 | 8 p.m.-Midnight
Warch 324-325—Warch & Pusey Rooms
Join SOUP for the largest event on campus, our spring formal, President’s Ball! Themed Mysterious Garden Masquerade this year, President’s Ball is a long-standing Lawrence tradition that brings together almost the entire student body for an evening of dancing, music, and fun.
Held on the 3rd floor of Warch, the night begins with a live Big Band from 8-10 p.m. followed by an amazing set by DJ Marcus from 10 p.m.-midnight. Small desserts and themed mocktails will be served throughout the event.
Attendees are encouraged to dress formally and thematically.
Friday, April 25 | 7:30-9 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
The Lawrence Unviersity Choirs and Symphony Orchestra present:
Gustav Holst – “Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda,” op. 26, Group 1, H. 97
Dan Forrest – “Psalm of Ascension,” and “The Sun Never Says” from “LUX”
Jake Runestad – “Climb”
Jocelyn Hagen – “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci”
This concert is free and open to all!
A memorial gathering will be held Friday, May 16 in Warch Campus Center to celebrate the amazing life of Professor Minoo Adenwalla, a revered member of the government faculty who passed away January 5, 2025, at age 97. The Lawrence community is invited to attend in person or join remotely via a web link. The memorial is planned for 11:30 a.m., with refreshments to follow. An RSVP is not required. The web link can be found here.
Professor Adenwalla joined the Lawrence faculty in 1959. He taught full-time for 43 years before retiring in 2002. He then continued to teach in retirement for another 21 years, finally stepping away from the classroom in 2023. In all, that’s 64 incredible years of teaching, spanning eight different decades. He taught courses on Indian politics and nationalism, constitutional law, civil liberties, and the Supreme Court, among others. He regularly taught First-Year Studies (previously Freshman Studies) and was among the Lawrence faculty who helped launch the London Centre program in the early 1970s. And he mentored generations of Lawrentians along the way, many of them long after they’d graduated.
As President Carter said at the time of his death: “His legacy of hard work, wisdom, and inspiration will forever be cherished in our community.”
The family has encouraged memorial gifts to the Minoo Adenwalla Professorship in the Social Sciences at Lawrence University. A giving form can be found here.
