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Spirit Week & Blue & White Homecoming Weekend

Spirit Week

Dress Up Days

Stop by the SEAL Office (4th floor of Warch Campus Center, open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.) each day of Spirit Week dressed for the theme of the day to receive points for your class!

  • Monday, Oct. 28 – Class Color Day
    • First-years: yellow
    • 2nd year: green
    • 3rd year: red
    • 4th year: purple
  • Tuesday, Oct. 29 – Viking Day
    • Wear your Viking helmets and LU gear
  • Wednesday, Oct. 30 – Twin Day
  • Thursday, Oct. 31 – Halloween
    • Celebrate with your favorite costume or spooky outfit.
  • Friday, Nov. 1 – Spirit Day
    • Show off your school spirit in LU apparel.

Spirit Week Events

Blue & White Homecoming Kickoff

Monday, Oct 28 | 11-2 p.m.
Warch Campus Center (Outside the Cafe)

  • Spin the wheel! Win prizes!
  • Choose your own adventure service project with the CCE
  • Learn about what’s going on the rest of the week!

Cardboard Boat Regatta

Tuesday, Oct. 29 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Wellness Center Pool
Grab some friends or create a boat for your student org! Boats can only be constructed from cardboard and duck tape and will be raced across the pool! Prizes for the top times! There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. Fill out this form to sign up your team!

Open Mic/Talent Show

Wednesday, Oct. 30 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Warch 324 – Somerset Room
Want to show off your skills and talents? Compete for the chance to win big prizes and be crowned the Lawrence homecoming talent show champion.

Trick or Treat

Thursday, Oct. 31 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Various campus locations
Take a break from the day and grab some candy from participating departments! Check your email during Homecoming Week for a full map of the departments involved.

Grocery Bag Bingo

Thursday, Oct. 31 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Warch 324 – Somerset Room

Movie Screening: Coco (with trivia)

Friday, Nov. 1 | 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 3 | 3 p.m.
Warch Cinema

Blue & White Homecoming Weekend

Wriston Fall 2024 Exhibitions

Friday, Nov. 1 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Wriston Art Galleries

  • First-Year Studies: Water
  • Christopher McNulty, Days Series
  • 10 Years Out

Campus Tour

Friday, Nov. 1 | 2 – 3 p.m.
Chapman Hall – Admissions Lobby

Archives Open House with University Archivist Claire Cannell

Friday, Nov. 1 | 3 – 5 p.m.
Seeley G. Mudd Library, Archives

Business & Entrepreneurship Center Open House

Friday, Nov. 1 | 4 – 6 p.m.
Fox Commons, Level Two (10 East College Avenue)
Join faculty in Business & Entrepreneurship for an opportunity to experience one of the newest spaces on campus. This co-curricular space will serve as an interactive hub for collaboration among students, faculty, and business leaders.

2024 Lawrence Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame Reception & Dinner* (Invitation Only)

Friday, Nov. 1 | 6 – 9 p.m.
Warch Campus Center, Somerset & Pusey Rooms
*The 2024 inductees are the Men’s basketball teams from 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006. 

Fall Term Musical: Working 

Friday, Nov. 1 | 7:30 p.m.
Stansbury Theatre, Music-Drama Center 

Lawrence University New Music Ensemble Concert featuring Flute and Trombone Ensembles

Friday, Nov. 1 | 8 p.m.
Lawrence Memorial Chapel
This concert, which highlights the Conservatory’s forward-looking approach, will premiere nine new works. Isaac Mayhew (LU ’17) is the Interim Executive Director of the Millennium Composers Initiative, a consortium of composers, and has facilitated the collaboration. The event will feature faculty members Erin Lesser (flute), Tim Albright (trombone), and Michael Clayville (director of the New Music Ensemble).

Movie Series: Coco (with Trivia)

Friday, Nov. 1 | 8 – 9:45 p.m.
Warch Camus Center, Cinema

Homecoming Dance

Friday, Nov. 1 | 9 p.m.-midnight
Warch 226 – Mead Witter
With music brought to you by DJ Marcus

Family Breakfast with Cabinet

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 9 – 10:30 a.m.
Warch Campus Center – Esch Hurvis Room
Families, supporters, and their students are invited to join President Carter and her Cabinet for this special breakfast. Get to know our campus leadership while indulging in a hot breakfast buffet from American Dining Creations. Lawrence gear or Blue & White is the preferred attire. Registration required.
Register

Blu’s Central

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
3rd Floor Warch
There will be face painting, temporary tattoos, and free giveaways to prepare for the upcoming game!

Men’s Basketball Alumni Scrimmage 

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 10:30 a.m.
Alex Gym

Presentation and Discussion with New York Times Bestselling Author Harry MacLean ’64 – Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Warch Campus Center, Cinema
All are welcome to attend.

LU Swimming – Intrasquad & Alumni Meet

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 11 a.m.
Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center – Boldt Natatorium

Midwest Conference Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Championships

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 11 a.m. Start
Reid Golf Course, Appleton 
Shuttle from Campus.

Men’s Soccer vs. Grinnell College (Senior Day) 

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 11 a.m.
Banta Bowl 

Wriston Fall 2024 Exhibitions

Saturday, Nov. 2 | Noon – 4 p.m.
Wriston Art Galleries

  • First-Year Studies: Water
  • Christopher McNulty, Days Series
  • 10 Years Out

Women’s Soccer vs. Grinnell College 

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 1:30 p.m.
Banta Bowl 

Fall Term Musical: Working 

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 2:30 p.m.
Stansbury Theatre, Music-Drama Center 

Vikings Tailgate

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 3-5 p.m.
Banta Bowl
Experience the Fan Zone at the football tailgate, featuring food trucks, lawn games, music, and more!

Football vs. University of Chicago* 

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 5:00 p.m.
Banta Bowl 
*The 2024 Lawrence Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will occur during halftime. 

Fall Term Musical: Working 

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 7:30 p.m.
Stansbury Theatre, Music-Drama Center 

Cheer x Dance Campfire

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 8-9:30 p.m.
Gilboy Fire Ring (SLUG Garden)
End your Homecoming festivities with a cozy bonfire, complete with s’mores and snacks! Come relax and celebrate together.

  • 11 a.m. | Men’s Soccer vs Grinnell | Banta Bowl
  • 11 a.m. | Cross Country Conference Championship | Reid Golf Course
  • 1:30 p.m. | Women’s Soccer vs Grinnell | Banta Bowl
  • 5 p.m. | Football vs University of Chicago | Banta Bowl

Fencing: LU Fall Dual Meet

Sunday, Nov. 2 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center

First-Gen Spotlight

We’re looking forward to celebrating our First-Gen faculty, staff, students, and alumni during National First-Gen Celebration Day on Friday, November 8.

Our First-Gen Student Association (FGSA) is coordinating the event and is looking to do a First-Gen Spotlight Wall in the Pusey room. We’ll be gathering information and putting together a Spotlight Poster to celebrate YOU!

We ask current first-gen faculty and staff to complete the form here. Be prepared to upload a picture/headshot of yourself.

More details to come on our National First-Gen Celebration Day events—stay tuned!

Questions?
Contact Kristi Koshuta, First Year Dean
kristi.koshuta@lawrence.edu
920-832-7203

Home Athletics: Oct. 21-27

Come cheer on your Vikings at their home events this week!

Tuesday, Oct. 22

  • Volleyball vs Lake Forest | 7 p.m.
    Alex Gym

Thursday, Oct. 24

  • Volleyball vs Maranatha Baptist | 7 p.m.
    Senior Night
    Alex Gym

Saturday, Oct. 26

  • Men’s Lacrosse vs U. of Minnesota | 10 a.m.
    Scrimmage
    Banta Bowl
  • Men’s Lacrosse vs College of DuPage | 2 p.m.
    Scrimmage
    Banta Bowl

Povolny Lecture Series: Taiwan and the Meanings of China

Thursday, October 31 | 7:30 p.m.
Steitz 102

Chong Ja Ian is associate professor of political science at the National University of Singapore and a non-resident scholar with Carnegie China. His research covers Chinese foreign policy and security in Southeast and Northeast Asia.

This lecture is free and open to the public! A reception with light bites will precede the talk at 7 p.m. in the Steitz Atrium.

Taiwan’s status is an issue of significant contention for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Beijing claims Taiwan as its own and reserves the right to use force to exert control, despite never having ruled the island since its establishment in 1949. Recent years have seen the PRC increase coercive measures to prevent what Beijing fears is Taiwan’s growing separation.

In that context, relations across the Taiwan Strait have also become a point of concern and friction between the United States and the PRC. Yet, the idea of a sovereign Chinese state with unified, centralized political authority and clear borders that incorporate Taiwan is a relatively new one historically. Conceptions of China have a standardized, singular language and culture normalized around ethnicity and race, which likewise trace their origins from the late nineteenth century. This talk examines changing political conceptions of China, Chinese identity, frontiers, and China’s external ties through China’s multifaceted and evolving relationship with Taiwan since the sixteenth century.

10-2024-Povolny-Lecture-PosterDownload

Volunteer Opportunities for Spirit Week/Blue & White Weekend

As we prepare for a series of exciting campus traditions, we are reaching out to request your support to help make Spirit Week, Blue & White Weekend, and our campus-wide Trick-or-Treating on Halloween a success! These events are key to fostering school spirit and creating memorable experiences for our students.

We are in need of volunteers for various activities during Spirit Week and Blue & White Weekend. Additionally, on Halloween, we invite faculty and staff to participate in campus-wide trick-or-treating by giving out candy to students throughout the day. Your involvement will play a significant role in boosting school pride and enthusiasm.

Volunteer Opportunities:

  1. Spirit Week & Blue & White Weekend
  2. Campus-Wide Trick-or-Treating on Halloween

Spirit Week Theme Days

We’d also love for you to join in the fun and participate in our theme days! Show your school pride and engage with students by embracing these themes:

  • October 28: Class Color Day
    If you’re an LU alum, wear your class color to show unity and pride! If not, feel free to wear a color that signifies your alma matter!
  • October 29: Dress Like a Viking Day
    Embrace your inner Viking and dress in your best Viking-inspired attire to celebrate our school’s mascot.
  • October 30: Twin Day
    Team up with a colleague or student and dress alike to show off your matching outfits!
  • October 31: Halloween
    Show off your Halloween spirit by dressing up in a costume—whether spooky, funny, or creative.
  • November 1: Spirit Day
    End the week with a blast of school spirit by wearing our school colors, blue and white, or any school-branded gear.

The Fight for Black Lives Documentary Screening & Discussion

Monday, October 21 | Doors open 10:50 a.m., Film & Discussion 11:10 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
Warch Cinema

The Fight for Black Lives is a documentary film by University of Chicago Professor Micere Keels. It weaves together stories of women who were pregnant during the pandemic and Black Lives Matter uprisings, interviews with Black health experts, and historical records to show the many ways that Black women have had to fight for their life and the lives of their infants in the delivery room.

The LU community is invited to this free screening and discussion, moderated by Dr. Kristina Pagel-Martinez.

RSVP to the screening

Road closures

Please be advised that a section of College Avenue between Durkee Street and Drew Street will be closed to traffic from October 21-November 1 to accommodate construction crews working on the West Campus building project. Sidewalks on the north side of College Avenue and the south side up to the project site will remain open.

During this phase of the project, Boldt will install 46 modular units, each approximately 72 feet long by 13 feet wide, to form the top two floors of the West Campus building. These units will be connected and stacked to create fully constructed apartments, which will be available for rent in the fall of 2025. Using modular units helps expedite the overall project timeline.

The modular units will be transported along College Avenue and staged between Durkee and Drew streets before being lifted into place by crane. The temporary street closures are necessary for the safety of workers, local businesses and their customers, and area residents, including the Lawrence community.