Saturday, May 13 | 4-7 p.m.
Main Hall Green
Are you interested in giving back to your community? Join the CCE for Spring Into Service!
The CCE is here to show you that volunteering can take on many forms and can be easy and accessible. Spring Into Service is an on-campus volunteering session with campus partners, fun activities, raffles, and a picnic/cookout, so you can volunteer at your own comfort level.
Stop by, grab food, do some volunteer work with friends, and have fun!
Lauren Kelly, LU class of ’22, Museum Educator at Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, will be leading three educational summer camp sessions for students ages 9-12.
In each session, students will learn about historic inventors and inventions connected to the Fox Valley, play with fun experiments, and create their own inventions using curriculum from the Henry Ford Museum.
Each session meets Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Registration is capped at 10 students per session. Cost is $200/student for one session.
For more information and to sign up your children, please visit the Hearthstone Museum website. Email Lauren with questions at lkelly@hearthstonemuseum.org.
A Scholar-Activist Conversation with Dr. Sami Schalk & T.S. Banks
Tuesday, May 2 | 6:30 p.m.
Warch Cinema
Sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Department and the Lawrence University Disability Working Group. This talk is free and open to the public.
Dr. Sami Schalk (she/her) is an associate professor of Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (Duke 2018) and Black Disability Politics (Duke 2022). Dr. Schalk’s academic work focuses on race, disability, and gender in contemporary American literature and culture. She also writes for mainstream outlets, including a monthly column called “Pleasure Practices” in TONE Madison. Dr. Schalk identifies as a fat, Black, queer, disabled femme and a pleasure activist.
T.S. Banks (he/him) is a Black & QTDisabled, non-binary teaching artist, poet, and playwright from Madison, WI. He is the Founder of Loud ‘N UnChained Theater Co and LNU Publishing House, which is home to Black mad-Krip, neurodivergent, and chronically ill authors and teaching-artists. His work addresses visioning for Black Liberation, a critique of the medical system, radical care + access, madness, QT Mad-Krip Liberation, disability justice, & abolition. T’s chapbooks “Call Me ill,” “Left,” & “SPLIT” can all be found at LnuTheaterCo.com.
Sunday, April 30 | 4 p.m.
First Congregational Church | 724 E South River St, Appleton, WI
Presented by Lawrence University Piano Students of Catherine Kautsky
Join us for a free concert featuring piano music by Bach/Brahms, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Blind Tom Wiggins, as well as music on the Native American flute.
All donations will go to the Menominee Food Distribution Center.
Are you interested in connecting with alumni? Do you ever wonder about the experience of reconnecting to your alma mater after graduation? Apply to be a Reunion Student Rep!
This year, our Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer alumni will be back on campus the week following commencement (June 13-18). Serving as a Reunion Student Rep is a great way to help welcome Lawrentians back to campus and get a glimpse of the alumni experience.
The deadline to apply is June 2.
Questions? Contact Amy Hutchings ’17 Associate Director of Donor Engagement
amy.s.hutchings@lawrence.edu
920-832-6661
Bright as the Sun: Byzantine Art and Culture in Africa (4th-15th Centuries)
May 1, 2023 | 4:30 p.m.
Wriston Art Center | Auditorium
Trained as a Byzantinist, Dr. Andrea Achi’s scholarship and curatorial practice focuses on late antique and Byzantine art of the Mediterranean Basin and Northeast Africa.
Dr. Achi is a dynamic speaker looking at amazing art and breaking through old notions about what constitutes the Middle Ages, Global Art History, and any lingering thoughts about a Euro-centric canon.
The Diversity Center is looking for faculty and staff volunteers to assist in a mock interview event on May 17 from 5-6:30 p.m. If interested, please fill out this form. Your help is appreciated!
If you have any questions, please reach out to either Asher McMullin (asher.b.mcmullin@lawrence.edu) or Lissette Cruz-Jiménez (lissette.cruz-jimenez@lawrence.edu).
The Program for Leadership of Underrepresented Students (PLUS) is looking to host a mock interview event. The first hour will be conducted in Main Hall (interviews) and the other half will be in the Diversity and Intercultural Center for dinner, as well as a follow up conversation with the Career Center.
Faculty and staff volunteers will only need to stay for the first hour, but you are more than welcome to join us for dinner!
We are looking for summer workers at Björklunden! We have the usual summer positions open from June 11-September 2. Staff assist in all aspects of operating Björklunden, including housekeeping, administrative duties, waiting on tables, assisting with kitchen duties, maintenance, lawn care, gardening, etc.
If you’re looking for even more time at the lodge, we’re also searching for a few employees who will stay through October/early November. You can also start in the fall if your summer is already scheduled.
We also have the opportunity for one person who will stay through the winter and spring and then help train the new summer staff the following June. Room and board are included for all of these options.
To learn more and to apply, visit lawrence.peopleadmin.com.
We have a full-time, year-round position opening for the Björklunden staff assistant. This person manages the weekend student program and also assists during the week as needed. Room and board are included, plus benefits.
To learn more and to apply, visit lawrennce.peopleadmin.com.
Questions?
Contact Kim Eckstein
kim.a.eckstein@lawrence.edu
This email was sent April 11, 2023 on behalf of Joseph King, Assistant Vice President of Facilities Operations.
The Lawrence University campus will have its electrical service turned off from 6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. on Monday, July 31, 2023, to allow for necessary and planned work to our electrical infrastructure.
Please add this date to your calendar as a reminder and be sure to power down all computers on your last day in the office before this scheduled disruption in power to help protect the equipment when power is restored.
Nearly all campus buildings will be impacted by this interruption of service. Exceptions are noted below.
For staff, this interruption occurs on a summer additional time-off day (Mondays in mid-June through July). There should be minimal disruption to campus operations. Employees in impacted buildings will not be able to remote-in to their computers during this interruption.
Essential personnel, including but not limited to staff working in facilities, payroll, campus safety, will be required to perform expected responsibilities. Please check with your immediate supervisor regarding expectations.
The below buildings will NOT be affected by this power interruption:
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we work toward our mutual goal of building a stronger and more resilient campus for the future.
Saturday, April 22 | 1-4 p.m.
Library Plaza
Celebrate Earth Day with live music from Porky’s Groove Machine and student bands, along with booths from campus and community organizations!
If you’re interested in hosting a booth for your department or student org, please email Matthew Pavlik (pavlikm@lawrence.edu).
