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Coffee with Cabinet

Enjoy coffee and conversation with the members of the President’s Cabinet:

  • Christyn Abaray
  • Chris Clarke
  • Peter Blitstein
  • Samir Datta,
  • Alison Scott-Williams
  • Amy Wilson

This event will be hosted twice a term in the hopes that everyone will have a chance to join. Both will take place in the Pusey Room (Warch 325).

  • Tuesday, October 8 | 4-5:30 p.m.
  • Friday, November 8 | 9-10:30 a.m.

LU Swim & Dive Team Tryouts

Tuesday, October 8 | 5-6 p.m.
Wellness Center Pool – First Floor

Learn about the swim & dive program and see if it’s something you’d like to try!

Anyone with prior acrobatics (cheer, dance, gymnastics) would be excellent divers. Anyone comfortable with swimming would have a great opportunity to challenge themselves to becoming better swimmers—a lifelong skill!

Questions? Contact Coach Jody Riskowski.
jody.riskowski@lawrence.edu

LULASFF Volunteers Needed!

Volunteers are needed to help make this year’s Lawrence University Latin American & Spanish Film Festival a success!

What you can help us with:

  • Set-up
  • Tech crew
  • Welcoming visitors
  • Helping Tómas with stuff

Open slots:

  • October 4 | 4:45-5:30 p.m. or 6:30-7:30 p.m.
  • October 5 | 1:45-2:15 p.m. or 3:45-4:15 p.m.
  • October 6 | 1:45-2:15 p.m. or 3:45-4:15 p.m.

Lawrence Symphony Orchestra & Wind Ensemble Concert

Saturday, October 5 | 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel

Come hear the Wind Ensemble’s and Symphony Orchestra’s opening concert as we kick off our performances for this special 150th Year of the Conservatory! We’re excited to share the stage with Kivie Cahn-Lipman, our new cello professor.

Free and open to the public!

Can’t make it to the Lawrence Memorial Chapel? Catch the live webcast here:
https://vimeo.com/lawrenceuni


Lawrence University Wind Ensemble

Ceon D. Rumphs, conductor

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

  • “Early Light” – Bremer
  • “Tramonto” – Alarcón
  • “Fantasia in G Major” – Bach
  • “La Procession du Rocio” – Turina

Lawrence Symphony Orchestra

Mark Dupere, conductor

  • “Colas Breugnon Overture” – Kabalevsky
  • “Tumblebird Contrails” – Smith
  • “Les Préludes” – Liszt

Home Athletics: Sept. 30-Oct. 6

Come and cheer on your Vikings!

Tuesday, Oct. 1

5 p.m. | Men’s Soccer vs UW-River Falls | Banta Bowl

Friday, Oct. 4

7 p.m. | Volleyball vs Illinois | Alex Gym

Saturday, Oct. 5

Faculty, Staff, & Student Day!

9 a.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Cornell | Lawrence Courts
Donut Giveaway: 2 dozen donuts to the first 2 dozen fans

12 p.m. | Football vs Grinnell | Banta Bowl
Giveaway: Football stress balls & LU sunglasses
Halftime kicking contest: Attempt to kick a field goal for a $50 gift card to Scheel’s!

1 p.m. | Volleyball vs Knox | Alex Gym
Giveaway: LU keychains & stickers
Pizza Giveaway: 50 slices of Toppers Pizza for the first 50 fans

3 p.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Grinnell | Lawrence Courts

4 p.m. | Men’s Soccer vs Cornell | Banta Bowl
Giveaway: Soccer stress balls & LU sunglasses
Pep Band!

6:30 p.m. | Women’s Soccer vs Cornell | Banta Bowl
Giveaway: Soccer stress balls & LU sunglasses
Raffle for a signed soccer ball from the women’s soccer team

Sunday, Oct. 6

1:30 p.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Roosevelt
Lawrence Courts
Senior Day

Author Discussion with Ernestine Whitman

Saturday, October 5 | 3-5 p.m.
Shattuck 156

Ernestine Whitman, a flute professor on the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music faculty for 33 years before retiring in 2011, will share her recently written memoir Countermelodies: A Memoir in Sonata Form. In the book, she explores a harrowing time in her life, when unrelenting psychological harassment for a teacher-turned-colleague in Atlanta threatened to unravel her dreams for a musical life.

Ernestine Whitman began her career as a professional flutist at age 20, making her the youngest member of the Atlanta Symphony. Her passion for teaching brought her to Lawrence University, where she was professor of flute for 33 years.

A passionate advocate for restorative justice, she volunteers frequently in programs at several Wisconsin prisons.

Ernestine and her husband, Howard Niblock, divide their time between their condo in midtown Atlanta and their longtime residence in Appleton.

Read more about Ernestine

Latin American and Spanish Film Festival

Friday, October 4-Sunday, October 6
Warch 204 – Cinema

Join us for our annual event showcasing recent critically acclaimed films from Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world! Attend one screening or all of them! Plus, stay for Q&A sessions with the filmmakers and other events.

Friday, October 4

5 p.m. | Without Prescription / Receta No Incluida
Puerto Rico, 2022
Followed by a Q&A and reception with Director Juliana Maité

Attempting to silence the OCD voice in her head, Olivia escapes a family party to illegally acquire pills from the town’s pharma-dealer, David. She becomes trapped in David’s apartment by a massive rainstorm and the two must help each other.

Saturday, October 5

2 p.m. | The Eternal Memory / La Memoria Infinita
Chile 2023
Directed by Maite Alberdi

Chilean couple Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years, but Augusto was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease eight years ago. Both of them fear the day he will no longer recognize her.

4 p.m. | Love and Revolution / Te Estoy Amando Locamente
Spain 2023
Directed by Alejandro Marín

Set in 1977 Seville, at a time homosexuality was a crime in Spain, the plot follows Reme and her son Miguel (a wannabe singer and performer) who become acquainted with the budding Andalusian LGBTI movement.

Sunday, October 6

2 p.m. | Cassandro
Mexico 2023
Directed by Roger Ross Williams and starring Gael García Bernal

Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, Texas, rises to international stardom when he creates the character Cassandro, the `Liberace of Lucha Libre.’ He upends not just the macho wrestling world, but also his own life.

4 p.m. | Alegría
Spain 2021
Directed by Violeta Salama

After some time living in Melilla, Alegría rediscovers her Jewish roots in the wake of the wedding of her niece Yael. The film explores the blending of culture, identity, religion, and family.

Learn more about the film festival

Athletics Faculty, Staff, & Student Day

Faculty, staff, and students: Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 5, a day full of home athletic events, giveaways, and fun!

  • 9 a.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Cornell
    Lawrence Courts
    Featuring a donut giveaway for the first 24 fans
  • 12 p.m. | Football vs Grinnell
    Banta Bowl
    Featuring a field goal contest: If the selected participant makes a field goal, they will win a $50 gift card to Scheels.
  • 1 p.m. | Volleyball vs Knox
    Alex Gym
    Featuring a Topper’s Pizza Giveaway: 50 free slices for the first 50 fans
  • 3 p.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Grinnell
    Lawrence Courts
  • 4 p.m. | Men’s Soccer vs Cornell
    Banta Bowl
  • 6:30 p.m. | Women’s Soccer vs Cornell
    Banta Bowl