On Friday, March 30 the admissions office will host LUX – Lawrence University Experience – an open house for applicants and their families. If you see our guests on campus, please make them feel welcome! Many of them will be Lawrentians in the fall. Special thanks to all of the staff who will be doing presentations, providing a great lunch and making our facilities welcoming for this important event. Also, if possible, please find an alternate spot to park to leave room for our guests in the parking lots.
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Piece of the Pie: Spring Wellness Initiative
What’s a good way to start off the nice spring weather than with ways to feel better overall? We will help start you on that path to spring! Participate in 6 of our wellness activities that we have listed and enter for your chance to win a prize! Program Starts Monday March 26th and goes till April 28th! Pick your piece of the pie sheet up at the front desk in the wellness center!
- Yoga Class
- TRX Class
- Dietician
- One-time Events
- Mind Spa
- 30min workout
- Fit Bit Rental
- Soccer
- Basketball
- Volleyball
- Massage
- Healthy Vikings
- Intramurals
Launching the Crowdfund for Lawrence Athletics! #LUVikes4Life
Dear Members of the Lawrence Faculty & Staff Community:
Since my arrival in April 2016, I have received many questions about how you can directly support the cause of advancing Vikings Athletics. It is my pleasure to reach out to you today and share a very exciting opportunity.
Today, we are launching Once a Viking, Always a Viking: The Crowdfund for LU Athletics. This is focused on directly benefiting all of our 21 NCAA Varsity Athletics programs at Lawrence!
As partners in the meaningful mission of educating and preparing our Lawrentians and Vikings to be leaders in the world, we could use your help. Each sports program is looking to fund individual projects that are focused on enhancing the student-athlete experience, and in the spirit of March Madness, each team is competing for donor support. The overall goal is to have at least 255 donors participate by March 21.
Which team projects will you choose? Who will you tell about the chance to give back to the Vikings? Want to find out more about the unique sports projects? Check out the Crowdfund for LU Athletics website!
The future is brighter for our Vikings student-athletes because of your support.
Yours,
Christyn Abaray
Director of Athletics
#LUVikes4Life
Lawrence to Seek Developer for Former Bank Building Property
This month, Lawrence will be releasing a request for proposals to developers for the former Northshore Bank property at 320 E. College Avenue. Acquired in 2014, the property has served as warehouse space, parking, and the location for Seth’s Coffee’s Appleton location. The City of Appleton created a Tax Increment Financing District that includes this site last fall which provides incentives for redevelopment. The university seeks a developer who will redevelop at least the College Avenue-facing parcel into mixed use retail/residential and leaves open the possibility of redevelopment of the Washington Street-facing parcel so long as a parking arrangement is considered.
Lawrence will not be a tenant of any building development, nor will we make any financial investment in the project. Ultimately, ownership of some or all of the property will likely be transferred to the developer. Proceeds from the project will support creation of new warehouse space to relocate inventory currently stored in the bank building and generate funds for other campus capital renewal efforts.
Click here to access the Offering Memorandum. We will accept proposals through early April. The plan is to have a developer selected by summer 2018.
Please direct any questions about this project to Jake Woodford at x6850.
On-Street Parking Restrictions
The City of Appleton recently considered a proposal to restrict on-street parking to two hours during business hours in the neighborhoods surrounding the Lawrence University campus. This proposal came out of a 2014 downtown parking study conducted by the City and a parking consultant. Following review of the proposal as well as a neighborhood meeting hosted by the City and Lawrence, the City of Appleton has decided not to proceed with the proposed restrictions at this time.
Instead, there will be minor changes in policy on streets on the southeast corner of the campus – near Trever Hall and also on Rankin Street between Alton Street and College Avenue. The total impact is expected to be fewer than 12 parking spaces.
In light of this new development, the University has decided not to proceed with further expansion of parking facilities north of Plantz Hall at this time. While parking continues to be limited for the campus as a whole, there are more critical areas of need for our constrained capital resources. Should available parking for the University significantly change in the future, plans for additional capacity will be revisited. If you have any questions please contact Jon Meyer or Jake Woodford.
As always, please take note of any posted parking restrictions around the campus and remember that on-street parking is prohibited in the City of Appleton between the hours of 2:00 am and 5:00 am.
Upcoming Learning at Lawrence Opportunities!
March 21 – The Essentials of Front Desk Safety & Security. This live webinar will begin promptly at 1:00pm in the Warch Campus Center Cinema.
March 29 – Shared Governance, presented by Jake Woodford. Two 40 minute sessions are available: one at 11:10am and 1:40pm in the Warch Campus Center (225).
All-Way Stop Installed at Meade and E. Boldt Way/John Street
In our continued efforts to improve pedestrian safety around the campus, the City of Appleton is installing an all-way stop at the intersection of Meade and E. Boldt Way/John Street. Before installation of the new stop signs, only northbound traffic on Meade Street was required to stop creating a hazardous condition for pedestrians and vehicles at this intersection. Please contact Jake Woodford (jacob.a.woodford@lawrence.edu) in the President’s Office with any comments or questions.
Reminder: Lawrence Walking Group
Don’t forget to check out the Lawrence Walking Group! We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon in front of the Wellness Center for a 30 minute walk. If the sky is rainy, snowy, or just too windy and cold, we head indoors and walk the track instead. Join us when you can — and bring a co-worker!
Contact RN Educator Laurie Ehlers at laurie.ehlers@lawrence.edu or 832-7498 with any questions.
March Staff Monthly
Please check out the March edition of the Staff Monthly!
As always, please submit any questions you would like answered to the staff_connection@lawrence.edu email, provide recognition to your colleagues by emailing humanresources@lawrence.edu or participate in the monthly photo contest but emailing your photo to staff_connection@lawrence.edu.
Staff Connections Committee
Final Winter Term Office Hours with Kimberly Barrett on March 8th
Dr. Kimberly Barrett, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion is hosting open office hours. The final session of open office hours for Winter Term is being held on March 8th, 2018. Drop by Sampson House, 2nd floor and share ideas, concerns, comments, etc. Appointments are not required, people will be accommodated on a first come-first serve basis.
