Friday, Nov. 3 | 4:30-6 p.m.
Main Hall 201
Dr. Randolph is an assistant professor of World Language Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and president-elect of ACFLT. His research and teaching focus on various critical issues in language education, including teaching Spanish to heritage and native speakers, incorporating justice-oriented/anti-racist/anti-colonial pedagogies, and centering Blackness and Indigenousness.
Wednesday, Nov. 1 | 8-9:30 p.m.
Harper Hall
The Lawrence University New Music Ensemble (LUNME) presents an evening of exhilarating music by renowned Bang on a Can composers: Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe.
Between them, these composers have received two Pulitzer Prizes, a MacArthur “genius” grant, and commissions from nearly every major ensemble in the United States.
LUNME brings together students and faculty to work side-by-side on music that stretches ears and sparks creativity. In 2022, LUNME received the American Prize in Virtual Performance for their recording of Frederic Rzewski’s Coming Together.
This concert is free and open to the public!
Wednesday, Nov. 1 | 7:30-9 p.m.
Memorial Hall 113 – Diversity Center
Celebrate Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with Alianza! We’ll have hot chocolate, pastries, and a Day of the Dead altar.
Tea with President’s Cabinet
When: Thursday, November 2, 3:30-5 p.m.
Where: Nathan Marsh Pusey Room, Warch Campus Center
Enjoy tea and conversation with the Senior Members of the President’s Cabinet: Christyn Abaray, Peter Blitstein, Chris Clarke, Samir Datta, Anna Ponder, Brian Pertl, Phil Betz, Eric Schacht, and Kenny E. Yarbrough.
The 2024 plan year Open Enrollment period is November 1-14, 2023. Our annual Open Enrollment period provides all benefit-eligible employees an opportunity to make changes to their current coverage or enroll in coverage that was previously waived. Changes can be made in the following benefit plans: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account (Medical and Dependent Care), Supplemental Life, Short Term Disability, and Long-Term Care.
If you would like to maintain your current coverages at their current levels, with the exception of the flexible spending, no action is needed. Flexible Spending benefits must be renewed annually, and prior plan year elections do not carry over year-to-year.
We are excited to share that we will be holding an Open Enrollment Benefits Fair in the Warch Campus Center – Somerset Room on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. This event will provide opportunities to meet with the University’s benefit providers, obtain benefit enrollment forms and the 2024 benefit guide, and connect with members of the Human Resources team about enrollment for the upcoming year.
Outside of the Open Enrollment Benefits Fair, the 2024 Benefit Guide and all enrollment/change forms can be found online and paper copies are also available. If you would like a paper copy of the guide and/or forms, please contact Human Resources and materials will be sent to you via campus mail.
The deadline to submit any open enrollment changes, additions, or cancellations to Human Resources is Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, at 4 p.m.
As noted above, if you do not wish to make changes to your current benefit elections, you do not need to submit open enrollment forms, with the exception of flexible spending. The flexible spending enrollment form must be completed if you want to participate in health and/or dependent care flexible spending in the 2024 plan year/calendar year.
Your Human Resources representative is available to assist you with any questions!
Oct. 26-29 | Warch Campus Center Cinema
FREE Admission
Films will be screened in original languages with English subtitles
Lawrence’s Pride Network partnered with Diverse + Resilient and PBS Wisconsin to host a screening of the recently released PBS documentary Wisconsin Pride.
Wisconsin Pride: Part 1
Sunday, Oct. 29 | 6-7:45 p.m.
Stansbury Theatre
This screening includes the first half of the documentary and a Q&A with a panel of Wisconsin LGBTQ leaders. Audience members are invited to engage with the speakers for a discussion about how our past shapes our history.
Wisconsin Pride: Part 2
Monday, Oct. 30 | 6-7:45 p.m.
Stansbury Theatre
This screening includes the second half of the documentary and a conversation with Brice Smith, the scholar who wrote the biography of Milwaukee’s own Lou Sullivan entitled Lou Sullivan: Daring To Be A Man Among Men. Sullivan is a trans man who shaped the trans masculine movement and created FTM International.
Both screenings are free and open to the public. Register today!
Wednesday, Oct. 25 | 4:30-6 p.m.
Harper Hall
FREE
Allyson Fleck has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Wisconsin, Illinois, Georgia, and with Russia’s Novgorod String Orchestra. As an orchestral musician, she has served as Principal Viola of the Greeley Philharmonic, Assistant Principal of the Fort Collins Symphony, section member of Cheyenne Symphony, Madison Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta Ballet and Opera orchestras, and she is active in the freelance community.
Dedicated to chamber music, she has appeared at Midsummer’s Music since 2004 and performed at the Token Creek Music Festival, Madeline Island Chamber Music Festival, and New York’s famed Carnegie Hall, among others.
Fleck’s arts administration experience includes roles as the orchestra manager of the Cheyenne Symphony and librarian of the Greeley Philharmonic. As an educator, she was Assistant Professor of Music at Beloit College, a member of the faculty at Ripon College, and at Kennesaw State University where she directed the chamber music program and taught studio viola. She has also taught beginning strings in various school systems.
Fleck received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Viola Performance from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She enjoys spending time with her boys, Jacob and Eli, listening to music, and outdoor activities.
Monday, Oct. 23 & Tuesday, Oct. 24
12-1:30 p.m.
Warch Campus Center Lobby
The Sustainability Committee and LU Thrift Store will be tabling with donation boxes for single socks. The socks will be donated to a program that is recycling them and turning them into yarn. We will be giving out incentives for people who do donate their socks.
The 2024 Open Enrollment period will begin on November 1 and run through November 14, 2023. Our annual Open Enrollment period provides all benefit-eligible employees an opportunity to make changes to their current coverage or enroll in coverage that was previously waived.
Open Enrollment Benefit Fair
Additionally, we are excited to share that we will be able to gather again for an Open Enrollment Benefits Fair in the Warch Campus Center – Somerset Room on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
This event will provide opportunities to meet with University’s benefit providers, obtain benefit enrollment forms and the 2024 benefit guide, and connect with members of the Human Resources team about enrollment for the upcoming year.
Please watch for additional communication as we approach the start of the Open Enrollment period.
