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Hearthstone House Museum Invention Education Summer Camps

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.

  • Session 1 – June 19-23
  • Session 2 – July 10-14
  • Session 3 – July 24-28

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.

Study in Seoul, South Korea

Off-Campus Programs is excited to announce its newest program collaboration in Seoul, South Korea! Through our partnership with IES Abroad, students will now be able to participate in a semester-length or academic-year program in one of East Asia’s most exciting capitals.

On the Seoul, South Korea, program students will directly enroll at Yonsei University, one the country’s leading institutions. There they can choose from a large selection of English-taught courses in the Liberal Arts, as well as business, science, and more. In addition to these options, interested students will also have the chance to learn Korean language, take area studies classes, and immerse themselves in the Korean culture.

If you are interested in learning more about this exciting opportunity, email Director of Off-Campus Programs Lezlie Weber at lezlie.r.weber@lawrence.edu. If you would like to apply to Spring Semester 2024, we will be accepting applications until June 15, 2023.

For more information on Off-Campus Programs, visit our website.

New Employees/Rehires/Transfers

If you see them on campus, please welcome them to Lawrence!

New Employees

Meg Grose – Head Women’s Volleyball Coach

Tyler Ratajczak – Associate Director of Athletics Giving

Kiersten Lewis – Bon Appetit

Adolfo Sierra – Campus Safety Officer

Nancy Chybowski – Assistant Coach Men’s Tennis

Marissa Wileman – Bon Appetit

JT Ganzer – Mail & Print Services Coordinator

Sara Weborg – Custodian

Tate Whitlinger – Assistant Tennis Coach

Karie Derks – Bon Appetit

Giezelle Alberto – Bon Appetit

Rehires

Heather Urness – Conservatory Logistics Coordinator

Tania Tamayo – Bon Appetit

Transfers

Sue Peterson – Custodian

Black Disability Politics in Wisconsin & Beyond

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.

A Concert for Music for Food

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.

President’s Ball – April 29

Saturday, April 29 | 8 p.m.-Midnight
Warch Campus Center – Somerset

Join us for a majestic night in your best formal wear! The theme of the evening is “Atlantis.”

A night of dancing to live jazz music and a DJ, themed refreshments, and a special appearance from Lawrence University President Laurie Carter.

This event is co-sponsored by the Office of SEAL (Student Engagement, Activities & Leadership) and SOUP (Student Organization for University Programming).

17 Days of Kindness – April 27-May 13

The 2nd annual campus-wide initiative is an opportunity to showcase the best of our community through a combination of events, gratitude, and a celebration of intentional and random acts of kindness that make Lawrence so special.

Volunteers needed!

Various volunteer opportunities are available between April 27-May 13. Please sign up by Friday, April 28.

Visit the 17 Days of Kindness webpage for more details.

Contact Carter Robinson with any questions.
carter.robinson@lawrence.edu

Dr. Achi to speak on Byzantine art and culture

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.

Calmus Ensemble

Saturday, April 22, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Lawrence Memorial Chapel

The Calmus Ensemble, founded by former members of the St. Thomas Boys Choir in Leipzig/Germany, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019. Raised in the tradition of the music by Bach, Mendelssohn and other great German composers who lived and worked in Leipzig, Calmus is now one of the world’s most renowned vocal ensembles. With about 1200 concerts in more than 30 countries these five singers are bringing their passion for vocal music alive. 

Being at home in all styles of classical vocal music, Calmus loves to go beyond boundaries in their programs which can be heard on more than 20 CDs and in lots of different collaborations with amarcord, the Lautten Compagney Berlin, the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and others. Part of their work is devoted to encouraging the up-and-coming generation, so teaching, workshops and masterclasses are part of their regular schedule, both at home in Leipzig and on their travels around the world.

Women in Leadership Panel: Monday, April 24

All members of the campus community are invited to join President Laurie A. Carter for a moderated conversation with women in senior leadership roles at Lawrence.

Date: Monday, April 24

Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Location: Mead Witter Room, Warch Campus Center

Panelists will include:

  • Dr. Brittany Bell, Dean of Students
  • Grace Kutney, Interim Dean of the Career Center
  • Dr. Monita Mohammadian Gray, Dean of Academic Success
  • Dr. Nancy Wall, Associate Provost & Professor of Biology

Have a question for our panelists? Please submit questions to Garrett Singer (garrett.j.singer@lawrence.edu) for pre-screening.