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Diabetes: Causes, Treatment & Assessing Your Risk Presentation

Do you have a family history of diabetes? Have you been told you have diabetes, prediabetes, or “borderline” diabetes? Or are you simply interested in learning more about this disease that affects 29 million Americans, including many of our friends and family members?

Join Laurie Ehlers, Lawrence’s RN Educator and a Certified Diabetes Educator, at one of these upcoming presentations to learn about the causes and treatment of diabetes, as well as how to prevent it if you’re at risk.

Tuesday, January 23rd at 11:10 am at the The Cinema, Warch Campus Center

Tuesday, January 30th at 1:10 pm at the The Cinema, Warch Campus Center

Not sure if you’re at risk? Take this short Diabetes Risk Test from the American Diabetes Association:

http://www.diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk/diabetes-risk-test/?loc=atrisk-slabnav

WELLU Winter Massage Program

WELLU is pleased to offer subsidized full-body therapeutic massage services beginning January 3rd, 2018. Sign up starts January 3rd and continues until all spaces are filled. Appointments are available for 60 minutes, cost $20 and will be held at the YMCA. Massage opportunities are scheduled with the YMCA. Students, staff and faculty may request an appointment by contacting Erin Buenzli at erin.buenzli@lawrence.edu or 920-832-7190. Limit one per term.

I Am: Appleton Moves – Kids Dance Clinic

Hello LU Faculty and Staff!

Our names are Arianna Fearing and Elsie Tenpas and we are the co-captians of the Lawrence University Dance Team. Each year our team hosts a kids clinic, I Am: Appleton Moves, which is open to K-8 students.

This year, the clinic will take place on Saturday, February 24th and Saturday, March 3rd from 10am-noon in the Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center at Lawrence University. On March 3rd, the dancers are welcome to attend a complimentary lunch with members of the LUDT and then their performance will be that afternoon at 1:30pm. The cost of the workshop is $15 which includes a T-shirt and a lunch in Andrew Commons.

If you have a K-8 student interested in participating, please email ludanceteam@lawrence.edu by February 1st to register!

Please don’t hesitate if you have any questions! Also, please feel free to forward this to anyone who may be interested in participating this year.

Thank you,
Arianna and Elsie

January Cultural Competency Lecture

Cultural Competency Lecture Series

January 4, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. in Esch Hurvis Room (225)

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Mark R. Jenike

 Fat Stigma: Why All of Us Are Stakeholders in Obesity

Fat stigma is real; it is worldwide; and it has real consequences, including worsening health outcomes and exacerbating obesity. Americans’ understanding of the causes of bodyweight variation is dominated by a personal responsibility frame. This session will draw on research, as well as personal experience, to provide a more complex and nuanced exploration of the causes of bodyweight variation in the contemporary world. Preliminary results from a recent focus group study with large-bodied individuals in the Fox Valley will be presented and discussed. The purpose of the session is to help us develop more productive ways to understand this element of diversity so that we can engage in less counterproductive stigmatizing and blaming in order to show more respect and inclusion for people of all sizes.

Please RSVP to div-inclusion@lawrence.edu by January 2!

Shuttle service following Winter break!

The Office of Student Life is offering one-way coach bus transportation back to campus after Winter Break on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. The cost is $20 – space is limited and seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis – reservations are needed. Please e-mail the Office of Student Life at deanofstudents@lawrence.edu to reserve a seat on the motor coach.

Details:
DATE: Tuesday, January 2, 2018 (the day before Term II classes begin)

DEPARTURE TIMES AND LOCATIONS:
Depart Chicago (O’Hare Tollway Oasis on the Illinois Tollway, Northbound side – 10201 Belle Plaine Ave., Schiller Park): 12 noon
Depart Milwaukee (Target Store, 1501 Miller Parkway, Milwaukee): 2 pm
Arrive Lawrence University at approximately 4:30 pm

Depart Minneapolis/St. Paul (Target SuperStore, 1300 University Avenue W., St. Paul): 12 noon
Depart Wausau (The Store, 2409 N. Mountain Rd., Wausau): 3:00 pm
Arrive Lawrence University at approximately 5 pm

Holiday Payroll Reminder

As we look ahead to the holidays, the payroll office wanted to remind you that the Lawrence campus will be closed the week of Dec. 25  and, since payroll falls during that week, adjustments to the time sheet submission/approval process will need to happen.

Below is a timeline of important dates to ensure the Dec. 29 payroll processes smoothly:

  • Thursday, Dec. 21: submit timesheet for approval to supervisor by 4 p.m.
  • Friday, Dec. 22: supervisors approve time sheets by 8 a.m.
  • Monday, Dec. 25–Friday, Dec. 29: campus closed for holiday
  • Friday, Dec. 29: payroll date

To meet the needs of campus during the week of Dec. 25, a small number of employees will need to work (e.g., grounds, security). Those who work during this week will be notified by their managers to establish their work schedules and discuss paid time off alternatives.

Thank you!

Payroll

Staff Monthly – December

Please check out the December 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.

Have a great holiday break!

Staff Connections Committee

Reserve your spot for the 2018 Annual Compliance Training!

Please remember to reserve your spot for the 2018 Annual Compliance Training by Friday, December 22.

Training will be held on the following dates:

Please contact human resources if you have any questions.  Thank you.

 

All Staff Meeting Next Wednesday, December 13, 9 a.m.

The next All Staff Meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday, December 13, from 9:00-10:00 a.m. in the Somerset Room in the Warch Campus Center.  Coffee and snacks will be provided.

All questions you would like to ask of Christyn Abaray, Director of Athletics or Brian Pertl, Dean of the Conservatory of Music should be emailed to staff_connection@lawrence.edu.