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WELLU update—October

Wellness fair!
Join us Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center’s Somerset Room!
Come meet the vendor partners, learn more about living a healthy lifestyle and get your flu shot! Flu shots will be given by Thedacare. These are free for all faculty and staff, $20 for students.

Lunch-and-learn Fridays!
Trick or Treat, Dangers of Adding Sugars
Presented by Kate Harrell
Discover healthy ways to add sweetness without the negative impact on your health and explore the new food labeling that now indicates the total amount of added sugars. 
Friday, Oct. 28
Noon–1 p.m.
Warch Campus Center, Arthur Vining Davis Room

Massage program
On behalf of Lawrence, WELLU is pleased to offer subsidized full-body therapeutic massage services. Appointments are available for 30 or 60 minutes in the Wellness Center. A massage therapist is on campus from 6 to 9 p.m. to provide the massage. Students, staff and faculty may schedule an appointment by contacting Erin Buenzli at erin.buenzli@lawrence.edu or 920-832-7190 and must pay cash at the appointment. Due to the popularity of this service, clients are limited to one massage per term. The cost for a massage appointment is $10 for 30 minutes and $20 for 60 minutes. *Session time includes paperwork and hands-on time.

A limited number are still available for Fall Term! Sign up for Winter Term starting Jan. 3 and March 27 for Spring Term.

YMCA membership discount
YMCA membership discounts are available for all Lawrence employees and their spouses/domestic partners.

The employee discount is $6.25/month on whatever membership you choose. In addition, the $75 joiner fee will be waived. New members should bring their Lawrence ID to the member services desk at the Downtown Appleton Y location.

Memberships are valid at all YMCA locations in Wisconsin.

Not sure if you want to join the Y? Use this Lawrence FREE ONE-WEEK TRIAL PASS for you and your family to check it out.

EAP Connection
This month’s EAP Connection is about bullying. For additional resources to help you achieve a healthy balance in life, visit AssistERC.com and

  • Click on “Work/Life Resources” at the top of the page
  • Click on the “Worklife Services” link
  • Click on the “REGISTER” button toward the right side of the screen
  • Create your unique username and password, using company code: LAWRENCE
  • In addition to these resources, confidential counseling services through ASSIST ERC are available to you at no cost 24/7 by calling 1-800-222-8590.

Next Generation Workshop: Unlocking the mysteries of the college admissions process

The Next Generation Workshop is designed to help secondary school sophomores and juniors and their parents or grandparents make informed decisions and navigate the college search and application process.

Lawrence alumni, faculty and staff who have children and grandchildren who are sophomores and juniors in high school are invited to attend.

Nov. 6 & 7

The schedule is available here.

Register here.

Cost: $50 for each student and one guest; $25 for each additional guest. Please direct registration questions to Jaclyn Charais or Amanda Bradley.

Rowing club fundraiser: Rent-a-rower

Every fall the rowing club does a rent-a-rower fundraiser. If you live nearby, you can “rent” members of the team to do small tasks around your house or yard in exchange for a donation to the rowing club. We can rake leaves, do yard work, babysit, move furniture, etc. If you are interested or want more information, please contact Emily Hill at emily.r.hill@lawrence.edu.  

Internships 101 on Oct. 13

Before starting the internship search process, attend Internships 101 to learn about support, search techniques and tools available to begin your internship search. Session held in the Kraemer Room at the Warch Campus Center at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 13.

NOTE: Bring your own device; laptops work best for this interactive presentation.

Registration on LUworks is appreciated.

LU Alert test on Oct. 11

The annual test of the LU Alert system is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 11 between 11 a.m. and noon. At that time, you will be receiving telephone calls, email messages and, if you have provided a cellphone number, text messages confirming the test.

This system is one of several Lawrence will use to communicate in the event of an emergency. It provides Lawrence with an enhanced ability to communicate quickly to large numbers of students, faculty, staff and emergency contacts using multiple communication channels—email, office phones, cellphones and text messaging.

  • Of the delivery options, email and text messaging have been the quickest and most reliable methods.
  • The delivery of messages via cellphones is faster, but may also be limited by the capacity of some network providers. If you want to be notified of a campus emergency via cellphone, please verify that your cell number is listed on Voyager. When your cell number has been entered into the LU Alert system, a confirmation text message will be sent to your phone asking you to verify that you want to receive emergency text messages. Please opt in.

Community conversations on safety and policing

The Lawrence Office of Diversity and Inclusion has partnered with the Appleton Police Department to hold community conversations regarding safety and policing throughout the academic year. The first dialogue will take place Friday, Oct. 21 from 8:30 a.m. until noon in the Warch Campus Center’s Nathan Marsh Pusey Room.

This is a collaborative effort to address existing concerns related to public safety, increase Lawrence students’ sense of belonging and avoid the tragedies that have occurred in communities across our country.

These dialogues will be facilitated, small-group discussions, followed by a large-group debriefing. The purpose will be to help all involved understand how students, police and other citizens are experiencing our community in regard to safety in order to enhance trust among these groups. It will also serve as a basis to develop strategies to increase safety in Appleton.

Please register by Monday, Oct. 17 for the first event by contacting Michelle Lasecki-Jahnke in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Internships 101 Oct. 3

Before starting the internship search process, attend Internships 101 to learn about support, search techniques and tools available to begin your internship search. Session held in Career Services at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 3. Registration on LUworks is appreciated.

NOTE: Bring your own device; laptops work best for this interactive presentation.

Finance team changes

A message from controller Amy Price:

We have some changes to the finance team I would like to share with you.

I would like to thank Winda Roets, accountant, for her time with and impact on the financial services team and the Lawrence community. Winda has accepted another opportunity outside of Lawrence, and even outside of Wisconsin. Her last day is Friday, Sept. 30. Winda’s energy, positive attitude and willingness to always help wherever needed made her a great partner to all departments on campus. She has been a sparkling gem on the financial services team, and she will be deeply missed by all of us. If there is anything you were working with Winda on, please reach out directly to me until the position is filled.

I am happy to announce two newly hired financial services team members: Lynn Payne, student accounts specialist, and Deb Garetson, temporary accountant. Lynn started Sept. 26 and is responsible for the management of student accounts and the cashier desk. We are very excited to have Lynn on board. She comes to us from UW–Oshkosh, and her experience will serve her well in this new role. Deb started Sept. 19 as a temporary accountant. Deb has over 15 years of accounting experience, with 10 years focused on nonprofit accounting. As temporary accountant, Deb will be responsible for daily and monthly accounting adjustments, reporting and reconciliations. Deb is currently training with Winda through the end of this week.

I would like to congratulate Jacquie Birkholz as she moves into her new role of accountant. Jacquie has been in the student accounts specialist role for over three years and has made significant improvements throughout that time. In her new role within financial services, she will continue to spend roughly 30 percent of her time continuing to grow student accounts. As accountant, Jacquie will also be responsible for daily and monthly accounting adjustments, reporting and reconciliations. I know Jacquie will succeed and make another significant impact to our team in her new role.

Please join me in wishing Winda well, congratulating Jacquie and welcoming Lynn and Deb to the team!