Come cheer on your Vikings at this week’s home athletic events!
Bring Your Own Mug
8-11 a.m. | outside Warch
Enjoy some free coffee or hot cocoa if you bring your own mug!
Rock and Chalk
6-7 p.m. | Main Hall Rock
Help us paint the rock and draw sidewalk chalk!
Greenfire Mending
8-9 p.m. | Elvira/Greenfire Loft (1st floor Colman)
Bring torn clothing or fabrics that need to be fixed. Needles and thread provided!
SLUG Meeting
6-7 p.m. | SLUG Garden
Come garden with SLUG and make seed bombs full of native seeds harvested from the area!
Deep Listening
7:15-8 p.m. | Trever Woods
Meet in front of Trever Hall for a deep listening walk with Dean Brian Pertl!
Dinner and Letters
6-8 p.m. | Elvira/Greenfire Loft (1st floor Colman)
Join Greenfire for an open dinner and letter writing about environmental issues to representatives with Citizens’ Climate Lobby.
Fork Farms Tour
2-4:30 p.m. | Meet at Wriston Turnaround
Visit Fork Farms, a locally founded business, to learn about hydroponic farming and how it connects business, health, and sustainability! The bus will leave Wriston Turnaround at 2 p.m.
Battery Sorting
8-9 p.m. | Runkel Room (Warch 414)
Help the LU Sustainability Committee sort batteries and enjoy a viewing of The Lorax. Don’t forget to bring your own batteries!
Fork Farms Tour
2-4:30 p.m. | Meet at Wriston Turnaround
Visit Fork Farms, a locally founded business, to learn about hydroponic farming and how it connects business, health, and sustainability! The bus will leave Wriston Turnaround at 2 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Jason Wilhite
4:30-5:30 p.m. | Youngchild 121
A lecture about environmental advocacy and lobbying from the manager and former activism team lead at Patagonia Chicago.
Nature Walk with LUPS
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | SLUG Garden
Take a walk outside while spotting native spring ephemerals and picking up trash to keep our campus clean.
Green Streets
1-2 p.m. | Meet at the LU Arch (corner of Drew St/College Ave)
Join Professor Jason Brozek on a walk around the city and explore the impacts of infrastructure on sustainable living.
Earthfest
2-4 p.m. | Kaeyes Mamaceqtawuk Plaza (next to the library)
Tabling from LU organizations and local nonprofits!
Sunday, April 27 | 3-4:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
The orchestra is a unique ensemble of 40 people performing East European folk music on authentic Russian folk instruments, primarily balalaikas and domras. The repertoire consists of Russian and other Slavic and East European folk songs, dances, and ballads, with occasional selections of modern Western pieces.
Soloists:
Zoya Nevinskaya, vocals
Amalasuentha McGwin, percussion
David Pook, percussion
Music director and founder: Victor Gorodinsky
The concert is free and open to the public. There will be a reception following the concert in Shattuck 163.
Friday, April 25 | 7:30-9 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
The Lawrence Unviersity Choirs and Symphony Orchestra present:
Gustav Holst – “Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda,” op. 26, Group 1, H. 97
Dan Forrest – “Psalm of Ascension,” and “The Sun Never Says” from “LUX”
Jake Runestad – “Climb”
Jocelyn Hagen – “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci”
This concert is free and open to all!
A memorial gathering will be held Friday, May 16 in Warch Campus Center to celebrate the amazing life of Professor Minoo Adenwalla, a revered member of the government faculty who passed away January 5, 2025, at age 97. The Lawrence community is invited to attend in person or join remotely via a web link. The memorial is planned for 11:30 a.m., with refreshments to follow. An RSVP is not required. The web link can be found here.
Professor Adenwalla joined the Lawrence faculty in 1959. He taught full-time for 43 years before retiring in 2002. He then continued to teach in retirement for another 21 years, finally stepping away from the classroom in 2023. In all, that’s 64 incredible years of teaching, spanning eight different decades. He taught courses on Indian politics and nationalism, constitutional law, civil liberties, and the Supreme Court, among others. He regularly taught First-Year Studies (previously Freshman Studies) and was among the Lawrence faculty who helped launch the London Centre program in the early 1970s. And he mentored generations of Lawrentians along the way, many of them long after they’d graduated.
As President Carter said at the time of his death: “His legacy of hard work, wisdom, and inspiration will forever be cherished in our community.”
The family has encouraged memorial gifts to the Minoo Adenwalla Professorship in the Social Sciences at Lawrence University. A giving form can be found here.
Join us as we celebrate the kickoff of 17 Days of Kindness with a fun evening at the ballpark! Staff and faculty are invited to attend the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers baseball game on Thursday, May 1 at 6:40 p.m.
As part of College Night, enjoy $3 brats and craft beers while connecting with colleagues and taking a well-deserved break as the academic year winds down.
If you are interested in attending, please complete this form by Friday, April 25. You may request up to four tickets total, and tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Additional details about ticket pickup will be shared on Tuesday, April 29.
Let’s kick off 17 Days of Kindness together—hope to see you at the game!
Get ready to celebrate National Volunteer Week with the Center for Community Engagement & Social Change (CCE)! We’re hosting a full week of awesome events to honor the spirit of service, community, and YOU—our amazing Lawrence volunteers! Check out what’s happening each day and join us for some fun, food, and feel-good service opportunities:
📅 MONDAY 4/21 | 12–2 p.m.
Warch Campus Center – 3rd Floor by Kaplan’s Café & Gallery
💌 Make appreciation cards for CASA volunteers
🎨 Create a vision board with us: “Why Do You Volunteer?”
📸 Snap a pic with Blu the Mascot
🍪 Grab a cookie or donut while you’re at it!
📅 TUESDAY 4/22 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Warch 4th Floor – Runkel Room
🌎 Earth Day Event!
Help us build birdhouses & feeders to donate to Heckrodt and Riverview Gardens
🐐 BONUS: BABY GOAT YOGA!
🧘♀️ 12:00–1:00 p.m. | Wellness Center – Multi-Purpose Room
Come relax, stretch, and hang out with some adorable baby goats while practicing yoga. It’s as amazing as it sounds! Sign-up required since available spots are limited. You can sign-up HERE.
📅 WEDNESDAY 4/23
✨ Celebrate Lawrence Student Volunteers!
If you’ve logged your volunteer hours this year—THANK YOU! Continue to log your volunteer hours HERE 💙
📅 THURSDAY 4/24 | 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Wellness Center – 2nd Floor Lobby
🩸 Bone Marrow Donation Drive
Stop by to learn how a simple cheek swab can save a life. Join the registry and be a hero-in-waiting!
📅 FRIDAY 4/25 | 5–7 p.m.
Main Hall Green
🌟 Spring Into Service – Our BIG celebration!
🎨 Join hands-on service projects (bracelets, bookmarks, wind chimes & more!)
🤝 Connect with local organizations doing great work in the Fox Cities
🎶 Enjoy live music
🍱 Free boxed dinners & tote bags for participants!
Whether you’ve volunteered this year or are just curious about how to get involved, there’s something for everyone during National Volunteer Week! We’d love to see you at one (or all!) of the events.
Let’s celebrate the power of community, kindness, and action—together. 💪💫
The CCE Team
Center for Community Engagement & Social Change
Lawrence University
Have you ever wondered what kinds of jobs folks do in libraries? Have you ever thought about becoming a librarian? Join the staff from the Mudd Library to learn about the myriad of different subject areas, skills, interests, and career opportunities available in all kinds of libraries.
Thursday, April 17
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Mudd Library, First Floor
Looking for a great way to take a break? Check out College Nights with the Timber Rattlers!
Prices are valid for all university staff, faculty, and students with a valid Lawrence University ID.
To book for College Night fun, contact Tyler VanRossum at tvanrossum@timberrattlers.com or call 920-733-4152.
Come cheer on your Vikings at this week’s home athletic events!
