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Study Abroad Photo Contest

Vote for your favorite photos!

The study abroad photo gallery will be on display in the Warch Gallery (outside Somerset) until May 12. Stop by and vote for your first and second place choices.

The votes will be tallied by May 12, and the winner will be announced May 13.

The 2024 Off-Campus Programs Photo Contest is open to any student who studied abroad Spring 2023-Winter 2024 and is a current LU student! Please complete this form and submit up to three photos. 

Photos will be printed and displayed in a gallery format the week of May 6 in Warch Campus Center. Additionally, a virtual online gallery will be available. Students, faculty, staff, visitors, and the community will be able to vote on photos the entire week of May 6.  

A winner and runner-up will be announced May 13. In the event of a tie, a winner and runner-up will be chosen at random.

A first prize and a runner-up will be awarded in the amount of $40 and $25 Viking Gold respectively. If you have any questions, please email OffCampusPrograms@lawrenc.edu.

The deadline to enter is April 29!

Upcoming ComPsych Webinar

How to Have Impassioned Disagreements Without Damaging Relationships

Monday, May 9 | Noon

ComPsych invites faculty and staff from the higher education industry to attend a special webinar on How to Have Impassioned Disagreements Without Damaging Relationships.

On college campuses around the country, the war in Gaza has spurred dialogue that is important but often very challenging. People may find themselves in conversations where there is passionate disagreement, but also a desire to maintain positive relationships. This webinar is about having those conversations in ways that allow you to convey strong convictions without damaging relationships that matter to you.

Staff & Faculty are welcome to attend this upcoming higher education specific webinar with ComPsych! If interested, please register here.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Events

Join Lawrence’s Pan-Asian Organization in celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Email sharman@lawrence.edu with any questions.

Learn more about AAPI Heritage Month.

Chinatown Cultural Journey in Chicago
Saturday, May 11 | All Day

Join PAO for a trip to Chinatown Chicago on Saturday, May 11! The cost is $16 per person which will cover food. The bus will depart from the Wriston Turnaround at 9:30 a.m. and returns to campus 9 p.m. Registration is required! Email sharman@lawrence.edu with any questions.

Zoo Days
Saturday, May 18 | 12:30-5 p.m. | Main Hall Green

Pan-Asian Potluck
Sunday, May 19 | 5-7 p.m. | Diversity & Intercultural Center

Cultural Dinner
Friday, May 24 | 4:30-7:30 p.m. | Andrew Commons

Senior Celebration
Thursday, May 30 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Diversity & Intercultural Center

ghOstMiSt

Monday, May 13 | 7-8 p.m.
Shattuck 163

Indonesian guest-artists Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena and Dewa Ayu Eka Putri will present ghOstMiSt, a Balinese experimental music and dance duo that focuses on practices of reflexive improvisation toward phenomenological inquiries into confronting cultural contradictions. The project was born in 2020 out of frustrations with exoticist interactions and a desire to confront cultural contradictions through performance. ghOstMiSt promotes self-expression defined by negotiating cultural processes between local and global sensibilities.

This performance is free and open to all.

Thrift for Ukraine

Saturday, May 11-Sunday, May 12 | 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Warch 324 – Somerset Room

LUCC will be hosting a fundraiser for the non-profit organization Wisconsin Ukrainians. All of the funds collected will go to Wisconsin Ukrainians, and all monetary contributions to the organization will be used to buy necessary medical supplies for Ukrainian defenders and citizens near the front lines.

This fundraiser will be a “pop-up” thrift store, offering clothing, books, accessories, dorm decor, art, and more for students to buy at student-friendly prices. The goal of the event is first and foremost to share the beauty of Ukrainian culture and geography, raise awareness about Ukraine’s struggle in the Russia-Ukraine war, and allow students the opportunity to engage in a philanthropic effort for a present-day conflict.

Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in Sports

Tuesday, May 7 | 7-8:30 p.m.
Warch 325 – Pusey Room

This empowering event celebrates the achievements and highlights the resilience of women in sports. “Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in Sports” is a unique gathering that aims to shine a spotlight on the incredible accomplishments of female athletes, coaches, and leaders who have overcome challenges to make a lasting impact in the world of sports, while simultaneously providing a safe space for attendees to ask questions and network.

Terri Lyne Carrington: New Standards

Friday, May 10 | 7:30 p.m.
Lawrence Memorial Chapel

Terri Lyne Carrington, an interdisciplinary artist and NEA Jazz Master, is a multiple Grammy Award-winning musician, activist, and educator. Over the past decade, she has tirelessly advocated for inclusivity and amplified the voices of women, trans, and non-binary individuals in jazz. Her latest project, New Standards, is a groundbreaking endeavor that aims to showcase women composers in unprecedented ways. This fall, New Standards will be released as a lead sheet book of jazz compositions exclusively composed by women, an album featuring 11 selected pieces from the book performed by an all-star band and special guests, and a dynamic multi-media exhibition.

New Standard Ensemble includes:

  • Terri Lyne Carrington, drums/band leader
  • Kris Davis, piano
  • Isaac Coyle, bass
  • Matthew Stevens, guitar
  • Christiana Hunte, dance
  • Michael Mayo, voice

“Carrington [has] phenomenal expertise and versatility as a drummer and composer, as well as [the] ability to lead and accentuate the talent she surrounds herself with.”

NPR

Recent Advances in Biology Lecture Series: Dr. Amina Pollard ’95

Lakes in our landscape: perspectives from a large-scale sampling program 

Monday, May 6 | 3:10 p.m.
Warch Cinema

While there are many local and regional sampling efforts in lakes across the U.S., it is often difficult to compile this information into a cohesive framework to make national-scale conclusions. To address this gap, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency partners with States and Tribes to implement the National Lakes Assessment, which is a national-scale, coordinated lake sampling program. The resulting data include colocated biological, chemical, habitat, and human use measures that are available to the scientific community.

Dr. Amina Pollard, Lawrence class of 1995, will provide a brief overview of the project and discuss some of the ways the results have been used to better understand lakes.

The Show Is Over

Thursday, May 9 | 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 10 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 | 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Stansbury Theatre

  • Director: Mauriah Donegan Kraker
  • Stage Manager: David Ciotti Hernandez


THE SHOW IS OVER is a devised work created in collaboration with student composers, musicians, actors, and dancers. Over the course of the evening, tap dance boards become set pieces, pop and punk sounds instigate obsessively danced phrases, real and virtual worlds collide. A murky manifesto for disorientating patterns of physicality and language.

Tickets

  • Adults: $15
  • Seniors: $8
  • ALL high school and college students (with valid ID): FREE*
  • Lawrence faculty and staff (with valid ID): FREE*

*only available in-person at the Box Office

Purchase your tickets:

  • In-person! The Box Office is open 1-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and one hour prior to performances. The Box Office accepts cash, check, or credit card ($1 credit card fee).
  • Online! Visit lawrence.edu to make your purchase (+$4 handling fee).
  • Over the phone! Call the Box Office at 920-832-6749 (+$4 handling fee).

Artist Talk with Jan Serr

Wednesday, May 1 | 12-1 p.m.
Wriston Art Galleries

Artist Jan Serr will discuss her exhibition, Face It, which explores her substantial body of work in self-portraiture in painting, drawing, and print mediums from different moments in her prolific career. In addition to demonstrating Serr’s deft touch and command of visual forms, the self-portraits reveal her ability to convey multiple aspects of her own personality and a wide range of emotional responses.