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Cultural Competency Lecture Series – Activism and Social Change

Guilberly Louissaint ’17 and Max Loebl ’17 will present on activism & social change on May 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center’s Esch Hurvis Room.

Student activism has become interwoven with our campus culture. It has taken different forms, such as protesting, workshops or even the creation of healing circles. It is imperative more than ever to be more strategic with student organizing. Communication and solid leadership are key components in creating successful outcomes during times of turmoil. Guil & Max will explore effective forms of activism, through student engagement, goal setting, impact analysis and personal experience.

The Cultural Competency Lecture Series at Lawrence features our faculty, students and staff sharing their expertise related to the knowledge and skills necessary to take a culturally competent, equity-minded approach to the work and learning in which they are engaged. Bring your lunch and learn!

Please join us by RSVPing to michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu .

Attention Rising Seniors! Scholarship Opportunities to study in the United Kingdom or Ireland!

Do you want to pursue your graduate degree in the United Kingdom or Ireland for free?  Then, check out these scholarship opportunities for full financial support to pursue a degree in the United Kingdom and Ireland!

  1. Gates Cambridge – Scholarships are available for a postgraduate degree in any subject at the University of Cambridge. Eligible students are any citizens outside the UK and have academic excellence, leadership potential, commitment to improving the lives of others, and a good academic fit with Cambridge. National Deadline: October 12, 2017.  Application opens:  September 5, 2017
  1. Marshall Scholarship – Finance young Americans of high ability to study for a graduate degree in a United Kingdom institution in any field of study. Eligible students are U.S. Citizens and GPA 3.7 or above.  Campus Deadline:  September 20, 2017.  National Deadline: October 2, 2017.  The Application for the 2018 Marshall Scholarships will be available in late spring 2017.
  1. The Rhodes Scholarship –The oldest and most celebrated international fellowship awards in the world. The scholarship provides full financial support to study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Scholars are chosen for their outstanding scholarly achievements, their character, commitment to others and to the common good, and for their potential for leadership in whatever domains their careers may lead.  Application is available each year in early July and due early October.  Please see Bruce Pourciau for more information. 
  1. The George J. Mitchell Scholarship – Provides tuition, accommodation, a stipend for living expenses and travel for one academic year of postgraduate study in any discipline offered by institutions of higher learning in Ireland (study in Northern Ireland is not currently an option through the Mitchell Scholarship). Potential students are U.S. citizens and have documented evidence of significant achievement in academic excellence, leadership, and commitment to community and public service.  Application Deadline: September 29, 2017.  2018-2019 Application Is Now Open!

Since Lawrence starts fall term relatively late, it is best to find out information and start preparing for these fellowship applications over the summer to meet the campus and national deadlines in the fall, if you are interested in any of these scholarships.  Please contact Kia Thao in Chapman Hall, 209, for questions and guidance through the process.

Free Ice Cream with Career Services!

As a way to celebrate every student who registered their internship, post-graduation job or graduate school on the Spotlight, Career Services will be handing out cold treats this Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside of Warch!

This celebration is also a chance for Career Services to congratulate and send our best wishes to every graduating senior, and congratulate freshmen, sophomores and juniors on a fantastic year.  Stop by, grab some ice cream and help us celebrate YOU!

If you haven’t shared your good news yet, please complete the Spotlight Registration.

Employee Resource Group – People of Color UPDATE!

Thank you to those who were able to make the first set of meetings for the People of Color Employee Resource Group on April 11.  It was a nice time for folks to get together and begin to map out what shape the group will take.  We captured our audience through Banner self-identification as a person of color.  If you were not initially invited and would like to be involved, please send Christyn Abaray, christyn.abaray@lawrence.edu, your contact information – name and email address.  It will be maintained privately with the list of those interested in the Resource Group and shared nowhere else.  Our plan is to connect again prior to the summer so send your information to Christyn by end of day Monday, May 22.

Thank you,
Christyn Abaray, Linda Morgan-Clemente, Carla Daughtry

Annual Admissions and Financial Aid Gratitude Cookout

Thursday, June 1 (Rain date Thursday, June 8)

Walkway between Wriston and Memorial Hall

11:30am-1:00pm

Bon Appetit needs a ballpark count by Tuesday, May 30 at 8am.  RSVP to Lynn Van Zeeland at ext. 6506 or lynn.vanzeeland@lawrence.edu.  We hope you can join us to celebrate another great recruitment year.

Thank you for all you do,
Ken Anselment
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

PS: We hope to put together another one of those nifty “by the numbers” sheets, so please send Lynn any fun facts that represent your area (e.g., number of calls the Help Desk answered; how many bottles of Sriracha Sauce have been downed in Andrew Commons, etc.).