Friday, September 15 | 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
President Laurie A. Carter and Provost Peter A. Blitstein welcome students, faculty, and staff back to campus! Join us for this gathering to start the new academic year.
Category: Staff
New Employees/Rehires/Promotions
If you see them on campus, please welcome them to Lawrence!
New Employees
Eric Mattes – Temporary Payroll & HR Coordinator
Jared Lowry – Bon Appetit – Sous Chef
Abby Mueller – Bon Appetit: Catering Captain
Sean Bush – Bon Appetit
Kaleen Besonen – Bon Appetit
William Boyd – Bon Appetit
Mboboci Butunga – Bon Appetit
William Clark – Bon Appetit
Fatoumata, Diallo – Bon Appetit
Xeng Lee – Bon Appetit
Nailah Lynk – Bon Appetit
Sweeta Momand – Bon Appetit
Alice Nyabitanga – Bon Appetit
Sean Pecora – Bon Appetit
Samuel Schill – Bon Appetit
Bahati Bangamwabo – Bon Appetit
Mackenzie Berlowski – Bon Appetit
Kaitlyn Aerts – Bon Appetit
Laudis Alaron Cambara – Bon Appetit
Caleb Cisneros – Bon Appetit
Luisa Fernandez – Bon Appetit
Oberto Ginate Guerra – Bon Appetit
Lilian Hay-LuMaye – Bon Appetit
Cristopher Lopez – Bon Appetit
Pouvoir Ngabire – Bon Appetit
Iribagiza Nkundakozera – Bon Appetit
Samantha Povlow – Bon Appetit
Jason Smith – Bon Appetit
Jill Cardinal – Associate Director of Admissions – Visit Experience Lead
Autumn Rettke – Campus Visit Coordinator
Brittany Hudson – Financial Aid Counselor
Wenhao Dai – Visiting Professor of Psychology
Petra Watzke – Assistant Professor of German Studies
Johan Aulwes – Area Coordinator
Dakota McKee – Area Coordinator
Cheyenne Koscher – Temporary Administrative Coordinator for the Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Antiracism, and Support Services and University Council and Sustainability Coordinator
Jaime Lebrec – Custodian
Rehires
Matthew DeChant – Practice Fellow for Spiritual & Religious Life
Lynsey Schwabrow – Associate Vice President of Finance
Bianca Pratte – Instructor of Music
Grace Johnson – Bjorklunden Staff Assistant & Weekend Student Program Manager
President’s Welcome – Location change!
Tuesday, September 5
Arch Procession at 3 p.m. | Followed by program in Lawrence Memorial Chapel
The Class of 2027 will soon call Lawrence and Appleton home. Help us welcome this new group of Lawrentians into the community!
- Faculty and staff: Wear your Blue & White and gather either on the inside of the arch or at the base of the Chapel stairs. We will then follow the students into the Chapel for the start of the program.
- New students: Meet at the Brokaw Bridge at 2:30 p.m. to line up for your processional from the arch to the chapel.
Lawrence Community Music School opportunities
View the full list at communitymusic.lawrence.edu.
Balinese Gamelan
8 Week Session
September 17-November 5 | Sundays | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Ages 5-14
Beginners leave at noon; intermediates remain for the full hour
Cost: $86 for beginners, $129 for intermediates
12 Week Session (Gamelan Sekar Kemuda ensemble)
September 17-December 10 | Sundays | 1-3 p.m.
Ages 14+
Cost: $282 + $19 annual registration fee
Chamber Ensembles
12 Week Fall Session
Open to youth & adult string and wind players
September-December | Rehearsals begins week of September 11 | Recital is December 10
Class days/times will be determined after registration is complete.
Cost: $222 + $19 registration fee
Con Vivo Choir
Open to all Girl Choir Alums, any length of time, who can sing treble repertoire
September-November, January-March
Cost: $199 + $19 annual registration fee
Early Childhood Music
Weekly 30-minute classes (see below) | September 10-November 12
Music for the Very Young | Birth-5 years
Sibling Class | Ages 1-5
Music and Movement | Ages 4-5
| Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. | 0-11 months | Music for the Very Young | $116 |
| Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. | 1-3 years | Music for the Very Young | $116 |
| Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. | 3-4 years | Music & Movement | $116 |
| Tuesday, 10:45 a.m. | 1-5 years | Sibling | $209 |
| Thursday, 8:30 a.m. | 0-11 months | Music for the Very Young | $116 |
| Thursday, 9:15 a.m. | 1-3 years | Music for the Very Young | $116 |
| Thursday, 10:00 a.m. | 2-4 years | Music for the Very Young | $116 |
| Thursday, 10:45 a.m. | 1-5 years | Siblings | $209 |
| Sunday, 3:00 p.m. | 1-3 years | Music for the Very Young | $116 |
Community Band Programs
Symphonic Band
Non-auditioned community band | Open to woodwind, brass, and percussion students in grades 7-12
September-November, January-March
Cost: $327
Wind Ensemble
Auditioned honors band | Open to woodwind, brass, and percussion students in grades 10-12
September-November, January-March
Cost: $424 + $19 annual registration fee
Lawrence Community Girl Choir
Various choirs for girls in grades 3-12
September-December, January-March
Cost: $260-520 + $19 annual registration fee
Lawrence Youth String Orchestra (LYSO)
Auditioned band | Open to strings students in grades 5-8
September-November, January-March
Cost: $270 + $19 annual registration fee
Music for People with Disabilities
Open to age 5-adult
Begins September 18
Cost: $168 + $19 annual registration fee
Piano Lab
Open to piano students in grade 2 (no prior experience needed)
September-May
Welcome Week volunteers needed!
Lawrence University’s Welcome Week is right around the corner!
There are a variety of needs for staffing move-in, welcome/social events, and more. Help us make Welcome Week a meaningful and fun experience for our new students by helping to fill these staffing needs!
Sign up to help with Welcome Week
Please complete this form by noon on Friday, September 1. Additional details will be sent to you upon completion of the form and closer to Welcome Week.
Contact Megan DuFrane-Groose with any questions.
megan.dufrane-groose@lawrence.edu
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers College Nights
September 5 & September 7 | 6:40 p.m.
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are hosting two College Nights at the Ballpark on September 5 & 7! You can purchase tickets online OR by showing your college ID at the box office.
- $2 per ticket for any college students, staff, or faculty
- Good for anyone with a .edu email address (if you purchase online) or college ID (if you purchase at the box office
- Each email can purchase up to 8 tickets!
Tuesday, September 5 features the Bang for Your Buck Night ($2 hot dogs and domestic beer).
Thursday, September 7 features the Craft Brews & Brats Nights ($3 brats and craft beer) along with a Timber Rattlers Battling Helmet Giveaway to the first 1,000 fans.
Advisory for the West Campus project
Demo work has begun on the buildings at the corner of College Avenue and Drew Street in preparation for the West Campus project. 321, 317, 315, and 313 E. College Avenue will all be coming down to make room for the new addition.
The alley to the Brokaw/Colman parking lot off of Drew Street will still be accessible.
The demo should be complete by the end of September. There will be no demo work on September 5 to accommodate move-in day. The city will open Durkee Street for September 5 to assist with the flow of move-in traffic.
Do not enter the demo area outlined in yellow! Please be aware of your surroundings at all times in this area.
Library course reserves
If you are a faculty member who is thinking about setting up course reserves, you may bring in your course reserves items for the Fall Term now.
Consult Course Reserves on the library homepage for more information, including links to forms and reserve cards.
Contact any of the following with questions:
MyLU Insider & LU Events return to regular weekly schedule August 31
Read full submission guidelines
MyLU Insider is Lawrence’s internal communications platform. This newsletter contains news that is of value to the campus community: faculty, staff, and/or students.
All submissions to the MyLU Insider are due Wednesdays at noon. The email will be sent on Thursdays. Designated staff members can submit posts by logging in. If you would like to submit a post but do not have access, contact deanna.kolell@lawrence.edu.
New as of March 2023, the LU Events email is sent Monday mornings to help prepare you for the coming week. This email will continue to draw its primary content from the University Calendar. Events must appear on the calendar to be included in LU Events. Wednesday at noon remains the deadline for submissions to LU Events, which will appear the following Monday. The first LU Events email of the 2023-24 year will be sent on Monday, September 4.
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) research update
Saturday, September 23 | 10 a.m.
Harper Hall, Lawrence University Music-Drama Center
Come hear the latest from UW scientists!
The McPherson Eye Research Institute at UW-Madison is the home of researchers and clinicians working on AMD and other vision diseases. Please join our scientists to hear about therapies for AMD, the number one cause of vision loss for people over 50 years of age. Bring your questions!
This AMD update is sponsored by the Trout AMD Project, a new initiative at UW-Madison dedicated to curing and finding new therapies for this devastating condition.