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Asian Women Panel

Join us on May 23, 2018, in Warch Cinema at 7:00 pm in celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month. Pan-Asian Organization proudly presents Asian Women Panel: Support, Empower, Inspire. The panel of, faculty and staff will share their personal and professional stories about balancing career, identity, and gender. Pa Lee Moua (Associate Dean of Student for Diversity) will join this panel as a moderator along with four panelists: Nancy Lin (Assistant Professor of Art History), Linda Morgan-Clement (Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life), Margaret Paek (Instructor of Dance) and Kia Thao (Coordinator of Pre Professional Advising and Major Fellowship).

 

Sole Burner – May 12th

This year’s annual American Cancer Society Sole Burner walk/run will take place on the morning of May 12th. Streets on the route (map below) will likely be blocked off starting at around 8:55 am and will reopen likely around 9:40 as the last walker goes by. Streets directly around City Park will be blocked off earlier as this is where the race will start.

Listed below are the expected street closure times: 

  1. College Avenue Bridge – 8:50 until 9:40
  2. Lawe/E. South River – 9:00 until 9:50
  3. Lawe/Franklin – 8:55 until 9:20 (after opening, you can take Lawe north out of downtown)
  4. South Island/Olde Oneida and Eagle Flats Parkway/Olde Oneida – 8:55 until 10:10
  5. College/Drew – 8:55 until 10:20, you may be allowed west via College until about 9:10
  6. Washington/Drew – you may be allowed west via Washington until about 9:10.
  7. Newberry Trail is open off Lawe Street to the Telulah park area

This year we will also likely have a marching band playing at the intersection of Drew St. and College Ave to cheer on our participants.  They will be playing mainly between 9:15am – 11:00am.

For More Information: 5.12.18 Sole Burner

Women & Identities in Gaming Symposium

The 5th Women and Identities in Gaming Symposium (WIGS) is happening this Saturday, May 5th, beginning at 12:30 pm in the Warch Cinema. This year’s guest speaker is Professor Shira Chess, presenting “Ready Player Two: Women Gamers and Designed Identity.” She’ll be followed by a presentation by student Alec Dumas at 2:00, and a panel discussion at 3:00. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, see the Facebook event.

This year’s WIGS is sponsored by the LU Gaming Club and the Gender Studies Program, with help from the Mudd Library. For information about previous years’ WIGS events, see the collection in Lux.

Dark Sky Exercise: May 15-17

A full-scale training exercise simulating a long-term mass power outage in Wisconsin will run from May 15 – 17 at sites around the state.

This exercise is known as Dark Sky and will be taking place in Brown, Calumet, Dane, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties to test the abilities of private utilities, law enforcement, first responders, and the National Guard to respond to the scenario as well as its second and third order effects.

The public should not be concerned if they notice an increased emergency responder presence, military personnel, vehicles and equipment, or non-military unmanned aerial vehicles operating in their communities during the exercise. The exercise includes an Alliant Energy facility in Fond du Lac County, which will serve as one of the National Guard training sites.

The goal of the exercise is to increase understanding of the coordination, policies, and procedures required to conduct a joint inter-agency response to cyber and physical threats to critical infrastructure in Wisconsin.

For more information on this exercise visit the WI Department of Military Affairs webpage. 

Summer Employment Update

Looking for Summer Employment? There are still several on-campus summer jobs available. Please see LUWorks for more information and to apply.

If you are already planning on working on campus this summer, the Reunion Weekend positions can be a great add-on employment option. Please visit LUWorks or contact Shana Shallue for more information.

IFYC: Interfaith Dialogue Student Opportunity

Students: Learn to listen and speak about spiritual and religious diversity

Be a member of Lawrence’s team at the Interfaith Youth Core’s Interfaith Leadership Institute Conference in Chicago, IL on August 3-5 and complete a 1 unit tutorial with Linda J. Morgan Clement, Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life.

A Field Experience in Interfaith Dialogue

Info session right after Reading Period.
Monday, May 7th at 11:30am in the Schumann Room (Andrew Commons)