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Attention film lovers of Lawrence!

Next weekend, 4/20 through 4/22, Lawrence will again be hosting the Associated Colleges of the Midwest’s Student Film Conference and Festival.

The Film Department has been working for months organizing 175 submissions from 10 different ACM colleges into what will be a whirlwind weekend of films, paper presentations, screenplay readings, and workshops given by film artists and professionals.

Events will start at 7pm on Friday, 4/20 in the Warch Cinema with members of IGLU performing a live scoring of a silent film. Stick around after their performance to catch the first film screening of the festival.

The majority of the films will be shown on Saturday the 21st, both at the Warch Cinema and Wriston Auditorium, with the screenplay readings and paper presentations happening on Sunday the 22nd. You can find the full schedule here: https://www.lawrence.edu/academics/study/film_studies/acmfilm/schedule

If you have any questions or concerns relating to the festival, feel free to contact Alex Babbitt at alexanderwbabbitt@gmail.com

Cheers!
ACM Student Film Conference and Festival Team

A new chapter for Craig Gagnon

It turns out that a scuba diving trip has a funny way of clearing one’s mind…

Upon returning from a diving vacation with his wife, Ann, Craig Gagnon (our Associate Vice President of Communication, and a 1976 Lawrence graduate) decided that he kind of likes this vacation thing so much that he’d prefer to do it more often. Which is why, on Tuesday, April 10, he sent the following message to members of the Lawrence family:

Dear friends and colleagues,

I’ve always found it difficult to strike a balance between work and personal life. For most of my career, the balance has tilted toward work. It’s now time for it to swing the other way. That’s why I’m announcing my retirement this summer.

Lawrence teaches the value of lifelong learning and there’s much I still want to learn. I’m planning to use the coming months to treat myself to a sabbatical of sorts: to travel with my wife, to explore some neglected interests and to recharge before setting off in new directions.

As many of you know, Lawrence has been an important part of my life. First as a student, then as a volunteer, later as president of the alumni board and finally as a proud member of the staff. Thanks to all of you who have made this a wonderful journey. It’s been a privilege to work in a community of dedicated and passionate colleagues in support of an outstanding institution. I look forward to seeing you at campus events for many years to come.

Cheers,

Craig

After ably leading Lawrence’s Office of Communication for more than six years, Craig plans to work full-time through commencement in June, at which point, he will transition to part-time status through the end of July. In the meantime, a search for the next leader of our communication team will begin in May, with the hope of having that person on board in time to take full advantage of Craig’s experience and expertise in the transition.

Stay tuned for details about a retirement celebration for Craig… which may or may not be themed around diving.

Share your good news via Spotlight

During Spring Term, Career Services will be celebrating student achievements with Spotlight! We want to recognize students who have secured a summer internship, graduate school acceptance or full-time employment by celebrating their achievements through posters around campus and online.

If you have secured an opportunity, you can easily report your good news here: Spotlight Registration. Don’t forget to encourage your friends to register their opportunities with Spotlight as well!

p.s. Keep an eye out for an ice-cream giveaway at the end of term to celebrate your achievements!

Finance Finesse – Cabinet Answers Your SOS (Seniors Only Series)!

Join Chris Lee, Vice President for Finance and Administration for a discussion about finances after graduation from Lawrence. You’ll learn the best ways to save and invest your money, how to make a budget, handle credit, get auto and home loans, how to rent an apartment and more!  Refreshments provided!

Thursday April 19th, from 11:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center Esch Hurvis Room.  Registration on LUworks appreciated.

LevelUP Next Week Thursday, April 19

This event is right around the corner and mock interview times are filling fast.  Don’t wait to call or email Career Services to reserve an interview time in your specific area of interest.  Visit LUworks for a list of interviewers or follow our FB page daily as new interviewers are announced.

Don’t forget to also join us for the networking and dinner reception with members of the Lawrence University Alumni Association starting at 5 p.m. and have your resume/LinkedIn reviewed by a Career Services Advisor on a drop in basis all evening.  LevelUP will take place in Alice G. Chapman, Second Floor.

Nominate students to serve on Honor Council

It’s that time of the year again: the Lawrence University Honor Council is now recruiting new members for the 2018-2019 academic year, and your nominations form an important part of the process. Since we value a council that represents the student body at Lawrence, we are committed to ensuring that we have a diverse council. Please nominate any peers who you think are responsible, good listeners, who work well in a group, and have well-developed analytical thinking skills.  A large and diverse nomination pool will strengthen the selection process and allow for the continuity of the Honor System in coming years.

Any rising sophomore, junior, or senior who has not been found in violation of the Honor Code or Judicial Code, and who is committed to the Honor System, is eligible for membership.  To nominate a student for the Honor Council, please email their name to jere.wickens@lawrence.edu  by Friday, April 13th.  Feel free to list several names.

Look out for information tables in Warch Campus Center this week.

Sincerely,
Maren Dahl and Willa Dworschack
Honor Council Selection Co-Chairs

Nominate Students to serve on Judicial Board

Judicial Board is accepting nominations until 9 a.m. Monday, April 16th, for next year’s Judicial Board. Any rising sophomore, junior, senior, or 5th-year senior may be nominated.

The purpose and functions of the Judicial Board include:

    • Adjudicating cases when a student/group is accused of violating general conduct as defined by LUCC legislation.
    • Deciding upon appropriate disciplinary action if a student/group is found in violation of LUCC legislation.
    • Educating the Lawrence Community about the University’s disciplinary system and Social Code as described in the Lawrence University Student Handbook.

If you know someone that you think would be an excellent student to serve on the Lawrence University Judicial Board, please submit that name to Dean Curt Lauderdale or by emailing deanofstudents@lawrence.edu .  All nominees will be notified and asked to attend an informational session to learn more about the responsibilities of a Judicial Board member and to inform them of next steps in the selection process.

Sincerely,
Hailey Bomar
Judicial Board Chair

Final Dance Artists Series of the school year – bkSOUL

bkSOUL is the final guest company in the Lawrence University Dance Series this year. Don’t miss this multi-disciplinary performance collective.

There are FOUR ways to interact with bkSOUL:

1. “ILLEGIBLE” performance – Friday, April 13th 7:00pm in Esch/Hurvis, WCC
FB event link and LU Dance Series link here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/205185860238173/

https://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/performance_series/dance_series

Read below for more details.

2. Open community Dance class – Thursday, April 12th 9:00-10:50am in Esch studio, WCC (contact Margaret Paek for more details)

3. Open community Musicians in Movement creative class – Thursday April 12th 2:30-4:20pm in Esch studio, WCC (contact Margaret Paek for more details)

4. Open Music & Movement Family Jam – Saturday, April 14th, 10:30am-12:00pm,   in Esch studio, WCC.
FB event link here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1703525266392934/

bkSOUL was founded in 2001 by Dr. grace shinhae jun as a space to explore the relationship between Hip Hop culture and modern dance, debuting with the evening length work Women Warriors in Love & Hip Hop. The company began as a bi-coastal company (San Diego – Brooklyn), teaching and performing at various venues in Southern California, Brooklyn, New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia, Indiana, San Francisco, and Mexico. In 2006, bkSOUL deepened its roots in San Diego and began collaborating with Collective Purpose (Ant Black, Kendrick Dial and Rudy Francisco), blending together movement, poetry, and live music to center on issues of social justice and communities of color through a Hip Hop framework. This award-winning performance company has created six evening length works: The Movement (2007), Hip Hop Saved My Life (2009), Love H.E.R. (2013), Illegible (2015), Still Moving (2016), The Lioness (2017), and received “Best Musical Performance” (2016) and “Outstanding Performance” (2017) for their work at the San Diego International Fringe Festival. In 2016, celebrating the 10 years of working together the dancers, the poets, and musicians fully merged to perform solely as the conscious performance group bkSOUL. As educators, mothers, fathers, activists, and artists, bkSOUL is committed to education through the arts, to courageous insight and truth, and to helping strengthen our justice movement today.

Directors: Ant Black, grace shinhae jun, Jesse Mills, Christopher Rice-Wilson
Poets: Ant Black, Kendrick Dial, Miesha Rice-Wilson
Musicians: Shivon Carreño, Loren Dempster, Jesse Mills
Dancers: Lauren Dockweiler, Jessica Gilmore, grace shinhae jun, Ian Isles

Description of their performance work – “ILLEGIBLE”

Legibility – Having a quality that is clear to read.

To be legible is to be easily understood. Black bodies are most legible when they are policed, incarcerated, and subject to surveillance. The alternative to this presentation is through comedic, grotesque, or outrageous caricatures. These legible images of Black men and women reflect the longstanding racial prejudices and the way in which these bodies are dealt with in every institution in the United States.

To be illegible is to have qualities that make it difficult to be read, comprehended, and understood by others. Black bodies are illegible when they are not complicit in their role of the public imagination. To be illegible is to fully embrace the complexity of Blackness in a country that does more forgetting than remembering what we have done to Black bodies.

Illegible is a collaborative project that addresses the acrimony and injustice around the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Through the culture of hip-hop, the scholarship of Mark Anthony Neal, and the narratives of each performer, bkSOUL explores the meaning of illegibility with poetry, music, and dance.

There will be a post-performance talk.

Heavy topic, but family-friendly (meaning that there is no foul language, and children are welcome.)

Free!

Supported by the LU Dance Series and
the following Lawrence University student-run clubs/LUCC:
As I Am
Alianza
Black Student Union
Dance Team
Deep Listening Club
LUNA
Melee Modern Dance Club