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Shuttle service to campus after winter break

As we have in the past, Lawrence has arranged for motor coach shuttle service back to campus after winter break. The Office of Student Affairs will subsidize the cost of the motor coach bus to make the trip affordable to all students.

DATE:  Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 (the day before Winter Term classes begin) 

DEPARTURE TIMES AND LOCATIONS:

  • Depart Chicago (O’Hare Tollway Oasis on the Illinois Tollway—10201 Belle Plaine Ave., Schiller Park—Northbound side): noon; it is a 10–15-minute trip from the airport, depending on traffic
  • Depart Milwaukee (Target Store—1501 Miller Parkway, Milwaukee): 2 p.m.; it is a 15–20-minute trip from the airport, depending on traffic
    Arrive Lawrence at approximately 4:30 p.m.
  • Depart Minneapolis/St. Paul (Target SuperStore—1300 University Ave. W., St. Paul): noon; it is a 10–15-minute trip from the airport, depending on traffic
  • Depart Wausau (Emma Krumbees—2101 N. Mountain Rd., Wausau): 2:45 p.m. (*possible departure location)
    Arrive Lawrence at approximately 5 p.m.

COST: $20

Space is limited and students must sign up in advance—seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please plan to arrive the departure location 15 minutes early to make sure the motor coach will leave at the scheduled time. Look for a large Lamers motor coach (usually painted white and red).

To sign up, stop by Raymond House between the hours of 8 a.m.–noon or 1–5 p.m. Monday through Friday to pay the $20 (cash or check) and reserve your seat. 

Questions? Call the Office of Student Affairs at 920-832-6596.

Careers at Lawrence

The following job openings are available. If you are interested, please apply online or send a resume to humanresources@lawrence.edu. View full job postings on Lawrence’s job website.

  • Executive assistant for the Office of the VP for Student Affairs
  • Director of alumni admissions engagement
  • Assistant baseball coach (pitching)
  • Assistant director of athletics fundraising
  • Associate director of parent giving
  • Tenure-track assistant professor, vocal coach
  • Custodian
  • Tenure-track assistant professor, cello
  • Tenure-track assistant professor, voice
  • Assistant professor of ethnic studies
  • Postdoctoral fellow in Jewish studies
  • Campus security officer

D-Term internship: First Steps Recovery and Wellness internship in West Virginia

Engage in an in-depth D-Term experience at First Steps Recovery and Wellness Center in Huntington, W.Va. First Steps is a nonprofit organization that supports addiction recovery and transition out of homelessness.

From Dec. 2 to Dec. 10, you will be involved in peer support, educational classes, evidence-based curriculum, weekly AA meetings and activities for individuals who are experiencing homelessness, have mental health issues and/or have a co-occurring substance use disorder. You will also work with the First Steps team to educate participants about available support services. In addition, you will experience drug court firsthand, where individuals who have been sentenced on a drug-related crime work with advocates from First Steps and the court system to pave an action plan for their road to recovery.

If you are interested in nonprofit work and/or addiction/homeless recovery, then this internship is for you.

Further info:
Through the generosity of a Harmony House board member, housing will be provided. Some funding for D-Term travel may be available if you have demonstrated need and submit your request by the application deadline of Nov. 14.

Please submit resume and cover letter to Mandy Netzel, assistant director of Career Services, employer and alumni relations, by Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. at amanda.g.netzel@lawrence.edu.

Camp Akeela info session Nov. 7

Camp Akeela is where quirky campers thrive!

Assistant Director and Wisconsin On-site Director David Baker will be on campus to talk about summer counseling positions with Camp Akeela in Wisconsin and Vermont. Join David for an info session from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Nov. 7 in the Warch Campus Center, Kraemer Room.

Camp Akeela is a camp for kids that may need a little extra social support. Many campers have a diagnosis of high-functioning autism and other nonverbal learning disabilities. Some campers, however, have no diagnosis at all and just need extra support in the areas of making and sustaining friends.

Camp Akeela will be hosting students throughout the summer of 2017 on the Lawrence University campus. Camp counselors will receive free housing throughout their experience.

Reminder: Convocation next Tuesday

A reminder to the campus community: Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Natasha Trethewey will speak at next Tuesday’s Convocation at 11:10 a.m. in Memorial Chapel.

Trethewey, whose talk is entitled The Muse of History: On Poetry and Social Justice, has combined her mixed-race background and profound writing skills to convey the plight of the southern black woman. Her first collection of poems, Domestic Work (2000), detailed working-class lives and jobs and won the Cave Canem Prize for a first book by an African American poet. In 2007, Trethewey was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Native Guard (2006), an exploration of death and war. Other acclaimed works include Bellocq’s Ophelia (2002), a fictional narrative of prostitution in 1900s New Orleans; Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi (2010), a non-fiction collection; and Thrall (2012), an examination of mixed-race fathers and children.

In 2012, Trethewey was named the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate. She is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University and also has held teaching positions at Duke University, the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and Yale University.

Trethewey earned a bachelor’s degree in English at the University of Georgia, a master’s degree in English and creative writing from Hollins University and a master of fine arts degree in poetry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

An informal question-and-answer session will immediately follow the Convocation in the Chapel.

Meet the FBI! Career Services info session and 1:1 Chats

Want to know if working for the FBI is like the TV show Quantico? (Hint: It’s not.) Then join Special Agent John Sokolowski on Nov. 4 to learn more about career paths and opportunities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

There will be an info session from noon to 1 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center’s Kraemer Room. Then, from 1:30–5 p.m., John will hold 1:1 Chats with students in Career Services. Registration in LUworks for 1:1 Chats is required. Registration on LUworks for the info session is appreciated.

Graduate School Exploration Fellowship information meeting

Graduate School Exploration Fellowship (GSEF) informational meeting for freshmen and sophomores

Thursday, Nov. 3 at 4:30 p.m. in the Diversity Center in Memorial Hall

If …
1. You are from an underrepresented group, are a first-generation student and/or have taken a nontraditional pathway to college, AND
2. You are looking for a fellowship that will provide you with a robust set of mentoring, career development and summer research experience in your junior and senior year, AND
3. You want to learn more about graduate programs in the humanities, humanistic social sciences or arts, THEN…

Come to the Graduate School Exploration Fellowship (GSEF) informational meeting with Lilly Lavner from Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) and Kia Thao, coordinator of pre-professional advising and major fellowships at Lawrence.