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Major Works Concert

Friday, April 25 | 7:30-9 p.m.
Memorial Chapel

The Lawrence Unviersity Choirs and Symphony Orchestra present:

Gustav Holst – “Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda,” op. 26, Group 1, H. 97
Dan Forrest – “Psalm of Ascension,” and “The Sun Never Says” from “LUX”
Jake Runestad – “Climb”
Jocelyn Hagen – “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci”

This concert is free and open to all!

NFL Draft

Interested in participating in the first day of the NFL Draft in Green Bay? We’re happy to provide a bus to escort you to and from Lambeau Field and Titletown on Thursday, April 24. The bus will leave at 4:30 p.m. from the Wriston Turnaround and will leave Green Bay at 11 p.m., arriving back to campus around 11:45 p.m.

This event is free; students need only to download the NFL OnePass app to gain entrance.

Networking Dinner

Tuesday, April 29 | 5:30-7 p.m.
Warch 325—Pusey Room

You’re invited to an exclusive Networking Dinner—a special evening designed to help you connect with accomplished professionals across a variety of fields over a delicious catered meal.

Featured guests include:

  • A published author
  • A successful entrepreneur
  • A Principal Category Manager at Microsoft
  • A Special Assistant to the Mayor
  • And more leaders from diverse industries

Gain valuable networking skills, hear career insights, and build connections that could help shape your future.

Dinner is catered, and space is limited, so be sure to RSVP to reserve your seat!

National Volunteer Week

Get ready to celebrate National Volunteer Week with the Center for Community Engagement & Social Change (CCE)! We’re hosting a full week of awesome events to honor the spirit of service, community, and YOU—our amazing Lawrence volunteers! Check out what’s happening each day and join us for some fun, food, and feel-good service opportunities:


📅 MONDAY 4/21 | 12–2 p.m.
Warch Campus Center – 3rd Floor by Kaplan’s Café & Gallery
💌 Make appreciation cards for CASA volunteers
🎨 Create a vision board with us: “Why Do You Volunteer?”
📸 Snap a pic with Blu the Mascot
🍪 Grab a cookie or donut while you’re at it!


📅 TUESDAY 4/22 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Warch 4th Floor – Runkel Room
🌎 Earth Day Event!
Help us build birdhouses & feeders to donate to Heckrodt and Riverview Gardens

🐐 BONUS: BABY GOAT YOGA!
🧘‍♀️ 12:00–1:00 p.m. | Wellness Center – Multi-Purpose Room
Come relax, stretch, and hang out with some adorable baby goats while practicing yoga. It’s as amazing as it sounds! Sign-up required since available spots are limited. You can sign-up HERE.


📅 WEDNESDAY 4/23
Celebrate Lawrence Student Volunteers!
If you’ve logged your volunteer hours this year—THANK YOU! Continue to log your volunteer hours HERE 💙


📅 THURSDAY 4/24 | 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Wellness Center – 2nd Floor Lobby
🩸 Bone Marrow Donation Drive
Stop by to learn how a simple cheek swab can save a life. Join the registry and be a hero-in-waiting!


📅 FRIDAY 4/25 | 5–7 p.m.
Main Hall Green
🌟 Spring Into Service – Our BIG celebration!
🎨 Join hands-on service projects (bracelets, bookmarks, wind chimes & more!)
🤝 Connect with local organizations doing great work in the Fox Cities
🎶 Enjoy live music
🍱 Free boxed dinners & tote bags for participants!


Whether you’ve volunteered this year or are just curious about how to get involved, there’s something for everyone during National Volunteer Week! We’d love to see you at one (or all!) of the events.

Let’s celebrate the power of community, kindness, and action—together. 💪💫

The CCE Team
Center for Community Engagement & Social Change
Lawrence University

Library Life: Learn about Library Careers

Have you ever wondered what kinds of jobs folks do in libraries? Have you ever thought about becoming a librarian? Join the staff from the Mudd Library to learn about the myriad of different subject areas, skills, interests, and career opportunities available in all kinds of libraries.

Thursday, April 17
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Mudd Library, First Floor

Flier for the event that reads: Interested in a career in libraries? Join your friends in the Mudd Library at: Library Life: Learn about Library Careers

College Nights at the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

Looking for a great way to take a break? Check out College Nights with the Timber Rattlers!

Prices are valid for all university staff, faculty, and students with a valid Lawrence University ID.

  • Tuesday, April 15 | 6:40 p.m.
  • Thursday, April 17 | 6:40 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 29 | 6:40 p.m.
  • Thursday, May 1 | 6:40 p.m.
  • Tickets are $2
  • Tuesdays: $2 hot dogs and domestic beer
  • Thursdays: $3 brats and craft beer

To book for College Night fun, contact Tyler VanRossum at tvanrossum@timberrattlers.com or call 920-733-4152.

Home Athletic Events: April 14-20

Come cheer on your Vikings at this week’s home athletic events!

Wednesday, April 16

  • Women’s Lacrosse vs MSOE
    6 p.m. | Banta Bowl

Thursday, April 17

  • Track & Field Viking Twilight Meet
    2:30 p.m. | Whiting Field Track
  • Men’s Tennis vs Ripon
    4 p.m. | Lawrence Courts

Friday, April 18

  • Baseball vs Knox
    1 & 3:30 p.m. | Whiting Field

Saturday, April 19

  • Baseball vs Knox
    1 p.m. | Whiting Field
  • Softball vs Grinnell
    1 & 3 p.m. | Whiting Field
  • Men’s Lacrosse vs Benedictine
    2 p.m. | Banta Bowl

Faculty Reading: Marcia Bjornerud & Austin Segrest

Thursday, April 17 | 7 p.m.
Coffee Wizardz | 800 S Lawe St, Appleton

Marcia Bjornerud (geology) and Austin Segrest (English) will be reading from their new books, Turning to Stone and Groom, respectively.

Their new memoirs will take readers on journeys through their respective fields, geology and poetry. An animate earth, a survival—Marcia Bjornerud’s Turning to Stone and Austin Segrest’s Groom articulate the emergence of new understandings of the relationships and environments that shape us.

Spring Art@Noon(ish) tours

Mark your calendars and join us for low-key, 20-minute lunchtime tours of the current art exhibitions in the galleries. Relax and learn something new. Each tour is unique!

  • April 17 – Student co-curator on A Traveler’s Guide to Early Modern Japan
  • May 8 – Gallery intern and Bio-Chem major Cammy Bui ’25
  • June 12 – Senior Studio Art Majors

The Galleries are open during academic year exhibitions:

  • Monday – Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Saturday, 12-4 p.m.
  • Sunday, closed

Galleries are free and open to the public and located in the Wriston Art Center.

Performing Arts Series: Michelle Cann, Piano

Friday, April 18 | 7 p.m.
Memorial Chapel

Hailed as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer and “a pianist of sterling artistry” by Gramophone, Michelle Cann has risen as a sought-after pianist. She debuted with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2021 and performed concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and more. Cann also holds teaching and performance residencies at the University of Indiana South Bend and Meany Center for the Performing Arts, University of Washington.

Tickets

Purchase tickets from the Box Office (920-832-6749) or online (go.lawrence.edu/tickets)

  • Adults – $30 / $25
  • Seniors – $25 / $20
  • LU faculty/staff – $10 / $9
  • Students (LU and non-LU) – free
    (Valid ID must be presented for discounted tickets)

The Box Office is located next to Stansbury Theatre inside Music-Drama Center and is open Monday–Saturday from 1-6 p.m. and an hour prior to events.