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Groundbreaking Ceremony

Thursday, March 7 | 11 a.m.
325 E College Ave

A reminder that Lawrence University and the Trout Museum of Art (TMA) will break ground at 11 a.m. March 7 on a joint building project in the 300 block of E. College Avenue. Lawrentians are invited to attend the ceremony.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP.

Rendering of building at 325 E. College Ave.

The new building will support innovative programming that builds on Lawrence’s world-class academics. It will add more than 30,000 square feet of academic space and provide flexibility for future enrollment growth. It will bolster Lawrence’s offerings in the humanities and its growing mathematics, statistics, and computer science programs, plus provide state-of-the art offices and studios for Conservatory of Music faculty, all while supporting the university’s efforts to enhance pathways to greater community and career collaborations.

Scheduled to open in Fall 2025, the building will feature more than 100,000 square feet of space over four floors, with the Trout Museum of Art on the ground floor, innovative academic spaces for Lawrence on the second floor, and market-rate apartments on the upper two floors. Located at the southwest intersection of College Avenue and Drew Street, on the western edge of campus, the building is a partnership between Lawrence and TMA, with Lawrence owning the upper three floors and TMA the ground floor.

The building is designed by Frederick Fisher and Partners, in partnership with Boldt.

Reminder – Parking Lottery Sign Up

Don’t forget to sign up for the parking lottery for Spring Term’s 24-hour student parking!

To enter, visit Voyager, go to the Student Services menu, and click “Vehicle Registration, Bicycle Registration & Parking Lottery.”

  • Students must be registered for the lottery by 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 3.
  • The lottery drawing will be on Monday, March 4. 
  • Winners as well as non-winners will be notified via email by Friday, March 8.

Below are a few details to help you have a successful entry:

  • You must enter the Parking Lottery every term that you hope to win a space.
  • Your vehicle must be registered on Voyager in order to participate. If your car is already registered, don’t register it again. Just elect for the lottery sign up.
  • If you have won a lottery spot, your Term 3 sticker will be provided by the first day of Winter term. Check your SPC.
  • Stickers are limited. Lost or damaged stickers may not be replaced. This applies to both registration stickers and lottery stickers.
  • Note: You are looking for the indicator that says ‘Participate in Lottery’ in the gray box.

Questions?

Spring Break Rides: Departing and Returning

If you need a ride to or from the local airports over Spring Break, look no further.

Students can prepare for a smooth transition away from or returning to campus during the Spring Break transitions. You can sign up for a free shuttle to the Green Bay or Appleton Airports, and we’ll be there to assist. Times are pre-designated to accommodate as many students as we can.

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR SHUTTLES: MARCH 10

DEPARTING CAMPUS

RETURNING TO CAMPUS

Pick up is at the Wriston Turnaround. We’ll send you a confirmation email prior to your trip.

Povolny Lecture Series in International Studies

Monday, March 4 | 4:30 p.m.
Steitz 102

Refuge Self-Reliance in the 21st Century

Climate change, urbanization, digitalization

The lecture will begin 4:30 p.m. in Steitz 102 immediately followed by a reception and celebration of the book launch of The 1951 Refugee Convention: A Commentary in the Steitz Atrium.

This event is free and open to the public.

Evan Easton-Calabria is a Senior Researcher at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, and a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. She has conducted research with refugees and displaced communities, including work at the intersection of climate, conflict, and vulnerable populations. She holds a Masters and PhD in International Development. She is the author of over 75 publications aimed at policy, practitioner, and academic audiences. This includes two books, Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development: A critical history (Bristol University Press, 2022) and The Global Governed: Refugees as providers of protection and assistance (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Dr. Easton Calabria recently published, with co-author Prof. Claudena Skran, a chapter on “The Historical Development of International Law,” in The 1951 Refugee Convention: A Commentary ed. by A. Zimmermann and T. Einarsen.

Print & Ceramic Sale

Friday, March 1 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wriston Art Center 105 (Lower Level)

Come in and support local artists for this one-day event! There will be a variety of limited edition prints and ceramic pieces by both professional and student artists along with several workshops.

This is a family-friendly event for people of all ages. Free and open to the public!

Cash, check, credit cards, and Venmo are accepted. Spread the word, and we’ll see you at the sale!

FORTNIGHT: Poetry Reading by Dasha Kelly Hamilton

Monday, March 4 | 4:30 p.m.
Wriston Art Galleries

Poetry reading featuring Dasha Kelly Hamilton, former Poet Laureate for the City of Milwaukee and the 2020-2022 Poet Laureate for the State of Wisconsin. Part of Black Feminist Fortnight programs.

Read more about Dasha here: https://poets.org/poet/dasha-kelly-hamilton

Part of Black Feminist Fortnight programs, generous support for this project provided by Art Bridges.

McDougal Lecture

Guest Speaker: Marissa Kawehi Loving

Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Nellie Y. McKay Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Friday, March 1 | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Steitz 102

Title: From dimension 2 to 3 and back again

In this talk, Marissa Kawehi Loving will tell us a little bit of Thurston’s beautiful story connecting the dynamics of finite-type surface homeomorphisms with the geometry of 3-manifolds. She will then share some more recent work which connect the dynamics of infinite-type surface homeomorphisms with the geometry of 3-manifolds.

Her aim is for the talk to be accessible to a broad audience with many illustrations to help build intuition without getting too far into the technical weeds.

There will be snacks offered 4-4:30 p.m. in Steitz Atrium.

Mainstage Opera: Cendrillon and Alice Tierney

Thursday, Feb. 29 | 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 1 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 2 | 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 3 | 3 p.m.
Stansbury Theatre

Cendrillon & Alice Tierney Event Graphic

Cendrillon (sung in French) music and libretto by Pauline Viardot, is a chamber operetta with dialogue in three acts by Pauline Viardot based on the story of “Cinderella.”

Alice Tierney (sung in English) had its world premiere on January 27th, 2023 at Oberlin Conservatory. The story, developed at Oberlin by composer Melissa Dunphy and librettist Jacqueline Goldfinger, follows four archeologists who unearth clues to the mysterious death of Alice Tierney in Colonial Philadelphia.

  • Copeland Woodruff – Director
  • Kristin Roach – Conductor & Music Director

Tickets

• Adults – $15
• Seniors – $10
• Non-LU student – $8
• Lawrence faculty, staff, and students (with valid ID) – FREE (only available in-person at the Box Office)

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