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Lunar New Year Celebration

Lunar New Year is an annual celebration in many Asian cultures. The name Lunar New Year originates from the marking of the first moon of the lunisolar calendars, a traditional calendar to many east Asian countries. This year, the holiday occurs on Sunday, January 22nd. The joy of family reunion and food are some of the main themes of Lunar New Year. People in different cultures observe this traditional celebration in many ways and means.

Join the Lawrence community in celebrating the year of the rabbit on Saturday, January 28th through a collaborative effort between student organizations and staff representing departments across the Student Life division. All are welcome.

Lunar New Year Celebration
Saturday, January 28th, Warch Campus Center
6:30 PM Esch Hurvis: Cultural Presentation, Musical Performance, and Lion Dance
Followed by a Cultural Expo and Dinner in Somerset

Sponsored by: Chinese Student Association, Korean Culture Club, Lawrence International, Pan-Asian Organization, Vietnamese Culture Organization, Spiritual and Religious Life, Diversity and Intercultural Center, Lawrence University Community Council, and the Office of Diversity Equity, and Inclusion, International Student Services, and the Committee on Diversity Affairs.

Author and journalist Peter Copeland to present Povolny lecture

Peter Copeland ’79, a former war correspondent and Washington bureau chief, will discuss “Journalists at War” in a Jan. 24 lecture at Lawrence University, part of the 2022-23 Povolny Lecture Series in International Studies.

The lecture will be at 7:30 p.m. in Wriston Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.

Copeland has been an author and journalist for more than 40 years. He was a Washington bureau chief for E.W. Scripps Company and has covered conflicts around the world. He has authored five books. His most recent, Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter, was published in 2019.

Student Food Pantry Winter Term Hours

The Student Food Pantry is open winter term every day from 9 AM-9 PM with ID swipe access. The Pantry is located in Memorial Hall and includes food items, hygiene products, and school supplies.

The Student Food Pantry is open to all students who are in immediate need or
do not have access to essential items. Please be conscientious in what you take
and how much you take from the space. Visit the Student
Food Pantry website for additional information.

Questions, comments, or suggestions? We’d love to hear from you! Suggest
Pantry items or share your comments using our Feedback
Form here.

The Pantry is supported through the generosity of community, local
businesses, and personal donations of money and supplies, as well as a small
budget provided by Lawrence University. We continue to seek partners on and off
campus who are willing to support our students.

To donate to the Pantry, drop off items in the D&IC Kitchen or contact jessica.quintana@lawrence.edu

Embrace the joys of LUgge! And get some hot chocolate and cookies

Blu holds a platter of LUgge cookies. (Photo by Danny Damiani)

LUgge is here. Pronounced Loog-uh, it’s a Lawrence embrace of traditions of coziness and togetherness. It’s a feeling, an essence of what it means to be a Lawrentian, a celebration of the beauty of all four seasons as we experience together the joys of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. Join with other Lawrentians from 11 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 13 for Hot Chocolate Friday outside of Warch Campus Center. Look for cookies and other giveaways as we lean into the wonders of this winter season. It’s the first of the LUgge-inspired events to be rolled out in the coming weeks. Watch for other events to be added to the LUgge page on our website.

Internship Funding Available – Apply Now!

Are you thinking about summer plans and need funding for a project or internship? Good news – internship funds are available and you are invited to apply now! Read on for details and apply online here.

What does the funding pay for? Financial support (up to $5000) for unpaid or low-paying internships, service work, self-designed projects to further your career exploration, and/or mentored research projects.

How do I apply? Complete an online application on the Career Center’s Get Money page.

When should I apply? The priority deadline is March 31, 2023 and after that it will be on a rolling basis until all funds have been awarded.

Where do I find internships? Viking Connect, Handshake, or on your own.

If you have any questions about the application process, please email Michelle Buchinger, and if you have questions about projects or internships, or would like help with your application materials, make an appointment with an advisor here.

Spoerl Lecture Series in Science and Society set for Jan. 11

The Spoerl Lecture Series in Science and Society will present Cedar Creek Revisited: 100 Years of Old Field Succession from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 in Youngchild Hall 121.

The lecture will be given by Adam Clark, assistant professor at the Institute for Biology, University of Graz.

The old field experiment at Cedar Creek in central Minnesota is one of the largest and longest running grassland successional studies on earth.

Dance Series: U.F.O. performance with Sandra Paola López Ramírez + Chris Reyman with LU Faculty and Maria Gillespie (UWM)

Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Esch Studio, Warch Campus Center
Free admission

Sandra Paola and Chris began exploring interdisciplinary improvisation as performance practice in 2011 creating in2improv, a research/performance duo that quickly grew into an organization that under its new name, the Institute for Improvisation and Social Action (ImprovISA), has generated a variety of public programs and performances centered at the U.S.-Mexico border in cities of El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. They have taught and performed as a duo and as part of the Koan ensemble in the United States, Mexico, Colombia, France, Denmark and Germany.

EXPLOREsophoMORE! Calling all second years

Are you looking for connection, a place to reflect, or a space to breathe?⁠ 
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Consider joining the EXPLORE sophoMORE (ExSo) program for Winter and Spring Terms. This program is meant to help guide Sophomores through transitions and changes in the second year of college. You’ll form a tight-knit community of folks to walk alongside as you all gain insights in traversing the challenges and big questions that accompany a college experience as well as life after Lawrence. ⁠ 
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There will be 10 weekly gatherings on Mondays from 4:45-6:30pm throughout Winter and Spring Term. All gatherings will include free meals catered from various off-campus restaurants (your input welcomed)! ⁠ 
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Visit the EXPLORE sophoMORE webpage below to find out more about: ⁠ 
 

  • What’s included in the program?⁠ 
  • Who are the participants?⁠ 
  • What is the commitment level? ⁠ 
  • Meet the staff⁠ 
  • How to apply (deadline is January 18th at noon) ⁠ 

https://lawrenceu.sharepoint.com/sites/SpiritualandReligiousLife/SitePages/EXPLOREsophoMORE.aspx?source=https%3a//lawrenceu.sharepoint.com/sites/SpiritualandReligiousLife/SitePages/Forms/ByAuthor.aspx&Mode=Edit#why-join-exploresophomore-your-second-year-at-lawrence  

Winter 2023 Exhibitions: Opening Reception

Celebrate the opening of the Winter 2023 exhibitions – including the Studio Art Faculty Exhibition! Reception with refreshments

Friday, Jan. 13, 4:30 – 6:30 pm, Wriston Art Galleries

Louise Bourgeois, To Unravel a Torment You Must Begin Somewhere, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999, 2021.09.09 a-b, Dickens Collection of Contemporary Works of Art on Paper

Winter 2023 Exhibitions:
– Louise Bourgeois: What Is the Shape of This Problem?
– Fortnight: Celebrating Black History and Women’s History Months
– Suzanne Duchamp: The Last Decade
– Studio Art Faculty Exhibition

More about the 2022-23 exhibitions here.