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Auditions for Fred Gaines Student Playwrights Series

Tuesday, Jan. 7 | 7-9:30 p.m.
Cloak Theatre

The 7th Biennial Fred Gaines Student Playwrights Series features 3 one-act plays with 10 roles for actors!

  • This Isn’t How It Happens by Shira Honovich
  • The House on the Hill by Maddie Guest
  • Static Cling by Nina Broberg

Audition Requirements

  • 2 contrasting modern monologues, 3 minutes total
    • We will have pre-selected monologues for first-time auditioners.

Callbacks

Callbacks will continue on Wednesday, Jan. 8 and Thursday, Jan. 9 in Cloak Theatre.

Production Roles

There are openings for 6 assistant stage managers, a props person, and 2 stage crew members. Introduce yourself to our Production Stage Manager, David Ciotti Hernandez, to discuss available backstage opportunities.

Theatre Interest Meeting

Monday, Jan. 6 | 4:30 p.m.
Cloak Theatre

On the first Monday of each term, the Department of Theatre Arts holds a general meeting for anyone interested in joining us for production opportunities. Learn about auditions for current productions, student projects, and employment options.

This is a great way to reconnect with friends, make new friends, and stay up-to-date with our full slate of opportunities.

At this meeting, you will also hear more about auditions for the 7th Biennial Fred Gaines Student Playwrights Series. We’ll produce 3 one-act plays written by your classmates.

Facilities Project Updates

Current and future projects happening around Campus:

  • Mudd Library: Work will be ongoing
  • Harper Hall: Upgrades began December 2
  • Plantz Hall: Hot water repair and disruption on Tuesday, December 17 for 6-8 hours starting at 7 a.m.
  • Chapman: Hurvis Center floor painted Sunday, December 22
  • Campus: Various patching & painting during winter break
  • Campus: Annual maintenance power outage on Monday, July 14
  • Chapel Façade: Renovation to begin summer 2025 TBD
  • Ormsby Hall: Window replacement summer 2025 TBD
  • Alex Gym, Wilson House, Big Exec: Fire system upgrades summer 2025 TBD

Watch for updates weekly; TBD dates will be filled in as learned. Please note that dates are subject to change due to weather or supply chain issues. Please be safe when in these areas!

34th annual Fox Cities Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Monday, January 20 | 6-7:30 p.m.
Lawrence Memorial Chapel

Lawrence University is excited to host the 34th Fox Cities Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

Hear from:

  • Keynote Speaker Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly

With musical performances from:

  • NOIR | Lawrence University student group
  • Preston Parker ft. The Omoladé Academy
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir
    • Community members are invited to join this choir! The choir will meet through Zoom once in December and will begin in-person rehearsals in January.
sign up for the community choir

Also featuring the presentation of Jane LaChapelle McCarty Unity in Diversity MLK Community Leader and MLK Educator awards:

  • The MLK Committee is accepting nominations for these awards. More information can be found on this form.
  • The deadline to submit nominations is Sunday, Dec. 20.

Thank you to our sponsors!

  • People of Progression
  • Appleton Area School District
  • United Way Fox Cities
  • Boys & Girls Club of the Fox Valley
  • City of Appleton
  • The Boldt Company
  • ThedaCare

About Dr. Burden-Stelly

Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly is a critical Black Studies scholar of political theory, political economy, intellectual history, and political and historical sociology. Her research pursues three complementary lines of inquiry:

  1. The transnational entanglements of U.S. capitalist racism, anticommunism, and antiblack racial oppression.
  2. Twentieth-century Black anticapitalist intellectual thought, theory, and praxis.
  3. Theories and discourses of economic development in the African diaspora.

Dr. Burden-Stelly is the author of Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States and the co-author, with Dr. Gerald Horne, of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History. She is also the co-editor, with Dr. Jodi Dean, of Organize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writings and of Reproducing Domination: On the Caribbean and the Postcolonial State with Dr. Aaron Kamugisha and Dr. Percy Hintzen. Additionally, she guest edited the “Claudia Jones: Foremother of World Revolution” special issue of The Journal of Intersectionality.

Her published work appears in journals including Small Axe, Monthly Review, Souls, Du Bois Review, Socialism & Democracy, International Journal of Africana Studies, CLR James Journal, and American Communist History. Dr. Burden-Stelly’s words are featured in popular venues including Monthly Review, Boston Review, Essence magazine, Teen Vogue, Jacobin, The Nation, and Black Agenda Report. She has been interviewed on podcasts, radio shows, and news shows including The Real News Network, Breakthrough News, Black Myths, Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, The Red Nation, AJ+, Bad Faith, The Katie Halper Show, Revolutionary Left Radio, Guerilla History, Upstream and the New Books Network.

Dr. Burden-Stelly is a member of the Black Alliance for Peace and Community Movement Builders.

United Way Pledge Deadline

Join our 2024 United Way Fox Cities Campaign and help impact 1 in 3 lives in our community. Don’t forget to make your pledge by the campaign deadline this Friday, December 13!

Log in to the e-Pledge site today and choose your donation method. Every gift matters. Let’s build a stronger Fox Cities together!

United Way e-Pledge site: Your long LU email will be your username, and your temporary password will be LUGIVES2024.

D-Term Activities

Still on campus for December? Check out the calendar of events, shuttle schedule, and free food opportunities!

Shuttle

The shuttle will run from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday with the exceptions listed on the calendar.

For rides to/from the airport, students must submit a request to 920-419-6793. Rides will be available to/from the Appleton or Green Bay airports.

Athletic Events

  • Basketball games will be held in Alex Gym.
  • Men’s hockey games will be at the Appleton Family Ice Center.
  • Women’s hockey games will be at the Champion Center.

Wellness Center Hours

  • Activities:
    • Monday-Thursday | 7 a.m.-9 p.m.
    • Friday | 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
    • Saturday | 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
    • Sunday | Closed

Free food opportunities

sign up!

Students are asked to sign up in advance to ensure we have enough food.

Catered meals

Please review the menu from each restaurant to familiarize yourself with the type of food offered. Food will be ordered in large batches, served family style.

Lunches will take place from 12-1 p.m.

  • Monday, 12/9 – Mai’s Deli
  • Thursday, 12/12 – Chipotle
  • Monday, 12/16 – Sai Ram

Community Meals

Sign up for a community meal at Spiritual and Religious Life! You will be part of the preparation and cooking of this meal. Please sign up in advance to ensure we have enough food.

Dinners will take place from 4:30-7 p.m.

  • Thursday, 12/5 – Lemon Cream Gnocchi
  • Wednesday, 12/18 – Chili (meat and vegetarian)

Student Food Pantry

The Student Food Pantry is available to any current student in immediate need or who does not have access to essential items.

submit a food pantry request

Pick-up

  • Friday, 12/13 – 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Wednesday, 12/18 – 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Facilities Project Updates

Current and future projects happening around campus:

  • Mudd Library: Work is ongoing
  • Harper Hall: upgrades starting December 2
  • Mursell House: roof replacement starting December 3
  • Plantz Hall: Hot water repair and disruption on December 17 for 6-8 hours starting at 7 a.m.
  • Campus: annual maintenance power outage, July 14
  • Chapel Façade: renovation to begin summer 2025 TBD
  • Ormsby Hall: window replacement summer 2025 TBD

Watch for updates weekly; TBD dates will be filled in as learned. Please note that dates are subject to change due to weather or supply chain issues. Please be safe when in these areas!

Free December YMCA Membership for Employees

December is a great time to try the YMCA; Lawrence employees can enjoy a free membership Dec. 1-31.

Bring your LU ID to the Downtown YMCA and sign up. You can add dependents or spouses for just $12 each. Your membership is good at the Fox Valley area YMCAs.

Check out hours and classes here.

If you have any questions contact Erin Buenzli at buenzlie@lawrence.edu.