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Lawrence Home Athletics: D3 Week

Division III Week is a positive opportunity for all individuals associated with a Division III institution to observe and celebrate the impact student-athletes have on campus,  in the surrounding community, and to highlight their achievements academically.

Cheer on your Vikings at their home events this week!

Wednesday, April 9

  • Men’s Lacrosse vs Concordia
    7 p.m. | Banta Bowl

Thursday, April 10

  • How to Become a Legendary Leader
    5:30-7 p.m. | Warch 325-Pusey Room
    This panel is held in honor of Mary Poulson.

Saturday, April 12

  • Men’s Tennis vs Monmouth
    9 a.m.-Noon | Lawrence Courts
  • Baseball vs Grinnell
    11:30 a.m. | Reception | Whiting Field
    12 & 2:30 p.m. | Whiting Field
  • Softball vs Cornell
    Reception | 12:30 p.m. | Whiting Field
    1 & 3 p.m. | Whiting Field
  • Men’s Tennis vs Illinois
    2:30 p.m. | Reception honoring Hall of Fame Tennis Coach Mary Poulson | Lawrence Courts
    3-6 p.m. | Lawrence Courts

Sunday, April 13

  • Baseball vs Grinnell
    12 p.m. | Whiting Field
  • Softball vs Monmouth
    1 & 3 p.m. | Whiting Field

Dance Series: bkSOUL

Saturday, April 12 | 7 p.m.
Warch Esch Hurvis Studio

bkSOUL
dance • poetry • music

grace shinhae jun, choreographer/dancer
Jesse Mills & Loren Kiyoshi Dempster, music
Anthony Blacksher (aka Ant Black), spoken word poetry
Keomi Tarver, dancer

and Lawrence University dancers
Aimsley Shearer, Atlas Wagner, Billy Greene, Ella Fajardo-Wilde, Jasmine Germany, Madison Tracy, Martin Tran, MeiSi Chang

This event is free and open to the public!

ABOUT THE DANCE SERIES ARTIST

bkSOUL was founded in 2001 by Dr. grace shinhae jun as a space to explore the relationship between Hip Hop culture and modern dance, debuting with the evening-length work “Women Warriors in Love & Hip Hop.” The company began as a bi-coastal company (San Diego – Brooklyn), teaching and performing at various venues in Southern California, Brooklyn, New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia, Indiana, San Francisco, and Mexico. In 2006, bkSOUL deepened its roots in San Diego and began collaborating with Collective Purpose (Ant Black, Kendrick Dial, and Rudy Francisco), blending together movement, poetry, and live music to center on issues of social justice and communities of color through a Hip Hop framework. This award-winning performance company has created seven evening-length works: “The Movement” (2007), “Hip Hop Saved My Life” (2009), “Love H.E.R.” (2013), “Illegible” (2015), “Still Moving” (2016), “The Lioness” (2017), and “Get Free” (2019) and received “Best Musical Performance” (2016), “Outstanding Performance” (2017), and “Outstanding Multidisciplinary Production” (2019) for their work at the San Diego International Fringe Festival. bkSOUL was in residence at Lawrence University and performed their critically-acclaimed work “Illegible”. In 2016, celebrating 10 years of working together, the dancers, the poets, and the musicians fully merged to perform solely as the conscious performance group bkSOUL. As educators, mothers, fathers, activists, and artists, bkSOUL is committed to education through the arts, to courageous insight and truth, and to helping strengthen our justice movement today.

Jiayi Young ’94 Gallery Walk

Thursday, April 10 | 4:30 p.m.
Wriston Art Galleries

Join us for a gallery walk of the exhibition Beyond Tomorrow: An Artist’s Quest in the Last Decade with the artist, Jiayi Young ’94 (physics and studio art major).

This exhibition offers an insight into the creative journey behind two major projects Young completed over the past decade. The first is a three-phase effort aimed at democratizing social media data. The second is a public artwork that explores a moon rock brought back by Apollo 12 in 1969. The piece presents an enigmatic object—ice that never melts—serving as a metaphor for the paradox of humanity’s insatiable pursuit of resources and technological progress, even at the risk of self-destruction.

During the walk, visitors will also have the opportunity to engage with interactive computer programs, handle physical objects, ask questions, and discuss the projects with the artist. 

Reception with refreshments to follow!

How to Pitch Workshop

Tuesday, April 8 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Fox Commons 221 – B&E Center

Come join us for a crash course and individualized help on how to pitch successfully. Everyone is welcome! This will also be perfect preparation for succeeding in Launch LU, the Lawrence University pitch contest. The top two winners at Launch LU will go on to The Pitch and compete against other universities in the area. Cash and in-kind prizes at The Pitch exceed $20K.

The Digital Child: Lessons from Studying the Family Media Ecology

Wednesday, April 9 | 4:30-6 p.m.
Steitz 102

Lawrence will welcome psychology guest speaker Professor Heather Kirkorian, Laura M. Second Chair in Early Childhood Development & Department Chair and Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at UW-Madison.

Prof. Kirkorian’s talk will synthesize research on digital media and early child development. She will share research highlights regarding early cognitive development and screen time, including when young children do (and do not) learn from digital media. She will also examine the larger family media ecology using the Dynamic, Relational, and Ecological Approach to Media Effects Research (DREAMER) framework. The DREAMER framework emphasizes the regulatory and relational processes that shape how young children and families use and respond to media, balancing the needs of different family members. Prof. Kirkorian will use examples from her own and others’ research to illustrate how different types of media use predict different short- and long-term outcomes. Prof. Kirkorian will conclude with examples of how to translate these research findings into practical advice to support digital well-being for families with young children.

Environmental Justice in the Fox-Wolf Watershed

Wednesday, April 9 | 4:30-5:45 p.m.
Main Hall 201

You may have heard about the $500,000 Mellon grant recently awarded to support collaboration between LU colleagues and the College of the Menominee Nation. This event will give us a chance to learn more about the work and the thinking that led to the grant. It should also give us a chance to talk about one of the main concerns of the grant: issues of environmental justice and sustainability.

Presenters will include Greg Hitch (Environmental Studies), Claire Kervin (English), and Sigma Colon (Environmental Studies and Ethnic Studies). All are welcome, so please join us!

2025 NES Recruiter Showcase

Thursday, April 10 | 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Warch 225-226 – Esch Hurvis & Mead Witter

Are you interested in the fields of Nonprofit, Education, or Social Impact (NES)? Are you considering graduate school in these areas? If so, mark your calendars for this recruiting event!

You will have the opportunity to connect with various recruiters and LU alumni to expand your professional network and gain full access to internships, early careers, and graduate programs in these areas.

All students, all majors, and all class years are welcome!

If you can’t make it to the event, the Career Center will help you contact any of the recruiters afterward. Email Kevin Gaw (kevin.gaw@lawrence.edu) for assistance.

Below are the organizations that will be in attendance:

Employers

  • Ampact
  • Appleton Area School District
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley
  • Center for Urban Teaching
  • City of Appleton
  • City Year
  • College Connectors
  • Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin
  • Fond du Lac School District
  • Goodwill NCW
  • Green Bay Area Public School District
  • Howard-Suamico School District
  • Little Chute Area School District
  • Peace Corps
  • Pillars
  • Project Kindred
  • SOAR Fox Cities, Inc.
  • Teachers On Call
  • The Building for Kids Children’s Museum
  • YMCA of the Fox Cities

Graduate and Professional Schools

  • Concordia University Wisconsin
  • University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Graduate School

In addition, the day before, you can get a quick tune up on your resume at the Resume Rally! No appointments needed; drop in any time:

Wednesday, April 9 | 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Warch 308 – Kraemer Room

Navigating Your Financial Journey After Graduation

Tuesday, April 8 | 4:45-6 p.m.
Warch 308 – Kraemer Room

Congratulations, graduates! As you step into the real world, it’s time to master the art of financial independence. This presentation aims to empower you with practical knowledge, ensuring that you make informed decisions about your money. Buckle up for a journey that will equip you with the financial tools needed to thrive beyond the classroom.

Topics in this session include getting and understanding credit, saving and investing, insurance, taxes, paying back loans, and more.

Guest Recital: ~Nois

Wednesday, April 9 | 8-9 p.m.
Harper Hall

~Nois is a Chicago-based saxophone quartet dedicated to connecting with diverse audiences through the creation of new work. Since its founding in 2016, “~Nois continues to legitimize the saxophone quartet as a premiere ensemble formation for classical music” (thank you, Brutal New Music) through commissioning repertoire that is thought-provoking, engaging, and honestly just really good by some of today’s most inspiring compositional voices.

Julian Velasco, soprano saxophone
Joe Connor, alto saxophone
Jordan Lulloff, tenor saxophone
János Csontos, baritone saxophone

~Nois will perform works by Augusta Read Thomas, Caroline Shaw, Viet Cuong, Elijah Daniel Smith, and Travis Laplante.

Free and open to the public!