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First Generation Students – Mixer Opportunity

If no one in your family has been to college before you – if you’re the first, then this mixer is for you. Thursday, January 28 at 4:30pm.

Connect with fellow staff, faculty and alumni who were once in the same situation. Connect, as well, with each other. No matter if you’re a first year or an upperclassperson, virtual or on campus, connection and information can help you wherever you are.

Topics being discussed include:

  • The Importance of Building Relationships, Networks, and Teams
  • Beyond LU: Graduate School, Doctoral degrees, and Academics as a Career
  • “Why Liberal Arts?” and other Questions Your Family Might be Asking You
  • “Do I belong here?” and other Questions You Might be Asking Yourself
  • The Hidden Curriculum of College Life: Office Hours, Your Advisor, Studying, etc.
  • The Gifts and Insights You Bring to LU

Register by January 22 and select the topic that you find most interesting.
bit.ly/LUFirstGenMixer


If you have a question beforehand, connect with Rose Wasielewski, Matthew Baumler, or Karen Brennan. We’d love to hear from you.

Women’s Primary Recruitment

Have you wondered about Greek Life at Lawrence? Now is your chance to find out what it is all about. Women’s primary recruitment starts this Sunday, so register today (registration closes on Saturday, January 23rd at 11:59 p.m.)! You will have the opportunity to see if Greek Life is for you. Open to all students interested in being a part of a sorority.

Register at https://www.lawrence.edu/students/activities/greek-life

Rave Guardian Safety App

I want to draw your attention to a special resource that we are launching this term to strengthen our sense of safety on campus and in the wider community. We know that a sense of safety is important for a community of scholars and we continue to identify and implement ways in which we can protect our community and ourselves.  To these ends, we are excited to launch a new safety app for the Lawrence community: The Rave Guardian App. 

Among other things, the Rave Guardian App allows persons to connect with Campus Safety and access a variety of campus safety resources. Importantly too, it allows you to establish a network of “guardians’ who may accompany you virtually when you move about campus or in the community.  You choose your guardians and your location is known only to your guardians during a time frame (safety timer) that you set.

I encourage and invite you to download the free Rave Guardian App on your mobile device today and familiarize yourself with its functions, capabilities and resources.  Information on downloading and installing the app may be found here.

Many persons worked over the course of several months to bring this important resource to our campus. I want to thank Dean Brittany Bell, along with colleagues in the Information Technology and Communication departments, for their leadership in this venture. We are also grateful to the various students and staff who took the time to review the app and provide valuable feedback.

Your support and use of this safety app is appreciated and I know you will find this to be a useful resource.  Best wishes for a safe and productive term!

Sincerely,

Christopher D. Card

Vice president for Student Life

ACM Newberry Library and Field Museum Info Session – Jan. 14

The application deadline to participate in the Fall 2021 Newberry Library Seminar in the Humanities and the new Field Museum Semester: Research in Natural History off-campus programs is fast approaching. Learn more about these programs at our virtual information session Thursday, January 14, at 4:30 p.m. Central Time.

Zoom details are available by emailing OffCampusPrograms@lawrence.edu.

The Newberry Library Seminar is open to juniors and seniors interested in pursuing serious research in the Humanities. The Field Museum Semester is open to upper-level students interested in natural history research with a background in evolutionary biology, anthropology, geology, and/or a related field.

Off-Campus Programs Application Deadline Approaching

Students interested in applying to study off-campus at any time during the 2021-2022 academic year need to have their applications completed and submitted by January 27, 2021.

London Centre and Senegal applications are due March 1, 2021.

For a full list of affiliated programs, go to the Off-Campus Programs Programs page.

For application information, go to Off-Campus Programs How to Apply & Deadlines.

For any questions, contact OffCampusPrograms@lawrence.edu.

MLK Jr. Day of Service

MLK Jr. Day is a day on, not a day off. Are you looking to get involved this MLK day of service? On January 18th, there will be four events offered that all members of the LU community are invited to participate in. Be sure to check out the GivePulse page on how to register: Lawrence.givepulse.com and click “events”.  From here you can find and learn more about the four events that will be offered on MLK day. Registration for events will close at 11:59pm the Sunday before MLK Day.

Events will be as follows:

-Community book read on Heavy by Kiese Laymon (10:00am-11:00am)

-Disability Policy and Advocacy discussion led by Alexandra Chand ’21 & The Disability Working Group (1:00pm-2:30pm)

-Anti-Racist Strategies and Solutions discussion hosted by Kye Harris ’21 (2:45pm-4:00pm)

-Music For All MLK concert hosted by Jacob Dikelsky ’22 & Music For All (4:00pm-5:10pm)

-MLK Jr Day Virtual Celebration (6:00pm)

Also, keep an eye out on January 16th, we will be taking over the @lawrenceuniversity story to talk more about the MLK day events and hear from the event planners themselves!

As a part of the Lawrence community, many staff and faculty interact with students in one specific way. Participating in this day will give staff and faculty an opportunity to interact with students in new capacities and get to know them in a setting outside of the classroom or workplace. Volunteering on MLK Jr. Day provides an opportunity for you to:

* Give something back to an organization that has improved our community

* Make a difference to the lives of others (including our students!)

* Address disparities of access to basic human rights

*  Step away from work to think about your own commitment to civic engagement

Dr. King sacrificed everything to strive for equity. Who will do the work on this national day of service? All are welcome. Special thanks to all those who worked tirelessly to make this year’s MLK Day of Service for Lawrence University a success even when this year’s programming and events will look a bit different than they have in year’s past.

Virtual Caricature artist to visit LU

Need a now Zoom profile photo? Just want a new creative drawing of yourself? This Friday night (January 8th 7-10 PM) Adam Pate, the fastest caricature artist on the planet, will come to LU (virtually) to draw your portrait. Sign up online at:

https://thecollege.fun/LAWRENCEdraw

As always, more information is available on the SOUP facebook and Instagram pages:

https://www.facebook.com/lawrencesoup

@lawrencesoup

Field Museum and Newberry Library Off-Campus Programs Info Session

Off-Campus Programs announces two exciting opportunities for students to study and work in Chicago for Fall 2021: Newberry Library Seminar in the Humanities and the new Field Museum Semester: Research in Natural History.

To learn more, join us for an info session Thursday, January 14, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. Central Time. Professor Beth Zinsli and Professor Israel Del Toro, advisors for the Newberry Seminar and Field Museum Semester, respectively, will be presenting.

Learn more about the programs, including classes, internship opportunities, and what it is like living in Chicago.

Zoom details are available by emailing OffCampusPrograms@lawrence.edu.

The deadline for applying to these programs is January 27, 2021. To learn more about applying to study off-campus, go to the Off-Campus Programs website.

Work and Study at the Newberry Library in Chicago Fall 2021

Students interested in participating in the Newberry Library Research in the Humanities off-campus program next fall have the opportunity to learn more about the program through a virtual info session on Friday, December 11, from 2-3 p.m. Central Time. The session titled Explore the Newberry Library with ACM is hosted by Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) and is accessible via Zoom.

Friday’s session will feature an overview of the Fall 2021 seminar topic The Politics of Performance, as well as discuss part-time internship opportunities, highlight program alumni experiences, and explore the Newberry Library in depth, taking a look at its collections and exhibitions. To register and get log-in details, click the registration link.

Lawrence University’s Newberry Library Off-Campus Program is open to juniors and seniors interested in conducting research in the humanities. Participants on the program live in Chicago for the semester, earning 16 semester credits while enrolled in the featured seminar and working on an independent research project. Internship opportunities are also available.

Not planning to study off-campus in Fall 2021? Potential future participants, as well as faculty interested in Visiting Faculty Director positions, are encouraged to attend.

If you have any questions, email OffCampusPrograms@lawrence.edu.

New Field Museum Semester Off-Campus Program Added

Off-Campus Programs is excited to announce the addition of our new Field Museum Semester: Research in Natural History program in Chicago, Illinois. This semester program, sponsored by ACM, is for upper-level students interested in natural history research with a background in evolutionary biology, anthropology, geology, and/or a related discipline. Students doing the program will earn 16 semester credits while participating in an intensive internship at the Field Museum of Chicago and will take courses taught by a Visiting Faculty Director and Field Museum professional staff.

The Fall 2021 Visiting Faculty Director will be Israel Del Toro, Assistant Professor of Biology at Lawrence University!

Students will live in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood in furnished apartments. Transit cards will allow students to commute throughout the city. The internship will provide a small stipend.

The deadline for applying to the Fall 2021 session of this program is January 27, 2021.

For more information on this program, go to our Field Museum Semester: Research in Natural History page. To apply, go to the Off-Campus Programs Application System. For any questions, please contact OffCampusPrograms@lawrence.edu.