Student Life

The Center for Community Engagement and Social Change is pleased to award a very special group of 51 Lawrentians. These students have continuously shown compassion and dedication to serving others. Their devotion to educating, supporting, and inspiring others through volunteer work has resulted in a tremendous positive impact and the CCE wanted to ensure they knew their hard work has not gone unobserved.

Attached is the link to the CCE website with a compilation of the award recipients: https://www.lawrence.edu/students/volunteer/volunteer-recognition.

We would like to especially acknowledge our senior award winners: Alexander Hadlich, Alexis Shannon, Christina Sedall, Cynfor Lu, Danielle Dixon, Floréal Crubaugh, Hannah Elizabeth Tobias, Henry McCammond-Watts, Jacelynn Allen, Jesus Sanchez, Mara Kissinger, Michaela McElroy, Ora Raymond, Rebecca Swanson, Sam Parkhurst, Samantha L. Torres, Sara Prostko, Sharon Edamala, Shelby Siebers, Sophie Dion-Kirschner, and Zhiru Wang.

Once again, a big thank you to our students for being such a wonderful asset to our campus and community!

As was shared with the campus earlier in May, students who are currently residing on campus had the opportunity to request to stay on campus if extenuating circumstances did not allow them to return to off-campus homes or residences. Students who are currently residing off-campus during spring term also had the opportunity to petition to return to campus early if they face extenuating circumstances. 

As of today (Thursday, May 28), 110 students will reside on campus over the summer, including 9 students who are returning to campus. We will continue to follow physical distancing guidelines in student residences over the summer, and we are closely working with students who are returning to campus on a safe transition back to Lawrence. Following safety protocols and guidelines, students coming back to campus will be required to quarantine for 14 days before they can move into residence halls. 

Any questions regarding summer housing should be sent to deanofstudents@lawrence.edu.

SWC has provided an alternative to the shopping shuttle for the students on campus this term, in an effort to minimize potential expose to COVID-19.

The Faculty/staff and student shopping program Is for students that have the monetary means to buy groceries, but no safe way to get to the store to buy them. It is serving as a replacement to the shopping shuttle. While the Student Food Pantry remains a resource for low income students staying on campus, we would also like to extend support to students who are able to afford to purchase food and supplies but are unable to get off campus. The idea behind this is to prevent an unnecessary strain on the Student Pantry from students who don’t NEED the resource, while still providing a relatively safe alternative.

Students will be matched with a faculty/staff member based on the survey results as best as we can match them up. Though we request information, the final details of payment method and when the shopping will take place. Students should not be shopping with the faculty/staff member, and instead should be providing them with a list of items in some form (details to be worked out by the individual student and faculty/staff member).

Find more information and sign up here: https://www.lawrence.edu/students/activities/lucc/committees/standing-committees/swc/covid-19-resources

This program will be run by the Student Welfare Committee. Responses will only be shared with the Lead SWC Shopping Shuttle Driver (Elliott Marsh), Dean of the Sophomore Class/Associate Dean of Students and Advisor to Student Welfare Committee (Rose Wasielewski), and the SWC Chair (Sterling Clarke Ambrosius).

Virtually! Need a new profile pic? Here is your chance to get one in less than a minute. Caricature artist Adam Pate will be available Friday night (May 22nd) from 7-10 PM CST to create “safer at home caricatures” for any and all students, faculty and staff who join in. Register in advance or just drop in:

https://thecollege.fun/LUdraw (same link to register for the event and to join on Friday)

Lawrence University is still managing several funds to help Lawrentians who have incurred extraordinary or unplanned expenses in the wake of campus disruptions brought on by the pandemic.

Grants can be used for eligible expenses under a student’s cots of attendance, including food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and childcare.

Grants are available to all Lawrentians, regardless of citizenship status.

To formally request funds, please complete this form.

Applications for the emergency grant will be reviewed on a rolling basis until funds have been spent. Due to limited funding, we recommend that students apply immediately.

Join the FUN – Explore British Culture

Greetings from across the pond! Spring 2020 at the Lawrence University London Centre (LULC) looks quite different without a cohort of Lawrence students living and learning with us, and we miss you all as much as you miss being here! And, that is why we want to invite you to connect with us this May with some fun activities and live discussions!

All are welcome! Whether you are an LULC alumnus, planned to study at the London Centre this spring, are looking forward to studying here in the future, or are even just interested in learning more about the London Centre or British culture in general, join us as we greet friends old and new and celebrate all things British! Discussions will be conducted via Zoom.

Book Club – Film Club – Pub Quizzes

Whether you want to learn more about British culture or just connect – or reconnect – with fellow London Centre friends, take a look at what is happening this month:

• BOOK CLUB – Read the book This is Going to Hurt – Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay, then join in our group discussion May 30. More information here.
• FILM CLUB – We will be discussing three different British films – one each week. View the movie at your leisure and then join us on Saturdays for a group chat about that week’s featured film. Movies this month are Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus, Suffragette, directed by Sarah Gavron, and The History Boys, directed by Nicholas Hytner. More information and dates can be found here.
• PUB QUIZZES – We may not be able to hop down to the local pub, but we can still take part in our traditional pub quizzes – via Zoom! In May, we will be hosting two virtual pub quizzes on Sundays, so get your family or a team of friends together and test you trivia knowledge on all things London and British! The winner will get the chance to win a $15 Amazon gift voucher! Pre-registration is required. More information and registration details can be found here.

For more information and how to connect, go to our London Centre webpage.