This weekend the office of student activities and virtual programming will be stocking the Viking Corner with Origami paper and instructions (thank you Stephanie). Help yourself and make some cool things to decorate your room.
IT and the office of student activities have “teamed up” to bring all LU clubs and organizations a new tool to manage your activities in a virtual world. In the coming weeks a Microsoft teams account will be created for every student club and organization. With this you will be able run Zoom-like meetings, manage your members, invite non-members and store documents. Leaders and contacts for all organizations will receive an e-mail once their account is set-up. IT is in the process of developing easy to follow instructions so all groups can get the most out of Teams.
Known as the “Human IPod”, John Rush will be performing for all Lawrentians tonight at 8 PM (virtual Zoom show). Join us for the show and best of all, YOU get to pick the songs. John has over 80 hours of music, so Zoom participants pick songs and he plays them on the spot. Fun, interactive and FREE.
It wouldn’t be summer without an old fashioned cookout! We have one for on campus residents tonight (July 23) on Boldt Plaza. Stop by the usual dinner hour (4:30-5:30) and enjoy a summer BBQ. Music by DJ Danny G.
Come to the hill above the SLUG garden this Friday night (July 17th) at 9 PM and enjoy The Parent Trap (a Lindsay Lohan classic). Snacks, beverages and bug spray will be provided (on the VR patio).
“As time goes on . . . ” (takes me back to junior high dances, thank you Peter Cetera).
This weekend, July 10-12, we have some artistic fun @ the Viking Corner for campus residents: Rainbow scratch art (maybe that takes you back to elementary school). Stop by your residence hall’s Viking Corner and grab some rainbow scratch sheets and a stylus and create your own masterpiece!
On July 6, 1970, the first group of Lawrence University students began classes at the newly opened London Centre at the Arden Hotel in the Earls Court neighborhood of London. Although the London Centre has changed location several times over the years, it has continued to accept students each year for the past five decades and remains one of the most popular study abroad options for Lawrence University students today.
We look forward to sharing more about the Lawrence University London Centre over the upcoming academic year as we celebrate 50 years in 2021-2022!
You can read more about the London Centre’s first days on the Off-Campus Programs Office’s new blog – Study Ablog: Stories from and about Lawrence University’s international and domestic off-campus programs.
Enjoy a 4th of July Weekend s’more!
The Office of Student Activities will be putting microwave s’more kits on the Viking Corner tables in Kohler and Colman Halls this Friday.
Don’t know how to make a s’more, check out this video (plus the music is pretty cool).
At the request of the Office of the President, Bon Appetit will make the current student lunch program available to faculty and staff who have returned to campus.
Lunch (to go) is available for purchase Monday thru Friday, 11:30-12:30 in Kate’s Corner Store on the 2nd floor of the Warch Campus Center (items in the corner store are not available for purchase, just lunch). The cost will be $5, payable with Viking Gold or credit card only, no cash. Options are VERY limited. You can view the daily options at www.cafebonappetit.com/lawrence.
Masks and social distancing in the Warch Campus Center is mandatory.
At Lawrence, we consider students whose parents/guardians do not have a four-year degree to be part of our cohort of first-generation students. Being a first-generation student myself, I can speak first-hand about navigating college unable to rely on the people I normally would for advice: my parents. As we work to support all of our students of varying identities that they hold, we are continuing to look at the best ways to support First-Generation Students. One way is to keep a running list of first-generation faculty and staff — these faculty and staff may choose to put up a door sign by their offices to help students easily identify that the person working there may be a person who understands their perspective of navigating the college experience, or wear a pin to different occasions on campus to identify themselves as first gen.
If you haven’t identified yourself as a First-Generation faculty/staff member yet, please fill out the First-Generation Faculty and Staff Form with a few questions that includes your choice of being contacted about anything involving the topic of first generation students. If you HAVE already identified yourself in the past, but need to indicate that you need a door sign, pin, or want to be added/taken off of a mailing list, please head to the form!
