Student Life

Mail Forwarding
For students residing off-campus during spring term, please remember to have your mail sent to the address at which you will be residing. 

Students living off campus, but not at the address they have listed on their Voyager account, can have mail forwarded to a new address by contacting Mail.Services@Lawrence.Edu.  

The mail room window is currently open Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Starting March 19, 2020 students will be using The Café as the sole dining spot on campus. At this time we will not be able to offer any dining services to faculty and staff. The Café is closed to the public. The look and feel of dining will be different. In the interest of protecting students and Bon Appetit employees, we will adhere to the latest CDC guidelines for social distancing. This will include limiting the number of people in The Café and pausing the use of all seating. All food will be packaged to go in disposable containers. Self-service will be eliminated.

• We will only be accepting cashless payments.  Students should use their ID card (for meal plan or Viking Gold) or a credit card
• The Café is open 10am – 6:30pm.  We encourage students to adjust meal times to avoid peak meal periods.

We ask for everyone’s help to keep everyone safe by following these guidelines:

• When entering The Café the use of hand sanitizer is mandatory
• Personal mugs and/or dishware may not be used
• We will not offer refills on beverages
• When ordering at the counter, customers must keep behind the line marked on the floor
• Students will be asked by the cashier to swipe their own ID card/credit card
• If you are ill, please do not come to the Café.  The University will make arrangements to have food delivered

Boxes! The Lawrence Center for Community Engagement and Social Change (CCE) is collecting boxes and packaging tape to assist students in the moving process. Should you have any boxes or tape, please bring them to the CCE, located in the back of the Seeley G. Mudd library off of Lawe St. at 113 S. Lawe St. Please look for signs for the CCE and just drop off in the entrance. We are seeking to limit visitors. Questions can be sent to community.engagement@lawrence.edu

As many of you transition away from campus I am writing with information about how to engage with the April 7^th Wisconsin Spring Election.  While this information is current as of today, please check back to the Voting and Voter Registration page as information may change in the coming days or weeks.

Request an Absentee Ballot

The Wisconsin Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary is still planned for April 7. All Lawrentians who are eligible and have registered to vote are strongly encouraged to participate in this important form of civic and community engagement and can do so by requesting an absentee ballot.

To request an absentee ballot, go to the absentee ballot page of My Vote WI. You may be asked to upload a photo of your driver’s license or other voter ID.  We encourage you to request your ballot as soon as possible.

Voter ID 

Wisconsin law currently requires you to have a voter ID on Election Day in order to cast a ballot, even for absentee voting. A Wisconsin driver’s license, U.S. passport, or military ID is acceptable. Your Lawrence student ID is not. If you do not have a Wisconsin driver’s license or a passport, you can obtain a Lawrence voter ID card from the ID Office at no charge. (For questions about an LU voter ID, send an email to idoffice@lawrence.edu).

What’s on the ballot?

In addition to the presidential primary, there are many important local races on the ballot.  These include:

• Appleton mayor
• Appleton city attorney
• Appleton school board members
• Appleton alderpersons
• Outagamie County circuit court judges
• Outagamie County supervisors
• Wisconsin State Justice of the Supreme Court

You can find a list of preliminary candidates and helpful information on Lawrence’s Voting and Voter Registration page.

Take care and be well,

Curt 

Curt Lauderdale

Dean of Students

CODA (Committee on Diversity Affairs) and PAO (Pan-Asian Organization) presents a pre-movie mixer for 4 times Oscar winner “Parasite.” The mixer is located in the Diversity and Intercultural Center this Friday (3/6/2020) at 7pm. Snacks will be provided. The movie will be shown in Warch Cinema this weekend. Please check it out!

Viking Ambassadors in Service and Engagement (VASE) aims to get small cohorts of first-year students volunteering, making connections, and learning about issues in the Fox Valley community within a Lawrence term. Students will gather weekly to learn and serve both on and off campus. All transportation provided by Lyft!  Spring term will offer three programs:

1. Arts Advocacy: Gain a greater access to the arts through representing and educating on different art forms (dance, art, music, theatre, etc.). Lawrentians will design and run their own creative program with children at the Boys and Girls Club. Direction on how to create a lesson plan, as well as any necessary supplies, will be provided.
2. Access to Education: Learn about access challenges within the various systems of education. Lawrentians will receive the support and resources needed to create their own project around furthering education equality within a community of their choice. Discussions and meetings will involve interactive activities, discussions and guest speakers from the education community.
3. Public Health: Partner with the City of Appleton’s Health department to create an intervention program for an epidemic impacting many local teenagers – vaping. Students will be trained to provide outreach within the Appleton Area School District. In addition, each week Lawrentians will better understand what it is to be a compassionate health professional through articles, speakers, and discussion.

To learn more and apply, visit our VASE homepage. Applications for Spring term programs are due on Monday, March 9. While this program is geared towards first-year students, all students are welcome to apply.