Student Life

An unconventional dance performance will come to Lawrence University’s swimming pool at the end of March.

Lawrence University – Dance Series

at Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center pool

Sat & Sun March 30 & 31st, 2019

8pm

Free, reservations required

LU Box Office – 920-832-6749

Each year, the Lawrence University Dance Series brings several professional, cutting-edge dance performances to Appleton. Margaret Sunghe Paek, Instructor of Dance in the Conservatory of Music, believes dance is a visual and experiential art form that everyone can benefit from. “We all have bodies, and we move every day. The Dance Series exposes our Fox Cities community to diverse ways we can craft movement and experience live art together.”

The upcoming Dance Series performance, Breathe: a multi-disciplinary water opera, is an ethereal production that utilizes the Lawrence University Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center as the performance space. Breathe will transform the swimming pool and its surroundings, combining song, movement, light, projections, water, diving, dancing, music, and text.

This contemporary water opera’s three lead artists have been collaborating together for twenty years. Creator, director, and choreographer, Gabriel Forestieri, based in Boston and Italy, has been working with a mix of athletes, students, and professionals. The composer and musical director is Loren Kiyoshi Dempster, an Appleton resident who teaches at Lawrence, has a private cello studio, and is a guest artist at Renaissance School for the Arts. Adrian Jevicki, joining from New York City, is Breathe’s author and visual artist.

As audience members journey through the performance, they are encouraged to open their awareness and experience dance in a new way. Underwater dancing and floating choirs mix with a soundscape composed directly from the space itself, using contact microphones both out of and in the pool. Playing with dimensions of air, water, and light, the opera blends and signals through possibilities of sound, space, and depth. This is a performance with many surprises.

Breathe will run Saturday and Sunday, March 30 and 31^st at 8:00pm in Lawrence University’s Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center swimming pool. Performances are Free, but reservations are required. Contact the LU Box Office at 920-832-6749 to make reservations.

You are invited to Cabaret 2019: An Odyssey of Cultures!

Saturday, April 6 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, April 7 at 3 pm in the Stansbury Theatre

There will be a free reception with cultural dishes following Sunday’s performance in the Warch Campus Center Somerset room!

For more information, please contact li@lawrence.edu.

We still have seats available on both the Chicago & Minneapolis-St. Paul shuttle buses. The cost is $20 – space is limited and seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis and must be reserved. Total cost of the coach bus will be subsidized by the Office of Student Life to make the trip affordable to students. Additional information will be sent to all students. Please contact the Office of Student Life with any questions and to reserve a seat on the bus. You can email the Dean Of Student Office or call 920-832-6596 to have your name added to the list. Enjoy spring break!

On Friday, Feb. 22 from 8-10 p.m., come network and meet new people at Game Night in the Diversity Center. Paint and canvas, soul food buffet, raffle prizes, music and a good time will be included. Please RSVP to crystal.t.bailey@lawrence.edu.

• Monday 2/18, 6 p.m., Cinema
  • Movie Screening: The Hate U Give
• Tuesday 2/19, 7 p.m., Sankofa
  • Sankofa Open Sessions
• Wednesday 2/20, 7 p.m., Pusey Room
  • Vision
• Thursday 2/21, 7 p.m., Mead Witter
  • Sin Color
• Friday 2/22, 7 p.m., Diversity Center
  • Brown Girl Recovery
• Saturday 2/23, 7 p.m., Esch Hurvis
  • Cultural Expressions

The Office of Student Life is offering one-way coach bus transportation back to campus from Chicago (with a pick-up in Milwaukee) and from Minneapolis – St. Paul (with a possible pick-up in Wausau) on the day before classes begin at the end of winter and spring breaks. The motor coach will depart from a central location in each of the cities – not from the airport. The cost is $20 – space is limited and seats will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis and must be reserved. Total cost of the coach bus will be subsidized by the Office of Student Life to make the trip affordable to students. Additional information will be sent to all students. Please contact the Office of Student Life with any questions and to reserve a seat on the bus.

Departure Times and Locations:

• Depart Chicago (Rosemont Park & Ride, 5801 N. River Road, Rosemont, IL): 12 noon
• Depart Milwaukee (Target Store, 1501 Miller Parkway, Milwaukee): 2 p.m.
• Arrive at Lawrence University at approximately 4:30 p.m.

• Depart Minneapolis/St. Paul (Target SuperStore, 1300 University Avenue W., St. Paul): 12 noon
• Depart Wausau (Emma Krumbees, 2101 N. Mountain Rd., Wausau): 2:45 p.m.
• Arrive at Lawrence University at approximately 5 p.m.

You are invited to Lunar New Year 2019!

Saturday, January 26 at 6 pm – 8 pm in Warch Campus Center Esch Hurvis

Come celebrate the year of the pig!

Enjoy performances, music, cultural booths, and food!

LNY 2019

Dear Lawrence Community, 

Welcome back to campus and happy new year!

As you may have already a noticed, several changes have been made to the College Avenue pedestrian crossings, as well as surrounding intersections. A new push button-activated warning light system was recently installed in the mid-block crossings on College Avenue. This new system will reduce the number of false activations of the lights and make it clearer to pedestrians when lights are flashing. The crosswalks are also more accessible to the visually impaired thanks to audio beacons at the crossings. In addition, new pedestrian lighting has been added to the southeast corner of College and Lawe Streets and the northeast corner of Lawe and Alton Streets, improving visibility for both pedestrians and drivers.

Even with these improvements, we all must be vigilant when crossing any street, as we are never completely protected from inattentive drivers. As you approach crosswalks or traffic intersections, be sure to pay attention to traffic from all directions, avoid cell phone use and walk briskly while crossing the street, and walk bicycles across intersections.

If you have suggestions, questions, or concerns about pedestrian safety, please direct them to Assistant to the President Jake Woodford (Jacob.a.woodford@lawrence.edu; or 920-832-6850).

Have a wonderful start to the new term.

Sincerely,

Christopher D. Card

Vice President for Student Life

The Office of Student Life is offering one-way coach bus transportation back to campus after Winter Break on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. The cost is $20.  Space is limited and seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis – reservations are needed.  Please stop by the Office of Student Life located in Raymond House or send an e-mail to deanofstudents@lawrence.edu with any questions or to reserve a seat.

DEPARTURE TIMES AND LOCATIONS:

Depart Chicago:
O’Hare Tollway Oasis on the Illinois Tollway, Northbound side – 10201 Belle Plaine Ave., Schiller Park at noon
Depart Milwaukee:
Target Store, 1501 Miller Parkway, Milwaukee at 2 p.m.
Arrive at Lawrence University at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Depart Minneapolis/St. Paul:
Target SuperStore, 1300 University Avenue W., St. Paul at noon
Depart Wausau:
The Store, 2409 N. Mountain Rd., Wausau at 3 p.m.
Arrive Lawrence University at approximately 5 p.m