Student Life

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

Students, faculty and staff are invited to a “Stop for Your Neighbor” event on November 6, 2018 at 4:45-5:45 PM at the corner of Meade Street and College Avenue.  Lawrence in collaboration with the Wisconsin Bike Fed will be educating pedestrians and drivers on the important issue of pedestrian safety. 

Please stop by for a few minutes to show your support for better pedestrian awareness.

Students staff and faculty will all have opportunities to meet the candidates that will be on campus interviewing for the position of Assistant/Associate Dean of Students & Director of the Diversity and Intercultural Center.

In addition to small meetings with students, staff and faculty, each candidate will be giving a 30-minute presentation or educational program that advances diversity and intercultural education, which will be followed by a 30 minute Q&A session.
Presentations will be open to the Lawrence community and will all take place in Youngchild 121.  

Student meetings are being organized by the committee’s student representative with assistance from the search committee and other campus partners. Check the LU Calendar in the next few days or contact Angelica Hurtado for details on where student meetings will be taking place.

Please see below for meetings and times.  Locations will be posted via the LU calendar.

Consider the importance of this role on campus and how your presence at the available meetings and/or presentations can contribute to helping the search team find the best possible candidate for the role. 

CANDIDATE 1 – November 5th

• Faculty meeting – 1:00pm
• Student Life Staff – 2:00pm
• Presentation in Youngchild 121 – 4:00pm

CANDIDATE 2 – November 6th

• Faculty meeting – 11:00am
• Student Life Staff – 1:00pm
• Presentation in Youngchild 121 – 5:30pm

CANDIDATE 3 – November 7th

• Faculty meeting- -1:00pm
• Student Life Staff – 11:30am
• Presentation in Youngchild 121 – 4:30pm

For one week this term the Sustainability Steering Committee is challenging each of the major residence halls to reduce their energy usage by 15%. The building with the greatest energy savings will be entitled to bragging rights and a catered social in their honor.

Who has been challenged? Trever, Plantz, Kohler, Colman, Sage, Ormsby, and Hiett Halls.
When will the challenge take place? Sunday, November 4^th – Saturday, November 9^th.
How will we know who is winning? Every day, starting Monday, November 5^th through Sunday, November 10^th, students will receive an update on the competition standings via updates to building Facebook pages. Standings will also be published to the digital display boards around campus.

*Due to challenges with the metering system and renovations that will be occurring in Brokaw Hall, we are unable to include Brokaw in the Ecolympics this year. We also unable to include small houses due to constraints in the metering system. We are optimistic that Brokaw and small houses will be able to participate in future energy competitions!

You may be aware that the Task Force on Emotional Wellbeing began its work last term to examine those factors which give rise to stress and anxiety in our community.  The Task Force also aims to identify strategies to combat these factors and improve emotional wellness.  Provost Katie Kodat and I are co-chairs of the task force.

You are invited to join Provost Kodat and me in a community conversation this coming Friday from 4pm – 5pm in the Warch cinema.  We will give updates on the Task Force’s work to date and engage the community in a broad conversation on the state of emotional wellbeing on campus. This is the first in a series of conversations.  Please join us to discuss this very important campus issue.

Regards,
Chris Card
Vice President for Student Life

City of Appleton election workers will be on campus Sept. 25 – 27 from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center to register students to vote for the November 6th general election.

If your address has changed since the last time your voted you need to re-register.  Please have your student i.d. with you when your register.

If you’d like to complete the form in advance click on the link https://www.appleton.org/home/showdocument?id=16813

Election information can be found at www.myvote.wi.gov