This year’s Great Midwest Trivia Contest will begin on Friday, Jan. 24 at 10:00:37PM and ends at midnight on Sunday, Jan. 26.
On and off-campus teams can begin registering at 8PM on Friday by calling into the station.
More information about the contest as well as all phone numbers can be found on the Trivia website at https://blogs.lawrence.edu/trivia/.
Play Trivia!
We are excited to welcome the newest member to Lawrence’s Communications team, Danny Damiani, who joins us this week as our new multimedia specialist.
Danny comes to us from The Post-Crescent, Appleton’s daily newspaper, where he has served as a staff photographer since May 2015. In his role, Danny created award-winning videos and photos, covering the Appleton and Fox Cities communities with honesty and compassion (his portfolio is worth a look). And for the Packers fans in the LU community, Danny served as a mobile camera operator on “Clubhouse Live,” the weekly Packers livestream from Downton Appleton. He holds a bachelor of arts in journalism, concentration in photojournalism, from Eastern Illinois University.
As multimedia specialist, Danny will work closely with Garrett Katerzynske, director of video production, and Mackenzie Huber, social media and web content specialist, to produce engaging video, photography, and other digital assets that will enhance the University’s social media and web presence. Danny’s creativity, journalism background, familiarity with Appleton and the Fox Cities, and excitement for visual storytelling make him an ideal match for this new position.
In his role, Danny will be a visible presence on campus, covering campus events, capturing campus life, and profiling members of the Lawrence community. Please be sure to say hello when you see him around campus.
Yes, you read that correctly. Communications needs pictures of your puppers and doggos showing their Lawrence spirit. International Dog Day is fast approaching, and we’d love to highlight the dogs of Lawrence on social media that day. So, snap some photos of your good bois and good girls on campus or wearing Lawrence attire and send them our way!
Please send all photos as email attachments to mackenzie.m.huber@lawrence.edu by noon on Monday, Aug 26. This will be the best week of her life.
We have put a bunch of unneeded frames from the art collection in the Wriston Art Center Lobby – free for the taking!
Wood and metal frames, various colors and sizes, some with glass/plexi, some without. Come check them out through Sept. 6th.
The galleries staff will be happy to give advice on using the frames but we can’t provide mats or other framing supplies. Email Beth Zinsli (beth.a.zinsli@lawrence.edu) with questions.
Facility Services will be conducting maintenance on the University’s electrical transformers from Saturday, August 3, through Monday, August 5. Campus power will be shut down on Saturday, August 3, until power is restored during the day on Monday. As a result, the campus will be closed on Monday, August 5.
To help you prepare, here’s a quick FAQ regarding the outage and closure.
Is my building affected?
There will be no power to the following buildings:
Art Studios (behind Brokaw)
Briggs Hall
Brokaw Hall
Buchanan-Kiewit Wellness
Chapman Hall
Colman Hall
International House
Kohler Hall
Main Hall
Memorial Chapel
Memorial Hall
Mudd Library
Music Drama Center
Plantz Hall
Quads 1-6
Raymond House
Sabin House
Sage Hall
Sampson House
Trever Hall
Wriston Art Center
Youngchild Hall
Backup generators will be supporting critical technical and scientific equipment. No other power or generator support can be provided, and ALL refrigerators in these buildings must be emptied before the weekend.
Am I being paid for Monday’s closure?
YES. Employees will be paid for their full regularly scheduled hours that day. Employees paid on an hourly basis should enter their regularly scheduled hours into the Paid Time Off line on their timesheets. No timesheet adjustments are required for salaried employees.
Please note that student employees who are regularly scheduled to work on Monday will not be paid for the hours missed.
How should I prepare for Monday’s closure?
Before leaving the office on Friday, all refrigerators (and freezers!) should be emptied of their contents. Please make sure all window unit air conditioners are turned off and power down all computers and electronic devices completely.
Surely there’s something else to share?
There is! During the outage, a minor renovation of the first floor carpeted areas in Brokaw will occur. HR and Payroll will be in the ITC in the Mudd Library on Tuesday, August 6, and the Title IX office will be available via email.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Artist & Collector: La Vera Pohl
Open Friday, July 12 – Sunday, August 18
Art @ Noon Tours Thursdays July 18 & August 15
La Vera Pohl was a Milwaukee art historian, artist, and collector who studied in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. She collected around 220 prints, paintings, and drawings by early 20th-century German artists at a time when most Americans were unaware of modern German art. This exhibition will feature highlights from Lawrence University’s Pohl Collection of German Expressionism as well as some of Pohl’s own paintings and papers.
The Wriston Summer Exhibitions are an annual series in the Wriston Art Galleries intended to engage the Fox Valley community in a conversation about artworks and artists of the Midwest.
This summer the Wriston Art Galleries intern will be conducting an inventory of artworks around campus – he may poke his head into your office, but just to make sure things are where we think they are.
Also: if you ever find yourself with artwork that you no longer want or need in your campus work spaces, send Beth Zinsli or Elizabeth Larew a note and we’ll come retrieve it – we are always happy to take care of art, and someone else may want it for their office. We can also store artwork safely during periods of construction or remodeling.
If you need a little more art in your life, the Senior Art Show is open through June 30, and the summer show, featuring our collection of German Expressionist prints, will be on view July 14-August 18.
There are two Art @ Noon opportunities, too: Thursdays, July 18 and August 15. Join us for a fun 20-minute tour of the galleries over your lunch break!
Milwaukee PBS will be filming an episode of “Next Avenue” in front of a live studio audience at Stansbury Theatre on June 4 at 7 p.m.
Next Avenue comes to Appleton for the next Community Conversation, and explores the topic “You’re Never Too Old to Learn.” Host John McGivern invites the public to join the conversation, for a discussion on the advantages of learning later in life.
Experts from Lawrence University and Learning in Retirement in Oshkosh will offer their perspectives regarding the unique benefits that both academic education and experiential education offer for people ages 50+. This free, public event will be held on Tuesday, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lawrence University Stansbury Theatre, 420 E. College Avenue in Appleton.
Panelists include Lawrence University faculty members Marcia Bjornerud, Professor of Geology; Jerald Podair, Professor of History; and Robert S. French Professor of American Studies. Panelists also include Learning in Retirement faculty members Mary Bayorgeon, Past President of Learning In Retirement, UW-Oshkosh; and Bill Bracken, President of Learning In Retirement, UW-Oshkosh. Linda Laarman, Bjorklunden Learning In Retirement student and volunteer; and Don Ellingson, Learning In Retirement participant and Treasurer will also serve as panel members.
Next Avenue Community Conversations are recorded by and broadcast on WMVS and WMVT. “You’re Never Too Old to Learn” will premiere on July 18 at 7:00 p.m. on Milwaukee PBS Channel 10. For more air dates of this episode or other Next Avenue Community Conversations episodes, visit MilwaukeePBS.org/schedule.
All are invited. Resource Fair before and after. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Students from the Lawrence University ETST 336 “Decolonization, Activism, & Hope” course will be sharing their interdisciplinary final research projects with a goal of actively engaging with our community. In addition to exploring the damaging effects of colonial patterns of representation on Native American culture throughout history, this course also highlights four main themes: Remembrance, Resistance, Redemption, and Reconciliation. Free and open to the public. Please swing by the WCC gallery anytime between 12:30-2:30pm Thursday, May 30 to join us!
Titles of Research:
“Daughters of the Land: The Effects of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women on Traditionally Matriarchal Indigenous Communities” (Taneya Garcia)
“Afro-Native Allyship: How To Be An Ally When You Need An Ally” (Jordyn Plieseis)
“Colonization and the Creation of Borders: Vietnam’s Indigenous Khmer Krom and Remembering What It Means To Be Khmer” (Charlie Burns-Bahruth)
“The Indigenous Caribbean: Perspectives of Historical Erasure in Contemporary Society”
(Ann Pyram)
“Examining the Issue of Indian Mascots in America: Ending the Era” (Jeanette Adams)
“Forgotten Voices: A True Narrative of Standing Rock”
(Harry Rivas)
“Bursting the Stereotypes: Contemporary Effects of Colonization of Native American Women” (Ayomide Akinyosoye)
“Historical Amnesia: Exploring the Effects of How Native American Culture Is Often Overlooked In School Curriculum” (Promise Addy)
After two years serving as videographer for his alma mater, Christopher Gore-Gammon ’17 is starting a new phase of his life in a few short weeks. Chris is moving to to Tampa, Florida, and his last day at Lawrence will be June 11.
Chris first joined the Office of Communication as an intern and transitioned to a full-time position immediately upon his graduation in 2017. His experience in Film Studies, as well as his work as a tech crew manager in the Warch Campus Center, brought expertise to our video team. He helped us to streamline campus recording services and coverage of events and bolstered our recruitment of and work with student videographers. Chris also assisted in the capture and creation of the university’s 360 virtual tour and provided invaluable day-to-day support for our video team, from project logistics to assisting staff with quick solutions. As a member of the Class of 2017, Chris provided insight into the campus community, helping to increase our offices’s awareness of upcoming projects.
Needless to say, Chris will be missed.
To celebrate his contributions to Lawrence and his bright future, we will gather in the VR next Wednesday, June 5, at 4:30 p.m. Please join the in wishing Chris best wishes as he embarks on new adventures in the Sunshine State.
-Office of Communications
