We’re shooting headshots in Brokaw Hall on TUES, WED, THURS between 8:30–11:45 a.m. and 3:30–4:45 p.m. Fridays are available upon special request.
Please use this form to schedule a time and we’ll get back to you with a calendar appointment and simple directions.
As students return and campus comes back to life, please contact Danny Damiani from Communications with any good photo opportunities.
Examples of photo opportunities we’d like to know about:
Email Danny Damiani at daniel.t.damiani@lawrence.edu with ideas or requests.
Seniors: are you decorating your mortarboard for Commencement? We’d love to feature a photo of your mortarboard art on social media and elsewhere! Upload here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=221GfoWP4U6xMj_yZFxlSTGsgUphEpFPoKydUYF8Lx5UREJKNzI5WEczRTYxNUZRWktKMUg3NUpLSy4u
Would your organization, class, office, team, department, family, or group of friends like to wish the Class of 2021 congrats? Submit a photo or video here to be shared on Commencement day: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=221GfoWP4U6xMj_yZFxlSTGsgUphEpFPoKydUYF8Lx5URUhSVFZZSVJBSFJDWTJWUk4zQzgzRExKRy4u
Please submit by the end of the day, Friday, June 11.
Thank you to the nearly 50 faculty, students, and staff who joined us at last week’s Web Writing Workshop. We greatly appreciate the time you spent with us, as well as your enthusiasm and questions.
For those community members who were not able to join us, a recording of the hour-long session is now available. Please also find a PDF of the presentation slides from the workshop, as well as a one-page checklist, below:
Writing for the Web Workshop Slides
If you have any questions about the presentation, please email communications@lawrence.edu.
P. S. Need a good playlist to inspire your creativity? Check out the Web Jamz Spotify playlist, a compilation of the favorite songs Web editors from around the university shared in advance of the workshop. It’s an eclectic and inspiring mix!
Are you graduating from Lawrence and interested in a career in digital communications and looking to build new skills in writing and editing, project management, and web work? If the answer is yes, the Office of Communications may have a job for you!
We are seeking a creative, collaborative, and detail-oriented individual to serve in the newly created Web Communications Fellow position. Working with members of the Communications and Web Development teams, as well as university-wide web stakeholders, this one-year position will be integral to the successful launch of the redesigned Lawrence University website.
Candidates should be strong writers, passionate about digital media, willing to grow and develop new skills, confident in their project management abilities, and committed to Lawrence’s values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Learn more about the Web Communications Fellow–or even apply–here.
If you have any questions, please email us at communications@lawrence.edu.
Writing for the Web Workshop
Hosted by Laura Pochodylo, freelance web designer and writer
Sponsored by the Office of Communications
Thursday, May 20, 2021
11:00 a.m.
If you regularly update web pages on the Lawrence website, write e-newsletters, or simply want to help bolster your digital communications skills, please join us for this Writing for the Web Workshop on Thursday, May 20, at 11:00 a.m. Sign up to attend!
Our writing practices have always adapted to our communications technology. A newspaper broadsheet only holds so many words; brevity is worth money when sending a telegram; and you cannot put a paragraph of text on a billboard if you want to get your point across. We are used to limitations, so what happens when there are no limits? The endless ways the world wide web allows us to communicate present a new type of challenge for us.
Discover how to write effectively for the web using concepts of user-centered design. We will review the basics of user interaction practices, explore how well-written web content assists with digital accessibility, and share simple practices you can use in your work to deliver your message digitally.
If you plan to attend the workshop, please let us know. We will share the Zoom details the day before the workshop on May 19.
About Our Host
Laura Pochodylo is a freelance web designer and writer based in Nashville, Tennessee. Laura is currently assisting the Lawrence University Office of Communications with written content for the website redesign and has loved learning more about Lawrentians and their world. No stranger to the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Laura graduated from Knox College as a double major in English Literature and American Studies in 2014. Before freelancing, Laura worked in digital marketing and public relations for brands like the Grand Ole Opry, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Highlights for Children, and Moosejaw Mountaineering. Laura primarily focuses on eCommerce site builds, website data analysis, and web content strategy. Beyond work, Laura hosts a weekly all-vinyl radio show with her husband Casey. If she is not found reading a book with her cat Rosalita by her side, she is likely playing pinball or out hiking.
Thank you to the 70+ faculty and staff who joined us at this week’s update on and preview of the website redesign project. We greatly appreciate the time you spent with us, as well as your enthusiasm and questions.
For those faculty and staff who were not able to join us, a recording of the hour-long session is now available.
If you have any questions about the website redesign or the presentation, please email communications@lawrence.edu.
Please also save-the-date for Web Writing Workshop on Thursday, May 20 at 11:00 a.m. If you regularly update web pages or compose email or other digital communications, please join us to learn more about best practices for digital copy writing.
Please join the Office of Communications and Web Development Team for a preview of and update on the www.lawrence.edu website redesign project. In fall 2019, we began work on a full redesign of the main Lawrence University website, including overall navigation, site organization, and content review and development, to compete digitally with other schools, better represent the on-campus educational experience, and meet the needs of the internal community. The goals of the new website are to:
Please join us via Zoom on Tuesday, April 27, at 2:00 p.m. to learn about the project’s progress to date, see a preview of the new design, and learn
about next steps as we prepare for a launch of the new website in January 2022.
Join at: https://lawrence.zoom.us/j/99250115425?pwd=VnBMTzk1amdPbzByK1RhN25lclFqdz09
Meeting ID: 992 5011 5425
Passcode: 033861
We will share a recording of the presentation in the LU Insider so that those community members who are not able to join us will be able to follow our progress. If you have any questions, please reach out to communications@lawrenc.edu.
The Office of Communications is recording a conversation with 16th President Mark Burstein and incoming 17th President Laurie A. Carter next week, and they want to answer some questions from the Lawrence community!
If you have a question for either President Burstein or President Carter, please submit it to communications@lawrence.edu by noon on Wednesday, April 21.
We will do our best to answer as many questions as time allows.
