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Open enrollment webpage now available

It’s that time of year again: benefit insurance open enrollment!

We have some changes being introduced this year. We highly encourage you to attend a meeting, in the WCC Cinema, that fits in your schedule.

  • May 4
    • 10–11 a.m.
    • 2:30–3:30 p.m.
  • May 8
    • 10–11 a.m.
    • 2:30–3:30 p.m.
  • May 10
    • 8:30–9:30 a.m.
    • 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

The open enrollment webpage is now available with all the information and forms needed. Please return all forms with requested changes to Human Resources by May 31. Click here to be redirected to the webpage.

Student & Staff Allies Network Groups

If you are interested in helping Lawrence University become a more inclusive community, join one of our Allies Network group sessions to learn more.

Students: TODAY, Thursday, May 4, 6–7 p.m., Arthur Vining Davis, WCC

Staff: Tuesday, May 9, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Alice G. Chapman Hall Room 202

Please RSVP to Michelle Lasecki-Jahnke at michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu.

Community Conversation on Political Common Ground Part 3

Thursday, May 11, 1–4 p.m.
Esch Hurvis Studio, Warch Campus Center

Facilitators:
Kimberly Barrett, vice president for diversity & inclusion
and associate dean of the faculty
Jenna Stone, executive director of budget and planning

Community Conversations at Lawrence University are a series of structured dialogues that facilitate authentic communication across some critical area of perceived difference. The purpose is to practice civil deliberation while promoting greater intergroup understanding and trust. We want to help participants begin to move beyond political orthodoxies in order to see ourselves as diverse, but related, travelers on life’s journey together with shared concerns and values. It will also serve as a basis for developing collaborative strategies to increase the well-being, civility and participation of people across the political spectrum in all aspects of life on our campus.

Please RSVP to michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu by Monday, May 8.

Spring all-staff meeting May 9

The Staff Connections Committee invites you to attend our spring all-staff meeting on Tuesday, May 9. The meeting will feature updates from various departments across campus, as well as a Q&A session with President Mark Burstein and Vice President for Finance and Administration Christopher Lee. Sessions will be held in the Warch Campus Center Cinema from 9–9:45 a.m. and 10:15–11 a.m. with coffee and treats to be provided between meetings.

We always need more questions for the Q&A portion of the meeting. Questions asked during the sessions will be selected from your emailed suggestions only, so please send any questions that you would like answered by President Burstein or Vice President Lee to staff_connection@lawrence.edu by the end of the day on Thursday, May 4 and make sure to come to one of the meetings to hear the answer!

Cultural Competency Lecture Series – Activism and Social Change

Guilberly Louissaint ’17 and Max Loebl ’17 will present on activism & social change on May 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center’s Esch Hurvis Room.

Student activism has become interwoven with our campus culture. It has taken different forms, such as protesting, workshops or even the creation of healing circles. It is imperative more than ever to be more strategic with student organizing. Communication and solid leadership are key components in creating successful outcomes during times of turmoil.  Guil & Max will explore effective forms of activism, through student engagement, goal setting, impact analysis and personal experience.

The Cultural Competency Lecture Series at Lawrence features our faculty, students and staff sharing their expertise related to the knowledge and skills necessary to take a culturally competent, equity-minded approach to the work and learning in which they are engaged. Bring your lunch and learn!

Please join us by RSVPing to michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu by May 24.

New hires/job changes April 27

The following colleagues have been hired, rehired or have a new position within the last two weeks. If you see them on campus, please welcome them to Lawrence or congratulate them on their new position!

  • Danielle Burton, temporary accessibility services coordinator (Center of Academic Success)
  • Jill Senso, accountant (Financial Services)
  • Calvin Phomsena, human resources assistant (Human Resources)