University Announcements

The 21-Week Equity Challenge is a powerful opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of how inequity and racism affect our lives and our community.

How it works:

• Individuals are encouraged to take on the challenge themselves, or form groups for discussion and reflection.
• Those who sign up will receive an email at the beginning of each week for 21 weeks, starting Monday, August 30, 2021 to Monday, January 17, 2022.
• Weekly topics take participants through a journey that starts with understanding internalized racism and explores how racism permeates person-to-person interactions, institutions, and social structures.
• The experience is intended to deepen understanding, suggest ways to act, and helps launch what we hope will be a lifelong commitment to improving equity and inclusion in our communities. 

This Challenge is being hosted by United Way of Wisconsin. To learn more about it, visit the Equity Challenge page on their website.

Hello Lawrentians,
I hope your summer is going well.  I am beyond excited to share The 2013- 2021 Ariel with you. This special edition of The Ariel was brought to you by the staff of The Lawrentian and members of the Lawrence University Community Council.

The Ariel is intended to celebrate the student body and President Mark Burstein, as he embarks upon his next adventure. Thank you for your leadership and your light.  

To view The Ariel, click here.

Kelsi Bryant ’22
LUCC President

Where:  Homestead Meadows, W7560 Spencer Road, Appleton, WI (near airport)

http://www.homesteadmeadows.com/Photo_Gallery.htm

Event will be outdoors (large tent) and masks are required (available at event).

When:  Sunday July 18, 2021, 1:30PM to 5PM (main program starts at 2:30PM).

Who:  John’s family invites anyone who wishes to celebrate and honor John.  The program will include words from friends and family, and special musical contributions.  Guests will also be invited to speak.

Hors d’oeuvres, desserts, wine and other refreshments will be served throughout.

Please RSVP and for more information:  Phone: 920-319-4200, email:  hello@events88.com  or Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2114508455358140/ ; these sites are hosted by 88 Events for the Koopman family.

For more information on John:  http://blogs.lawrence.edu/news/2021/01/celebrating-the-life-of-john-koopman-founder-of-lawrences-opera-program.html and

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postcrescent/obituary.aspx?n=john-koopman&pid=197365274&fhid=14153 and https://wichmannfuneralhomes.com/obituary/john-koopman/

The Harrison Symposium is this Saturday (May 15th) 9:00am-12:15pm held virtually on Zoom. Featuring remarkable student-research and creative projects across disciplines including the Humanities, Film Studies, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Musicology, and Social Sciences.

Schedule available on the Harrison website (Zoom links available the morning of): https://blogs.lawrence.edu/harrison-symposium/

Or email chloe.armstrong@lawrence.edu for a schedule (with links available Friday May 14th).

Please join us for a community book read of Kiese Laymon’s book Heavy: An American Memoir on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan 18th 2021 from 10-11 AM.

Students, staff, and faculty volunteers will lead a discussion on this compelling work. Kiese Laymon will join us virtually for the Winter Convocation on January 28th entitled: “The Radical Possibility and Democratic Necessity of Navel Gazing,” Kiese Laymon, author and Hubert H. McAlexander Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of Mississippi”. 

To register and request your free copy of Heavy: An American Memoir, please fill out the information at the following link by Oct 30th:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHP_IH5R5jS8R1po4zVTrqC6_lCzvsnVvvt7r4GCfWpbup4w/viewform?usp=sf_link

Contact allison.m.fleshman@lawrence.edu or linda.o.peeters@lawrence.edu with questions.

Thank you, 

Public Events Committee and the Diversity and Intercultural Center