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“Know Your Customer” Workshop

Tuesday, Jan. 28 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Fox Commons Business & Entrepreneurship Center

This interactive workshop will guide current and future entrepreneurs through the importance of identifying and understanding target customers for their business. We will explore ways to learn about customer behaviors, needs, and pain points, as well as methods to test ideas with those target customers.

Students will gain the most from this workshop if they have a business idea in mind when they arrive.

Contact Irene Strohbeen, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, for assistance (irene.strohbeen@lawrence.edu).

Pre-Health Winter Term Events

RSVP to one or all three events via the link below!

RSVP to Pre-health events

Networking with Allied Health Professionals

Tuesday, Jan. 21 | 7 p.m.
Fox Commons B&E Center

Join us to hear from alumni in allied health care careers! Dinner will be provided from Chipotle.

  • Gabriela VanEperen ’10, APNP
  • Ashley Crowe ’10, MSN
  • Tess Seering ’20, PA-C Emergency Medicine
  • Cate Frazier ’08, PA-C
  • Molly Van Zeeland ’07, DPT
  • Emma Kane ’13, MPH

Emotional Wellbeing with Erin Buenzli

Thursday, Jan. 23 | 7:30 p.m.
Fox Commons B&E Center

Learn ways to stay grounded and make yourself a priority as we care for others in our work. Explore mindfulness and gratitude-based interventions. Snacks will be provided.

Networking with Physicians

Tuesday, Feb. 18 | 7 p.m.
Fox Commons B&E Center

Local alumni in medical professions (MD, DO, DDS, DPM) will speak to students in small groups. A taco bar will be provided.

Main Hall Forum: Patricia Smith’s “Unshuttered”

Thursday, January 16 | 4:30-6 p.m.
Main 201

Our winter term Convocation speaker Patricia Smith has taken inspiration from her collection of 19th-century portraits of Black Americans in her book Unshuttered. Her work has been described as “an act of revivification, providing voice for those who might have otherwise been erased from history.” All are welcome—let’s discuss!

Povolny Lecture Series

Continuity or Change: US Foreign Policy in a Trump Administration

Tuesday, January 14 | 4:30-6 p.m.
Warch 204 – Cinema

This lecture is open to all on campus.

Speakers:

  • Ameya Balsekar (Moderator)
  • Jason Brozek (Environment)
  • Merton Finkler (Economics & Trade)
  • Louise Raw (London Center, UK & US)
  • Arnold Shober (Domestic Politics)
  • Claudena Skran (Migration)

Funded summer internships and research for students

The application window for funded summer internships and summer research projects is now open!

The goal of these funding opportunities is to remove financial barriers, enabling students to engage in valuable experiential learning that advances their academic and career success.

Last year, over $233K was distributed to 75 students!

Questions? Contact Michelle Buchinger:
michelle.m.buchinger@lawrence.edu

Lawrence-Funded Internships

Pre-arranged, Lawrence-funded internships with designated organizations

Internship sites include:

  • Bread for the World (Washington, D.C.)
  • Broadway Cares (New York, NY)
  • Safe Passage Project (New York, NY)
  • Her Next Play (Twin Cities, MN)
  • YMCA (Appleton, WI)

Additional Programs:

Open-Competition Internships and Projects

Funding is available for internships or projects that students secure independently.

  • How to apply: Students must meet specific grant criteria.
  • Eligibility: Must return to campus for at least one term after the experience.
  • Priority Deadline: March 28, 2025
  • More information

Funding options include:

  • Summer Experience Funding (for unpaid or law-paid internships/research)
  • Dennis Huebner Pre-Law Fund (for legal career exploration)
  • Eloise Frick Cherven Fund (for projects/research across geology-focused disciplines)
  • Class of 1968 Peace & Social Justice Fund (for projects addressing social justice, peace, or environmental issues)

Echoes of Tomorrow: Indigenous Futures Reimagined

Wednesday, Nov. 20 | 5:30-6:15 p.m.
Warch 320 – Gallery

Echoes of Tomorrow: Indigenous Futures Reimagined, is an Ethnic Studies independent study which explores the topic of Indigenous Futurism as a concept of hope for reparations and decolonization. Showcasing works of Dr. Adrienne Keene (Cherokee), Matika Wilbur (Swinomish/Tulalip), Skawennati (Kahnawakeronon/First Nations Canada), Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke), Dr. Grace Dillon (Anishinaabe), and various other Native activists/artists.

Using media and talks from various contemporary artists, we ask questions such as: What is Indigenous futurism?  Is this purely just science fiction? What might this idea look like? Is Indigenous Futurism an “achievable” concept?  

This student-led talk will explore the combination of embracing cultural heritage, challenging systemic oppression, and promoting healing embodied through an interdisciplinary collection of multimedia art, poetry, articles, movies, videos, and more.

This exhibit is free and open to the public. All are welcome—please join us!

Important upcoming academic dates

Fall Term

Nov. 24-26Sunday-TuesdayFinal Exams
Nov. 27WednesdayResidence halls close (noon)

D-Term

Dec. 1SundayResidence halls open (9 a.m.)
Dec. 2MondayFirst day of D-Term classes
Last day to make class changes
or select S/U for D-Term
Dec. 11WednesdayLast day to withdraw from a D-Term class
Dec. 13FridayLast day of D-Term classes and final examinations
Dec. 14-15Sat.-Sun.Closing event if one is scheduled for the class
Dec. 15SundayResidence halls close (6 p.m.)

Start of Winter Term

Jan. 5SundayResidence halls open (9 a.m.)
Jan. 6MondayFirst day of winter term classes

McDougal Lecture in Mathematics

Wednesday, Nov. 13 | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Steitz 102

Isabel Vogt from Brown University will be giving a lecture titled “Interpolation problems for curves.”

About Isabel Vogt

Isabel Vogt is an associate professor at Brown University. Her work is partially supported by NSF DMS-2200655 and by NSF CAREER Award DMS-2338345. She received her PhD in June 2019 from MIT, where she was a student of Bjorn Poonen and Joe Harris. During the 2019-2020 academic year, she was an NSF postdoc at Stanford University, working with Ravi Vakil. During the 2020-2021 academic year, she was an assistant professor at The University of Washington.

Her research is in the intersection of algebraic geometry and number theory, including the geometry of algebraic curves and rational and low degree points on varieties.