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Let your voice be heard in the HEDS COVID-19 Faculty Survey: June 15 – 29

How are you doing? How do you feel about Lawrence’s response to COVID-19? What can we do to help? How did distance teaching go? Tell us!

Lawrence’s Office of Research Administration is collaborating with the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS) to administer the HEDS COVID-19 Faculty Survey. Check your email for the survey link. Faculty were invited to participate on June 15th (Subject line was “Lawrence University Faculty: Tell us how well we’re responding to COVID-19”). Reminders will go out on June 18th, June 23rd, and June 26th. The survey will be open until June 29th at 10:59 pm. Thanks in advance for participating in the survey.

More details on this survey can be found in the June Faculty Meeting Packet or on the Office of Research Administration web page. In addition, you can see the initial findings from the HEDS COVID-19 Student Survey on our web page.

Take care,

Kristin McKinley, Director of Research Administration

Celebrate the Harrison Symposium! Available in LUX.

The Harrison Symposium showcases independent and collaborative student research in the Social Sciences and Humanities.  The Harrison is usually held as an annual conference in May, but this year we reimagined the Harrison as a printed volume, now publicly available in LUX.  Please join us in celebrating and admiring the wide-ranging and incisive research undertaken by students at Lawrence.

https://lux.lawrence.edu/harrison/6/

Update on Registration for Academic Year 20-21

Advance Registration for returning BA, BMus, BMA, and five-year BA/BMus begins next week. Returning students will be able to add 2020-21 Fall, Winter, and Spring Term classes using the following schedule:

Group 1: May 4 at 8:00 a.m. through July 1 at 5:00 p.m.
Group 2: May 5 at 8:00 a.m. through July 1 at 5:00 p.m.
Group 3: May 6 at 8:00 a.m. through July 1 at 5:00 p.m.
Group 4: May 7 at 8:00 a.m. through July 1 at 5:00 p.m.
Group 5: May 8 at 8:00 a.m. through July 1 at 5:00 p.m. 

Students can view their registration time in Voyager. Advisor holds have recently been applied for academic year 2020-21. Students will want to contact their academic advisor regarding their schedule for next fall, winter, and spring. The advisor will then be able to remove the hold. Students should check their holds in Voyager prior to their assigned registration time.

More information is available on the Registrar’s web page.

Seeking Nominations for the Honor Council

Dear colleagues,

It’s that time of year again: we are seeking nominations for the Honor Council—and we are looking to replace more than half the Council, so we are REALLY seeking nominations for the Honor Council. If you know of a student or students who are intelligent, fair-minded, dependable, and compassionate, please send their names to me sometime before next Monday, April 20. I’m committed to ensuring that we have a diverse council that best represents the student body here at Lawrence, so I would ask you to consider that commitment as you make your nominations.

Any rising sophomore, junior, or senior who has not been found in violation of the Honor Code or Judicial Code is eligible for membership, and multiple nominations are welcome.  Again, to nominate a student for the Honor Council, please email their name to me by a week from today: Monday, April 20. 

Thanks so much, friends,

________________________

Celia Barnes

Associate Professor of English

Faculty Advisor to the Honor Council

Registrar’s Office Update: New Online, Interactive Forms

The following forms from the Registrar’s Office have been converted to online interactive forms:      

These forms can be found on the Registrar’s Form page at https://www.lawrence.edu/s/registrar/forms.  

Note regarding Overloads

The Overload Form was not converted and is only available as a PDF.  If you need to overload in spring term, you will need to complete the PDF and email it your advisor for approval. Your advisor will then email approval and the completed form to the Registrar’s office. 

Spring Term 2020 Calendar Update

The Registrar’s office has updated the academic calendar to account for the later start of the Spring 2020 term: 

https://www.lawrence.edu/s/registrar/calendar/cal1920. 

Note that the reading period remains the same as in the original calendar (May 7-10), which means that it will be taking place at the end of week 5.  We will be counting weeks as usual, so the week of April 6 will be “Week One” of a nine-week term.   

Harrison Symposium 2020 Nominations

This an invitation to nominate students to present their scholarly work in this year’s Richard A. Harrison Symposium in the Humanities and Social Sciences, which will be held on Saturday, May 16th, 2020.

The Harrison Symposium, named for former Dean of the Faculty Richard A. Harrison, gives students the opportunity to present work they produced in an advanced seminar, tutorial, independent study, or Senior Experience.  Students present in a setting similar to a professional meeting, with 20 minutes for a paper presentation followed by 10 minutes for questions. Sessions are moderated by Lawrence faculty members. Participating in the Harrison Symposium is an honor, and families are encouraged to attend and to join the presenters for a catered lunch in the campus center after the symposium.

Please consider nominating one or two students whose work deserves this recognition. Once the nominations are received, I will issue a call to the nominated students, inviting them to submit proposals for paper presentations to an audience of fellow students, faculty, and members of the Lawrence and Appleton communities.

So that we may fill the symposium and organize the sessions thematically, please send your nominations to Chloe Armstrong (chloe.armstrong@lawrence.edu) no later than Friday, March 13th, 2020, the last day of winter term classes. Thank you for supporting and helping us recognize the outstanding work of our students.

Reminder: New Honors Convocation Faculty Speaker Selection Process

The 2019-20 Public Events Committee solicits proposals from Lawrence University faculty at any rank or appointment for a Spring 2021 Honors Convocation on the theme: 

RESEARCH + ACTIVISM

We welcome a broad definition of activism. Proposals can come from any discipline and can delve deeply into key questions from a field but should also seek to illuminate in some way how the scholarly research or creative work might be translated into or understood through related activist practices and activities. Collaborative and/or cross-disciplinary proposals are welcome.

Potential questions you may consider when creating a proposal:

  • How might your research/creative work be considered a tool for activism?
  • How does your research/creative work connect communities in pursuit of social change, or connect to those resistant or reluctant to change?
  • Is there a connection between your research/creative work and your personal history, skills, experiences, and/or identity?
  • How does activism propel or motivate new directions in your research/creative work?
  • Do you perceive any conflicts between your research/creative work and activism?
  • Are there unexpected forms of activism within your area of research/creative work?

Please submit titled proposals of up to 350 words by Monday, March 30 at 5:00 pm to Beth Zinsli: beth.a.zinsli@lawrence.edu

Inclusive Pedagogy Workshop at Lawrence

RSVP Now!

Celeste Miller, M.F.A.:  Transparency as a Pedagogical Tool

When:  Thursday, 2/13

          9:00-Noon and 1:30-3:30

Where:  Warch Center, Hurvis Room

RSVP Here:  http://go.lawrence.edu/srfk

Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at Grinnell College.  In her teaching statement, she shares the following: 

Teaching towards Diversity and Inclusion: An active pursuit

It is my desire to follow a path committed to, and as an advocate for, diversity and inclusion. It is a practice, rather than an accomplishment, that requires continual effort of movement towards. I challenge myself to evaluate speech and action on a daily basis for alignment with my commitment. I challenge myself to situate to learn again, again and again. As a practice, not an achievement, I accept my failures and shortcomings. I strive to meet these with self-reflection and the input of others, in continually setting new assessments and goals.

During this workshop, we’ll gather, talk, journal, and maybe even move a little.  You can learn more about her here:  www.celestemiller.com

Open Forums on the Higher Ed Landscape and Lawrence’s Way Forward

Dear Colleagues, 

Many of you may be reading about or are familiar with the current dynamics of the higher education landscape: shifting demographics, increased competition for new students, and the resulting pressures on college enrollment and finances.

But perhaps fewer of you may be familiar with what that means for Lawrence and our response, including how we can work together as faculty and staff colleagues to sustain our momentum in this environment.

To that end, we are hosting two open forums led by Ken Anselment, vice president for enrollment and communication, to learn more about the current environment in which we work and the university’s response. Jenna Stone, associate vice president for finance, will also share updates on efforts to reach sustained financial equilibrium.

Please join us for:

The Higher Education Landscape & Lawrence’s Way Forward
Warch Campus Center Cinema

Tuesday, February 4
11:10 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

or

Monday, February 17
4:00 – 5:00  p.m.

Attached are documents outlining the University’s institutional priorities over the next three years. We encourage you to read these in advance of the forums, as they will provide you with a more robust understanding of the university’s response to our current environment. Please also feel free to bring questions regarding the priorities to the forums.

We look forward to seeing you at one (or both) of the sessions.

Sincerely,
Mark & Katie

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Mark Burstein
President

FivePriorities.January2020-1
(Please note that these are works in progress and are subject to change.)

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Katie Kodat
Provost