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2024 Lunar New Year Celebration

Please join Lawrence University for the 2024 Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday, February 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Warch Campus Center’s Esch Hurvis Room.

The event will include cultural presentations, musical performances, and a Lion Dance, followed by a cultural expo and dinner in the Somerset Room. 

See you there!

Lunar New Year Celebration poster

Join EXPLOREsophoMORE!

The EXPLOREsophoMORE (EXso) program brings together a small group of sophomore students for a weekly dinner catered from various local restaurants, activities, and dialogue.

This program focuses on the unique challenges sophomore students face, including topics like community, identity, and belonging.

Visit this webpage for more information about the program or fill out this form to join. Please let us know if you’re interested no later than January 19, either by filling out the form above or emailing Asher at asher.b.mcmullin@lawrence.edu.

PhilosoTea

Wednesday, Jan. 10 | 2-3 p.m.
International House

Join Asher from Spiritual and Religious Life and Vijay from Wellness Services in casual conversations about a wide range of topics, with the goal of learning to think and speak more deeply about important issues. We will also have tea!

End-of-Term Gathering

Friday, November 17 | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Spirit Space & Goldgarden (weather permitting)

Spiritual and Religious Life invites you to take time to acknowledge a turning and the impact that this term has had on our community, our relationships, our knowledge, our dreams, and our souls. When we pause to see from multiple perspectives then it is possible to hold hard and joyful, growth and struggle, loneliness, and community in the same space.

We will close with a release of our regrets, gratitude, and prayers for the term. We hope you will plan to be part of a shared experience.

Baccalaureate 2023 – June 10th

ALL members of the Lawrence community are invited to attend Baccalaureate 2023 in the Chapel on Saturday, June 10 at 2:30 p.m. Members of the Senior class have been working since January to prepare a multi-spirited reflection of their shared spiritual journey. They have invited Linda Morgan-Clement to be the speaker this year.

Baccalaureate is a long-standing traditional part of the commencement weekend. In Lawrence style, it is a thoughtful, creative, diverse expression of a complex journey that you have been part of, influenced, and made possible. You really don’t want to miss it.

Baccalaureate 2023 – June 10

ALL members of the Lawrence community are invited to attend Baccalaureate 2023 in the Chapel on Saturday, June 10 at 2:30 p.m. Members of the Senior class have been working since January to prepare a multi-spirited reflection of their shared spiritual journey. They have invited Linda Morgan-Clement to be the speaker this year.

Baccalaureate is a long-standing traditional part of the commencement weekend. In Lawrence style, it is a thoughtful, creative, diverse expression of a complex journey that you have been part of, influenced, and made possible. You really don’t want to miss it.

Celebrating Linda Morgan-Clement

Linda Morgan-Clement, the inaugural Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life and Chaplain to the University, will be finishing her time at Lawrence July 1, 2023.

Linda has served the Lawrence Community in this capacity for the past seven years and in higher education for almost 30 years. She has brought her depth of wisdom, collaborative approach, intellect, and spiritual grounding to this role. Anyone who has worked with her knows that she has given her whole heart to her chaplaincy. We will miss her! 

Please join us in celebrating and thanking Linda for her work here at Lawrence on Wednesday, June 7, from 4-6 p.m. at the Warch Campus Center Pusey Room.

Spring End-of-Term Gathering

Friday, June 2 | 4:30-5:15 p.m.
Spirit Space & Goldgarden

Spiritual and Religious Life invites you to take time to acknowledge a turning and the impact that this term has had on our community, our relationships, our knowledge, our dreams, and our souls. When we pause to see from multiple perspectives then it is possible to hold hard and joyful, growth and struggle, loneliness and community in the same space.

Spring Term Closing for all Lawrentians will take place at the Esch Hurvis Center for Spiritual and Religious Life (Spirit Space) and the Goldgarden (weather permitting) on June 2 from 4:30 to 5:15 PM. We will close with a release of our regrets, gratitude, and prayers for the term. We hope you will plan to be part of a shared experience.