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Drop-in Lunch w/ Anne Jones

Join us on November 13th from 12:00-1:00pm in Chapman Hall, room 202 – bring your own lunch and come chat with Anne Jones, Interim Director of the Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement (CLC). This is an informal event, come and go as you please.

Anne will talk about the work that has been done to transition from Career Services to the CLC, and take questions from those in attendance! This is an informal event to get to know one of our campus leaders. You can also use this time to stop across the hall from our meeting room and check out the changes to the CLC space in person.

Stop for Your Neighbor

Students, faculty and staff are invited to a “Stop for Your Neighbor” event on November 6, 2018 at 4:45-5:45 PM at the corner of Meade Street and College Avenue.  Lawrence in collaboration with the Wisconsin Bike Fed will be educating pedestrians and drivers on the important issue of pedestrian safety. 

Please stop by for a few minutes to show your support for better pedestrian awareness.

 

Director of the Diversity and Intercultural Center – Candidates on campus Nov. 5-7

Students staff and faculty will all have opportunities to meet the candidates that will be on campus interviewing for the position of Assistant/Associate Dean of Students & Director of the Diversity and Intercultural Center.

In addition to small meetings with students, staff and faculty, each candidate will be giving a 30-minute presentation or educational program that advances diversity and intercultural education, which will be followed by a 30 minute Q&A session.
Presentations will be open to the Lawrence community and will all take place in Youngchild 121.  

Student meetings are being organized by the committee’s student representative with assistance from the search committee and other campus partners. Check the LU Calendar in the next few days or contact Angelica Hurtado for details on where student meetings will be taking place.

Please see below for meetings and times.  Locations will be posted via the LU calendar.

Consider the importance of this role on campus and how your presence at the available meetings and/or presentations can contribute to helping the search team find the best possible candidate for the role. 

CANDIDATE 1 – November 5th

  • Faculty meeting – 1:00pm
  • Student Life Staff – 2:00pm
  • Presentation in Youngchild 121 – 4:00pm

CANDIDATE 2 – November 6th

  • Faculty meeting – 11:00am
  • Student Life Staff – 1:00pm
  • Presentation in Youngchild 121 – 5:30pm

CANDIDATE 3 – November 7th

  • Faculty meeting- -1:00pm
  • Student Life Staff – 11:30am
  • Presentation in Youngchild 121 – 4:30pm

 

 

 

 

Open Enrollment Deadline

The deadline to submit any open enrollment changes, additions, or drops to Human Resources is Monday, November 19th, 2018 at 4:00 pm.

If you do not want to make changes to your current benefit elections, you do not need to submit open enrollment forms, with the exception of flexible spending. The flexible spending enrollment form must be completed if you want to participate in health and/or dependent care flexible spending in the 2019 plan year/calendar year.

All Open Enrollment materials can be found on the Human Resources website.  If you have any questions please contact your human resources representative.

Lawrence Fund and United Way

Thank you to the 196 of you who supported Lawrence students on Giving Day last week! We are grateful for your contributions. The day wouldn’t happen without all of you!

We now invite you to join in supporting both Lawrence students and the United Way. If you haven’t already and would like to make a gift to Lawrence, United Way, or both, please complete the pledge form and return it via campus mail or email to the Development Office in Brokaw Hall. We would greatly appreciate your support of both campaigns by Monday, November 26.

Thank you for considering these giving options as a way to support our students and community. Should you have any questions about either opportunity, please don’t hesitate to contact Stacy Mara.

October New Hires

The following colleagues have been hired or rehired within the last couple of weeks. If you see them on campus, please welcome them to Lawrence! 

Chris Kubs – Custodian (Custodial)
Tony Kujava – Assistant Men’s Ice Hockey Coach (Athletics)
Rachel Leverenz – Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Assistant (Library and Media Center)
Jose Lozano – Film Studies Program Support Coordinator (Film Studies Program)
Jason Malkowski – Assistant Baseball Coach (Athletics)
Joanne Martello – Bon Appetit Back of House (Contracted Dining
Services)
Stacy Montgomery – Financial Aid Counselor (Financial Aid Office)
Terry Phelan – Bon Appetit Back of House (Contracted Dining
Services)
Maitab Robinson – Gift Processing Specialist (Development)
Dayand Rodriguez Calzada – Bon AppetitDishwasher (Contracted Dining
Services)
Guadalupe Schwaller – Custodian (Custodial)
Delfino Serrano Flores – Custodian (Custodial)
Marta Statz – Project Coordinator (Psychology)
Chris Wibel – Accounts Payable Specialist (Financial Services)
Senny Xiong – Human Resources Coordinator (Human Resources)

Office Hours with Kimberly Barrett on November 13th

Dr. Kimberly Barrett, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion is hosting open office hours. The second session of open office hours for Fall Term is being held on November 13th, 2018. Drop by Sampson House, 2nd floor and share ideas, concerns, comments, etc. Appointments are not required, people will be accommodated on a first come-first serve basis.