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Blu’s Food Pantry Form and Donation Reminder

The Blu’s Food Pantry Winter Term Request Form is now open for pantry orders to be placed! The pantry provides food, hygiene products, and basic school supplies for students with need. Students can submit one order per week using this Microsoft Form.

If you are interested in donating to Blu’s Food Pantry, please place non-perishable donations in the boxes located around campus. Boxes are located in Warch, Memorial, Steitz, and the Con lobby. If you have any questions or notice a donation box needs to be emptied, please contact diversitycenter@lawrence.edu.

Practical Politics: Real Talk, Real Strategies

Wednesday, Jan. 22
Faculty & Staff Lunch | Noon | Warch 226 – Mead Witter
Student Dinner | 5:30 p.m. | Warch 325 – Pusey

The Campus Conversations series continues with Dr. Timothy Shaffer, PhD. Dr. Shaffer is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil Discourse at the University of Delaware, focusing on civic engagement, deliberative democracy, and transformative educational practices globally.

“Practical Politics: Real Talk, Real Strategies” invites students, faculty, and staff to explore the power of dialogue in driving change. Through interactive discussions, you will gain practical tools for navigating tough conversations, fostering civil discourse, and building strategies to make your voice matter in politics and beyond.

All faculty and staff are invited to a lunch event at noon in Mead Witter. All students are invited to a dinner event at 5:30 PM in the Pusey Room. RSVP in advance.

RSVP for Practical Politics

Lawrence Dance Series presents Elise Knudson + rebeca medina

Saturday, Jan. 18

Open Community Workshop in Contact Improvisation

12-2 p.m. | Warch 225 – Esch Hurvis

Elise Knudson and rebeca medina will join to share their body-mind practices of listening to the pull of the earth and to each other. This class will start with a detailed warm-up of the spine and will move into exploring states of touch and movement. This will develop into a dance where the focus will be on discovering new challenges in the specific excavation of pouring weight. 

No registration is required. Some understanding or knowledge of Contact Improvisation appreciated/expected. 

Email Margaret Paek with questions (margaret.s.paek@lawrence.edu).

U.F.O., an Improvisational Performance

7 p.m. | Warch 225 – Esch Hurvis

U.F.O. (Uncharted Forms of the Occasion) is an improvisational performance practice bringing together musicians and movers to spontaneously compose for an audience. Inspired by a lineage of improvisational group performance formats such as Hyperlocal MKE and Lower Left’s Available Space in San Diego, U.F.O. is a site for artists to gather and create—relying on their years of individual improvisational research and practices to support this delightful and sometimes precarious community endeavor.

This iteration of U.F.O. is directed by special Dance Series artists Elise Knudson + rebeca medina and collaboratively and improvisationally created and performed by Elise Knudson, rebeca medina, Greg Riss, Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzalez, Loren Kiyoshi Dempster, Margaret Sunghe Paek, Matt Turner, Mauriah Donegan Kraker, and Tim Albright. 

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)

Everyday Encounters: United in Chaos

Thursday, Jan. 15 | 6:30 p.m. | Tacos will be served at 6:15 p.m.
Warch 226 – Mead Witter Room

The President’s Committee on Diversity Affairs (PCDA) invites students, faculty, and staff to join us for “United in Chaos: Everyday Encounters.”

Please RSVP to attend before Jan. 13!

RSVP for everyday encounters

The “Everyday Encounters” series seeks to provide a safe and respectful environment for open dialogue about some of the most pressing and divisive issues in today’s society, including election outcomes and political polarization. This series aims to equip participants with the tools needed to navigate these topics thoughtfully, helping them engage with empathy, reflect on their own role in fostering inclusive conversations, and explore the complexities that underpin democracy and social justice.

Join us in creating a space for connection and mutual understanding. We look forward to engaging with you and sharing more resources in the coming days. If you have any questions, please contact IDEAS@lawrence.edu

Annual Staff Chili Cook Off

Wednesday, Jan. 15 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Warch Campus Center- Somerset Room

Participants

Compete for your chance to win the Golden Crock Pot Trophy! Use the form below to sign up to participate in the cookoff. There will be prizes for Best Chili, Best Name, and Best Table Decor, so start brainstorming your creative ideas!

You can start setting up at 10:30 a.m.

Questions? Contact Cole Hepburn (cole.hepburn@lawrence.edu).

Sign up to make chili!