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Now Accepting Applications for the Student Sustainability Fund!

The Student Sustainability Fund offers students competitive grants of up to $2,500 for sustainability focused projects that may consist of research, internships, volunteer or service projects, class projects, or student group initiatives. Examples include: developing educational tools and programs for conservation efforts, researching the feasibility of a campus bike-share program, removal of invasive species on campus, funding for travel to and from an internship, a stipend for internships or service projects.

Any Lawrence student that will be enrolled during the term of their proposed project is eligible to apply.

To learn more: http://www.lawrence.edu/info/green_roots/student-sustainability-fund

Questions? Contact Kelsey McCormick. kelsey.m.mccormick@lawrence.edu or 920-832-7404

Dancing with the Profs

Lawrence Swing Club presents …

Dancing with the Profs

February 3 • 7pm • Esch-Hurvis, Warch Campus Center

Professors Amy Nottingham-Martin, Ben Rinehart, and Nancy Wall will perform choreographed swing style dances with members of the Lawrence Swing Club.  This event benefits Heifer International, which is a nonprofit that provides livestock to poor communities to help fight poverty and give them a source of food and income.

There is no admission fee but the group will be accepting donations to Heifer International. Open to all faculty, staff, and students!

Office Hours with Kimberly Barrett on February 7th

Dr. Kimberly Barrett, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion is hosting open office hours. The second session of open office hours for Winter Term is being held on February 7th, 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.

Upstander Training on February 17th (RSVP by February 11)

February 17, 2018
Esch Hurvis Studio (WCC), 10 am – 2 pm 
Please RSVP by February 11 by emailing us at div-inclusion@lawrence.edu! (limited seats)
Lawrence Students, Staff, Faculty and people from the Appleton community are invited to attend. The Upstander training will help you build the skills to interrupt bullying or other harmful behaviors and comments. Learn how to become an agent for change and co-creator of positive narratives about race and other identities. Participants will unpack real-life scenarios to enable them to effectively challenge prejudice in our community. Those who plan to attend are asked to commit to be present for the entire training session.

Povolny Lecture Series – Dangerous Speech: A Global Perspective

Monday, January 29, 2018
Warch Campus Center Cinema, 7 – 8:30 pm 
Free and Open to the Public
Cathy Buerger – A Research Affiliate of University of Connecticut’s Economic and Social Rights Research Group. Managing Editor of the Journal of Human Rights and an Editor for the Reaching Human Rights Database is presenting as lecture on ‘Dangerous Speech: A Global Perspective’

 

Upcoming Career Services Events

Tuesday, January 30
Internships 101: Before starting the internship search process, come chat with Michelle Cheney, our Internship Advisor, about support, search techniques and tools available to start your internship search.
11:00 a.m. – Noon; Career Services, 2nd Floor, Alice G. Chapman Hall

Wednesday, January 31
Strategies for Career Services – Managing Your Money and Repaying Loans: Strategies for Career Success is a five week program that prepares seniors and other students for life after Lawrence by giving them the tools to effectively promote themselves, their skills and their experiences as they begin their career search. This session will focus on budgeting advice, using credit and paying back student loans with special guest Belinda Dahl, Retail Relationship Banker with BMO Harris Bank.
11:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.; WCC, Runkel Room

Career Services Pop Up Table: Join Career Services at the Wellness Center to learn about upcoming events, the latest internship postings and more!
3 – 5 p.m.; Wellness Center Lobby

Friday, February 2
RESCHEDULED:  Alumnus to Student: Grad school abroad with Lawrence Scholar in Business Award Recipient Tony Darling `13:  Hear about Tony’s career path and how his degree in Economics and Government led to studying public policy in Russia. Learn also how he is looking ahead to careers in consulting.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; WCC, Kraemer Room

*Advanced registration in LUworks required

Convocation Series: “Gut Churn,” Jad Abumrad, host and creator of Public Radio’s Radiolab

Jad Abumrad
Thursday, February 1, 2018
11:10 a.m.
“Gut Churn”

Jad Abumrad, who studied creative writing and music composition in college, is the creator and host of “Radiolab,” one of public radio’s most popular programs. Broadcast on more than 520 stations nationally and downloaded more than nine million times a month as a podcast, “Radiolab” combines dialogue, music, interviews and sound effects to create documentaries that explore potentially intimidating topics ranging from the evolution of altruism to the legal foundation for the war on terror.

“Radiolab” has been recognized twice—2010 and 2015—with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. In 2011, Abumrad was named a MacArthur Fellow, an honor commonly known as a “genius grant.” In 2016, he premiered “More Perfect,” a spinoff of “Radiolab” which explores untold stories about the Supreme Court. Abumrad also produced and hosted “The Ring & I,” a look at the enduring power of Wagner’s “Ring Cycle.” It earned 10 awards, including 2005’s National Headliner Grand Award in Radio.

Catch the Squirrels on Saturday – free

See Bucky and the Squirrels this Saturday, January 27 at the Valley Grand theater. Bucky, a full-length Hollywood feature film opening in 45 cities, was shot on campus with ample help from Lawrence students. Meet director Allan Katz, Executive producer Tom Hurvis and actor Jill Lover, LU class of ‘93.

Free tickets. Free popcorn. Free refreshments. Free bus ride at 5:45 pm from the Wriston turnaround.

Register now before all the seats are gone.