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LSB Alumni Mentoring Program and Award due this Friday!

Lawrence Scholars in Business (LSB) Alumni Mentoring Program and Award
Calling all sophomores and juniors! Lawrence has the resources you need to help you secure cutting edge internships.

The new Lawrence Scholars in Business (LSB) Alumni Mentoring Program is offering support in preparing for and finding top business internship opportunities.

Fifteen students will be selected to receive training in a variety of aspects of business and support from a group of well-established alumni mentors in applying for internships.  Additionally, 1-3 candidates will receive funding AND mentoring to support their summer internships. This unique program integrates education and mentoring in business, interviewing and networking skills and support in finding internship opportunities.  For a full list and bios of alumni participants, please click here.

Due THIS Friday, October 6.  For more information on how to apply, please see LUworks Event ID: 3154 and visit Career Services.

Upcoming Career Services Events

Friday, Oct. 6
Marine Corps Band Info Table: Capt. John Devroy will be on campus to talk about the Marine Corps Band and how to audition.  An audition date will also be set later this year so visit the table to learn how to prepare!
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Conservatory, Lower Lobby

Monday, Oct. 9 and Thursday, Oct. 12
Internships 101
Monday at 11:10 a.m. and Thursday at 4:30 p.m.; Career Services

Wednesday, Oct. 11
Strategies for Career Success: Managing Your Money and Repaying Loans
11:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.; WCC, Runkel Room

Wake Forest University Info Session: Hear about a 2018 summer opportunity with Sara Quandt ’73, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Study the occupational health of Latino farm workers, including trying to understand the health consequences of pesticide exposure.
6 – 7 p.m.; WCC, Runkel Room

Thursday, Oct. 12
Careers in Conservation Info Session: Engage with recent Lawrence Biology Alumni as they discuss Life after Lawrence and their careers in conservation. Panelists include Cait Williamson ’11, Director of Conversation Programs at the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, Paul Senner ’11, Field Technician at V3 Companies and Darcy Kind ’97, Conservation Biologist at the State of Wisconsin.
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.; WCC, Kraemer Room

* Advanced registration in LUworks is required.

Concordia University Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy On Campus October 10, 2017

Erin Levenhagen from Concordia University Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy, will be on campus Tuesday, October 10, 2017 to share information on CUW’s Doctor of Pharmacy program.

Informational Table in WCC, Lobby Table Near Mail Room:  12:15 to 1:30 p.m.

Register in LUworks for a 30-minute 1:1 Conversation with Erin Levenhagen!  11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  and 1:45 to 2:45 p.m.

 

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation

Students interested in a research career in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering are invited to apply to the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellecnce in Education Foundation.
The scholarship award covers eligible expenses up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.  Scholarship recipients nominated as sophomores can expect to receive a maximum of two years of support. Scholarship recipients nominated as juniors are eligible for a maximum of one year of support.
To be eligible, a student must be a current full-time sophomore or junior, who has one or two years of full-time undergraduate study left while pursuing a baccalaureate degree, have a B average or equivalent, and be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or U.S. national, who will pursue a research career in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
Interested sophomores and juniors should contact:  Kia Thao, Memorial Hall, room 109, by November 17, 2017.

Fox Cities Book Festival and LU

Mark your calendars for the Fox Cities Book Festival, October 9-15! Included in the festival’s wonderful schedule of events are three author readings on the Lawrence University campus as well as readings in the local community by two LU alumni and two LU faculty!

On campus events:

Reading by Callie Bates, Lawrence alumna and author of The Waking Land: Thursday, October 12, 4:30-5:30 pm, Main Hall, Room 201

Reading by Will Schwalbe, author of Books for Living: Thursday, October 12, 6:30-7:30 pm, Warch Campus Center

Reading by Benjamin Ludwig, author of Ginny Moon: Saturday, October 14, 2:00-3:00 pm, Wriston Art Center

Community events featuring Lawrence University faculty and alumni:

Two readings by Jerald Podair, Lawrence professor and author of City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the City of Los Angeles: Tuesday, October 10, 6:30 pm, Appleton Public Library and Wednesday, October 11, 6:30 pm, Neenah Public Library”

Crafting Compelling Fantasy Narratives” by Lawrence alumna Callie Bates, author of The Waking Land: Friday, October 13, 3:30-4:30, Kaukauna Public Library

“Scotland through the Eyes of the Author”, by Lawrence alumna Laura Vosika author of the Blue Bells Chronicles: Saturday, October 14, 10:30 -11:30 am, Gerard H. Van Hoof Library, Little Chute

Reading by Melissa Range, Lawrence professor and author of Scriptorium: Saturday, October 14, 11:30 am, The Draw, Appleton

Be sure to check out these, and the many other great Fox Cities Book Festival events!

LU Alert Test – TODAY

The Fall Term test of the LU Alert system is scheduled for today, Thursday, October 5 between 11:00 am and noon.   At that time you will receive telephone calls, email messages and, if you have provided a cell phone number, text messages confirming the test.

This system is one of several Lawrence will use to communicate in the event of an emergency.  It provides Lawrence with an enhanced ability to communicate quickly to large numbers of students, faculty, staff and emergency contacts using multiple communication channels — email, office phones, cell phones and text messaging.

  • Of the delivery options, email and text-messaging have been the quickest and most reliable methods.
  • The delivery of messages via cell phones is faster, but may also be limited by the capacity of some network providers. If you want to be notified of a campus emergency via cell phone, please verify that your cell number is listed on Voyager.

As members of the Lawrence community, we all have a responsibility to ensure effective communication in an emergency. Thank you for your support.

The Crisis Management Team

Cultural Competency Lecture Series-Oct 18 Event

Antisemitism and Intersectionality: Understanding the Subtleties of Anti-Jewish Oppression and Jewish Privilege

Postdoctoral Fellow of Jewish Studies Elliot Ratzman

What and where is antisemitism today? Jews are an admired, powerful, and successful—mostly white—subgroup within the US, yet antisemitism persists: Jews are targeted by the alt-right, seen as racially other, and subject to periodic violence. On the left, outrage over the State of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians has led to robust boycott campaigns and made the Palestinian cause highly-visible on campuses and in protest movements regarding racism and policing. When does Israel-critique become antisemitism? Ratzman will argue for the importance of attending to antisemitism for intersectional analysis and activism, and help clarify how we can identify and distinguish antisemitism from anti-Israelism.

Join us October 18, 2017 in the Esch Hurvis Room (225) from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Find us online and on social media!
go.lawrence.edu/diversityoffice and
www.facebook.com/odi.lawrence

Campus Flu Shots -Reminder

Save the date! The upcoming flu shot clinics are below.

Lawrence Wellness Fair                 10/18/17              11 am – 1 pm and 6 – 8 pm in the Somerset Room

Warch Campus Center                   10/24/17              11 am – 1 pm in the Esch Hurvis Room

Björklunden                                       10/27/17              Starting at 9 am, and by appointment.

The Conservatory                            10/31/17              1:30 – 3:30 pm in the Shattuck Lower Level Lobby

If these dates don’t work for you, you will have the opportunity to schedule an individual appointment for a flu shot. More information regarding scheduling individual appointments will be available at a later date.

Plan to get a flu shot, and do your part to keep the Lawrence community healthy.

Career Services Program Deadlines

Lawrence International Alumni Mentoring (LIAM) Program
Due this Friday, September 29 at 5 p.m.  For more information on how to apply, please see LUworks Event ID: 3179.

Lawrence Scholars in Business (LSB) Alumni Mentoring Program and Award
Due Friday, October 6.  For more information on how to apply, please see LUworks Event ID: 3154.

Lawrence Scholars in Business (LSB) Mid-Term Reading Period Trip to Chicago
Registration closes on Wednesday, October 11. For a trip agenda and details on how to register, please see LUworks Event ID: 3168.

Upcoming Career Services Events

Internships 101
Mondays 11:10 a.m. and Thursdays 4:30 p.m.; Chapman 140 (use Film Studies entrance)

Friday, Sept. 29
Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra/Building for Kids Info Session with Oliver Zornow ’10: Hear about current internship opportunities with both of Oliver’s organizations!
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; WCC, Kraemer Room

Monday, Oct. 2
Hear from Annie Kaiser ’11 as she discusses careers and internships with Cisco Systems, Inc. a technology conglomerate headquartered in the center of Silicon Valley.  Cisco develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products and is the largest networking company in the world.
1:1 Chats*:  9 – 10:30 a.m., Career Services Conference Room
Info Table: 11 a.m. – Noon, WCC, Lobby Table near Commons
Info Session: Noon – 1 p.m., WCC, Kraemer Room

Wednesday, Oct. 4
Strategies for Career Success: Making Professional Connections: Learn how to connect with professionals who can help you advance your career and Lawrence University Social Media Director Kasey Corrado will show you how to use LinkedIn to help create those connections.
11:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.; WCC, Runkel Room

Friday, Oct. 6
Marine Corps Band Info Table: Capt. John Devroy will be on campus to talk about the Marine Corps Band and how to audition.  An audition date will also be set later this year so visit the table to learn how to prepare!
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Conservatory, Lower Lobby

* Advanced registration in LUworks is required.