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Important Dates for Term II

D-Term

Sunday, Nov. 26 | Residence halls open at 9 a.m.

Monday, Nov. 27 | First day of D-Term classes

Friday, Dec. 8 | Last day of D-Term classes and final exams

Sunday, Dec. 10 | Residence halls close at 6 p.m.

Start of Term II

Tuesday, Jan. 2 | Residence halls open at 9 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan 3 | First day of winter term classes

Bon Appetit D-Term hours of operation

Andrew Commons

Last Service is breakfast Wednesday, Nov. 22 at 7:30-9:30 a.m.
Closed until dinner Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 4:30 p.m.

Kate’s Corner

Closes for Term 1 Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m.
Reopens Tuesday, Jan 2. at 4 p.m.

Kaplan’s Café

Closes for Term 1 Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 9 p.m.
Reopens for D-Term Sunday, Nov. 26 for dinner at 5-6 p.m.

Beginning Monday, Nov. 27, D-Term hours are:

  • Monday-Friday
    • Breakfast – 8-9 a.m.
    • Lunch – 12-1 p.m.
    • Dinner – 5-6 p.m.
  • Saturday-Sunday
    • Brunch – 11 a.m.-Noon

D-Term meal plans end on Friday, Dec. 8 at 1 p.m.

The Café will be open for retail sales:

Monday-Friday | Nov. 27-Dec. 15 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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.

Music for All

Thursday, November 16 | 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Riverview Gardens | 1101 S. Oneida St.
FREE

Through the Music for All initiative, we strive to expand the impact of music outside of the concert hall by using music to engage communities in new ways. We challenge Lawrentians to think outside the box, to create new and innovative performance opportunities for themselves, and to expand how they engage with their craft.

Through this initiative we lay the groundwork for students to create a rich, inclusive musical life after Lawrence that expands the possibilities of a career as a professionally trained musician.

Music for All is exactly what it sounds like:  music, for everyone. Regardless of color, age, orientation, or ability. 

This concert series features interactive musical performances by Lawrence students and faculty. The concerts are free and open to everyone. They last about an hour, and will take place locally.

Lawrence to partner with St. Joseph Food Program for pre-parade food drive

Lawrence University will partner with St. Joseph Food Program on a food drive at the Appleton Christmas Parade, set for Nov. 21.

A Lawrence University trailer will roll down College Avenue in downtown Appleton as part of the “pre-parade,” immediately following the Santa Scamper Run-Walk. LU volunteers will carry donations of canned goods from parade attendees on the curb to the trailer as it moves down the street. All donations will go to St. Joseph Food Program. A QR Code for monetary donations to St. Joseph also will be available if attendees don’t bring cans but still want to contribute.

The food drive will begin at about 6:30 p.m. The parade is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

“Lawrence University is proud to partner with St. Joseph to help stock their shelves as the holiday season approaches,” said Garrett Singer, special assistant to the president. “In addition to supporting our local community, it is an opportunity to model good citizenship for our students and campus community.”

For anyone wanting to volunteer, there are three opportunities (details about volunteering and registration can be found using these links):

  1. Canvassing the neighborhoods north and east of Lawrence’s campus to promote the food drive (Friday, Nov. 17)
  2. Picking up food donations from the neighborhoods north and east of Lawrence’s campus if they can’t make the parade (Monday, Nov. 20)
  3. Walking in the parade and collecting donations (Tuesday, Nov. 21)

The Appleton Christmas Parade is held annually on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Drawing an estimated 80,000 spectators to downtown Appleton, the parade is among the largest holiday gatherings in the Midwest. The parade begins at the corner of State Street and College Avenue and travels east on College Avenue to Drew Street.

Hockey shuttles

The Office of Student Life is happy to announce that we are partnering with the Student Welfare Committee to provide a FREE shuttle to and from Men’s and Women’s Hockey games at the Appleton Family Ice Center and Community First Champion Center.

  • Pick up on game days will be at the Wriston Turnaround.
  • First pickup will be 45 minutes before the game starts, and then the driver will loop back around for a second pass.
  • At the end of the game, the shuttle will take you back to campus again.

We encourage everyone to take advantage of this resource and go and support the LU Hockey teams!

Queer Potluck

Thursday, Nov. 9 | 7-9 p.m.
Diversity & Intercultural Center

Let’s Eat! Join us and help create family, community, and memories for students to take home with them at this year’s Queer Potluck.

Queer Potluck is a time for our LGBTQ+, faculty, staff, and the LU community/families to come together, pitch in, and to help us provide for our students before they leave for winter break.

Everyone is welcome. Everyone can bring a dish. We only ask that everyone come with love and dignity toward queer people in their hearts and words and actions and that LGBTQ+ students be given pride of place.

Sign up to bring a dish to pass

Fiddle Club presents guest artist Kevin Henderson & Neil Pearlman

Tuesday, Nov. 7 | 8:15-10 p.m.
Harper Hall

This concert is free and open all.

A workshop led by the duo will precede their concert:
4-5 p.m. | Music-Drama Center 254

Kevin Henderson is a fiddler who draws on the rich fiddle music tradition of his native Shetland and his experience with leading bands including Boys of the Lough, Fiddlers Bid, Session A9 and Nordic Fiddlers Bloc to create an expressive and adventurously individual musical style.

Brought up in the Shetland schooling system, whose concentration on fiddle music and encouragement to participate still inspire him, Kevin benefited in his teens from the teaching of the legendary Willie Hunter. Lessons with Hunter could comprise chatting over coffee and biscuits and even extend to being taught survival skills, as well as learning both the essentials and the finer points of playing Shetland reels, and every Saturday Kevin came away motivated to emulate his mentor.

With school friends Chris Stout, Andrew Gifford and Maurice Henderson, Kevin formed Fiddlers Bid, a band that – almost thirty years, innumerable gigs and four enthusiastically received albums on – continues to represent the finest of Shetland fiddling allied with harmonic invention, creative subtlety and enthusiastic vigour.

Multi-instrumentalist, step dancer and host of the TradCafe podcast, Neil Pearlman is a vital and distinctive voice in contemporary traditional music. Described as “a tremendous pianist” on BBC Radio Scotland and “a force to be reckoned with” by WGBH’s Brian O’Donovan, Neil is best known for his groundbreaking approach to the piano in Celtic music. Motivated by a deep musical curiosity and a love of collaboration, his playing is continually evolving and spontaneous without losing its roots in the traditional piano styles of Atlantic Canada, New England and Scotland. He has appeared at major festivals across North America and Europe including the Newport Folk Festival, Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Celtic Colours in Cape Breton, the Orkney Folk Festival, and has recorded, performed or otherwise collaborated with such artists as Natalie MacMaster, Darol Anger, Seamus Egan, Alasdair Fraser and many more.

Growing up in a musical family, Neil was immersed in Scottish and Cape Breton music and dance from the start. He began dancing at the age of 3 and the piano followed soon after. Joining his parents and siblings on stage as the family band Highland Soles, Neil learned the art of performance early at festivals and concert halls across New England. At the age of 11, he appeared several times as a dancer in Natalie MacMaster’s high-powered show alongside his mother Laura Scott and a few years later released his first album with his father, fiddler Ed Pearlman. Already at that age he was exploring a passion for other styles of music, especially a lifelong love of jazz that has always played a role in his creative voice.

Today Neil’s musical projects run the gamut from deeply traditional to refreshingly contemporary. His podcast TradCafe is a series of conversations and collaborations with traditional musicians from around the world. In 2021 TradCafe launched a video series featuring one-off musical collaborations between Neil and artists such as Troy MacGillivray, Jenna Moynihan, Begona Riobo, Anxo Pintos, Yann Falquet and Alasdair White. His 2020 release Burden Lake with acclaimed Shetland fiddler Kevin Henderson received 5 stars from The Scotsman. He tours regularly with Kevin Henderson, Katie McNally, The Pine Tree Flyers, and as a solo pianist, while playing more irregularly with a wide variety of side projects featuring top Celtic, Americana and Jazz musicians.