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Track & Field Midwest Conference Championships

Friday, May 9 | 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 | 10:30 a.m.
Whiting Field Track

Come out and cheer on your Vikings!

Volunteers are needed!

With any large event, we need many hands to help bring this opportunity to life for our student-athletes. If you are available and willing to volunteer, please sign up via this link. There are multiple shifts available, and some do require walking or standing.

All volunteers will receive & should be aware of the following:

  • Free Volunteer T-Shirt: All volunteers are required to wear the T-shirt while working so you can be easily identified by officials, coaches, & administrators.
  • Free Food from Hospitality Tent
  • Training upon arrival to their designated volunteer area
  • Please be advised to watch the weather forecast and dress for the weather in mind.
  • For health and safety, tennis shoes must be worn by all volunteers.
  • An email prior to the track meet will be sent with further instructions from Meet Director & Associate Athletics Director & Senior Woman Administrator Michelle Detwiler.

Please reach out to Michelle at michelle.detwiler@lawrence.edu or Head Track & Field Coach Elizabeth Krug at elizabeth.r.krug@lawrence.edu with any questions.

Creator in Residence Dance Performance

“Gather Together”

Friday, May 9 | 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 | 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Esch and Hurvis Studios, Warch Campus Center 2nd floor

Featuring world-renowned Choreographer, Robert Battle, Lawrence University Dance Students, and Lawrence University Conservatory of Music Faculty.

Creator in Residence (CIR) is brand-new programming for Lawrence University. CIR brings one expert guest artist in a year to collaborate, conversate, and share in the making of a new creative work. We are honored to feature the choreographic vision of the first Creator in Residence, Robert Battle, world-renowned choreographer and most recent former Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Battle’s work challenges dancers to inhabit space with explosive clarity, fierceness, and imagination. His presence in this process has expanded the collaborative landscape of our program, inspiring students to move with power, dedication, and joy.

The cast consists of 13 undergraduates representing 15 majors spanning first years, Posse scholars, graduating seniors, Conservatory musicians, and LU athletes, as well as one dance minor alumna. Lawrence University Conservatory professor Loren Kiyoshi Dempster collaboratively composed the music, and Professor Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzalez’s percussion studio will create a musical prelude. We are thrilled to share this synergetic work with you.

This event is free and open to all to enjoy.

Audio description of the show will be provided at the Sat., May 10, 2025, 2:30 p.m. performance.

Facilities Operations Projects

Current and future projects happening around campus:

  • Mudd Library: Work to be completed July 14– 18 with power disruptions
  • Campus: Annual maintenance power outage, July 14
    • Buildings that will NOT lose power:
      • 738 E Boldt Way (SLUG)
      • 741 E Boldt Way (SOL)
      • 742 E Boldt Way Alliance)
      • 300 S Meade (Big Exec)
      • 813 E. John (Small Exec)
      • 1025 E South River St
      • Alexander Gym
      • Fox Commons
      • Buildings north of Washington St (on City power)
  • Warch: Passenger elevator replacement June 23-September 5
  • Brokaw/Colman/West Campus parking lot: Resurfaced June 30-August 1
  • Library/ Youngchild/Warch-Lawe St Bridge path: concrete replacement starting June 23 lasting approximately 3 weeks, weather dependent
  • Campus: Annual steam shutdown July 14-18, hot water disruption
  • Chapel Façade: Renovation to begin summer 2025 TBD
  • Quads 3-4-5, Wilson House, Big Exec: Fire system upgrades summer 2025 TBD
  • Alex Gym: Fire system upgrade happening currently

Watch for updates weekly; TBD dates will be filled in as learned. Please note, dates are subject to change due to weather or supply chain issues. Please be safe when in these areas!

Facilities Notice: Stakes

It’s that time of year—tents, inflatables, and outdoor fun are back!

For everyone’s safety, please DO NOT drive stakes into the ground without first contacting Facilities to request utility locates. Our campus has a complex network of underground power lines, data cables, and plumbing. Striking one of these could lead to power outages, data loss, or even dangerous situations like electrical shock or sewage backups.

To avoid serious damage or injury, submit a work order to Facilities before setting up anything that requires staking.

And remember: if you see a flag, that means “NO”—stakes cannot be placed in that area.

Thank you for helping keep our campus safe!

Facilities Projects Updates

Current and future projects happening around campus:

  • Mudd Library: Work to be completed July 14-18 with power disruptions
  • Campus: Annual maintenance power outage, July 14
    • Buildings that will NOT lose power:
      • 738 E Boldt Way (SLUG)
      • 741 E Boldt Way (SOL)
      • 742 E Boldt Way Alliance)
      • 300 S Meade (Big Exec)
      • 813 E. John (Small Exec)
      • 1025 E South River St
      • Alexander Gym
      • Buildings north of Washington St (on City power)
  • Warch: Passenger elevator replacement June 23-Sept. 5
  • Brokaw/Colman/West Campus parking lot: Resurfaced June 30-Aug. 1
  • Library/ Youngchild/Warch-Lawe St Bridge path: concrete replacement starting June 23 lasting approximately 3 weeks, weather dependent
  • Chapel Façade: Renovation to begin summer 2025 TBD
  • Quads 3-4-5, Wilson House, Big Exec: Fire system upgrades summer 2025 TBD

Watch for updates weekly; TBD dates will be filled in as learned. Please note, dates are subject to change due to weather or supply chain issues. Please be safe when in these areas!

WELLU massages

Wellness Services is pleased to offer subsidized full-body therapeutic massage services for Spring Term.

Appointments are available for 50-minute table massages, and the cost is $30 on campus and $35 at the YMCA.

Massages are available for all students and employees just once per term.

You must sign up to be eligible for the discounted price. E-mail Erin Buenzli to schedule an appointment. Limit one per term

National Volunteer Week

Get ready to celebrate National Volunteer Week with the Center for Community Engagement & Social Change (CCE)! We’re hosting a full week of awesome events to honor the spirit of service, community, and YOU—our amazing Lawrence volunteers! Check out what’s happening each day and join us for some fun, food, and feel-good service opportunities:

📅 MONDAY 4/21 | 12–2 p.m.
Warch Campus Center – 3rd Floor by Kaplan’s Café & Gallery
💌 Make appreciation cards for CASA volunteers
🎨 Create a vision board with us: “Why Do You Volunteer?”
📸 Snap a pic with Blu the Mascot
🍪 Grab a cookie or donut while you’re at it!

📅 TUESDAY 4/22 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Warch 4th Floor – Runkel Room
🌎 Earth Day Event!
Help us build birdhouses & feeders to donate to Heckrodt and Riverview Gardens

🐐 BONUS: BABY GOAT YOGA!
🧘‍♀️ 12:00–1:00 p.m. | Wellness Center – Multi-Purpose Room
Come relax, stretch, and hang out with some adorable baby goats while practicing yoga. It’s as amazing as it sounds! Sign-up required since available spots are limited. You can sign-up HERE.

📅 WEDNESDAY 4/23
✨ Celebrate Lawrence Student Volunteers!
If you’ve logged your volunteer hours this year—THANK YOU! Continue to log your volunteer hours HERE 💙

📅 THURSDAY 4/24 | 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Wellness Center – 2nd Floor Lobby
🩸 Bone Marrow Donation Drive
Stop by to learn how a simple cheek swab can save a life. Join the registry and be a hero-in-waiting!

📅 FRIDAY 4/25 | 5–7 p.m.
Main Hall Green
🌟 Spring Into Service – Our BIG celebration!
🎨 Join hands-on service projects (bracelets, bookmarks, wind chimes & more!)
🤝 Connect with local organizations doing great work in the Fox Cities
🎶 Enjoy live music
🍱 Free boxed dinners & tote bags for participants!

Whether you’ve volunteered this year or are just curious about how to get involved, there’s something for everyone during National Volunteer Week! We’d love to see you at one (or all!) of the events.

Let’s celebrate the power of community, kindness, and action—together. 💪💫

The CCE Team
Center for Community Engagement & Social Change
Lawrence University

Spring Art@Noon(ish) tours

Mark your calendars and join us for low-key, 20-minute lunchtime tours of the current art exhibitions in the galleries. Relax and learn something new. Each tour is unique!

  • April 17 – Student co-curator on A Traveler’s Guide to Early Modern Japan
  • May 8 – Gallery intern and Bio-Chem major Cammy Bui ’25
  • June 12 – Senior Studio Art Majors

The Galleries are open during academic year exhibitions:

  • Monday – Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Saturday, 12-4 p.m.
  • Sunday, closed

Galleries are free and open to the public and located in the Wriston Art Center.

Facilities Project Updates

Current and future projects happening around campus:

  • Mudd Library: Work to be completed July 14-18 with power disruptions
  • Campus: Annual maintenance power outage, July 14
    • Building that will not lose power:
      • 738 E Boldt Way (SLUG)
      • 741 E Boldt Way (SOL)
      • 742 E Boldt Way (Alliance)
      • 300 S Meade St (Big Exec)
      • 813 E John St (Small Exec)
      • 1025 E South River St
      • Alexander Gym
      • Buildings north of Washington St (on city power)
  • Warch: Passenger elevator replacement June 23-September 5
  • Brokaw/Colman/West Campus parking lot: Resurfaced June 30-August 1
  • Library/ Youngchild/Warch-Lawe St Bridge path: concrete replacement Summer 2025 TBD
  • Chapel Façade: Renovation to begin summer 2025 TBD
  • Quads 3-4-5, Wilson House, Big Exec: Fire system upgrades summer 2025 TBD

Watch for updates weekly; TBD dates will be filled in as learned. Please note, dates are subject to change due to weather or supply chain issues. Please be safe when in these areas!

Facilities Project Updates

Current and future projects happening around campus:

  • Mudd Library: Work will be ongoing through summer
  • Campus: Annual maintenance power outage, July 14
  • Warch: Passenger elevator replacement June 23– September 5
  • Brokaw/Colman/West Campus parking lot: Resurfaced June 30– August 1
  • Library/Youngchild/Warch-Lawe St Bridge path: Concrete replacement Summer 2025 TBD
  • Chapel Façade: Renovation to begin summer 2025 TBD
  • Quads 3-4-5, Wilson House, Big Exec: Fire system upgrades summer 2025 TBD

Watch for updates weekly; TBD dates will be filled in as learned. Please note, dates are subject to change due to weather or supply chain issues. Please be safe when in these areas!