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Honoring President Burstein

The entire Lawrence University community is invited to celebrate President Mark Burstein on Saturday, May 15, from 2-5 p.m on the Main Hall Green. 

The day will start with the LU community cheering on Mark as he makes his LAST LAP around campus. The lap will end at the library plaza and be followed by good food and music. Social distancing protocols will be observed during the parade, food, and music event!

Those who cannot physically make it to the event, do have an option to purchase a cardboard cutout of yourself place along the route.

More information on the event can be found on the LUCC Facebook page.

The Lawrentian and LUCC are also looking to reprise the Ariel yearbook for a special 2013-2021 edition to celebrate President Burstein’s time on campus. We are seeking photos from the LU community for this unique gift.  f you have photos to contribute, please share them by emailing them to Lawrentian@lawrence.edu and LUCC@lawrence.edu.

Reminder – Antiracism Training for Faculty and Staff with the Perception Institute

Remember to sign up for this training taking place tomorrow, May 7, 11 AM to 2 PM CT with facilitators from the Perception Institute.

This is an opportunity for faculty and staff to participate in antiracism training. The approach of the Perception Institute is informed from the mind science concepts related to cognitive psychology, social psychology, and neuroscience.

The Perception Institute works to support institutions in their efforts to advance equity and belonging and to understand how identity differences can lead to “othering.” They use a foundational “brick” that helps provide understanding on how belonging is practiced:

B – Belonging. The feeling of being valued and seen.
R – Respect. Being treated as an equal with perspectives and contributions
recognized.
I  – Investment. The contribution of funds through an equity lens.
C – Conversation. The ability to engage in communication around identity
difference.
K – Kindness. Treating all people with genuine concern

To register, contact Cindy Pickart (cindy.j.pickart@lawrence.edu). Sign up today!

Free Webinars and Monthly Live Talks Provided by ERC

Did you know our Employee Assistance Program, ERC, provides free webinars and live talks on various topics? Here is what’s coming up this month:

  • Resiliency Today: Managing Strong Emotions – May 6th from 12:00 – 1:00pm
    • Participants go beyond identifying emotions and learn state-of-the art techniques and real strategies to help stay cool when in the grip of strong emotions.
  • Parenting a Child with Special Needs: Balancing Full Family Needs – May 11th from 12:00 – 1:00pm
    • Focuses on Work-Life satisfaction and how to make this happen in your life.
  • Financial Wellness: All Things Insurance – May 12th from 12:00 – 1:00pm
    • It’s crucial to protect what you have. Will you be able to pay your bills if you’re temporarily (or permanently) disabled? How can you save on home and auto insurance and still be adequately protected? Learn about these issues and more in this enlightening talk.
  • Parenting Your Teen: At-Risk Behaviors – May 13th from 12:00 – 1:00pm
    • Explore the essential facts of at-risk behaviors and parents will have an opportunity to frankly discuss their fears. Learn what you really need to know, what to do and what NOT to do.
  • Caregivers Network: Give and Get Gratitude – May 19th from 12:00 – 1:00pm
    • Participants will learn how to find the silver linings in caregiving, how to practice gratitude and how to use the Gratitude Assessment Tool to see how they score on the gratitude scale.
  • Succeed at Work: The Positive Effects of Self Esteem on Performance – May 20th from 12:00 – 1:00pm
    • Outline a way to rewire your brain to be more optimistic and increase self-confidence. Participants will also discuss ways to build self-esteem and how to control negative thoughts.
  • Strong Parents, Strong Families: Resiliency for Working Parents – May 26th from 12:00 – 1:00pm
    • This will give you the tools to manage stress while maintaining a sense of work and family life balance.
  • Your Healthy Lifestyle: Relaxation Techniques – May 27th from 12:00 – 1:00pm
    • Meditation workshop that will teach relaxation exercises that reduce tension and stress. Participants will better understand stress and how it affects the body, learn the benefits of relaxation practices, and introduce stress management techniques.

Click here to register for any of the upcoming monthly talks. To log in to their website and view more resources, use the following credentials:

  • Username: ERC
  • Password: ERC

Holi Celebration – May 8th

Food, fun, and colors of all sorts make for a great celebration.

It’s the final stretch of a most bizarre academic year. Why not celebrate? Holi is a holiday celebrated to honor life and to celebrate the triumphs of good over evil. Since midwestern climates are less conducive to this celebration at it’s usual time, we’ve postponed it until it could be celebrated properly. (No, really…it was our pleasure.)

Get over to Ormsby Lake and experience for yourself the joy of Holi, the joy of colorful collegial celebratory feelings. The basking in vibrant powder and tinted water. Mark it on your calendar. Bring a friend. Schedule your study time around it. Bring your camera (but make sure you’re waterproofing it). You probably need this more than you think. Trust us.

12pm-4pm
on
Saturday, May 8th

Don’t forget to sign up for your takeaway food!

We Are Good!

5th House Ensemble and Lawrence University presents “We are Good”

Monday, May 3, 2021

Zoom performance

6:00pm

https://lawrence.zoom.us/j/94686986517?pwd=c3FRemhRMG5obkpHQ2FKa3UwT2xKQT09

Supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, please join Members of the Fifth House Ensemble and Lawrence University for a series of workshops that explores deep and important topics in a fun, whimsical space culminating in a public performance. Start your day on a positive note and join members on your community and their experience as humans, storytellers and history vessels at We Are Good, a creative community building experience that will make you fill the void of lost connection with music, words, story circles, meaningful participation and deep listening.

Spiritual & Religious Life Library Launch & UN World Book Day

OK…so your next book is….?

Celebrate your love of books and shared reading. UN World Book Day is Friday, April 23 and The Esch Hurvis Center for Spiritual and Religious Life is honoring the great joy of books with the launch of our searchable library collection.

https://www.librarycat.org/lib/LUSpiritSpace

We invite you to view the collection of poetry, spiritual narratives, memoirs, fiction, children’s books and key religious texts. This searchable database of spiritually inspired reading can lend itself to a greater depth in your own tradition, or be a resource to investigate and educate yourself in a safe space.

Reviews Welcome

Welcome to the library at the Lawrence Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

Antiracism Training for Faculty and Staff with the Perception Institute

Faculty and Staff have the opportunity to participate in antiracism training facilitated by consultants from the Perception Institute.  Their approach is informed from the mind science concepts related to cognitive psychology, social psychology, and neuroscience.

This training will take place on May 7, 11 AM to 2 PM CT with facilitators from the Perception Institute.

The Perception Institute works to support institutions in their efforts to advance equity and belonging and to understand how identity differences can lead to “othering.” They use a foundational “brick” that helps provide understanding on how belonging is practiced:

B – Belonging. The feeling of being valued and seen.
R – Respect. Being treated as an equal with perspectives and contributions
recognized.
I  – Investment. The contribution of funds through an equity lens.
C – Conversation. The ability to engage in communication around identity
difference.
K – Kindness. Treating all people with genuine concern

To register, contact Cindy Pickart (cindy.j.pickart@lawrence.edu). Sign up early. Each participant will receive a brief pre-workshop survey to help facilitators further customize our workshop.

Website Redesign Preview & Update | Tuesday, April 27, 2:00 p.m.

Please join the Office of Communications and Web Development Team for a preview of and update on the www.lawrence.edu website redesign project.  In fall 2019, we began work on a full redesign of the main Lawrence University website, including overall navigation, site organization, and content review and development, to compete digitally with other schools, better represent the on-campus educational experience, and meet the needs of the internal community. The goals of the new website are to:

  • Encourage prospective students to apply and enroll. 
  • Encourage alumni, parents, and friends to support Lawrence.  
  • Make daily operations for faculty, staff and current students easier.  
  • Inform community about operations and events.
  • Inform and delight prospective employees.

Please join us via Zoom on Tuesday, April 27, at 2:00 p.m. to learn about the project’s progress to date, see a preview of the new design, and learn
about next steps as we prepare for a launch of the new website in January 2022.  

Join at: https://lawrence.zoom.us/j/99250115425?pwd=VnBMTzk1amdPbzByK1RhN25lclFqdz09

Meeting ID: 992 5011 5425
Passcode: 033861

We will share a recording of the presentation in the LU Insider so that those community members who are not able to join us will be able to follow our progress. If you have any questions, please reach out to communications@lawrenc.edu.

Employee Mindfulness Workshop

There is so much coming at us right now: many of us spend our days sitting in front of computers as talking heads on Zoom, which means that much of what we’re taking in is being held in our bodies as tension. With fewer opportunities to move our bodies, congregate, and do other things that release stress and make us feel vital, the tension can become chronic and lead to poorer mental health outcomes. However, when we tune into our felt sense and learn to relax and come home to our bodies, we can begin to process and move through the many difficult emotions and even trauma we’ve otherwise been unable to process through intellect alone. 

Staff Connections is excited to partner with Wellness Services to hold an Employee Mindfulness Workshop! Sara Curtis and Corynn Stoltenberg will offer ways for staff and faculty to release tension, nurture themselves, and return to the wisdom of the body through simple guided exercises and open discussion.

This event will take place Tuesday, March 16, 11:30-12:00 p.m. via Zoom. The Zoom link may be found on the Staff Connections Upcoming Events page. The workshop will be recorded and posted on the Past Meetings page for those unable to attend and those who wish to revisit the exercises.

We hope to see you there!