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New LU Insider Coming

Starting this Fall Term, the LU Insider newsletter will be getting a new look! In an effort to make it a more convenient and enjoyable communication, your friends in Communications will be working to provide more information about upcoming events, University news, accomplishments worth celebrating, and other fun and useful tidbits along with the usual announcements.

New Submission Guidelines

  • Deadline: All submissions for the Thursday morning LU Insider are due Wednesday at noon.
  • Submissions: Designated staff members from across campus can submit posts by logging in here. If you would like to submit a post but do not have access, contact Mackenzie.m.huber@lawrence.edu
  • Frequency: No announcement will be allowed to appear in consecutive LU Insider newsletters. Submit announcements strategically.
  • Events: To have an event listed in the “Events Next Week” section of the LU Insider newsletter, it must be on the Events Calendar. The Office of Communications reserves the right to curate the list for length. Recurring events will not appear in the section. Posts that are strictly public event announcements will no longer be included as LU Insider posts.
  • Headlines: Write headlines with a purpose so that people get the main idea of the announcement from the headline.
  • First Sentence(s): The first sentence or two of a post should mention all essential information and details.
  • Photos and Graphics: For the sake of accessibility, no graphics or photos with text will be allowed in LU Insider posts unless all the information is also written as text in the post. Photos are welcome at the end of posts as long as alt text is included.
  • Category and Audience: Always select the proper category for the post before submitting for approval. The LU Insider will no longer be separated into student and faculty/staff emails, so make sure content is appropriate for all audiences. Before submitting for approval, continue to select intended audience(s), as faculty/staff announcements will be denoted.
  • Contact: Mackenzie.m.huber@lawrence.edu

The Office of Communications reserves the right to curate the LU Insider posts that appear in the email summary.

Energy Audit of University Buildings

Lawrence has hired Johnson Controls to do an energy audit on campus.  The audit began on Tuesday, May 21, and will continue over the next few weeks. The following buildings are currently being audited:       

Academy of Music
Alex Gym
Briggs Hall
Brokaw Hall
Buchanan-Kiewit Wellness Center
Chapman Hall
Conservatory West 
Facility Services
Main Hall
Memorial Chapel
Memorial Hall
Music Drama
Seeley G. Mudd Library
Shattuck Hall 
Steitz Hall
Warch Campus Center
Wriston Art Center
Youngchild Hall

If you work in one of these 18 buildings, please note that you may see employees of Johnson Controls walking through hallways, rooms, and offices. The University has given them permission to check every room in buildings if needed, and they can be identified by their Johnson Controls lanyard.  While they do need to access every room, they understand and respect that class is still in session and the business of learning is our first priority; they will work around classes, labs, meetings, etc. and will make every effort to avoid disrupting our activities. 

Lighting data loggers (see image below) are also being installed in these buildings for 2-3 weeks. These loggers will be gathering baseline numbers on how and when our buildings are in use, for annual energy savings calculations. Please do not tamper with the loggers.

Data loggers being installed in 18 campus buildings. Please do not tamper with these loggers.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Facility Services.

LU: Get on the Move

I see many of you moving this week, but you haven’t logged in to record your movement since last month. If we all keep moving and log our points I know we can move into 10th place overall. This week’s winners are Liz Boutelle, Ty Collins, Jillian Johnson and Crystal Bailey.

Need more incentive? Pete Gilbert is in the lead. Can anyone catch him?

Join the celebration of our Diversity and Inclusion Champions

Please join us for good food, great music, and marvelous conversation during the third annual Diversity and Inclusion Champions Award Ceremony on Thursday, May 30, from 4 until 6 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center’s Somerset Room (324).  

Help us honor the impressive ways in which nominees and award recipients utilized their personal power and talents to assist the university’s efforts to achieve inclusive excellence.

You will also hear about the ways that, as a community, we have moved closer to becoming the inclusive campus we strive to be. Be prepared to leave inspired, encouraged, and motivated to build on this important work. 

We hope you will make time to celebrate with us! 

Save the Date – Learning @ Lawrence Collaborative

Please join us for our second Learning at Lawrence Collaborative on June 19th, 2019 from 8am – 12:15pm at the Warch Campus Center. Sessions will be presented by colleagues of Lawrence discussing various topics on Community interactions, functions, and ways to being more cohesive . Additional information regarding this event will be shared in the weeks to come.  

Leading with Diversity: Ramadan

Professional Development for Faculty, Staff, and Students.

Presented by: Professional Development Subcommittee for the President’s Committee on Diversity Affairs

Ramadan

Ramadan in U.S. culture is a place where the two worlds of observant Muslims can be placed slightly out of alignment: the practical world of school or work and the religious world of faithful observance.  Muslim employees, co-workers, and students may be fasting for Ramadan, a chosen practice that those observing believe brings them closer to God. As colleagues to students and workers in a space where others might be fasting, we should educate ourselves about what fasting means in this context and how it can affect others. For example,  we should take into consideration that the absence of food and water during daylight hours may affect how that student or worker manages their time due to changes in concentration and energy.    Continue reading more on the Leading with Diversity blog.

May 1 Admissions Decision Day

#CollegeSigningDay #ChooseLawrence

As we welcome our next class of Lawrentians, help us show prospective students the strength and passion of our Lawrence community with a post on social media on May 1, #CollegeSigningDay. Share a photo or story on social media demonstrating your pride for your alma mater and use our hashtag #ChooseLawrence as we welcome new Lawrentians to our family!

Considering Law School in the Future?

Marquette University Law School will be ON CAMPUS Tuesday, April 23

Have you heard of Lawrence EXCITING NEW 3+3 Law Program partnered with Marquette University Law School? If not, then attend the presentation!

Want to know how to prepare for law school and the legal profession? If yes, then come hear what Stephanie Nikolay, Director of Admissions, from Marquette University Law School has to say!

11:00 to 12:00 p.m. – WCC, Arthur Vining Davis Room, 4th floor. Presentation on law school admission requirements and career opportunities AND information on Lawrence exciting NEW 3+3 Law Program with Marquette Law School

Have questions for law school admissions representative? Schedule a 20-minute one-on-one meeting with Stephanie Nikolay!

12:15 – 2:35 p.m. – Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement. 20-minute individual one-on-one discussion with Stephanie Nikolay. Sign up in Handshake

Questions? Contact Kia Thao in the CLC

Call for Nominations – Diversity and Inclusion Champion Awards

Help us recognize the people who strive to create inclusive excellence at Lawrence – nominate someone today!

The Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award was created to honor a select group of extraordinary individuals who serve as role models for our efforts to create a more inclusive Lawrence. These individuals use their personal power, talents, position and influence to help the University achieve inclusive excellence in the execution of its mission. Annually, four awards will be given: one to a student, faculty, staff member and a community partner.

Criteria

Each award recipient has demonstrated exemplary achievement in one or more of the following areas:

  • Promoting intergroup, cross cultural understanding
  • Fostering the academic and personal success of groups that have been underserved and underrepresented in higher education   
  • Creating a campus climate that encourages and supports the expression of diverse perspectives and ways of being
  • Helping to prevent harassment, bullying and illegal discrimination
  • Contributing to efforts that foster greater diversity among Lawrence students, faculty and staff

Nominations

All Lawrence students and employees are eligible for the award and can make nominations. Community partner award nominees can be from any location or sector. Nominees can be groups or individuals in any of the categories (i.e., student, faculty, staff member and community partner). Nominations should include: (1) a letter of nomination not to exceed 2 pages addressing the aforementioned criteria; (2) an additional letter of support from someone other than the person making the nomination; and (3) the nominee’s resume or curriculum vita. In the case of a group nominee, provide the official mission/purpose and history of the group along with a description of its membership. To complete a nomination, please submit these three items to div-inclusion@lawrence.edu.

Selection

An ad hoc committee made up of a subgroup of the President’s Committee on Diversity Affairs (PCDA) will choose the award recipients.

Deadline

Please submit your nominations by April 24, 2019.