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SAAM – Title IX Education

Part of our efforts this month for Sexual Assault Awareness Month is to work toward a universal understanding of Title IX. We are excited to offer the opportunity to improve your knowledge. We are asking all employees and students to complete the following training by the end of the month.

  • Employee Educational Opportunity
    Mosaic: Prevent Sexual Violence Together online course by logging in HERE.
  • Student Educational Opportunity
    Impressions online course by logging in HERE.

Please reach out to SHARE if you have any questions or to request accommodations.

Earth Week 2024

Sunday, April 21

  • Earthfest | 1-4 p.m. | Kaeyes Mamaceqtawuk/Library Plaza
    This event is a tabling and network based event in celebration of community and coming together for Earth Day. Join us for our day of collective action, as well as delicious soup and music. This event is for celebrating the earth, appreciating each other and organizing, and fostering a great space to learn/try something new. We will be serving lunch for everyone (while supplies last) from Bon App catering when the event starts at 1 p.m. Student bands will be performing from 2-4 p.m. In the event of rain, festivities will move to Warch. 

Monday, April 22

  • Science Hall Colloquium: Soil Microbe Communities | 4:30 p.m. | Steitz 102
    Forest and agricultural soils are home to vast quantities of soil microbe communities, yet we have only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding these systems. Dr. Relena Ribbons’ lab blends tools and approaches from forestry, ecology, biogeochemistry, and soil microbiology to investigate these communities. She will share insights from studies she and her research students have conducted across the region: Bjorklunden’s forest of cedars and maples along the shoreline of Lake Michigan; a network of sites in the woods of Peninsula and High Cliff State Parks; and here on the Lawrence campus, using soil microbiological markers to examine polyculture practices of co-planting tomatoes with marigolds.
  • Paint the Wall | 5 p.m. | The wall on Lawe Street (near SLUG Gardens)
    Come help us paint a mural on the wall in celebration of Earth Day!
  • SLUG Gardening Session and S’mores | 6-8 p.m. | SLUG Gardens
    Join SLUG for an Earth Day gardening session, followed by a campfire and s’mores! Attendants will be entered into a raffle to win jars of honey produced by our own SLUG bees.

Tuesday, April 23

  • Rechargeable Battery Giveaway | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Warch Campus Center
    Introducing Lawrence University’s annual sustainability giveaway. This year we will be giving out rechargeable batteries & charging stations to the student body. If you would like a set of your very own, please fill out the form at the Earthfest tabling event on Sunday, April 21.

Wednesday, April 24

  • Erin Brockovich Showing | 7 p.m. | Warch Cinema
  • Food Recovery Network | 7:30 p.m. | Warch 414 – Runkel Room
    This is a food safety training session so students will be able to volunteer at the food recovery session.

Thursday, April 25

  • Food Inc. Showing | 7 p.m. | Warch Cinema
    Food Inc. (2008) is a documentary that explores corporate farming in the United States.

Friday, April 26

  • Bike Lane Walking Tour with Professor Brozek | 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Meet at the Arch
    Professor Brozek has been integral to the institution of the bike lanes here in Appleton. Join him on a walking tour where he teaches about an infrastructurally oriented model of sustainability and how anyone can make an infrastructural impact at the local level!

Saturday, April 27

  • Sustainability/CCE Appleton Trash Pickup | Depart 11 a.m.-1 p.m. & Return 3-5 p.m.
    In Collaboration with the Center for Community Engagement, LUCC Sustainability committee is organizing shuttles to nearby Appleton parks in which students, staff, and faculty can clean up areas that aren’t maintained as well as campus. Join us to volunteer!
  • Invasive Species Pull | 12-2 p.m. | Start in front of Hiett
    Come help restore native ecosystems! Join the Sustainability Committee and learn how to identify and remove invasive species including Garlic Mustard and Burdock. We will start in front of Hiett Hall at 12 p.m. and continue by the access road to SLUG. Afterward, there will be a drawing to win a pesto made from the Garlic Mustard harvested!

New North ESG Summit

Thursday, May 2 | 12:30-5:30 p.m.
Warch 324 – Somerset Room

Sustainable Lawrence is thrilled to partner with the New North ESG Planning Committee to host an interactive summit dedicated to exploring the transformative power of sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices in business. This summit aims to catalyze conversations, share insights, and inspire action toward a more sustainable future.

Lawrence University students are invited to attend the Summit at no cost! Students are also invited to attend a special luncheon with the Summit’s guest speakers and featured panelists (11 a.m.-Noon). Seating for the luncheon will be limited!

Interested Faculty and Staff can register using the New North event page. Scroll down beneath the schedule for registration details.

Please don’t hesitate to contact Carter Robinson (carter.robinson@lawrence.edu) with any questions.

Summit Agenda

12:30 – 1 p.m. | Registration Check In & Networking

1 – 1:15 p.m. | Welcome
Kick off the summit with a warm welcome and introduction to our esteemed partners and the purpose of our gathering.

1:15 – 1:45 | The Business Imperative of Sustainability & ESG
Delve into the essential concepts of sustainability and ESG with compelling storytelling examples curated by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council. Understand the key trends, emerging regulations, and the undeniable business case for integrating sustainability into organizational strategies.

​1:45 – 2:30 | How Wisconsin Companies Are Leveraging Sustainability
Discover firsthand how Wisconsin companies, both large and small, are leveraging sustainability to drive innovation and enhance their business practices. Dive into insightful case studies from industry leaders; US Venture, Plexus, Faith Technologies and Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE).

​2:45 – 3:45 | Panel Conversations: Diving into Topics of Interest
Engage in dynamic panel discussions covering various topics of interest related to sustainability and ESG. Explore sustainability program basics, data-driven sustainability strategies, energy and greenhouse gas management, workforce implications, and more.

​4:05 – 4:45 | Networking Breakouts as Roundtables
Participate in roundtable discussions facilitated by volunteer conversation leaders. Delve deeper into topics such as operationalizing sustainability, navigating ESG pressures, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in ESG, federal programs and funding opportunities, and engagement with students on careers in ESG.

​4:45 – 5:30 pm. | General Networking & Happy Hour

David Portillo, tenor with Craig Terry, piano

Friday, April 26 | 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel

Praised by Opera News for “high notes with ease, singing with a luxuriant warm glow that seduced the ear as he bounded about the stage with abandon,” American tenor David Portillo has established himself as a leading classical singer of his generation. In 2022-23, David Portillo will showcase his talent for concertgoers and in a range of notable projects, including performances as Tamino in The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera, Ferrando in Così fan tutte with The Dallas Opera, Nadir in The Pearl Fishers with Austin Opera, and assume the title role in Handel’s Jephtha with Jane Glover and Music of the Baroque.

An evening of poetry with Ernest Hilbert

Thursday, April 25 | 7-8 p.m.
Wriston Art Galleries

Poet, critic, and editor Ernest Hilbert gives a reading in the Wriston Art Galleries.

About Ernest Hilbert

Born in Philadelphia and raised in southern New Jersey, poet, critic, and editor Ernest Hilbert received a BA from Rutgers University and a PhD in English literature from St. Catherine’s College of Oxford University, where he studied with James Fenton and Jon Stallworthy.

In his debut collection, Sixty Sonnets (2009), Hilbert establishes a variation on the sonnet form, employing an intricate rhyme scheme and varied line length. A skillful practitioner of form and nuance, Hilbert shifts between delicately sonic moments and humorous narrative sequences. As poet and critic Adam Kirsch noted of the poems in Sixty Sonnets, “In these sonnets, whose dark harmonies and omnivorous intellect remind the reader of Robert Lowell’s, Hilbert is alternately fugitive and connoisseur, hard drinker and high thinker.” Hilbert’s second collection, All of You on the Good Earth (2013), returns to his idiosyncratic, highly inventive sonnet form.

Hilbert founded the Oxford Quarterly and E-Verse Radio. He has also served as editor of both the Contemporary Poetry Review and Random House’s magazine Bold Type. Hilbert’s work has been included in The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets (2009), and he has collaborated with composers such as Daniel Felsenfeld, Stella Sung, and Christopher LaRosa. His spoken word album, Elegies & Laments (2013), includes tracks of Hilbert’s poems backed by his band, Legendary Misbehavior.

Science Hall Colloquium

Monday, April 22 | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Steitz 102

Forest and agricultural soils are home to vast quantities of soil microbe communities, yet we have only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding these systems. Dr. Relena Ribbons’ lab blends tools and approaches from forestry, ecology, biogeochemistry, and soil microbiology to investigate these communities. She will share insights from studies she and her research students have conducted across the region: Bjorklunden’s forest of cedars and maples along the shoreline of Lake Michigan; a network of sites in the woods of Peninsula and High Cliff State Parks; and here on the Lawrence campus, using soil microbiological markers to examine polyculture practices of co-planting tomatoes with marigolds.

Senior Series: Navigating Change

Transitioning to a New Job and Community

Tuesday, April 23 | 5:15-6:15 p.m.
Warch 414 – Runkel

As you prepare to leave Lawrence and embrace exciting new opportunities, we understand that adjusting to a new job and/or community can be both exhilarating and challenging.

In this session, we’ll explore essential aspects of succeeding in your new job, relocating, making new friends, and ensuring a smooth transition as you embark on this next chapter of your life.