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WAICU Retirement Readiness Plan Transition

As you may have seen in a mailing to your home, the Lawrence Retirement Readiness Plan is transitioning to the WAICU Retirement Readiness Plan.

Transamerica will be onsite hosting both group and one on one meetings May 21 – 24 (see schedule below). To learn more about Transamerica and how they can help you improve your overall well-being as you plan and invest for retirement, please attend one of the upcoming group meetings. Representatives from Transamerica will also be available to meet with you individually and answer any questions you may have regarding the transition as well as about rolling over funds from an account other than the Lawrence University Retirement Readiness Plan (those funds will automatically transition).

To schedule a one-on-one appointment:

  1. Visit waicu403b.trsretire.com (you do not need to login)
  2. Select “Schedule an Appointment”
  3. In the “Show Locations Near” box  type in Appleton, WI
  4. Choose “A – WAICU – Lawrence University” as the location
  5. Select One-on-One, 30 minutes
  6. Select an available time

There is no need to RSVP for the group meetings.

 

Learning @ LU Collaborative

Who: Staff, faculty, and administrator presenters will share their perspectives with all staff and faculty on a variety of topics surrounding a general theme of change.

What: This day will be focused on educating each other on current changes both at Lawrence and throughout our world, whether social, political, environmental, or scientific. Light refreshments will be served during a morning social and throughout the program.

When: Wednesday, June 20th from 8:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Where: Warch Campus Center

Why: The included topics will encompass current changes in our world and emphasize the various ways in which change can manifest and come about. Attendees will have the opportunity to enhance their awareness of several key ongoing developments as well as of our role in understanding and creating change.

RSVP

Sole Burner – May 12th

This year’s annual American Cancer Society Sole Burner walk/run will take place on the morning of May 12th. Streets on the route (map below) will likely be blocked off starting at around 8:55 am and will reopen likely around 9:40 as the last walker goes by. Streets directly around City Park will be blocked off earlier as this is where the race will start.

Listed below are the expected street closure times: 

  1. College Avenue Bridge – 8:50 until 9:40
  2. Lawe/E. South River – 9:00 until 9:50
  3. Lawe/Franklin – 8:55 until 9:20 (after opening, you can take Lawe north out of downtown)
  4. South Island/Olde Oneida and Eagle Flats Parkway/Olde Oneida – 8:55 until 10:10
  5. College/Drew – 8:55 until 10:20, you may be allowed west via College until about 9:10
  6. Washington/Drew – you may be allowed west via Washington until about 9:10.
  7. Newberry Trail is open off Lawe Street to the Telulah park area

This year we will also likely have a marching band playing at the intersection of Drew St. and College Ave to cheer on our participants.  They will be playing mainly between 9:15am – 11:00am.

For More Information: 5.12.18 Sole Burner

Dark Sky Exercise: May 15 -17

A full-scale training exercise simulating a long-term mass power outage in Wisconsin will run from May 15 – 17 at sites around the state.

This exercise is known as Dark Sky and will be taking place in Brown, Calumet, Dane, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties to test the abilities of private utilities, law enforcement, first responders, and the National Guard to respond to the scenario as well as its second and third order effects.

The public should not be concerned if they notice an increased emergency responder presence, military personnel, vehicles and equipment, or non-military unmanned aerial vehicles operating in their communities during the exercise. The exercise includes an Alliant Energy facility in Fond du Lac County, which will serve as one of the National Guard training sites.

The goal of the exercise is to increase understanding of the coordination, policies, and procedures required to conduct a joint inter-agency response to cyber and physical threats to critical infrastructure in Wisconsin.

For more information on this exercise visit the WI Department of Military Affairs webpage. 

Spring Term Office Hours with Kimberly Barrett TODAY (5/10)

Dr. Kimberly Barrett, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion is hosting open office hours. The second session of open office hours for Spring Term is being held TODAY (May 10th). Drop by Sampson House, 2nd floor and share ideas, concerns, comments, etc. Appointments are not required, people will be accommodated on a first come-first serve basis.

Summer Employment Update

Looking for Summer Employment? There are still several on-campus summer jobs available. Please see LUWorks for more information and to apply.

If you are already planning on working on campus this summer, the Reunion Weekend positions can be a great add-on employment option. Please visit LUWorks or contact Shana Shallue for more information.

 

As we approach Ramadan

Ramadan is an important time of fasting, reflection and prayer for the Muslim community.  Lawrence will support the efforts of those in our community who are celebrating this special time and nourishing their practices.

Iftars at Sabin House will be hosted as a breaking of the fast, by invitation or accompaniment of an invited guest.  Additionally, Grab&Go food will be made available beginning Tuesday, May 15th for those who wish to plan ahead to break their fast.  

We ask the respect of the community in not partaking in the offered Grab&Go food unless you are fasting during this time.

Assist your Muslim friends in support of their fasting and enhance your own interfaith vocabulary and understanding throughout Ramadan, which ends around June 14th.

Additional details are available via our Facebook page at LU Spirit Space