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IMPORTANT REMINDER: Accreditation Visit & Open Forums Next Week

On October 1-2, 2018, this coming Monday and Tuesday, Lawrence will host a team of reviewers from the Higher Learning Commission as part of our reaccreditation process. As part of the site visit, the HLC reviewers want to hear from the Lawrence community on a number of important topics. Faculty and staff participation in these open meetings and forums is a valuable piece of the reaccreditation process.

Click here for a list of meetings and to RSVP.

An RSVP is not required to attend, but it is helpful and allows you to receive updates and reminders as meeting locations can be subject to change.

For more information about accreditation, click here.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Accreditation Visit & Open Forums Next Week

On October 1-2, 2018, this coming Monday and Tuesday, Lawrence will host a team of reviewers from the Higher Learning Commission as part of our reaccreditation process. A students-only open forum is an important part of that visit. It takes place on Monday, October 1 from 4:30-5:15 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center Cinema.

There will be a number of additional open forums and meetings that students are encouraged to attend, including a session on Diversity and Campus Climate on Monday, October 1, 2018 from 2-3 p.m. This session will now be held in the Wriston Auditorium.

Click here for a full list of meetings and to RSVP.

An RSVP is not required to attend, but it is helpful and allows you to receive updates and reminders as meeting locations can be subject to change.

For more information about accreditation, click here.

Open Movement and Music Jam // Indah Walsh Dance Company

Open Movement and Music Jam

Join us for the first Open Movement and Music Jam is this weekend!

Details

  • Date: Sunday, September 30
  • Time: 3:30-5:00pm
  • Location: Esch/Hurvis dance studio
    • One floor down from the ground floor, down the hall behind the Corner Store in the Warch Campus Center
  • The event is FREE and everyone is welcome – all ages, all communities, Lawrence University-affiliated or not, all abilities, all identities.
  • You may make sound/music, you may dance, you may bring an instrument, you may rest, watch, or listen.
  • RSVP to the Facebook Event now!

Indah Walsh Dance Company

Indah Walsh Dance Company is coming to town from NYC to share their work: homespun (please remove your shoes)

Details

  • Date: Monday, October 1
  • Time: 7:00pm
  • Location: Esch/Hurvis dance studio
    • One floor down from the ground floor, down the hall behind the Corner Store in the Warch Campus Center
  • The event is FREE and open to all ages.
  • RSVP to the Facebook Event now!

Dance has been shown to activate our brains, foster creativity, strengthen memory, relieve stress, and build community. Dance is for everyone!!

Indah Walsh Dance Company creates participatory performance gatherings entitled homespun (please remove your shoes) that invite the audience to choose how they wish to engage through participatory activity. Upon removing your shoes, you may be invited to share a joke, sing, play games, dance, and/or meditate. Through dance, games, music, and humor the work serves as a space to gather and interact, indulging our innate sense to be in connection with one another. homespun (and the Open Jam) is family-friendly so bring your kids and let them play!

Indah Walsh is a choreographer, performer, and educator with a BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase College and an MFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. In 2017, Indah was awarded a Creative Engagement Grant from LMCC and has shown work at Danspace Project, Seattle Asian Art Museum, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, the Watermill Center, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center among many others. She has taught, choreographed, and performed internationally including in Italy, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, and across the US. Indah is the Artistic Director of Indah Walsh Dance Company as well as a Co-Director for NYU Tisch Future Dancers and Dancemakers.

 

Last Chance – Personal Health Assessment (PHA) Appointments Still Available

Appointments are still available to complete your PHA.

Who is eligible to participate?

All staff and faculty are welcomed and encouraged to participate in the PHA process.  Participation is also encouraged for the following individuals covered under the Lawrence University medical plan: spouses/domestic partners of employees, retirees and spouses/domestic partners of retirees.

Note for Medical Plan Participants

Participation by employees, retirees covered under the medical plan, and spouses/domestic partners covered under the medical plan will provide the discounts to the medical plan premium.  All participants must complete both the biometric screening and the lifestyle questionnaire to receive the premium discount. The questionnaire can be completed 5 days after your biometric screening appointment.  Discounts are provided based upon participation and are not scoring or results based.

How do I sign up?

Scheduling directions can be found in the 2018 PHA Instruction Sheet or click here to sign up:  https://www.thedacare.org/pha. The PHA schedule books quickly.  To ensure you receive your preferred appointment time, do not delay in scheduling your appointment.

 

What is the PHA schedule?

The PHA schedule is as follows:

Date Time Location

 

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

 

6:30 – 10:30 am

 

Warch Campus Center –

Hurvis & Mead Witter

 

Thursday, September 27, 2018

 

6:30 – 10:30 am

 

Warch Campus Center –

Hurvis & Mead Witter

 

Friday, September 28, 2018

 

6:30 – 10:30 am

 

Warch Campus Center –

Hurvis & Mead Witter

 

Monday, October 1, 2018

 

7:30 – 9:00 am

 

Bjorklunden

 

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

 

6:30 – 10:30 am

 

Warch Campus Center –

Hurvis & Mead Witter

 

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

 

6:30 – 10:30 am

 

Warch Campus Center –

Hurvis & Mead Witter

 

Thursday, October 4, 2018

 

6:30 – 10:30 am

 

Warch Campus Center –

Hurvis & Mead Witter

 

Friday, October 5, 2018

 

6:30 – 10:30 am

 

Warch Campus Center –

Hurvis & Mead Witter
NOTE: this appointment requires each participant to fast for at least 8 hours prior to the appointment time.

 

Please contact your HR Representative if you have any questions regarding the PHA process including scheduling your assessment.

 

Thank you,

Human Resources

403(b) Learning Session & 1:1 Meetings

Group Session

Join John Conway from Advanced Capital Group on the following dates to learn more on investment options in the WAICU/Transamerica Multiple Employer Plan (MEP). This session will also explore new plan features which were effective on June 1, 2018. No RSVP Required

Sessions time and dates:

  • Monday, October 15th, Warch Campus Center Cinema from 11:00am – 12:00pm
  • Monday, October 15th, Warch Campus Center Cinema from 1:00pm – 2:00 

 

1:1 Meetings

A representative from Transamerica will be on campus to meet one – on – one on Monday, October 15th from 8:30am – 5:00pm. The representative is available to answer any questions regarding the WAICU Retirement Readiness Plan or assist with the rollover of retirement plan from prior employer. Appointments will be held in the Alice Chapman Hall Room 140. Appointments must be scheduled in advance.

Learning at Lawrence: Cross Campus Connections

Learning at Lawrence is launching their first Cross Campus Connections training session of the new academic year, led by Steve Armstrong, Director of Information Technology, on the topic of Password Manager.  Join us Wednesday, October 17th from 10:10am – 10:50am in the Warch Campus Center Cinema to learn from Steve and gain a better understanding of password security and protecting yourself from cyber threats.

It’s a Sukkah

Sukkot is the Jewish time of remembrance, recalling  when the Israelites wandered through the desert.  A sukkah represents the structures that were slept in and can be constructed of almost anything for the walls. More specifically, the roof must be made of plants that are no longer in the ground, the purpose being that the stars should be able to be seen at night. This year, Sukkot will end on the evening of Sunday, Spetember 30th.

Visit the eastern green space next to Sabin House to respectfully consider the structure there.  Have questions? connect with Hillel on Friday at 5:30 at Sabin House Center for Spiritual and Religious Life to talk more.

 

Spiritually speaking-We’ve got your early week covered

  MON –  Esch Hurvis starting at 4:15p
Begin your week with balance and energy as you begin a practice of  Tai Chi. Complete your exercise there or flow right in to the yoga practice that follows in the same space.  Open to all.
Every Monday during term. 

 

  TUE – Andrew Commons 12:30p-1:30p

On Tuesday, have a seat with Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life, Linda Morgan-Clement.  Take lunch with Linda in Andrew Commons and discuss what’s on your mind, spiritual or otherwise. Connect.  You will find her at one of the tables near the ice cream machines.  Open to all.
Tuesdays of weeks 4,6,8 and 10.

 

WED – Intersections: Water  5:15p

Come and continue the connection between water and resourcefulness.  Start your experiental workshop at Sabin House and connect with fellow Lawrentians around water’s faceted presence in both vast and intricate ways.   Intersections shows us the places where faith, scholarship, work and activism all connect. “Water” will be led by Terra Winston, Associate Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life.  Open to all.
Final two sessions October 3rd and 10th.