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Track & Field Midwest Conference Championships

Friday, May 9 | 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 | 10:30 a.m.
Whiting Field Track

Come out and cheer on your Vikings!

Volunteers are needed!

With any large event, we need many hands to help bring this opportunity to life for our student-athletes. If you are available and willing to volunteer, please sign up via this link. There are multiple shifts available, and some do require walking or standing.

All volunteers will receive & should be aware of the following:

  • Free Volunteer T-Shirt: All volunteers are required to wear the T-shirt while working so you can be easily identified by officials, coaches, & administrators.
  • Free Food from Hospitality Tent
  • Training upon arrival to their designated volunteer area
  • Please be advised to watch the weather forecast and dress for the weather in mind.
  • For health and safety, tennis shoes must be worn by all volunteers.
  • An email prior to the track meet will be sent with further instructions from Meet Director & Associate Athletics Director & Senior Woman Administrator Michelle Detwiler.

Please reach out to Michelle at michelle.detwiler@lawrence.edu or Head Track & Field Coach Elizabeth Krug at elizabeth.r.krug@lawrence.edu with any questions.

Creator in Residence Dance Performance

“Gather Together”

Friday, May 9 | 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 | 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Esch and Hurvis Studios, Warch Campus Center 2nd floor

Featuring world-renowned Choreographer, Robert Battle, Lawrence University Dance Students, and Lawrence University Conservatory of Music Faculty.

Creator in Residence (CIR) is brand-new programming for Lawrence University. CIR brings one expert guest artist in a year to collaborate, conversate, and share in the making of a new creative work. We are honored to feature the choreographic vision of the first Creator in Residence, Robert Battle, world-renowned choreographer and most recent former Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Battle’s work challenges dancers to inhabit space with explosive clarity, fierceness, and imagination. His presence in this process has expanded the collaborative landscape of our program, inspiring students to move with power, dedication, and joy.

The cast consists of 13 undergraduates representing 15 majors spanning first years, Posse scholars, graduating seniors, Conservatory musicians, and LU athletes, as well as one dance minor alumna. Lawrence University Conservatory professor Loren Kiyoshi Dempster collaboratively composed the music, and Professor Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzalez’s percussion studio will create a musical prelude. We are thrilled to share this synergetic work with you.

This event is free and open to all to enjoy.

Audio description of the show will be provided at the Sat., May 10, 2025, 2:30 p.m. performance.

Facilities Operations Projects

Current and future projects happening around campus:

  • Mudd Library: Work to be completed July 14– 18 with power disruptions
  • Campus: Annual maintenance power outage, July 14
    • Buildings that will NOT lose power:
      • 738 E Boldt Way (SLUG)
      • 741 E Boldt Way (SOL)
      • 742 E Boldt Way Alliance)
      • 300 S Meade (Big Exec)
      • 813 E. John (Small Exec)
      • 1025 E South River St
      • Alexander Gym
      • Fox Commons
      • Buildings north of Washington St (on City power)
  • Warch: Passenger elevator replacement June 23-September 5
  • Brokaw/Colman/West Campus parking lot: Resurfaced June 30-August 1
  • Library/ Youngchild/Warch-Lawe St Bridge path: concrete replacement starting June 23 lasting approximately 3 weeks, weather dependent
  • Campus: Annual steam shutdown July 14-18, hot water disruption
  • Chapel Façade: Renovation to begin summer 2025 TBD
  • Quads 3-4-5, Wilson House, Big Exec: Fire system upgrades summer 2025 TBD
  • Alex Gym: Fire system upgrade happening currently

Watch for updates weekly; TBD dates will be filled in as learned. Please note, dates are subject to change due to weather or supply chain issues. Please be safe when in these areas!

Blu’s Food Pantry Spring Term Form

The Blu’s Food Pantry Spring Term Request Form is open for pantry orders to be placed! The pantry provides food, hygiene products, and basic school supplies for students with need. Students can submit one order per week using this Microsoft Form.

If you are interested in donating to Blu’s Food Pantry, please place non-perishable donations in the boxes located around campus. Boxes are located in Warch, Memorial, Steitz, and the Conservatory lobby. If you have any questions or notice a donation box needs to be emptied, please contact diversitycenter@lawrence.edu.

Higher Education Summit

WAICU is offering its Higher Education Summit this year:

May 28-30, 2025, at the Memorial Union, Madison, WI

Due to increased demand for critical content and collaboration, registration for the Wisconsin Higher Education Summit has been opened to colleges and universities ACROSS THE NATION, including technical and tribal schools.

SPACE IS LIMITED, SO SECURE YOUR SPOT NOW!

Group discounts now available – save by sending a team!

Register Today

LU Health and Wellness Survey

April 30-May 16. Your experience matters.

Look for an e-mail with your unique link to the LU Health and Wellness survey. This is a completely anonymous survey that informs wellness programming on campus. Please let us know your thoughts and be entered to win one of five $50 Amazon gift cards. Thank you!

Entrepreneurs Circle

Tuesday, May 6 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Fox Commons B&E Center

The Entrepreneurship Circle Workshops are biweekly meetings of Lawrence’s entrepreneurship student group. Each meeting, we have a different guest help us learn about entrepreneurship skills, challenges, and interesting examples.

We will welcome alumnus Emmanuel Buah ’04, a serial entrepreneur. At Lawrence, Emmanuel majored in computer science and math. He held jobs in software engineering and architecture before founding his first company in 2012. He went on to co-found 2 more start-ups, including his current business, Airfordable, “payment plans for flights before departure.” 

Come hear about Emmanuel’s life after Lawrence, his journey as an entrepreneur, and advice to students. Food and drinks provided.

RSVP to irene.strohbeen@lawrence.edu.

The Pitch

Monday, April 28 | 4-6 p.m. (doors open at 3:30 p.m.)
Fox Cities Stadium

The Pitch is a startup business pitch competition among college student teams in Northeast Wisconsin. Competing teams have advanced from their campus competitions and have the opportunity to win cash and in-kind services to further their entrepreneurial pursuits.

Representing Lawrence this year are:

  • Emma Perry and Sheldon Watson, both junior business and entrepreneurship majors, will pitch Community and Beyond, an app designed to track volunteer hours. They are joined on the team by Ben Gutowski, a fellow junior business and entrepreneurship major.
  • Faith Onukaogu, a senior majoring in business and entrepreneurship and global studies, will pitch Anima Unita (AU), a multi-purpose clothing brand.

Participating schools include:

  • Lawrence University
  • St. Norbert College
  • UW-Green Bay
  • UW-Oshkosh
  • UW-Stevens Point

The Pitch is open to all!

What I Didn’t Say: A Journey Through Parkinson’s

Saturday, May 3 | 2-4 p.m.
Warch 324 – Somerset Room

Co-sponsored by the LU Pre-Health and the LU Theater Department, all are welcome to join us for a beautiful performance depicting what it is like to have Parkinson’s Disease and how those with Parkinson’s interact with medical professionals. Everyone will relate to this profoundly honest story about the staying power of true love.

After the 45-minute performance, the audience is invited to join in a conversation about how to strengthen all the relationships involved in a PD journey; refreshments will be provided.

Tickets are free and available in the Conservatory Box Office. Visit in person, email boxoffice@lawrence.edu, or call 920-832-6749.

Box Office Hours: 1-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday during the academic year (September-June) and one hour prior to performances