Internal Communications
Oct. 18
Meetings at 9 and 10:15 a.m.
Food and drink 9:45–10:15 a.m.
Warch Campus Center, Cinema
Join us at either 9 or 10:15 a.m. for a Q&A session with Mark Burstein and Chris Lee and in between for delicious food and drink. Questions for the Q&A can be sent to staff_connection@lawrence.edu.
Hosted by the Staff Connections Committee
The following colleagues have been hired, rehired or have a new position within the last two weeks. If you see them on campus, please welcome them to Lawrence!
The Staff Connections Committee would like to invite you to wear your LU gear and/or blue and white and join us at the Viking Room Happy Hour on Friday, Sept. 30 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
If you attend while wearing your blue and white, your name will be entered into a drawing for some sweet prizes. Plus, you get to enjoy FREE pretzels and buy one, get one free drink specials!
Check in at the Staff Connections table for your chance to win!
The Lunch at Lawrence series is back this year with an amazing lineup of LU faculty and staff. Lunches are $16.50 each or $82.50 for all six (a $99 value). Join us for lunch and learn something new. Register.
Oct. 7: Arnold Shober, associate professor of government
Unexpected but Not Unprecedented: Upheavals in American Politics From 1856 to 2016
Nov. 4: Christyn Abaray, athletics director
Adding Tools to the Toolbox of Life Skills: Development of Effective Communication Skills Through Sport
Feb. 10: Monica Rico, associate professor of history
Environmental History, Environmental Challenges: Looking at the Fox Cities and Wisconsin
March 10: Rob Neilson, Frederick R. Layton Professor of Art and associate professor of art
Public Art: People, Process and Product
April 14: Carla Daughtry, associate professor of anthropology
Cooking Schools and Culinary Tourism: Status, Memory and Identity in a Dish
May 12: Brigetta Miller, associate professor of music
Decolonization, Activism and Hope: Changing the Way We See Native America
The annual Wellness Fair is quickly approaching. Please save the date Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
We will also be providing flu shots. Hope to see you there!
Have you ever considered a career in community planning? Do you even know what “urban planning” really is?
The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association is hosting its annual conference on campus Sept. 22–23. Lawrence alumni Jen Gilchrist Walker ’00 and Jason Valerius ’97 will greet students in the Warch Campus Center, 320 Gallery (outside of the Somerset Room) on Sept. 22 between 11 and 11:45 a.m. They can tell you about their paths from Lawrence to careers in planning and answer questions about this diverse profession. If you’re interested in designing healthy communities, bike and pedestrian planning, transportation planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, geographic information systems, public engagement or just about anything related to the physical design and function of the places in which we live, stop by to learn more.
A representative from Kimberly-Clark Corporation will be in the Warch Campus Center on Monday, Sept. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer questions and provide insight into securing internship and career opportunities with Kimberly Clark (K-C).
K-C has locations in 63 different countries and career paths in a wide variety of functional areas including communications, logistics, research, IT, health services, finance, human resources and more. Stop by to meet K-C college recruiter Lauren Sell and learn more about internships and full-time employment.
Caravel Autism Health will be in the Warch Campus Center on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stop by to learn about flexible, paid part-time opportunities for students who want to work in autism behavioral therapy roles in the Fox Cities. Caravel uses Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in its work and provides paid training for students who are filling its roles.
Discover why Wisconsin will make you a different—and better—kind of lawyer.
Sir Williams, director of admissions at the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, will be at the Warch Campus Center Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to answer questions and talk about the application process.
Thanks to the generosity of our alumni who have funded the Lawrence Scholars in Business (LSB) Program, we invite students to apply for a Lawrence Scholars in Business Award Application to help cover expenses for your internship next summer. This is open to any student who, through an excellent academic record and extracurricular activities, has shown the right aptitude and aspirations to succeed in the highly competitive world of business. Applications and materials are due to sherri.immel@lawrence.edu in the Office of Alumni and Constituency Engagement no later than Monday, Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. Click on the link above for a direct link to the application.
