Internal Communications
Each weekend during the academic year, groups gather at Björklunden to explore and reflect on ideas, artistic expressions, and community issues. Topics are wide-ranging, and students have the opportunity for intensive inquiry and discussion with faculty members and among themselves in an informal, intimate setting.
The application window to spend a weekend at Björklunden during Winter & Spring Terms is open October 3-31.
Thursday, Oct. 10 | 4:30 p.m.
Wriston Auditorium
Join us for a talk by artist Christopher McNulty ’90 and a reception to celebrate the Fall 2024 exhibitions. Reception with refreshments to follow.
The Galleries are open during academic year exhibitions:
Galleries are free, open to the public, and located in the Wriston Art Center.
Image: Christopher McNulty ’90, 20,045 Days (2007), iInk on paper, from Days Series (2006-2008)
Would you like to earn 3 units of Lawrence credit in two weeks? Then check out the 2024 D-term courses and register by October 23!
D-term courses are two-week, intensive courses taught by Lawrence faculty not offered during the academic year. These 3-unit courses are offered during the first two weeks of December. There’s an array of fascinating options this year, but Wednesday, October 23 is the deadline for registration, so check it out soon!
D-Term Registration Information
Enjoy coffee and conversation with the members of the President’s Cabinet:
This event will be hosted twice a term in the hopes that everyone will have a chance to join. Both will take place in the Pusey Room (Warch 325).
Hear LU Studio Art alumni working in medicine and sciences share info about their career journeys:
– Lexi Ames ’17 | Studio Art & Biology Major | artist, deathcare worker, and science communicator
– Aedan Gardill ’18 | Studio Art & Physics Major | product development engineer at Mad City Labs
– Ora Raymond ’20 | Studio Art & Biochemistry Major | medical student at Uni of Minnesota
– Leila Raymond ‘23 | Studio Art Major | Dental Assistant and Project Manager at EXCELth Family Dental
Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 4:30 p.m., Memorial 002
The alumni will join us on campus in Memorial Hall 002 via Zoom. Bring your questions about these career fields!
Tuesday, October 8 | 5-6 p.m.
Wellness Center Pool – First Floor
Learn about the swim & dive program and see if it’s something you’d like to try!
Anyone with prior acrobatics (cheer, dance, gymnastics) would be excellent divers. Anyone comfortable with swimming would have a great opportunity to challenge themselves to becoming better swimmers—a lifelong skill!
Questions? Contact Coach Jody Riskowski.
jody.riskowski@lawrence.edu
Volunteers are needed to help make this year’s Lawrence University Latin American & Spanish Film Festival a success!
What you can help us with:
Open slots:
Saturday, October 5 | 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Come hear the Wind Ensemble’s and Symphony Orchestra’s opening concert as we kick off our performances for this special 150th Year of the Conservatory! We’re excited to share the stage with Kivie Cahn-Lipman, our new cello professor.
Free and open to the public!
Can’t make it to the Lawrence Memorial Chapel? Catch the live webcast here:
https://vimeo.com/lawrenceuni
Come and cheer on your Vikings!
5 p.m. | Men’s Soccer vs UW-River Falls | Banta Bowl
7 p.m. | Volleyball vs Illinois | Alex Gym
9 a.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Cornell | Lawrence Courts
Donut Giveaway: 2 dozen donuts to the first 2 dozen fans
12 p.m. | Football vs Grinnell | Banta Bowl
Giveaway: Football stress balls & LU sunglasses
Halftime kicking contest: Attempt to kick a field goal for a $50 gift card to Scheel’s!
1 p.m. | Volleyball vs Knox | Alex Gym
Giveaway: LU keychains & stickers
Pizza Giveaway: 50 slices of Toppers Pizza for the first 50 fans
3 p.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Grinnell | Lawrence Courts
4 p.m. | Men’s Soccer vs Cornell | Banta Bowl
Giveaway: Soccer stress balls & LU sunglasses
Pep Band!
6:30 p.m. | Women’s Soccer vs Cornell | Banta Bowl
Giveaway: Soccer stress balls & LU sunglasses
Raffle for a signed soccer ball from the women’s soccer team
1:30 p.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Roosevelt
Lawrence Courts
Senior Day
Saturday, October 5 | 3-5 p.m.
Shattuck 156
Ernestine Whitman, a flute professor on the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music faculty for 33 years before retiring in 2011, will share her recently written memoir Countermelodies: A Memoir in Sonata Form. In the book, she explores a harrowing time in her life, when unrelenting psychological harassment for a teacher-turned-colleague in Atlanta threatened to unravel her dreams for a musical life.
Ernestine Whitman began her career as a professional flutist at age 20, making her the youngest member of the Atlanta Symphony. Her passion for teaching brought her to Lawrence University, where she was professor of flute for 33 years.
A passionate advocate for restorative justice, she volunteers frequently in programs at several Wisconsin prisons.
Ernestine and her husband, Howard Niblock, divide their time between their condo in midtown Atlanta and their longtime residence in Appleton.
