Dear Campus Community,
As you have likely heard from other sources, our every decade reaccreditation site visit will take place October 1-2. Your voice is a critical part of the process. You can view the list of meetings and forums here.
· There is a students-only forum taking place on Monday, October 1, from 4:30-5:15 p.m. in Warch Cinema.
· There are also additional meetings, including an open forum on diversity and campus climate that takes place on Monday, October 1, from 2-3 p.m. in Warch Cinema.
Please review the list of meetings. I hope faculty, staff, and students can make time to attend sessions where you have thoughts and insights to offer.
Accreditation is a process that every major institution of higher learning undergoes every ten years. It is a mark of quality assurance. The preparation for our reaccreditation review has taken place for more than a year and includes herculean efforts by members of the Lawrence community to write and compile reports and evidence. We are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and next week we will be visited by reviewers from the HLC as the final stage in the process. More information about how accreditation works and links to the documents we submitted to the HLC are available here.
If you have additional questions, I encourage you to attend one of two town halls taking place this week on:
Wednesday, September 26
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Warch Campus Center, Nathan Marsh Pusey Room
Thursday, September 27
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Warch Campus Center, Nathan Marsh Pusey Room
For students who have general questions or concerns, there is an informal drop-in session:
Today, September 25
4-5 p.m.
Warch Campus Center, Arthur Vining Davis Room
You can also email accreditation@lawrence.edu with your questions.
I want to underscore how important it is that community voices are represented during the HLC reviewers’ visit. Thank you for the work you do every day to make Lawrence a special place of learning and community.
Best,
Mark