Ken Anselment

Director of Admissions
Telephone: 920-832-6992
Email: ken.anselment@lawrence.edu

Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, unless you’re of the “place-where-you-were-born” school of hometown, in which case the answer is Sycamore, known throughout northern Illinois as the home of the Great Pumpkin Festival

Undergraduate Major: Marketing and English

Graduate Degree: British and American Literature

Words that describe Lawrence: individualized, surprising, interesting, transformational

Words that describe Lawrence students: bright, creative, diverse, intriguing, respectful, don’t take themselves too seriously

Words that describe Appleton: 2,000 pounds of apples; cosmopolitan (seriously); accessible

Favorite Book: Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, by Tom Robbins; The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon; The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway; Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott

In greatest rotation on my iPod: my running mix

Favorite Movie: how about this for eclectic...The Matrix (the original); To Kill a Mockingbird (Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch - brilliant); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Jimmy Stewart as an idealistic young senator... if only more folks were like that); Field of Dreams (because "Hey Dad. Wanna have a catch?" works every time)

Favorite Word: Omphaloskepsis (it’s a great word; look it up)

When I’m not at work, you’ll find me: helping my son perfect his baseball swing; finding a place to store all the pictures my daughter has drawn for me; running the roads and great trails around Appleton; making a pot of chili that will change your life