From the Office of Alumni Relations
Dear alumni,
Fall 2009 feels like a whole new chapter in Lawrence’s history with the grand opening of the long-awaited Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center. This edition of LENs gives you a chance to “visit” this beautiful new building which has already transformed student life at Lawrence. Also, please take a few minutes to enjoy some of our short Lawrence videos, learn about the Conservatory webcasts, and read an update on the More Light! campaign. There’s no better way to stay informed about your alma mater from the comfort of your own computer.
Warmest regards,
Jan Daniels Quinlan ‘74
Executive Director of Alumni Relations
On Campus
Warch Campus Center Grand Opening
Years of planning and building culminated in the grand opening of the Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center the weekend of September 18-20. Students, faculty, alumni, and community members came together for a weekend of festivities to commemorate this event. Rik and Margot greeted guests and unveiled an official portrait of the former president, which now hangs in the Campus Center. Check out the LU News feature and WBAY's segment for a recap of the weekend, or visit this link for more information on the Campus Center.
Check out our photo album for pictures of the building!
Welcome to the Class of 2013
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As we kick off another year, we also welcome a new freshman class.
Move in day was a great success as we met 356 new freshman and 36 transfer students. View the Move in Day video!
Welcome Week eased all of the students into their new homes with plenty of activities from the Legacy Breakfast to Playfair to meetings with advisors to the first session of Freshman Studies. The 2009-2010 Lawrence University school year is off to a great start!
Click here for more information on new freshman class.
Videos! More Videos!
This is Lawrence - A Revitalized Campus
The "This is Lawrence" video series, created by Alex Bunke '09, Stephen Anunson '10, and Chelsea Biba '11, continues with A Revitalized Campus, showing some of the exciting recent changes on campus.
Part of this video shows the brand new College Avenue median. The redesign of the College Avenue median between Drew and Lawe Street was undertaken to improve pedestrian safety by creating a hardy garden of densely planted, salt-tolerant shrubs, perennials, grasses and trees. It was a cooperative effort involving the City of Appleton, the neighboring community and Lawrence University. The objectives of the project were to ensure safety, reduce traffic speed, visually enhance the thoroughfare through the campus, beautify the entrance into downtown Appleton and to serve as a model for beautifying roadsides, medians and roundabouts. The on-campus initiative for this project came from Green Roots:The Sustainable Lawrence Initiative. The signage was sponsored in part by the Class of 1996 through their senior class gift campaign. The median will be maintained by the university in perpetuity.
Sustainable Lawrence Video Competition
As part of Lawrence's green initiative, a contest was launched asking students to create a video expressing the initiative. Three final videos went up for judging by both the Lawrence Community, and a selected panel of judges. In the end, two of the three videos won. "Sustainable Lawrence A" video, produced by Kaushal Malde '11, Nate Grady '11, and Kevin Gabrielsen '11 earned the judges' panel vote, while "Sustainable Lawrence B," produced by Stephen Anunson '10, Katie Langenfeld '10, Carolyn Armstrong '10, Molly Preston '10, and Oren Jakobson '11 was the winner of the online popular vote. The third video, "Lawrence Growing Green", produced by Tom Coben '12 and Rosie Graber '12, followed closely behind for both the judges' votes and the popular vote.
Watch the winning videos
here.
Web Spotlight
Conservatory Webcasts kick off on Friday, October 9
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We are very excited to kick off our second year of live webcasts from the Chapel on Friday, October 9, at 8:00 p.m. CST. Join us as the Lawrence Viking Chorale, the Concert Choir, and Cantala perform under the direction of Paul Nesheim and Phillip Swan.
I would like to personally invite you to share in the excitement. This year you will be able to tune in to every one of our major ensemble performances, all 21 of them! Each broadcast features guest hosts from the Conservatory faculty introducing our pre-concert programming, and intermission interviews that provide deeper insights into the performance. Last year’s webcasts were a hit with listeners across the country and around the globe. One alumna was listening to our Messiah concert from Bangladesh! We even had alumni groups using the webcasts as a perfect excuse to throw a listening party complete with wine and cheese. If you decide to host a webcast party, let us know and we will be sure to recognize your group on the air.
Happy listening,
Brian Pertl '86
Dean of the Conservatory
Lawrence has a new Facebook Page!
We created a Facebook page for Lawrence on September 23 and in less than a week's time over 800 people signed up as fans. Faculty, current students, alumni and friends of Lawrence have shown up to swap stories, share photos and ask questions like, "What does the new campus center look like?" As a fan, you too can post photos, keep up with LU news and connect with old friends. Join us!
The Lawrence Conservatory has a Facebook page too!
More Light!
More Light! Campaign Update
Recently surpassing the $122 million mark in gifts and pledges received, the More Light! campaign continues its momentum during difficult financial times. The Warch Campus Center, Hurvis Crossing, and expansion of Bjorklunden were all fully funded through donations. We are now focusing on people and program for the campaign, and in addition to continuing our quest to bolster The Lawrence Fund (see below), we turn our attention to raise funds for scholarships, professorships, Fellows, and academic programs.
The More Light! campaign is also going on the road, and will be coming to a city near you!
Milwaukee, WI – Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 - The Wisconsin Club
New York, NY – Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 - The Williams Club
Scottsdale, AZ – Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 - Paradise Valley Country Club
San Francisco, CA – Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 -
St. Francis Yacht Club (luncheon)
San Francisco International Airport (evening reception)
San Marino, CA – Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 -
The Huntington Library
Madison, WI – Thursday, May 6, 2010 -
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
For additional information about More Light! events contact Alice Boeckers, at 800-283-8320 ext. 6517 or e-mail boeckera@lawrence.edu.
Click here to learn more about More Light!
Game, Set Match! Update
Game,
Set, Match! The matching fun continues with a 3-year, $3 million match. The Board of Trustees is matching all new or increased giving club gifts received this year as well as pledges for the next two years! To date, nearly 350 alumni, parents, and friends
have participated utilizing more than $99,000 of the challenge. To learn more about this challenge, view this one minute video created by Alex Bunke ’09. Or simply make your gift or pledge now to get in the game. Give Now!
Charitable IRA Rollover legislation ends December 31, 2009
Last year Congress passed legislation, as a part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, allowing you to gift $1 - $100,000 directly from your traditional or Roth IRA to a qualified non-profit organization like Lawrence. If you do not need all of the income and/or assets in your IRA, this is the perfect time to consider a gift to Lawrence. A quick overview...
-You must be 70 ½ years of age or older
-Your gift must be made before December 31, 2009
-Your gift must be made directly from the plan administrator to Lawrence
To learn more, we invite you to contact the Major and Planned Giving Office at 1-800-283-8320.
