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Global Warming and Climage Change
with Jeff Clark, professor of geology and environmental studies

Saturday, March 10, 2007
10:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
11:00 a.m. Lecture
12:00 p.m. Entrance to NOAA Exhibit and Pacific Science Center

Pacific Science Center
Adobe Laser Dome
200 Second Avenue North
Seattle

$15 per person

Whether you call it global warming or global climate change, this hot topic has been in the news more of late than ever before. Dr. Jeff Clark, Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies at Lawrence, will dissect the debate in a lecture at the Pacific Science Center. Jeff will present the basic evidence for climate change and place recent changes in the context of the geologic past. Has the climate changed before? Are humans the cause of recent change? And, what, if anything, can or should we do about it? We will explore the science behind the issue, and also discuss how the United States might act.

All Seattle area Lawrence alumni, parents, and friends are warmly invited to join us for this interesting presentation and breakfast at the Pacific Science Center on Saturday, March 10, 2007. After the breakfast and lecture, you will be free to explore the exhibits at the Pacific Science Center, including a special exhibit called "Treasures of NOAA's Ark". This exhibit details the history of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and shows how NOAA charts the seas, protects and conserves marine resources, and detects tsunamis. Science Center tickets will be distributed at breakfast.

We hope you can join us. Bring your family and friends!

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Welcome to Seattle

Thursday, October 5, 2006
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

The Elysian Brewing Company
1221 East Pike Street
Seattle, Washington 98122

Host: Gen Williams, '03

$5/person, payable at the event
Class of 2006 alumni are our guests

You are warmly invited to the seventh annual Welcome to Seattle. This is a great opportunity to catch up with old alumni friends while making a few new ones! Enjoy the Elysian's specialty always-flowing standard and seasonal brews along with the company of other local Lawrentians. Appetizers will be served and a cash bar is available

Welcome to Seattle is one of eleven Welcome to Our City events across the country. All Seattle-area alumni, friends, and family are welcome. Guests of honor for the evening are Class of 2006 alumni and other alumni new to Seattle.

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Meet Jill Beck

Tuesday, November 8, 2005
6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:45 p.m. - Remarks by President Beck

The Harbor Club of Seattle
801 Second Avenue
Norton Building, 17th floor, South Cascade Room
Seattle, Washington 98104

$20 per person
$15, members of the Classes of 1995-2005

The Lawrence University Alumni Association of Seattle and the Board of Trustees cordially invite you to meet President Jill Beck. Appetizers, wine, beer, and soft drinks will be served.

Parking is free for this event. Mention the Lawrence event when arriving at the parking garage.

The Norton Building Main Entrance is located on Second Avenue between Columbia and Marion Streets. The following will direct you to the parking garage entrance located on First Avenue.

Northbound on I-5:
Exit at James Street
Turn left (west) on James Street
Turn right on Fourth Avenue
Turn left on Columbia Street
Turn right on First Avenue
Norton Building parking is the first driveway on the right

Southbound on I-5:
Exit at James Street
Turn right (west) on Columbia Street
Turn right on First Avenue
Parking garage is first right
Norton Building parking is the first driveway on the right

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Welcome to Seattle

Wednesday, September 28th
5:30 - 7:30 P.M.

Tia Lou's
2218 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121

Host: Bill Zoellner, '93

$5/person payable at the event
Class of 2005 alumni are our guests

You are warmly invited to the sixth annual Welcome to Seattle. This is a great opportunity to catch up with old alumni friends, while making a few new ones! Tia Lou's specialty Mexican appetizers will be served. Happy hour runs from 5-7, and margaritas will be on special.

Welcome to Seattle is one of 14 Welcome to Our City events across the country. All Seattle-area alumni, family and friends are welcome. Guests of honor for the evening are Class of 2005 alumni and all alumni new to the Seattle area.

Street parking is available.

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Welcome to Seattle

Wednesday, September 22, 2004
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Elysian Brewing Company
1221 East Pike Street
Seattle

Hosts:
Margaret Harrison Gilshannon, '89
Sean Gilshannon, '89

$5/person payable at the event

You're warmly invited to the fifth annual Welcome to Our City, a special young alumni event that takes place in 14 cities across the country. Please join us and catch up with old alumni friends while making a few new ones! Hors d'oeuvres will be served and a cash bar is available.

The guests of honor for the evening are Class of 2004 alumni. Many of them have recently relocated to new cities and this event is designed to help them meet local alumni.

The Elysian Brewing Company is located on the southwest corner of 13th Avenue and East Pike Street on Capitol Hill. There is some parking located behind the brewery and plenty of street parking in the neighborhood.

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President Richard Warch Farewell Tour

The Board of Trustees
Cordially invites you to
A reception to honor Richard Warch
During his 25th and final year as Lawrence University President

Wednesday, March 10, 2004
6:30 p.m.

$20 per person ($15, members of the Classes of 1998-2003)

Sorrento Hotel
900 Madison Street
Seattle, Washington

President Richard Warch
The second-longest serving president in the college's history, Richard Warch became Lawrence's 14th president on September 1, 1979. Prior to that, he spent two years as vice president for academic affairs and professor of history at Lawrence. From 1968 to 1977, Warch was a member of the Yale University faculty in the history and American studies departments and spent his final year there as associate dean.

In June, 1999, Warch was named to the Executive Committee of the Annapolis Group, an association of more than 100 of America's leading liberal arts colleges. In the 1987 study, "The Effective College President," a two-year project funded by the Exxon Education Foundation, Warch was named one of the nation's top 100 college presidents.

A native of Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., Warch earned his bachelor of arts degree from Williams College in 1961, his bachelor of divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1964 and his Ph.D. in American studies from Yale University in 1968.

He is the author of the book School of the Prophets: Yale College, 1710-1740, co-edited the volume John Brown in the Prentice-Hall Great Lives Observed Series and has addressed a wide variety of issues facing higher education in numerous published articles, reviews and commentaries.

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Welcome to Seattle

Wednesday, September 24, 2003
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Elysian Brewing Company
1221 East Pike Street
Seattle

Hosts: Sean Gilshannon, '89, and Margaret Harrison Gilshannon, '89

$5/person payable at the event

You're warmly invited to Welcome to Our City, a special young alumni event that takes place in 14 cities across the country. Please join us and catch up with old alumni friends while making a few new ones! Hors d'oeuvres will be served and a cash bar is available.

The guests of honor for the evening are Class of 2003 alumni. Many of them have recently relocated to new cities and this event is designed to help them meet local alumni.

The Elysian Brewing Company is located on the southwest corner of 13th Avenue and East Pike Street on Capitol Hill. There is some parking located behind the brewery and plenty of street parking in the neighborhood.

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Romeo and Juliet
with Professor Timothy Troy, '85

Saturday, April 12, 2003
5:30 p.m. - dinner and pre-theater discussion, Spirits Lounge
7:30 p.m. - show, Bagley Wright Theater

Seattle Repertory Theatre
155 Mercer Street

$40/person - best available seat, supper, and presentation
$25/person - balcony seat, supper, and presentation
$15/person - best available for anyone under age 25, supper, and presentation

Love. Passion. Violence. Vengeance. Despair. Death. Shakespeare's most romantic play combines unforgettable poetry with the range of human emotions. Revisit Romeo and Juliet to experience the drama the way William Shakespeare intended - on stage.

The Lawrence University Alumni Association of Seattle warmly invites alumni, parents, and friends to join Jan Daniels Quinlan, '74, director of alumni relations, and Timothy Troy, '85, associate professor of theatre and drama, for supper, a pre-theater discussion, and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet performed by the SRT.

Ticket prices include a supper reception, beverages, and your choice of performance seating. Season ticket holders may exchange their tickets to join our group. Please contact the Lawrence alumni office for details.

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Welcome to Seattle

Thursday, September 26, 2002
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

BluWater Bistro
1001 Fairview Avenue, N
Seattle

Hosts:
Carrie Frankenburg, '92, and Keith Harris, '98

Seattle alumni from the Classes of 1977-2002 are warmly invited to Welcome to Our City, a special alumni event that takes place in 14 cities across the country. Please join us and catch up with old alumni friends while making a few new ones! There will be give-aways, plus a drawing for a Lawrence hat and t-shirt. Hors d'oeuvres will be served and a cash bar is available.

The guests of honor for the evening are Class of 2002 alumni. Many of them have recently relocated to new cities and this event is designed to help them meet local alumni.

BluWater Bistro features floor to ceiling windows that provide panoramic views of beautiful Lake Union, the Space Needle and Queen Anne Hill.

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Picnic in the Park
A Send-off Celebration for Lawrence Students

Sunday, September 15, 2002
12:00 noon

Alki Beach Park, Seattle
1702 Alki Avenue, SW, on the beach between 61st and 62nd Avenues, SW

$5/adult; $3/child; $15/family
Lawrence students and their families are our guests

The Lawrence University Alumni Association of Seattle warmly invites all incoming and current students, alumni, and their families to a picnic celebration for Seattle-area Lawrence students and for the incoming Lawrence Class of 2006.

Brats, burgers, hot dogs, chicken, vegetarian options, and beverages will be provided. Everyone is encouraged to bring a side dish, salad, or dessert as well as beach games or chairs. Please note that no alcoholic beverages are allowed on park grounds.

We hope you'll come out to meet all the current and incoming students and picnic with Lawrentians of all ages.

Please note: the Seahawks' home opener in their new stadium is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. on Sunday, so this will cause some traffic issues around the stadium.

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Debussy and His Muses
with Professor Catherine Kautsky

Wednesday, November 7, 2001
7:00 p.m.

Westin Hotel
Cascade IA Ballroom - 4th floor
1900 Fifth Avenue
Seattle

$15/person - includes performance and dessert reception
$10/person - young alumni rate (Classes of 1996-2001)

Please join Associate Director of Alumni Relations, Andrea Powers, '94, and Professor Catherine Kautsky of the Lawrence Conservatory, for an evening of music and a dessert reception.

Catherine Kautsky, Professor of Music at the Lawrence Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin, and Chair of its Piano Department, has concertized throughout the United States and abroad as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber musician.

Following her New York debut, the New York Times called her "a pianist who can play Mozart and Schubert as though their sentiments and habits of speech coincided exactly with hers. . . . She gave these pieces nuances that made them meaningful on a human, everyday level. The music spoke directly to the listener, with neither obfuscation nor pretense."

Professor Kautsky will help us understand Debussy's piano works in relation to the artists and poets that inspired them. Come enjoy her slides and lecture, and listen to Debussy performed in relation to paintings and the spoken word.

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Style is Character:
Liberal Learning and Campus Life
President Richard Warch

Tuesday, April 3, 2001
6:30 p.m.

Hotel Edgewater, Terrace Room
2411 Alaskan Way, Pier 67
Seattle

$15 per person - alumni/parents/friends
$10 per person - young alumni (Classes of 1995-2000)

Includes parking, hors d'oeuvres buffet, and beverages. Cash bar.

The Lawrence University Alumni Association of Seattle invites all alumni, parents, and friends to a reception and presentation by President Richard Warch at the Hotel Edgewater on Seattle's historic Waterfront.

President Richard Warch, Lawrence's president since 1979, is now the second longest-serving president in the college's history. Under his leadership, Lawrence University has enhanced its liberal arts academic reputation and embarked on two successful capital campaigns and five major building projects, including the newly opened Science Hall.

The LUAA of Seattle also supports the Lawrence Service Day mission. Attendees are encouraged to bring one or more new children's books to this event; all books will be contributed to a local literacy program.

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Welcome to Our City - Seattle

Thursday, September 14, 2000
7:00 p.m.

Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant

Hosts:Julie Huff Zoellner, '94, and Bill Zoellner, '93

The Lawrence University Alumni Association warmly invites all young alumni (Classes of 1990-2000) to "Welcome to Our City." This special new event takes place in 15 cities across the country on Thursday, September 14, 2000, at 7:00 p.m. All events are casual, cash bar gatherings that provide an opportunity to socialize with other young alumni. There will be give-aways, plus a drawing for a Lawrence hat and t-shirt.

The guests of honor for the evening are Class of 2000 alumni. Many of them have recently relocated to new cities and this event is designed for them to meet local young alumni.

Each city's event has at least one local host that also serves as a contact person. Please call or e-mail them if you have any questions. A formal RSVP is not required, but will be appreciated by hosts who plan to order food.

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Picnic in the Park
A Send-off Celebration for Lawrence Students

Sunday, September 10, 2000
12:00 noon until ?

Gas Works Park, Seattle

$5/adult; $3/child; $15/family
Lawrence students and their families are free!

The Lawrence University Alumni Association of Seattle is holding their annual fun-in-the-sun picnic. This year the picnic will again be held on the shores of Lake Union at Gas Works Park in Seattle. We are inviting current an incoming Lawrence students as our guests. New Seattleite, and former LU Dean of Off-Campus Programs, Chuck Lauter will be attending the picnic and will make a brief presentation on Bjorklunden and the LU campus.

Brats, burgers, vegetarian options, and sodas will be supplied. Everyone is encouraged to bring a dish to share (chips, salads, and desserts) as well as summer outdoor games. Please note that no alcoholic beverages are allowed on the park grounds.

We hope you'll come out to meet all the current and incoming students and picnic with Lawrentians of all ages. See you there!

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