A vacation with a focus
Lawrence University Seminar Center | Door County, Wisconsin
Björklunden vid Sjön* (Birch Forest by the Water) is a 425-acre estate on the Lake Michigan shore just south of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin. A place of great beauty and serenity, the estate was bequeathed to Lawrence University in 1963 by Donald and Winifred Boynton of Highland Park, Illinois. Since 1980, Lawrence has offered a series of adult-education seminars at Björklunden, interrupted only by a 1993 fire that destroyed the estate’s main lodge. In 1996, construction was completed on a new and larger facility, and the Björklunden seminars resumed.
Following the 2007 expansion project, the splendid two-story, 37,000-square-foot lodge contains a great room, multi-purpose and seminar rooms, dining room and kitchen, as well as 22 guest rooms. There are two lakeside decks, a second-story observation deck, an elevator and a computer lab. The entire facility has wireless Internet access and plenty of parking.
This magnificent, year-round facility also allows Lawrence University’s mission as an undergraduate liberal arts college and conservatory of music to extend to Björklunden through a popular series of weekend student-faculty seminars now in its fifteenth year.
Winifred Boynton captured the enduring spirit of Björklunden when she said of her beloved summer home: “Far removed from confusion and aggression, it offers a sanctuary for all.”
*Björklunden is pronounced “Bee-york-lun-den.”
Follow the links at left to view the 2012 Björklunden offerings, by seminar title, by instructor's names, or by course descriptions that include information about dates, fees, and required materials specific to each seminar.
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If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Samantha Szynskie at 920-839-2216. E-mail: samantha.a.szynskie@lawrence.edu. Fax: 920-839-2688. Mailing address: Björklunden, P.O. Box 10, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202.
