The 2008-09 Lawrence Student Body
- The 2008-09 student body includes 1,503 men and women from 46 states and 51 countries, is 54% female and 46% male, 20% minority, and 8% Non-Resident International
- 34% of the student body is from Wisconsin, 16% are from Illinois, 10% are from Minnesota
- 96% live on campus in eight residence halls and eighteen small group/theme houses; the smallest of all the residences accommodates ten, while the largest holds 183
- Students participate in over 100 clubs and organizations
- 25% of the student body participates in Division III, NCAA varsity athletics, including baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, golf, hockey, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling
The Lawrence University Faculty and Staff (2008-09)
- LU faculty and staff are 34% faculty members and 66% staff members. 47% of faculty and staff are male, 53% are female, and 6% are minority.
General Facts about Lawrence University
- Lawrence University was founded in 1847 by Amos A. Lawrence who commissioned the Reverend William Harkness Sampson and the Reverend Henry R. Colman to establish a frontier school to afford "gratuitous advantage to Germans and Indians of both sexes."
- Lawrence was chartered as a college in 1849
- Conservatory of Music was founded in 1874
- Lawrence is the second oldest coeducational college in America.
- Lawrence is located in Appleton, Wisconsin.
- Lawrence's school mascot is the Viking
General Facts about Appleton, WI
- Population: 70,087 (as of 2000 census)
- Incorporated as a village in 1853 and as a city if 1857
- The Fox River runs through the heart of Appleton. The Fox River is unusual in that it flows north for its entire course. It exits into Lake Michigan at Green Bay about 30 miles to the north of Appleton.
- Appleton is the largest of the "Fox Cities," which include multiple communities along the Fox River: Appleton, Neenah, Menasha, Kaukauna, Kimberly, Combined Locks, Town of Grand Chute, Little Chute, Freedom, Town of Neenah, Town of Menasha, Town of Vandenbroek, Darboy, Town of Buchanan, and Town of Harrison. The Fox Cities have a combined population of 180,000 people.
- In 2004, Appleton was honored for being in the top 10 most secure cities in the United States
- A few famous residents: Harry Houdini, escape artist and magician; Willem Dafoe, actor; Greta Van Susteren, news analyst; Maury Laws, music director; Edna Ferber, author; John Bradley, one of the soldiers raising the flag at Iwo Jima.
