Muskego Now (Muskego, Wis.)
May 6, 2013
Headline: Muskego teacher wins Outstanding Teacher Award
Link: http://bit.ly/15n6cYo
Excerpt: Muskego High School social studies teacher Kenny Bosch was honored with one of two Lawrence University 2013 Outstanding Teaching in Wisconsin Award.
Bosch helped create Muskego's freshmen mentor program, for which he was recognized with the 2005 "Good Idea Award" by Partners for Education Inc.
Bosch also creates instructional videos to help teachers use technology more effectively for a video newsletter and is writing a chapter for the forthcoming education book "Flipping 2.0."
He has coached basketball on various levels since 1999, including the past 11 as head coach of the Bay Lane Middle School eighth-grade girls team.
In nominating him for the award, Lawrence senior Kaye Herranen described Bosch as "an excellent motivator" and "endlessly patient."
"While Mr. Bosch certainly drives his students to do their very best and expects great things of them, he never pushes them too far," wrote Herranen, a 2009 Muskego High School graduate. "He's a teacher that students can't help but like, even as he challenges them academically."
Award winners are nominated by Lawrence seniors and are selected on their abilities to communicate effectively, create a sense of excitement in the classroom, motivate their students to pursue academic excellence while showing a genuine concern for them in and outside the classroom. Since launching the award program in 1985, Lawrence has recognized 60 high school teachers.
Bosch received a certificate, a citation and a monetary award. Lawrence also will donate $250 to Muskego High School for library acquisitions.
Bosch joined the faculty in 2002. His current teaching duties include sophomore U.S. history and advanced placement college level U.S. history. He began his teaching career in 2000 at Turlock High School in Turlock, Calif.
The Franksville native earned a bachelor's degree in broadfield social studies with a history concentration from Lakeland College and a master's degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wis.)
May 3, 2013
Headline: Lawrence, Marquette among 210 universities nationwide still accepting fall applications
Byline: Karen Herzog
Link: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/205983791.html
Excerpt: Two University of Wisconsin campuses and seven private colleges in Wisconsin are among at least 210 schools nationwide that still have slots available for freshmen and/or transfer students after the May 1 national deadline for prospective students to commit for fall enrollment, according to a national survey.
Wisconsin schools that reported they didn't fill their freshman class, or still have room for transfer students, include: University of Wisconsin-Stout, UW-Superior, Marquette University, Lawrence University, Alverno College, Edgewood College, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and Viterbo University.
Of the schools that said they had openings, 72% are private colleges and 28% are public colleges. Ninety-nine percent still have housing and financial aid available. All are still accepting applications, though the survey is updated daily and slots may fill quickly.
Muskego Patch (Muskego, Wis.)
May 3, 2013
Headline: Muskego Teacher Named Outstanding by Lawrence University and a Former Student
Byline: Denise Konkol
Link: http://muskego.patch.com/articles/muskego-teacher-named-outstanding-by-lawrence-university-and-a-former-student
Excerpt: It's not that often that teachers can guage their impact on students after they've graduated and moved on, but social studies and history teacher Kenny Bosch has some idea now.
The Muskego High School teacher will be honored Sunday, May 5 with Lawrence University's 2013 Outstanding Teaching in Wisconsin Award, an honor given to teachers nominated by students they have taught. Bosch will receive a certificate, a citation and a monetary award from Lawrence President Jill Beck in ceremonies at the president's house.
In addition, Lawrence will donate $250 to Muskego High School for library acquisitions. However, Bosch told Muskego Patch the honor for him has been in making a difference for his students.
"It's a unique honor, and one that reflects the character of our students here," he said. "We have great students who care about learning and I'm just excited and honored to be a part of this."
Ashland Daily Press (Ashland, Wis.)
May 3, 2013
Headline: Metille named director of admissions at NC
Link: http://www.ashlandwi.com/news/article_c3a7be1c-b476-11e2-9504-0019bb2963f4.html
Excerpt: Northland College has named Teege Mettille as its director of admissions. Mettille serves as associate director of admissions at Lawrence University in Appleton. He will begin his duties at Northland on June 24.
“As director, Mettille will lead the Northland admissions staff in our efforts to grow student recruitment and retention,” said Rick Smith, vice president for institutional marketing and enrollment management.
Over the past two years, Northland’s admissions staff has grown the number of new entering freshman by 13 percent in 2011 and an additional 25 percent in 2012.
Mettille holds a master’s degree in communication and a bachelor’s degree in gender studies from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He received the Rising Star award in 2011 from the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC). NACAC recently appointed Mettille to serve on its Government Relations Committee this fall.
“We have brought one of the nation’s best young admissions professionals to Northland,” Smith said. “In his new role, I’m sure he will continue to build on his already stellar background and experience through his admissions work for the college, as well as his service to the community.
“We are pleased he, his partner, David, and son, Logan, will be joining us at Northland and the Chequamegon Bay region.”
Chicago Tribune TribLocal (Naperville, Ill.)
May 3, 2013
Headline: Uram inducted into Lawrence University honor society
Link: http://trib.in/12dKJLD
Excerpt: Katherine Uram, of Naperville, has been elected to Lawrence University's chapter of Lambda Sigma, a national honor society.
The society fosters leadership, scholarship, fellowship and the spirit of service, according to a university press release. Students are initiated at the end of their freshman year.
Lawrence University, 711 E. Boldt Way, Appleton, Wis., is a private liberal arts college. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held Nov. 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the United States to be founded as a coeducational institution.
Uram is a 2012 graduate of Metea Valley High School. She is the daughter of Michael Uram and Mary Beaty of Naperville.
Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wis.)
May 1, 2013
Headline: Lawrence University event to explore the future of liberal arts education
Byline: Holly Meyer
Link: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20130430/APC0101/304300133/
Excerpt: A college education should prepare students to excel across career fields, not teach them to perform a job that could disappear in the ever-changing economy, says a leading authority on higher education.
Jeff Selingo, author and editor-at-large for The Chronicle of Higher Education, says emphasizing student experiences — such as working on undergraduate research projects — can build teamwork skills and make students more marketable to employers.
Selingo will present his “What is College?” talk on Friday at Lawrence University’s TEDx event, which will explore the importance of a liberal arts education.
“Students need experiences in college rather than such a laser-like focus on what they major in and the classes they take,” Selingo said. “To me a degree is more than a collection of 120 credits. There’s actually meaning behind it and yes the major provides a little bit of that meaning, but greater meaning in a day in age when the economy is changing in a rapid way, is to get a collection of experiences that I believe that students need in the workforce of the future and will make the college experience overall more valuable.”
Author of “College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students,” Selingo says idea always has been a part of a liberal arts education.
TEDxLawrenceU is an independently organized conference connected to TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading ideas through 18-minute talks by world thinkers. The talks are made available at ted.com.
Green Bay Press Gazette (Green Bay, Wis.)
April 30, 2013
Headline: Concerts highlight Lawrence ensembles
Link: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20130501/ADV05/305010107/Concerts-highlight-Lawrence-ensembles?gcheck=1
Excerpt: Lawrence University’s Björklunden will host a joint concert at 4:30 p.m. May 2.
Gamelan Cahaya Asri (cha-HIGH-ah AH-sree) is Lawrence’s Balinese gamelan ensemble. Comprised of gongs, drums, and metallophones, the group performs traditional pieces and 20th century works by composers from Bali, Indonesia.
The Appletones are Lawrence University’s only co-ed a cappella group. Currently in their second year of existence, they sing mostly popular songs in order to expand access to music for everyone at the University. The group consists of music and non-music majors, and aims to bring the fun of a cappella music to all in Appleton and Door County.
Lawrence University’s Björklunden will host another joint concert at 1:30 p.m. May 5.
The Lawrence Saxophone Studio will perform a variety of chamber works and improvisations, including music for saxophone ensemble — featuring the entire family of saxophones — and will be directed by student conductors and Lawrence saxophone faculty.
Also performing is the Lawrence Jazz Guitar Studio, which will be presenting a concert of original material as well as fresh takes on standard repertoire. The concert will demonstrate the incredible diversity of sound inherent in the instrument as well as the guitar’s role in disparate genres.
These free concerts are sponsored by the Boynton Society and will be held in Björklunden’s Vail Hall. Entrance to the Björklunden lodge is located on Wisconsin 57, south of Baileys Harbor, across from Anschutz Plumbing.
The Daily Princetonian (Princeton, NJ)
April 30, 2013
Headline: Eisgruber to begin search for Burstein's successor
Byline: James Evans
Link: http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2013/04/30/33465/
Excerpt: Just after his appointment as the 20th president of the University, Christopher Eisgruber ’83 will lead the search for another key administrator, Executive Vice President Mark Burstein’s successor.
Burstein announced in December that he would leave Princeton to become the president at Lawrence University, a liberal arts college located in Appleton, Wis.
Eisgruber explained that, as is the case whenever a high-level administrator position becomes available, the University would form a committee and contract an external firm to facilitate the search.
“Right now, we are in the process of starting to put together the information we will need for a job description,” he said. “We’re talking to a search firm in preparation for retaining them, and I’m beginning to put a committee together.”
He added that while he hoped to have the committee together within the next two or three weeks, the announcement of Burstein’s successor would not be made until the fall. In the meantime, an acting EVP will be put into place, although that administrator has not yet been selected.
Burstein joined the University in August of 2004, when he was appointed vice president for administration, and previously served as the vice president for facilities management at Columbia University. At Columbia, he oversaw $1 billion worth of construction and also held the position of vice president for student services between 1995 and 1999.
Before his time in academic administration, Burstein held a diverse range of positions, including stints at the consulting firm Bear Stearns & Company and the New York City Department of Sanitation. He attended Vassar College and received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
WLUK-TV Fox 11 (Green Bay, Wis.)
April 30, 2013
Headline: Lawrence to host TEDx conference
Link: http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local/fox_cities/lawrence-university-to-host-tedx-conference-may-3-2013
Excerpt: Higher education leaders from across the country will be converging on Lawrence University this week.
Lawrence is scheduled to host a “TEDx” conference called “Reimagining Liberal Education” on Friday. TEDxLawrenceU features local leaders as well as those from colleges such as Wake Forest, George Mason and Stanford. Short presentations include topics of the impact of online education, the future of the financial model of liberal arts colleges, the future relevance of liberal arts colleges as society changes and whether the organizational structures of liberal arts colleges need reform.
Videos on similar topics will also be shown.
TED - which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design - is a nonprofit organization devoted to sharing ideas. It began in California 26 years ago.
Lawrence plans to make the presentations available via live webcast in the university’s Warch Campus Center as well as online . They are also expected to be posted to the TEDx YouTube channel after the event.
Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wis.)
April 29, 2013
Headline: Russ Feingold in talks to become U.S. special envoy in Africa
Byline: Daniel Bice
Link: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/205157611.html
Excerpt: Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold is in talks with officials at the U.S. State Department to become the special envoy for the Great Lakes region in Africa, according to sources.
"Nothing has been finalized yet," said one source.
Feingold issued a statement on Sunday suggesting he was open to taking such a job. The post would mean working closely with Secretary of State John Kerry, with whom Feingold served in the Senate.
"I would of course welcome the opportunity to work with Secretary Kerry and to serve my country and President," the three-term Democratic senator said via email.
Feingold, who has kept a relatively low profile since losing to Ron Johnson in 2010, has long held an interest in African affairs.
For six years, the Wisconsin senator served as chairman of the Subcommittee on African Affairs while a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
In his 2012 book "While America Sleeps," Feingold called on American policy-makers to pay more attention to Africa and the other areas beyond familiar hot spots such as the Middle East. Feingold offered mixed reviews in the book for President Barack Obama's foreign relations policies.
Activists, including actor Ben Affleck, have been calling on the Obama administration to name a special envoy to central and eastern Africa to try to help quell the recurrent cyles of violence and suffering in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Great Lakes region also includes such countries as Kenya and Tanzania.
If Feingold were to be appointed to the post, it would almost certainly rule out his chances of running in next year's election against Republican Gov. Scott Walker. But the 60-year-old politician could still vie for his old seat by challenging Johnson in 2016, said a source close to Feingold.
Another Feingold source declined to discuss the political implications of any such appointment.
After losing his seat, Feingold was appointed a visiting professor at Marquette University Law School. He has also served as a distinguished visiting professor at both Lawrence University and Stanford Law School.
TMJ4 (Milwaukee, Wis.)
April 29, 2013
Headline: Feingold's potential new job would likely leave him out of governor's race
Byline: Jay Sorgi
Link: http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/205205741.html
Excerpt: Former Sen. Russ Feingold warms up the crowd before First lady Michelle Obama campaigns on behalf of her husband Friday, September 28, 2012 at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis.
WhooNew (Northeast Wisconsin)
April 29, 2013
Headline: 'Oconomowoc' (the film) Comes to Lawrence University in Appleton-- and Your Living Room
Byline: Kasey Steinbrinck
Link: http://whoonew.com/2013/04/oconomowoc-the-film/
Excerpt: Going back home can be a time filled with a lot of mixed emotions. Whether it’s just for Thanksgiving dinner, or an extended stay in your parents’ basement, returning to your roots can sometimes be comforting, sometimes nostalgic and other times it’s just plain depressing.
Oconomowoc, the feature-length directorial debut from Lawrence University graduate Andy Gillies strives to portray all those emotions while adding plenty of offbeat humor. Gillies returns to LU this week to screen the film in his own homecoming of sorts.
The movie will also be available through many on-demand cable television and online streaming services beginning May 1st.
Oconomowoc tells the story of a twenty-something named Lonnie Washington (Brandon Marshall-Rashid) who moves back home despite having a bright future – including an impressive job offer, which he turned down.
At home, Lonnie finds his drunk mother (Deborah Clifton), an eccentric stepfather named Todd who is closer to Lonnie’s age (Andrew Rozanski), and Lonnie’s old best friend, Travis, played by Gillies.
Travis is trying to start a t-shirt business, but he’s getting some serious competition from a neighborhood kid who steals his ideas. Travis, Lonnie and Todd team up to get the business going and plot revenge against their 12-year-old enemy. Gillies says it is “a film about mishandled ideas.”
AllAboutJazz.com
April 29, 2013
Headline: Vocalist Gretchen Parlato Closes Lawrence University 2012-13 Jazz Series on May 3
Link: http://news.allaboutjazz.com/news.php?id=104072#.UX_mtvK67QN
Excerpt: Innovative vocalist Gretchen Parlato closes Lawrence University 2012-13 Jazz Series Friday, May 10 with an 8 p.m. performance in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel.
Hailed by jazz legend Herbie Hancock as “a singer with a deep, almost magical connection to the music” Parlato has been attracting fans and critics alike since winning the 2004 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition. A Los Angeles native, Parlato released her debut self-titled album to critical acclaim in 2005. Billboard magazine called her follow-up second release, “In a Dream,” “the most alluring jazz vocal album of 2009.” It also turned up on numerous “best of” year-end polls, including those for Jazz Times, the Boston Globe, the Village Voice and NPR.
Following her most recent release, 2011’s “The Lost and Found," Parlato was named No. 1 Rising Star Female Vocalist in DownBeat Magazine's Annual Critics Poll.
“Gretchen is one of the most unique, provocative and hip singers on the scene today,” said Dane Richeson, professor of music in Lawrence’s jazz studies department. “She pulls together great musicians to work with her in her band and I promise hers will be a great concert.”
Beyond her individual success, Parlato’s intriguing voice and rhythmically agile phrasing has earned her collaborations on more than 50 recordings with artists ranging from Terence Blanchard and Kenny Barron to Terri Lynn Carrington and Esperanza Spalding.
Parlato describes her latest musical interests as a search for “finding not only a higher, but a deeper level and connection in music. And this seems to be done by shedding everything and getting right to the heart and core."
Tickets, at $22-20 for adults, $19-17 for seniors and $17-15 for students, are available through the Lawrence Box Office in the Music-Drama Center, 920-832-6749.
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wis.)
April 29, 2013
Headline: Scrapbook: Honors, scholarships
Byline: Kris Crary
Link: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/scrapbook-honors-scholarships/article_a559c98e-6ade-5a13-bd56-87a5f80752b5.html
Excerpt: Daniel Kuzuhara, son of Loren Kuzuhara and Lavinia Harjani-Kuzuhara of Madison, received a $1,500 scholarship for his piano performance in the Schubert Club’s student competition last month in Minneapolis, Minn. He earned second-place honors in the national collegiate finals. Kuzuhara, a junior at Lawrence University, graduated from Middleton High School in 2010.
Mining Gazette (Marquette, Mich.)
April 27, 2013
Headline: NMU names finalists for head men's basketball coaching job
Byline: Matt Wellens
Link: http://bit.ly/11t5XUU
Excerpt: Northern Michigan University will interview four finalists in four days next week for its vacant head men's basketball coach position with two candidates - a head coach and assistant coach - coming from GLIAC North Division rivals.
Ferris State head men's basketball coach Bill Sall and Hillsdale College assistant men's basketball coach Dan Evans will interview for the Wildcats' opening along with Tom Brown, the associate head men's head basketball coach at Winona State in Minnesota, and Jeff Kaminsky, the head men's basketball coach at Valley City State in South Dakota.
...Evans graduated from Cary-Grove High School in Illinois and played for Tharp at NCAA Division III Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., from 2002-05. When Tharp took over the Chargers in 2007, he gave Evans his first collegiate coaching job.
WLUK-TV Fox 11 (Green Bay, Wis.)
April 24, 2013
Headline: Lawrence professor gets Fulbright fellowship
Link: http://bit.ly/XZmd10
Excerpt: A professor at Lawrence University has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to further his studies on the relation between music and speech processing.
University leaders say the $25,000 fellowship will allow psychology professor Terry Gottfried to spend five months at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Plans call for Gottfried to collaborate with McGill researcher Linda Polka to examine how music and speech interact.
Gottfried specializes in studying how people learn second languages.
"We speak without clear pauses between words, so listeners must rely on other rhythmic information such as pitch and syllable duration to determine where one word ends and the next one begins," Gottfried said in a news release. "This segmentation of the speech stream by rhythm and pitch is done differently in different languages, so we're interested in investigating the role musical expertise has on learning how to process speech in a second language.
"My work with Dr. Polka will examine the extent to which musical training and ability may affect speech segmentation patterns. Montreal is an ideal place to conduct this research given the ready availability of French-English monolingual and bilingual listeners, with and without musical expertise."
Established in 1946 and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Scholar Program is the federal government's flagship program in international educational exchange.
Inside Higher Ed
April 24, 2013
Headline: New Presidents or Provosts: Bridgewater College, Lawrence U., Lincoln U. (Mo.), McDaniel College, Millersville U. of Pa., Ohio Wesleyan U., State College of Florida, U. of Georgia
Byline: Doug Lederman
Link: http://bit.ly/17W6YtJ
Excerpt: ...Mark Burstein, executive vice president of Princeton University, in New Jersey, has been named president of Lawrence University, in Wisconsin.
Journal-Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wis.)
April 21, 2013
Headline: Comedy film 'Oconomowoc' sets local premiers
Byline: Chris Foran
Link: http://bit.ly/11Bi9Sk
Excerpt: The comedy "Oconomowoc," the feature-film debut of Lawrence University graduate Andy Gillies, has its first Milwaukee-area showings at four theaters in the next two weeks.
Filmed in the title western Waukesha County community, "Oconomowoc" centers on a twentysomething, played by fellow Lawrence alumnus Brendan Marshall-Rashid, who moves back home with his mother and stepfather and agrees to help a friend rebuild his mishandled T-shirt business.
The cast also includes Cindy Pinzon, Lawrence University friends Andrew Rozanski and Michael Kennedy, and Milwaukee stage veterans Deborah Clifton and John Kishline.
"Oconomowoc," which premiered in New York City and Los Angeles this past weekend, is showing Thursday at 7:20 p.m. at the Downer Theatre; April 29 at 7 p.m. at Marcus Majestic Cinema, Brookfield; April 30 at 7 p.m. at Marcus Hillside Cinema, Delafield; and May 3 at midnight at Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse, Wauwatosa. Gillies will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A after the Downer screening.
Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wis.)
April 21, 2013
Headline: Editorial: Thumbs Up and Down
Link: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20130421/APC0602/304200390/Editorial-Thumbs-Up-Down
Excerpt: ...To Lawrence University’s plans for renovating its Banta Bowl.
The Appleton school announced that it has begun efforts to raise $5 million for the project, which will give the 48-year-old stadium a major facelift. And we’re encouraged by Lawrence’s plans for another building that will house an ice arena and student fitness center.
LU isn’t just investing in its own campus with the projects. It’s investing in our community and strengthening its ties to it. For that, we’re excited and grateful.
WLUK-TV Fox 11 (Green Bay, Wis.)
April 20, 2013
Headline: International Cabaret at Lawrence
Link: http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/good_day_wi/international-cabaret-at-lawrence
Excerpt: The 37th Annual Lawrence University International Cabaret will be this weekend in Appleton!
This year's theme is: "Uncover Secrets of the World".
Organizers say more than 120 students representing nearly 40 countries will showcase traditional dances and music of their homelands.
The Cabaret will feature a dozen acts.
The event will be today and tomorrow. It will be held inside the Stansbury Theatre, Lawrence Music-Drama Center.
Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wis.)
April 17, 2013
Headline: Cabaret danzas at LU this weekend
Byline: Kara Patterson
Link: http://post.cr/11BRNSV
Excerpt: Earlier this academic year, Lawrence University freshman Zabdiel Ek Vazquez formed an Aztec dance group on the Appleton campus.
“I’m part of an Aztec dance group at home,” said Ek Vazquez, 18, of St. Paul, Minn., who originally is from Veracruz, Mexico. “It’s like teaching culture... but it’s more gaining legitimacy of the culture. I just wanted to introduce it at Lawrence.”
During the 37th annual Lawrence International Cabaret, a series of cultural arts performances by Lawrence students, Ek Vazquez and two other dancers from the Lawrence group Danza Mexica will perform a warrior danza, or dance, with the name loosely translated as “White Eagle” in English.
“It’s a very difficult dance... the rhythm of it also is just very intense,” said Ek Vazquez, who is of Mayan heritage on his father’s side. “...The entire dance is very active and you have to keep up your energy and be graceful at the same time. It’s very enjoyable for the audience. It’s like when you see a singer sing something and you hold your breath along with them.”
Performances begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in Stansbury Theatre in the Music-Drama Center at Lawrence. Following Sunday’s performance, a buffet-style international dinner takes place in the Warch Campus Center’s Somerset and Pusey rooms.
WFRV-TV (Green Bay, Wis.)
April 16, 2013
Headline: Lawrence University plans Banta Bowl expansion
Byline: Jennifer Schneider
Link: http://wearegreenbay.com/1fulltext-news?nxd_id=190982
Excerpt: Lawrence University in Appleton is planning to upgrade the Banta Bowl.
The project is estimated to cost $5 million and efforts are underway to raise money to support it.
Improvements include, replacing natural grass with field turf, a wider playing surface for soccer games, a new entrance, two new buildings, a gym and an indoor ice arena.
The Times Record (Brunswick, Maine)
April 16, 2013
Headline: College observes Asian studies mark
Link: http://www.timesrecord.com/news/2013-04-16/Community/College_observes_Asian_studies_mark.html
Excerpt: As part of the recognition of 25 years of its Asian studies program, Bowdoin College is presenting “Unveil the Mysterious: Tibet Through a Candid Lens,” with Kuo-ming Sung, 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 16 at the Visual Arts Center on campus. A distinguished linguist and photographer, Sung leads the department of Chinese and Japanese at Lawrence University.
Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wis.)
April 12, 2013
Headline: Pat Metheny to headline LU's 2013-14 arts series
Link: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20130414/APC04/304140145/Pat-Metheny-headline-LU-s-2013-14-arts-series
Excerpt: Jazz guitar icon Pat Metheny and the classical vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire are among the celebrated musicians who will perform on Lawrence University’s 2013-14 Performing Arts Series.
Season subscriptions for both the Artist and Jazz Series or a “Favorite 4” package are now available, with discounts available to senior citizens and students. Single-concert tickets go on sale Sept. 18. For more information, contact the Lawrence Box Office, 920-832-6749.
Metheny will perform at the Lawrence Memorial Chapel March 15, 2014, for a Jazz Series concert. Winner of 20 Grammy awards in 12 different categories, Metheny’s musicianship is legendary. He will be joined by Unity Group, which features four all-star musicians in their own right: saxophonist Chris Potter, drummer Antonio Sanchez, bassist Ben Williams and pianist Giulio Carmassi.
Seraphic Fire, featuring some of the country’s most talented vocalists, will perform April 18, 2014, on the Artist Series. The 11-member ensemble features a diverse repertoire of choral works, ranging from Gregorian chant to newly commissioned works. They received 2012 Grammy Award nominations for a recording of Brahms’ “A German Requiem,” which debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Classical charts, and a Christmas album that debuted in the top 10 on iTunes’ classical chart. Joining Seraphic Fire will be the all-male Spektral Quartet, which blurs the lines between old and new music, pairing Beethoven and Mozart with Phillip Glass and Elliott Carter.
WLUK-TV Fox 11 (Green Bay, Wis.)
April 12, 2013
Headline: Perspective on North Korea's threats
Byline: Alex Ronallo
Link: http://bit.ly/ZuVtCN
Excerpt: After weeks of threats from North Korea. Secretary of State, John Kerry gave a warning of his own to the communist nation. He said the United States is ready to defend itself and its allies.
...So how serious are these threats? Should we be worried here in the United States?
Hyung-Ju Suh is a student at Lawrence University. He is originally from a town outside Seoul, South Korea.
So the latest threats from North Korea are a concern.
"I am worried about the situation because my family, all my family, is still living very close to North Korea," said Suh.
Seoul is about 35 miles from the North Korean border.
Suh told FOX 11 despite his worries, he talks to his family often and says the feelings are different on the Korean Peninsula.
"Attitude is very calm even in the midst of all these threats because they've been through many crises before in the past with all the North Korean threats," explained Suh.
Lawrence East Asian Studies instructor Matty Wegehaupt told us this is because it's unlikely North Korea's threats will amount to much. He said the country's nuclear capabilities are debatable and the country has too much to lose by attacking the U.S. or its allies.
"North Korea knows full-well if that one missile were to detonate within the United States, that would be the end of North Korea," explained Wegehaupt.
Wegehaupt told us it's important to note, this is not all North Korea's fault.
"The threats and provocations are coming from both sides," said Wegehaupt.
According to Wegehaupt, for example, Pyongyang sees U.S. training missions off the North Korean coast as a threat. He said , in fact, leader Kim Jong-Un's threats are a backward way of opening up talks with the U.S, while still looking strong.
"If you look through the past and their dialogue, they want normalization with the United States, but they wanna maintain their sovereignty," explained Wegehaupt.
Suh continued that thought. He said he sees the threats as a way North Korea can ask for help.
"Trying to squeeze the aid out of as many countries as possible in the world, but once they do get they help they kind of subside down," explained Suh.
Wegehaupt told us Americans should also remember is that North Korea was all but destroyed in the Korean War. He said that still plays a role in the conflict today.
WLUK-TV Fox 11 (Green Bay, Wis.)
April 12, 2013
Headline: Lawrence planning Banta Bowl overhaul
Link: http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/sports/college/lawrence-planning-banta-bowl-overhaul
Excerpt: Lawrence University has started fundraising for a $5 million overhaul of its football stadium, the Banta Bowl.
The stadium, which was built in the 1960s, will be renovated to also accommodate the college's soccer teams, according to the story in the school's magazine, Lawrence Today.
A start date for the project has not been set, but it would likely begin immediately after a football season to be completed in time for the following season, according to Joe Vanden Acker, sports information director.
Appleton West High School also plays its home football games at the Banta Bowl.
Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wis.)
April 12, 2013
Headline: Lawrence University plans $5 million in upgrades for Banta Bowl
Byline: Mike Woods
Link: http://post.cr/15ie2l4
Excerpt: Lawrence University President Jill Beck and the board of trustees have approved plans to give the 48-year-old Banta Bowl a significant facelift.
Efforts are underway to raise $5 million to refurbish the Banta Bowl, the first of a multi-phase project to upgrade athletic facilities on campus.
Plans call for the installation of field turf to replace the natural grass surface, a wider playing surface to allow for soccer games, a new entrance, patio area and two new buildings.
“The programming of both buildings are not set in stone,’’ said Lawrence athletic director Mike Szkodzinski. “New locker rooms, home and away, are essential. A new concession stand, restrooms and ticket booth are all being discussed. It’s a matter of solidifying those details as we get further in the process.’’
While the benefits to the football and soccer teams are clear, Szkodzinski said plans are to use the facility for other events to build an “invisible bridge’’ between the university and community.
This story also appeared on BizTimes.com (Milwaukee, Wis.)
WLUK-TV Fox 11 (Green Bay, Wis.)
April 9, 2013
Headline: 2 Lawrence University students honored with national scholarships
Link: http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local/fox_cities/2-lawrence-university-students-honored-with-national-scholarships
Excerpt: Two Lawrence University students have received national scholarships, the school announced this week.
Mary Kate Smith, a senior at Lawrence, is the recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Scholarship. Smith will spend the 2013-14 school year as a teaching assistant at either a middle or high school at an as yet undetermined city in Germany. Smith is triple majoring in German, violin performance and music education.
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s main international educational exchange program.
Chelsea Johnson, a junior at Lawrence, has been named one of 50 national recipients of a $5,000 Udall Scholarship. Johnson is majoring in environmental studies and English. She has also served as president of Greenfire, the campus student environmental organization and is also the current student liaison to the campus' Green Roots committee. She co-founded the Magpie, a once-a-term, student-run thrift store that collects used clothing and books for resale, with the proceeds used to support various national and international environmental groups.
Sponsored by the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, the scholarships are awarded to students intending to pursue careers related to the environment, tribal public policy or Native American health care.
TC Palm (Treasure Coast, Fla.)
April 8, 2013
Headline: Chamber Concert to feature Mozart and Beethoven at VBHS
Byline: Crystal Corrigan
Link: http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/apr/08/chamber-concert-to-feature-mozart-and-beethoven-at/
Excerpt: The Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra, now in its fifth season, will perform a concert on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 7 p.m. in the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center, 1707 16th Street.
Musical selections performed will include Mozart’s Impressario Overture and Haydn’s Cello Concerto #2 in D featuring Joe Loehnis. There will be a brief intermission and then the orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Symphony 8 directed by Page Howell.
Joe Loehnis started playing cello at age eight, attended Lawrence University in Appleton, and graduated in 2006 with a degree in music. He played cello with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra from 2001-2006. In 2002, he won the Green Bay Civic Symphony concerto competition, playing the Saints-Saens cello concerto.
Loehnis was principal cellist of the Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra from 2010-2011. He has been teaching cello privately since 2010, and continues to teach several of his Florida students using Skype on the Internet.
The concert is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted. Please visit www.verobeachchamberorchestra.com for more information.
MLive.com (Mich.)
April 5, 2013
Headline: Former Nouvel CC standout Ashley (Matuzak) Wellman named Lawrence University coach
Byline: Hugh Bernreuter
Link: http://www.mlive.com/sports/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/04/former_nouvel_cc_standout_ashl.html
Excerpt: Former Nouvel Catholic Central standout Ashley (Matuzak) Wellman was named the new women's basketball coach for Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis.
Wellman has worked as the Alma College assistant women's basketball coach and recruiting coordinator since 2008.
Wellman played at Alma College, graduating in 2008 with a degree in business administration and served as the interim head coach in 2009 after Charlie Goffnett retired. She will earn a master's degree in sport administration from Central Michigan University in May.
During her Alma College career, Wellman earned all-conference honors for three years: first team in 2007, second team in 2008 and honorable mention in 2006.
Wellman finished in the top 10 in eight different statistical categories at Alma and ended her career with more than 1,100 points and more than 500 rebounds.
Wellman helped lead Nouvel to the state championship game in 2003, losing to Detroit Country Day in the state final. She also was on two Nouvel CC teams that reached the state quarterfinals.
CNN.com
April 5, 2013
Headline: 'Mad Men' and the other 1960s
Byline: Todd Leopold
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/showbiz/tv/mad-men-season-premiere-1960s/index.html?iref=storysearch
Excerpt: In the two-hour season premiere of "Mad Men," there is an incidental character, an old woman, who is probably pushing 90. Her clothes are proper, if drab, and her demeanor suggests someone to the manner born.
She seems like the type of person who has spent her life in privileged drawing rooms above Park Avenue, her feet never touching the dirty streets of New York as the 20th century went by. Indeed, she's lived through so much in the 1960s alone: communications breakthroughs, space flight, social movements. And yet, it appears the decade hasn't affected her at all.
...But, essentially, the messy '60s have been lived by someone else.
And why not? The "Mad Men" are in advertising. Their lives are about new-and-improved consumer products, tropical getaways and the wonders of better living through chemistry -- not hippies, war and drugs. Their '60s are not the '60s we've come to know, says Jerald Podair, a history professor at Wisconsin's Lawrence University.
"You can't understand the 1960s if you only focus on hippies," he says. "That's obviously a part of the 1960s but not the full 1960s." After all, he points out, most people of the time went to work and lived their lives -- and weren't attired in tie-dye and love beads.
One of the smart moves of the show, he adds, is that the "Mad Men" characters don't have to be immersed in the times. They just have to be keen observers.
"Don Draper doesn't necessarily have to become a hippie himself to sell being a hippie, or sell an America that is changing in ways he's trying to understand," he says. "He can be of it, but not necessarily in it."
...Take the April 12, 1968, issue of Life magazine, the publication that Podair, the history professor, describes as reflecting "what America was really about."
"Week of shock," blared the cover line over a photograph of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who had just been killed. Inside: Articles on MLK's death, Lyndon Johnson's March 31 speech announcing he was not running for president, Democratic challengers Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy and a piece on the Doors, "the kings of acid rock."
But also: ads for Zenith televisions, Firestone tires, Ritz crackers, Hunt's ketchup, the Big Three automakers and "the friendly world of Hilton," all the sunny, capitalistic wonders of life.
This is the world of surfaces, the one most people take refuge in.
"('Mad Men') shows us that American capitalism rolls on regardless of the era that it is in," Podair says. "It will try to sell that culture and commodify that culture. That's what the Mad Men are doing."
...John Slattery, who plays the wisecracking agency head Roger Sterling, says his character -- who ended last season nakedly enjoying an LSD trip -- could reassess his whole life.
"I think at this semi-late date in his career he's trying to shake it up and find something to be interested in," he says. "That's really all you can ask -- surprisingly I think he's the character that appears to be most open to that."
But Podair doubts the group is suddenly going to bolt the establishment.
"In the back of many fans' minds (there's the thought that) this is the year, this is the season we're going to see them become complete hippies. It's not going to happen," he says. "Weiner's too smart for that. He wants to show that this other '60s -- this corporate '60s -- adjusted to the new 1960s and ended up selling the new 1960s."
...But maybe "Mad Men's" characters will still muddle through, mildly oblivious to the deeper currents of the age. In that, they wouldn't be so different from the old woman -- or the rest of us.
Podair mentions a student he once had, another old woman, who took a course about the decade. He guesses she was born around 1930, and nothing he showed the class -- including movies such as "Easy Rider" and documentaries about '60s movements -- seemed to reach her.
Finally, Podair grew upset at her indifference.
"What were you doing during the 1960s?" he asked tartly.
"Raising my children," she responded.
This story also appeared on CapitalBay.com.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
March 29, 2013
Headline: When Dream U. says no
Byline: Bonnie Miller Rubin
Link: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-03-29/news/ct-met-college-rejection-20130329_1_8-percent-applicants-13-percent
Excerpt: Last year at this time, Kendall Livingston felt like a failure. The Fenwick High School senior applied to seven colleges and, despite her stellar academic record and test scores, didn't get accepted at any of them.
Suddenly, her carefully orchestrated future imploded. Livingston had no idea what to do next and considered taking the year off. Instead, at the urging of her counselor, Livingston hastily applied to a small liberal arts institution that she never heard of before — in Scotland, no less — and today she is thriving.
...Fanny Lau, who graduated from Northside in 2010, ignored that advice, she said. "I was so blinded by prestige that I refused to even consider schools that my parents never heard of."
Ultimately, she was turned down by 10 schools. And in the digital age, the denials get magnified, with jubilant peers posting their good news, along with photos of themselves wearing Dream U. gear.
"When I received my final rejection letter, I broke down during dinner," Lau said. "I thought that there was something wrong with me."
She regrouped and applied to Tassoni's alma mater, Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. She was still wary when she stepped on campus three months later. "I fell in love and never looked back," the anthropology major said.
Her brother, who is just starting his college search, has been the beneficiary of her setbacks. "My parents are far more open. ... I transformed their idea about what is a good school. Know that you are going to college for you, not your family."
This story also appeared in The Telegraph (Macon, Ga.), the Island Packet (Hilton Head, SC), the Herald Online (Rock Hill, SC), the Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.), Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.), the News Chief (Winter Haven, Fla.), The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), the Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.), the Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.), the Monterey County Herald (Monterey, Cal.), the Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, Cal.), The Daily News (Longview, Wash.), The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), and the Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC).
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
March 29, 2013
Headline: Lawrence professor wins national leadership fellowship
Byline: Karen Herzog
Link: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/200511411.html
Excerpt: A Lawrence University professor has been selected for the American Council on Education's Fellows Program, considered a premier launching pad to administrative appointments in higher education.
Associate Professor of History Peter Blitstein (BLIT-steen) was one of 50 fellows chosen from across the country, and the only one from Wisconsin, for the higher education leadership development program. Fellows are nominated by college and university presidents.
During the 2013-'14 academic year fellowship, Blitstein will focus on how private liberal arts colleges can effectively, inclusively and efficiently conduct strategic planning, according to a news release from the university. He will spend the year working with a college or university president and other senior officers at a still-to-be-determined host institution.
Blitstein, a scholar of the Russian empire and the Soviet Union, joined the Lawrence faculty in 2001.
WLUK-TV Fox 11 (Green Bay, Wis.)
March 28, 2013
Headline: Lawrence professor named ACE fellow
Link: http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local/fox_cities/lawrence-university-professor-peter-blitstein-named-ace-fellow
Excerpt: A Lawrence University professor has been named to a higher education leadership development program.
The university says associate professor of history Peter Blitstein was one of 50 people national selected as an American Council on Education fellow for 2013-14. Fellows are chosen from nominations by college and university presidents across the country. Blitstein was the only fellow selected from Wisconsin.
According to Lawrence, Blitstein will focus on how private liberal arts colleges can effectively, inclusively and efficiently conduct strategic planning. He will spend the 2013-14 academic year working with a college or university president and other senior officers on that issue at a still-to-be-determined host institution.
Blitstein, who studies the Russian empire and the Soviet Union, joined the Lawrence faculty in 2001.
Wisconsin Public Radio
March 25, 2013
Headline: Wisconsin LIfe - Lawrence Trivia
Link: http://wilife.tumblr.com/post/46243380751/lawrence-trivia-since-1966-lawrence-university
Excerpt: Since 1966, Lawrence University has hosted the Great Midwest Trivia Contest – 50 consecutive hours of trivia played in teams. Greg Griffin and his daughter Marianne have played trivia for more than 20 years.
