Lawrence Today magazine, Spring 2006
Beyond the Wisconsin Heartland, Chicago, the Second City, has always been
a “second
home” for Lawrence. With the largest concentration of Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer
alumni anywhere; a major market for recruitment of new students; and strong
relationships with corporations, foundations, and educational institutions,
the connections between Chicago and Lawrence are multifaceted, deeply rooted,
and enduring.
Accordingly, as Lawrence works to enhance its visibility, it makes good sense
to begin our efforts in the Windy City. Thanks to support from trustee emeritus
J. Thomas Hurvis, ’60, and Naomi Gitlin, ’85, a number of programs
and activities are planned to spread the word of Lawrence throughout the metropolitan
area.
A Picturing Peace exhibition opened at the Jane Addams Hull House Center for
Arts and Culture on February 18 and continues through March 25. Picturing Peace
is an ArtsBridge America program in which student scholars help elementary
through high school students explore and express their understandings of peace
within their local communities and globally through the use of digital photography.
Three previous exhibitions of student photographs have been mounted at the
Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine; Belfast
City Hall in Northern Ireland; and the Paper
Discovery Center in Appleton.
The Lawrence University Concert Choir, under the direction of Richard Bjella,
professor of music, will offer a series of concerts on Sunday, March 26. The
choir performs at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. worship services at the First
United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple by Daley Plaza. In the afternoon, they
will sing at a 3:00 p.m. service at the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette,
with a public concert to follow at 3:45 p.m. in the temple’s Foundation
Hall.
A May service project by the Lawrence student group Students’ War Against
Hunger and Poverty (SWAHP) is being organized for the spring reading period,
and Chicago-area alumni and high school students will be encouraged to participate.
Also, the Lawrence Chamber Players faculty string ensemble will perform on
May 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Merit School
of Music.
Advertisements highlighting Lawrence graduates and the unique aspects of their
Lawrence education will appear in regional issues of Time magazine. The admissions
office is amplifying its recruitment efforts in the area through additional
outreach to prospective students and their families and a special program for
high school counselors just prior to the annual conference of the Illinois
Association for College Admission Counseling. Alumni events, both in conjunction
with and in addition to the activities described above, are also planned.
To stay abreast of upcoming Chicago activities and for specific information
on various events, visit www.lawrence.edu/news/chicago/.
