Björklunden provides a unique setting for personal growth, embracing the liberal education ideal of connecting thought and reflection, and accessing the transformative power of self-reflective, integrative exploration.
Each weekend during the academic year, groups from Lawrence gather to explore and reflect upon ideas, artistic expressions, and community issues. Topics are wide-ranging, and students have the opportunity for intensive inquiry and discussion with faculty members and among themselves in an informal, intimate setting. In creating and developing these student weekends at Björklunden, Lawrence seeks to provide a different kind of educational experience, one in which participants are encouraged to leave old assumptions behind and the barriers of class, rank, and status are removed in order for students and faculty to learn meaningfully from each other. As former president Richard Warch observed, a fundamental purpose of the Björklunden student weekends is "to confront ourselves and others on a personal scale, one that is and will be in sharp contrast to the anonymity of mass culture."
Applications for Fall 2026 are opening in early April on Björklunden's new SharePoint site. Watch for the link in the LU Insider.