Schedule of Events: Spirit Week
Monday, October 28
Theme: Class Color Day
On-Site Service Project/Homecoming Tabling
Warch Campus Center
Tuesday, October 29
Theme: Dress Like A Literal Viking
Cardboard Boat Regatta
Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center - Boldt Natatorium
Wednesday, October 30
Theme: Student’s Choice – Voting at Open House (September 26)
Open Mic/Talent Show
Warch Campus Center
Thursday, October 31
Theme: Halloween
On Campus Trick or Treating
Campus Wide
Grocery Bag Bingo/Costume Contest
Warch Campus Center
Friday, November 1
Theme: Spirit Day
Schedule of Events: Blue & White Homecoming
Friday, November 1
Campus Tour
2 – 3 p.m. | Chapman Hall - Admissions Lobby
Archives Open House with University Archivist Claire Cannell
3 – 5 p.m. | Seeley G. Mudd Library, Archives
2024 Lawrence Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame Reception & Dinner* (Invitation Only)
6 – 9 p.m. | Warch Campus Center, Somerset & Pusey Rooms
*The 2024 inductees are the Men’s basketball teams from 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006.
Fall Term Musical: Working
7:30 p.m. | Stansbury Theatre, Music-Drama Center
Lawrence University New Music Ensemble Concert featuring Flute and Trombone Ensembles
7:30 or 8 p.m. (Time TBD) | Lawrence Memorial Chapel
This concert, which highlights the Conservatory's forward-looking approach, will premiere nine new works. Isaac Mayhew (LU '17) is the Interim Executive Director of the Millennium Composers Initiative, a consortium of composers, and has facilitated the collaboration. The event will feature faculty members Erin Lesser (flute), Tim Albright (trombone), and Michael Clayville (director of the New Music Ensemble).
Blue & White Homecoming Dance
8 p.m. | Warch Campus Center, Esch Hurvis Room & Mead-Witter Room
Saturday, November 2
Family Breakfast with Cabinet
9 – 10:30 a.m. | Warch Campus Center - Esch Hurvis Room
Families, supporters, and their students are invited to join President Carter and her Cabinet for this special breakfast. Get to know our campus leadership while indulging in a hot breakfast buffet from American Dining Creations. Lawrence gear or Blue & White is the preferred attire. Registration required.
Register
BLUs Central (Face Painting, Temporary Tattoos, etc)
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Warch Campus Center
Presentation and Discussion with New York Times Bestselling Author Harry MacLean ’64 – Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Warch Campus Center, Cinema
All are welcome to attend.
Men’s Basketball Alumni Scrimmage
10 a.m. (Tentative) | Alex Gym
LU Swimming - Intrasquad & Alumni Meet
11 a.m. | Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center - Boldt Natatorium
Midwest Conference Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Championships
11 a.m. Start | Reid Golf Course, Appleton
Shuttle from Campus.
Men’s Soccer vs. Grinnell College (Senior Day)
11 a.m. | Banta Bowl
Women’s Soccer vs. Grinnell College
1:30 p.m. | Banta Bowl
Fall Term Musical: Working
2:30 p.m. | Stansbury Theatre, Music-Drama Center
Blue & White Homecoming Tailgate
3 – 5 p.m. | Banta Bowl Parking Lot
- 2024 VHOF inductees in President’s Plaza
Football vs. University of Chicago*
5:00 p.m. | Banta Bowl
*The 2024 Lawrence Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will occur during halftime.
Fall Term Musical: Working
7:30 p.m. | Stansbury Theatre, Music-Drama Center