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![Team USA gymnasts model the newly unveiled leotards for the Summer Olympics.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-07/Olympics%20US%20National%20Team%20Womens%20Gymnatics_%20%28003%29.jpg?h=7e6ef6d8&itok=d8FaQSQu)
Here's a fun Lawrence University tie to the 2024 Summer Olympics. Johnathan Vanko-Tomaszewski ’13 is working for Elite Sportwear in marketing the newly unveiled leotards being worn by Team USA women’s gymnasts.
![Pawo Choyning Dorji poses for a portrait in Warch Campus Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-07/Pawo%201%20web.jpg?h=02db3558&itok=8n_5GS-S)
Pawo Choyning Dorji ’06, who returned to Lawrence as the 2024 Commencement speaker, is on a journey that has taken him from the remote regions of the Himalayas to the bright lights of Hollywood.
![Evan Williams poses for a portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-07/EvanWilliams%20web2.jpg?h=521d576e&itok=DDp2Wvxo)
As rising composer Evan Williams ’10 prepares to have his music debuted by the London Philharmonic, he speaks of a foundation built at Lawrence that set him on his musical path.
![Reunion classes march in the Parade of Classes.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/Reunion_532.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=jvMjb27D)
Lawrence University celebrated Reunion 2024, with nearly 800 alumni returning to campus. The weekend honored Lawrence’s past while supporting its future, with alumni renewing old connections and making new ones.
![The annual Parade of Classes precedes the Reunion Convocation at Memorial Chapel.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/Reunion_23%201.jpg?h=5940fce7&itok=N1fp8uOY)
Nearly 800 Lawrence University alumni are set to return to campus for Reunion 2024 June 13-16. Dinners, receptions, a convocation, the Parade of Classes, and multiple Alumni College sessions are planned.
![Confetti and graduation caps fly as graduates celebrate at the close of Commencement.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/Commencement_1.jpg?h=312e2671&itok=Sjs1djAn)
Lawrence University celebrated its 2024 graduates at a June 9 Commencement held on Main Hall Green. Commencement speaker Pawo Choyning Dorji '06 urged graduates to always remain curious.
![James Gandre '81 delivers his address at the Baccalaureate service in Memorial Chapel.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/Gandre%20BaccalaureateService_2024%20web.jpg?h=6799306c&itok=G-EmahwI)
James Gandre ’81, president of Manhattan School of Music, returned to Lawrence University for Commencement weekend, delivering an address at the Baccalaureate service before receiving an honorary degree.
![A still from the video game Pentiment](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-01/JoshSawyerShipoffools.jpg?h=8f967d64&itok=2BhXJYNe)
Pentiment, the historical role-playing video game, has won a 2024 Peabody Award. Lawrence alumnus Josh Sawyer '98 led the design and history professor Edmund Kern and alumus Winston Black '99 were key consultants.
![Convocation is held in Memorial Chapel during Reunion 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Reunion2023.jpg?h=24a9745b&itok=Z9hSUIES)
Lawrence University will celebrate nine talented alumni—including two from Milwaukee-Downer College—with 2024 Alumni Awards. The recipients will be honored at Reunion 2024 June 13-16.
![Lawrence’s beautiful campus](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-08/Main-Hall-Aerial.jpg?h=b5aa661d&itok=602XBzyY)
Peter Betzer '64 writes a tribute to his classmate, the late Bonnie Laird '64, remembering her support and generosity in everything from Reunions to developing and supporting the Leveraging Lawrence Faculty Initiatives program.
![Students and alumni take selfies together during the 2023 Forever a Lawrentian events.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Forever2023%204.jpg?h=e2ceef7b&itok=Zaa9iMx6)
Forever a Lawrentian is back on campus for a second year. The celebration provides face-to-face connections between Lawrence University students and alumni. It'll take place across campus April 11-13.
![Nicolette Puskar '19](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Puskar_web.jpg?h=b5bca2b3&itok=o385bFIO)
Nicolette Puskar ’19 is keeping both science and music close to her heart. The Lawrence University alumna is working toward her Ph.D. in physical chemistry. She's also preparing to sing at Carnegie Hall.
![Close up of decorated graduation caps.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-05/CommencementHat.jpg?h=ec4bfe6a&itok=9CuujKv8)
Pawo Choyning Dorji ’06, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, and James Gandre ’81, president of Manhattan School of Music, will be honored at Lawrence's 2024 Commencement. Dorji will speak at Commencement, Gandre at Baccalaureate Service.
![Timothy X. Troy (Photo by Danny Damiani)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/TimTroy_63.jpg?h=81ed0762&itok=ZAL1zMG3)
Lawrence University theatre arts professor Timothy X. Troy ’85 wrote a play while spending a year in Ireland as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. Run with the Hare (…and hunt with the hound) is the result of research surrounding the Irish War of Independence.