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Lawrence University Lux Alumni Magazines Communications Winter 2019 Lawrence, Winter 2019 Lawrence University Follow this and additional works at: https://lux.lawrence.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Liberal Studies Commons © Copyright is owned by the author of this document. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Communications at Lux. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of Lux. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WINTER 2019 LAWRENCE BE THE LIGHT! LEARNERS. LEADERS. LAWRENTIANS. LAWRENCE LAUNCHES MOST AMBITIOUS CAMPAIGN IN HISTORY LAWRENCE a message from EDITOR Kelly B. Landiſ PRESIDENT MARK BURSTEIN ART DIRECTORS Liz Boutelle, Matt Schmeltzer The concept of light—truth, knowledge, progress—has guided ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer Colleges since our beginnings. COMMUNICATIONS Each year we set out to create a learning environment for 1,500 Megan Scott undergraduates that prepares them to lead—to be the light. To CONTRIBUTORS accomplish this tall task, we need to keep renewing the inclusive Joseph Vanden Acker, Rick Peterson, Nicole Witmer ’19 educational experience we offer. Our recent strategic plan, Veritas est CLASS NOTES Kevin LeBeau Lux (Truth is Light, the motto on our shield), lays out a bold blueprint for Lawrence’s future. PHOTOGAPHY Liz Boutelle, Ken Cobb, Larissa Davis ’20, Mia Francis ’21, Tom Galliher Photography, Dave Jackson Photography, The Be the Light! Campaign, which was publicly launched in November, Thompson Photo Imagery, Paul Wilke will make this transformation possible. With your generous support, we FOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS are strategically moving Lawrence forward: strengthening the education go.lawrence.edu/profile we offer, making it more closely attuned to current societal needs. 920-832-6854 • [email protected] TO SUBMIT IDEAS Central to Be the Light! is the Lawrence Fund, which supports all aspects Lawrence University • Communications 711 E. Boldt Way of our educational experience. This fund provides every member of Appleton, WI 54911-5690 our community the opportunity to participate in the campaign. It 920-832-7325 • [email protected] supports books for the Seeley G. Mudd Library, athletic gear, musical Opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily represent instruments, chemicals for the laboratories, and other essential needs. Lawrence University policy. Lawrence (USPS 012-683) is published by the Lawrence University We aspire to become a full-need institution with the ability to provide Office of Communications. Nonprofit postage paid at Appleton, sufficient financial support for all of our students and their families. Wis., and additional mailing offices. Fewer than 70 colleges in the country offer this level of support. Full-need financial aid will allow students to participate in all that is Lawrence. It will increase the likelihood that they will graduate on time. It will reduce graduate debt load. CONTENTS BE THE LIGHT! We also seek to enhance the student experience. We are working to Learn about the transformational campaign secure more resources for our faculty through endowed professorships 4 and faculty development funds. We will continue to invest in areas that have always distinguished Lawrence, such as the Conservatory of Music LAUNCH CELEBRATION and Björklunden. We plan to enhance academic advising and student 26 Take an inside look at the celebration support; we expect to create new ways for students to transition to the weekend world of work, including donor-funded internships. GIVING DAY BY THE NUMBERS We launch this public phase of Be the Light! with significant momentum. 34 More than 7,800 alumni have already participated, with investments in the Lawrence Fund and programs like Film Studies, East Asian Studies, INSIDE LAWRENCE and Cognitive Neuroscience. Athletics has entered a new era, spurred 36 by a renovated Banta Bowl, a new locker room for the hockey program, 36 New Student Profile as well as funding to support athletic teams. And thanks to generous support from many, we are in the process of reinventing the way we 37 Faculty and Alumni Books prepare students for career, life and community engagement. 38 New Faculty If you care about Lawrence, about our students, about the future 40 Athletics leadership of our world, we invite you to join us in what Amos Lawrence 44 Class Notes called “A great and good work.” We invite you to Be the Light! 86 The Big Picture Photo credit: Dave Jackson Photography Total Campaign Goal: $220 Million BE THE LIGHT! LAWRENCE FUND | $30 MILLION Photo credit: Paul Wilke BE THE LIGHT! IS THE MOST AMBITIOUS FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE IN LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY’S HISTORY. This special issue of Lawrence explores Be the Light! Learners. Leaders. Lawrentians, from its ambitious goals to the profound impact it is already having on our students, campus and community. The themes of the campaign are tied to the university’s strategic plan and Lawrence alumni, parents, FULL SPEED TO FULL NEED | $85 MILLION Photo credit: Thompson Photo Imagery and friends across the nation have provided thoughtful counsel and support of these initiatives. Jumpstarted in 2014 with a historic $30 million matching challenge for endowed scholarships, the Full Speed to Full Need initiative is the cornerstone of Be the Light! The campus community was invigorated by the overwhelming response to the Full Speed to Full Need challenge, and the momentum generated during the early stages of the campaign has been sustained by the generous support of many members of the Lawrence family. During the final phase of the campaign, we will continue our fundraising efforts to meet the full demonstrated financial need of every Lawrence student. Likewise, we will further grow the Lawrence Fund, enhance the student journey, and renew our historic campus. STUDENT JOURNEY | $75 MILLION Photo credit: Liz Boutelle 4 WINTER 2019 CAMPUS RENEWAL | $30 MILLION LAWRENCE 5 Photo credit: Liz Boutelle BE THE LIGHT! ANNYCE BRACKINS ’19 ETHNIC STUDIES, GENDER STUDIES, CAMPAIGN PRIORITY | $30 MILLION INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHICAGO, ILLINOIS LAWRENCE FUND SONJA LORENTZEN SCHOLARSHIP The Freshman Academic Institute (FAI) was my first time on campus, and I just fell in love with Lawrence. FAI really helped me get ready for the Lawrence experience—it lets students come before classes start to get accustomed to college life. Now I’m an FAI mentor, which is really important to me. I took part in a mentoring program in high school, and working with FAI definitely taught me that I could be a mentor or even run a mentoring program. I want to get IMPACT STUDENT LIVES NOW my graduate degree in public administration and become a grantwriter for a nonprofit organization working with black youth. The Lawrence Fund is a steady beacon that shines its light on every corner of campus. In addition to FAI, I’m involved with campus life during the school year, including Contributions to the Lawrence Fund support our students, faculty, and facilities. the organizations Black Student Union (BSU) and All Is One: Empowering Gifts have an immediate impact on scholarships, athletics, Björklunden, the library, Women of Color (AIO). I relate to them and feel comfortable in the space. We’re very active on campus. AIO plans People of Color Empowerment Week, which and beyond. The Lawrence Fund does more than just keep the lights on, it lights the brings people from all identities and ethnicities to come speak about their culture. way for a transformative educational experience for every Lawrentian. BSU also works on that, as well as a celebration of Black History Month, the BSU all-campus barbeque, and the Commencement Kente Cloth Ceremony. BSU also takes advantage of Björklunden as a retreat and planning space. Lawrence Fund gifts extend far beyond their dollar value: alumni donor participation rates have an impact on national rankings and future funding opportunities. Without Writing is definitely a place Lawrence and Lawrence faculty changed my life, especially my Freshman Studies instructor, Douglas Martin, and my advisor, Karen the Lawrence Fund, many Lawrentians would not be able to conduct research, study Hoffmann ’87. When I got to Lawrence, my writing wasn’t so great and they abroad, or attend Lawrence at all. It is a vital piece of our financial health and supports took their time with me and encouraged me. I haven’t had a class with Professor student success every day. Without the Lawrence Fund, each student’s tuition would Martin since Freshman Studies, but we still keep in contact and he continues to check on me. And as my advisor, Professor Hoffmann keeps pushing me to increase by more than $10,000 per year. improve. I like to work hard and I like to see growth and progress. That’s what I look for in professors and advisors—people who are patient with me, but not soft on me. I appreciate that they pushed me because now I have gone from someone who didn’t have the best writing skills to looking at a career in grantwriting. “I always think, ‘Where would I be without the Lawrence Fund?’ Support for the Lawrence Fund is so important because there are a lot of students like me who, when we get home, we don’t have a lot of financial freedom.” I’ve also gotten a taste of nonprofit fundraising through my work with the Lawrence Fund. I see personally how the Lawrence Fund impacts every single student since it provides a hidden grant that reduces everyone’s tuition by $10,000. I always think, “Where would I be without the Lawrence Fund?” Support for the Lawrence Fund is so important because there are a lot of students like me who, when we get home, we don’t have a lot of financial freedom, but we really want this education.