Welcome to Lawrence! We're glad you'll be joining us. These web pages have been created to help you navigate the first week and to help you connect with Lawrence and the surrounding community. Please let us know if there's anything we can do to help.

Welcome Week Schedule

• Thursday, September 9

  7:30-9 a.m.
  Breakfast
  Andrew Commons (Warch Campus Center)

  8-9:30 a.m.
  Advising breakfast for all double-degree students
  Esch Hurvis Room (Warch Campus Center)

  All five-year double-degree students must attend this brief informational breakfast meeting to prepare for special advising appointments that immediately follow.

  8:30-9:30 a.m.
  Student employment meeting
  Youngchild Hall 121

  For all students seeking campus employment. Session is repeated Friday at 9 a.m. Students should attend one of the sessions.

  9:00 a.m.-noon
  *Individual advising appointments with faculty advisors
  Faculty offices as scheduled

  *Attendance at this session is required of all new students

  9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
  Academic information meetings (AIM)

  Presentations and discussions about academic departments, inter-departmental programs and other areas of concentration. Come and meet professors and get information about your academic options. All sessions are open to all new students. Topics and locations will be posted.

  10 a.m.-1 p.m.
  Double-degree advising appointments
  As scheduled

  11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
  Lunch
  Andrew Commons (Warch Campus Center)

  1-5 p.m.
  *Individual advising appointments with faculty advisors
  Faculty offices as scheduled

  *Attendance at this session is required of all new students

  1 p.m. Biology Lab Sign-up

  All students who intend to register for Biology 110, 120, and/or 140 during this academic year, must attend this meeting with the biology department held at the end of the biology AIM meeting. Lab sign-up and course approvals will be given during this session.

  3:30-4:00 p.m.
  Myths, Majors and Mocha: Your Career Starts Here
  Career Center (enter near fountain on east side of Seeley G. Mudd Library)

  Stroll in and grab a cup of "joe," meet the Career Center staff and hear about the many resources available to help you choose your major as well as practical options for exploring your career interests.

  5-6 p.m.
  Welcome Week Choir rehearsal
  Memorial Chapel

  5-7 p.m.
  Dinner
  Andrew Commons (Warch Campus Center)

  7 p.m.
  "MySpace"
  Residence Halls

  This is your first chance to officially meet all of the NEW people in your NEW space. Residence hall student leaders will share experiences and ask for your opinions related to shaping your hall community. You will also make some important decisions about your own personal space!

  8 p.m.
  "Sex Signals"
  Esch Hurvis Room (Warch Campus Center)

  "Sex Signals" has performed more than 1,000 shows at more than 400 colleges and universities, making it one of the country's most popular programs. Blending a unique combination of improvisational comedy and audience participation, "Sex Signals" provides a provocative, in-your-face look at college life and student issues.

  Immediately following
  Residence Hall follow-up discussions on college life and related issues
  Residence Halls

• Friday, September 10

  Transportation available for Rosh Hashanah services

  7:30-9 a.m.
  Breakfast
  Andrew Commons (Warch Campus Center)

  8-11 a.m.
  *Individual advising appointments with faculty advisors
  Faculty offices as scheduled

  9-10 a.m.
  Student Employment meeting
  Youngchild Hall 121

  Final session offered for student seeking campus employment. If you did not attend the Wednesday or Thursday session, this is your opportunity to learn about jobs on campus.

  11:10 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  *Freshman Studies class session
  Assigned classrooms

  *Attendance at this session is required of all new students

  11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
  Lunch
  Andrew Commons (Warch Campus Center)

  Note: New students taking Freshman Studies will eat lunch following class.

  1:30-3 p.m. - or - 3-4:30 p.m.
  Web registration as assigned
  More information available in e-mail sent to students after arrival on campus.

  1:30-4 p.m.
  Welcome to the Mudd!
  Seeley G. Mudd Library

  Stop by the Mudd and meet the people who can help you succeed. Not only can you find out about the library (both online and offline), take a tour, sign up to win prizes, and enjoy some food - but you can work on a jigsaw puzzle or bring your friends to play Candyland, Twister, Chess, Checkers, Uno and more! It's both fun and educational - and you can't beat that.

  4-5 p.m.
  Welcome Week Choir rehearsal
  Memorial Chapel

  5-6 p.m.
  Dinner
  Andrew Commons (Warch Campus Center)

  6-7 p.m.
  Residence Hall Dessert Social
  Your hall's first floor lounge

  7 p.m.
  Playfair!
  Esch Hurvis Room (Warch Campus Center)

  This fun-filled Lawrence tradition is an active session designed to help new students meet one another.

  Immediately following Playfair!
  DJ: The Glamour
  Esch Hurvis Room (Warch Campus Center)

  Milwaukee DJ's Asher Gray and Richard Galling have been working together as The Glamour for 10 years, drawing inspiration from the city's house music heritage going back to the '80s.

  Midnight
  Movie at Midnight
  Warch Campus Center Cinema and Wriston Art Center Auditorium

  College Cult Classics: "Office Space" (1999) A comedic tale of company workers who hate their jobs and rebel against their greedy boss.

  Coffee Shop Series: Kevin Steinman Cafe (Warch Campus Center)

  Steinman is a singer/songwriter from Minneapolis. His lyrics are sweet and honest; his music is not boastful or showy, yet it holds your attention ransom until its demands are met.

• Saturday, September 11 - continuing students return

  7:30-9 a.m.
  Continental breakfast
  Andrew Commons (Warch Campus Center)

  10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  Shopping Shuttle
  Departing from the Career Center circle drive

  Ride the shopping shuttle to the Fox River Mall and local retail stores.

  11 a.m.-1 p.m.
  Picnic Luncheon and Fun on the Green
  Main Hall Green

  Entertainment by Fatbook - A band of LU alums that has been named "College rock/pop/blues Band of the Year" by Downbeat magazine in May 2009 and 2010. Fatbook thrills audiences with a fusion of pop-rock, reggae, jazz, funk and groove that gets your toes tapping and booty shaking.

  1 p.m.
  Vikings Football vs. Knox College
  Banta Bowl

  2-5 p.m.
  Into the Streets
  Sign up in your Residence Hall

  Join your classmates and the LU Volunteer Center as we venture "Into the Streets" to learn more about the needs of the community and to participate in a service project. To learn more about how you can make a difference, please sign up at your residence hall.

  5-7 p.m.
  Dinner
  Andrew Commons (Warch Campus Center)

  8 p.m.
  Comedy Show: Mission IMPROVable
  Somerset Room (Warch Campus Center)

  Similar to the show "Whose Line Is It Anyway", Mission IMPROVable will keep you laughing as audience suggestions turn into original creation of comedy scenes.

  11 p.m.
  Saturday Night Late: Karaoke Night
  Esch Hurvis Room (Warch Campus Center)

  Always wanted to be the star on stage? Here's your chance! Large screen projection, stage lighting, concert sound - the perfect opportunity to sing your favorite song!

  Movie in the Cinema: "Robin Hood"
  Cinema (Warch Campus Center)

  Starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. Whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become the eternal symbol of freedom for his people.

• Sunday, September 12 - continuing students return

  Note: Consult posters for scheduled recreational and social activities

  10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  Shopping Shuttle rerun
  Career Center Circle Drive

  Ride the shopping shuttle to the Fox River Mall and local retail stores.

  10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
  Brunch Andrew Commons (Warch Campus Center)

  2-5 p.m.
  Into the Garden
  Sustainable LU Garden (SLUG) - foot of hill behind Memorial Hall

  Join your classmates and the LU Volunteer Center as we venture "Into the Garden" to learn about LU's Sustainable Garden (SLUG). Sign up during mealtimes and meet at the garden.

  6 p.m.
  *Class of 2014 Dinner
  Somerset Room (Warch Campus Center)

  All first-year students must attend this annual Lawrence event.

  7:30-9 p.m.
  *All Hall Meetings
  Residence Halls

  Meetings for all residents in each residence hall (both new and returning students)

  *Attendance at this session is required of all new students

• Monday, September 13

  All classes begin

• Wednesday, September 15

  6-6:30 pm
  Welcome Week Choir rehearsal
  Memorial Chapel

• Friday, September 17

  7-8:30 p.m.
  Activities Fair
  Second Floor (Warch Campus Center)

  An opportunity to learn about and sign up to join campus clubs and organizations.

  9 p.m.
  LU Live
  Esch Hurvis Room (Warch Campus Center)

  Midnight
  Movie at Midnight
  Warch Campus Center Cinema

  College Cult Classics: "Pulp Fiction" (1994) This violent, bloody and morbidly funny black comedy isn't for the easily offended! Quentin Tarantino intertwines stories of mob murderers, drug addicts, career criminals, adulterers and sadists in this Academy Award-winning, tremendously funny, fast-paced action drama.

• Saturday, September 18

  Transportation available for Yom Kippur services

  Schedules for nearby worship services are available in your residence hall.

Conservatory auditions are scheduled by the Conservatory of Music and are posted in the Music-Drama Center. For further information, contact the Conservatory Help Desk, Conservatory office or ensemble director.

ID card photographs may be taken on arrival day or during business hours during the week. ID cards are needed to access dining facilities, some student residences, the Recreation Center and for checking out library materials. Photos are taken in the Warch Campus Center.

Information Technology Services is available to assist you with computer-related issues and computer account information. Stop by the Instructional Technology Center (Seeley G. Mudd Library, Room 214 - second floor), Monday-Friday during business hours.

If you have changes to your course schedule after meeting with your academic advisor and/or completing placement exams, you will finalize those during your assigned web registration time. Watch for details in an e-mail you will receive after your arrival on campus.

Health Services Notes

The following students are required to report to the Health Center to meet with the nurse for a consultation no later than --Friday, September 10:

• Any student requiring regular allergy injections
• Any student with a chronic illness
• Any student who has had an injury or serious illness within the previous 60 days

Questions?

Call the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at 920-832-6596.