The 2011-2012 academic calendar was approved on Friday, May 21 at the most recent faculty meeting. 2011-2012 will be the third consecutive academic year with the modified structure that includes a six-week winter break, and potentially the last. This calendar is part of a series of changes mandated in 2009 by the Board of Trustees in reaction to the financial instability of 2008.
To celebrate the academic and extracurricular honors earned by students, professors and student organizations during the 2009-2010 year, the Honors Convocation was held Thursday, May 20 at 11:10 a.m. in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Organist Susanna Valleau played a Bach and Mendelssohn prelude, and the procession commenced with the sound of David Johnson's "Trumpet Tune in D Major," played by Daniel O'Connor on the Chapel Organ.
Young: Tell me about your background and how you came to Lawrence. Metralsky: I'm originally from Brooklyn, New York. I lived my younger life in Westbury, East Meadow Long Island. When I started going to college I had an interesting experience. I went to the University of California, Berkeley.
Very few things have the ability to brighten one's day like dancing. And if you can't dance, the next best thing is watching people that can, which is exactly what I did last Sunday afternoon at Mêlée Dance Troupe's spring show, "Tenacious D(ance)." Mêlée Dance Troupe is a student organization that puts on a show every spring.
This year has seen substantial changes: the introduction of the Warch Campus Center, revisions to the academic calendar, changes to the campus landscape, a new freshman class and an ever increasing number of prospective students. These changes have elicited a wide range of responses from members of the Lawrence community.
Coach Mike Szkodzinski took over as athletic director for the Lawrence University athletic department last fall after a brief dual interim appointment the year before. It may have been a surprise appointment to some -- given his youth and seeming lack of experience -- but after his first year he has proved himself to be the right man for the job.