Lawrence University

More than 330 Lawrence University graduates received their diplomas in a spring Commencement ceremony. Commencement speaker Lee Shallat Chemel, a 1965 alumna who found success as the director of numerous television sitcoms and dramas over the past three decades, challenged the graduates to use their liberal arts education to always push forward and to embrace the chaos of life.

Lawrence University student Nero Dejno '21 has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for the fall semester and will be studying abroad in Madagascar.

Willa Dworschack, a Lawrence University physics major from Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, has been named a Goldwater Scholar. The honor went to 496 sophomores or juniors across the country who are studying in areas of math or science.

Milou (Emmylou) de Meij, a Lawrence University senior from Bozeman, Montana, received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award, the 58th time a Lawrence student has been so honored over the past four decades. She will now spend a year in Latvia teaching English and studying music of the region.

Twenty-eight students from the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin, spent their spring break on an excursion to Houston that ties in with the school's vision of music with a mission. The students performed, taught in elementary schools and collaborated on music with students in an after-school program that focuses on electronic music. Each spring, Lawrence musicians - students and faculty - go into a chosen metro market for a mix of musical performances and community outreach, an immersion aimed at establishing relationships and community well-being as much as sharing talents and expanding the conservatory's musical footprint. Presto tour information

Lawrence University has recognized 732 students for academic achievement by naming them to the 2017-18 dean's list. Students must maintain a minimum 3.4 grade point average for the entire academic year to qualify for dean's list honors.

Lawrence University awarded bachelor of arts and bachelor of music degrees June 10 to 318 graduating seniors, 17 of whom earned both a B.A. and a B.M. degree, at its 169 commencement. Peggy Shepard, the executive director of the New York City-based organization WE ACT For Environmental Justice, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and delivered the principal commencement address.

Lawrence University junior Elizabeth Bridgwater has been named an Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholar. A chemistry and environmental studies major from Fort Collins, Colo., Bridgwater was one of 150 undergraduates nationally selected for the scholarship. Named in honor of long-time former U.S. Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, who was well known for supporting ocean policy and conservation, the scholarship includes a two-year academic scholarship and a summer internship opportunity.

Augusta Finzel, a 2018 Lawrence University graduate, has been awarded a 10-month Fulbright Fellowship to Greenland where she'll serve as an English language teaching assistant and a "cultural ambassador."

Nalee Douangvilay, a 2018 Lawrence University graduate, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship that will send her to South Korea as an English language teaching assistant.

Heidi Arnold of Oswego has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program. Arnold will spend most of her summer living with a host family in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, as part of a Russian language program. Launched in 2006 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the CLS program is designed to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity.

Lawrence University rising senior Jonathan Rubin has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program. Launched in 2006 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the CLS program is designed to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity.

Mikaela Marget has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program. Launched in 2006 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the CLS program is designed to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity.

Lawrence University senior Elena Hudecek has been awarded a grant through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program. Se will spend 10 months (Sept. - June) in Colombia working as an English language teaching assistant and cultural ambassador.

Lawrence University senior William Gill has been awarded a grant through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program. He will spend 10 months (Sept. - June) in Germany working as an English language teaching assistant.

Kin Le, a mezzo soprano, was among a select number of singers chosen to perform in Lawrence University's spring opera scenes production.

Kin Le performed with the Lawrence University Concert Choir in two concerts March 15-16 in Chicago as part of a special community outreach tour.

The criteria to become an Academic All-Conference selection includes a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.33 which is calculated only in the awarded academic year. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors who letter in any of the MWC's fall, winter or spring sports are eligible for the award.

The criteria to become an Academic All-Conference selection includes a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.33 which is calculated only in the awarded academic year. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors who letter in any of the MWC's fall, winter or spring sports are eligible for the award.

The criteria to become an Academic All-Conference selection includes a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.33 which is calculated only in the awarded academic year. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors who letter in any of the MWC's fall, winter or spring sports are eligible for the award.

Lawrence University awarded dean's list recognition to students who maintained a minimum 3.4 grade point average for the entire 2015-16 academic year.

Mauranda Owens has been awarded a Resonance Fellowship with the communications department for the 2017 -2018 academic school year.

Sydney Nelson studied Spanish culture and language in Granada, Spain at the Universidad De Granada during the Spring 2017 semester.

Lawrence University awarded dean's list recognition to students who maintained a minimum 3.4 grade point average for the entire 2014-15 academic year.

Eli Edelman, a senior history and percussion double degree candidate, directs and writes for Tambo Toke. The Afro-Cuban percussion group was cited recently for outstanding performance in the college undergraduate Latin Jazz Ensemble category of DownBeat magazine's annual Student Music Awards.

Lawrence University students performed in the recent (May 14-16) run of Lanford Wilson's play, "The Rimers of Eldritch."

Lawrence University students performed in the recent (May 14-16) run of Lanford Wilson's play "The Rimers of Eldritch."

Lawrence University senior Tim Carrigg was recently named the winner of the undergraduate jazz arrangement category in DownBeat Magazine's 38th annual Student Music Awards (SMAs) competition. Announced in DownBeat's June edition, the SMAs are considered among the highest music honors in the field of jazz education.

Lawrence junior Ruby Dickson has been awarded a $2,700 Fulbright-Hays Scholarship through the U.S. Department of Education for the 2015 Associated Colleges in China (ACC) Intensive Language Program.

Lawrence University recognized excellence in academic achievement and service May 13 at its annual Honors and Awards banquet.