Schedule of Events

Reunion Headquarters and Residence Halls Open at 4 p.m. CT. Please check in there first to receive your name badge and schedule of events, as well as your residence hall key, if staying on campus.

By Invitation Only / Free to Attend / Registration Required

Alumni awards honor individuals for their service to Lawrence, their service to society, and their professional achievements. Lawrence University is pleased to kick off Reunion 2025 with this celebration dinner honoring some of our most distinguished alumni. Remarks will be made by LUAA Board of Directors President and Lawrence University President Laurie Carter.

Hosted Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar

$45 per person/Registration Required

Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar: drink tickets will be $5 each and can be purchased in person at the Warch Campus Center using credit or debit card

All are welcome to attend.

Breakfast is $7.51 per person for an all-you-can-eat hot breakfast buffet. No registration is required. Cashless - Credit & Debit Card Only accepted at the door.

Rooted and Rising: Leadership Lessons from the Inside Out

From grassroots organizer to executive leader, every role has been a classroom in learning how to lead with both intuition and strategy. In this session, Brienne Colston shares reflections on growing as a values-driven leader across sectors and seasons—grounded in spiritual practice, guided by data, and shaped by collective care. Through storytelling and shared reflection, participants will explore what it means to lead authentically at any level, especially in times of uncertainty and transformation.

Brienne “BC” Colston CPC: (she/they) is an ICF-accredited Certified Professional Coach, facilitator, and organizational development consultant committed to fostering anti-oppression, leadership and transformation. A native of the South Bronx, BC currently serves as the Co-Executive Director at the U.S. Department of Arts & Culture (USDAC), a grassroots action network dedicated to equipping artists and cultural organizers with the tools to drive meaningful social change. Prior to this role, BC was the Founder and Executive Director of Brown Girl Recovery (BGR), a healing justice collective of artists, social workers, educators, and consultants established in 2017.

Fighting Mold and Bacteria: Ensuring Quality and Safety in Products and Environments

Microbial contamination is a critical issue across industries, affecting product quality, consumer safety, and business reputation. This presentation explores where mold and bacteria thrive, the risks they pose, and the best practices for detection and prevention. Join us as we dive into the micro world!

Najja Gay: is a Quality Control Microbiologist at AstraZeneca, where she monitors pharmaceutical environments and processes. She has previously worked as a bacteria coordinator at EMSL. With a degree in biology and a passion for marine biology, she has presented research on coral reef ecology and aspires to use her Lawrentian liberal arts education to combine her many interests.

Life and strife in the Andes: 7000 years of climate’s impact on people’s everyday lives

This talk delves into the relationship between humans and their environment in the Central Andes over the past 7000 years. Through archaeological insights, it explores how climate changes influenced subsistence and experiences of peace and conflict for everyday people even as major civilizations emerged and collapsed.

Kurt Wilson: is an anthropological archaeologist who studies human-environmental interactions during climatic change, and teaches courses in archaeology, anthropology, sustainability and data science at Lawrence. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, a Master of Education degree and M.A. in anthropology from Iowa State University, and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Utah.

Coffee, Liquid Modernity

Based on a popular Lawrence course, this talk invites the audience to engage with global history through the medium of a single commodity: coffee. We will touch on multiple fields beyond history: from biology and neuroscience, to economics, literature, and the arts. Join us for this truly multidisciplinary adventure! 

Greg Milano: is an award-winning world historian with a research focus on Fascism in Italy in the interwar period. In his Lawrence course, Coffee, Liquid Modernity, he has combined his professional training with his personal search for the best cup of espresso to provide a stimulating global history.

Run with the Hare: A Fulbright journey to bring an Irish Revolutionary to the stage.

Join Professor Troy as he explores how Irish family ties brought archival documents to life in his new play, Run with the Hare (… and Hunt with a Hound). Backed by a Fulbright Scholar Award, Tim’s research into an Irish Revolutionary also led to the discovery of his Famine-era ancestors. Play synopsis: Balms by day, bombs by night. Dan Stapleton—pharmacist, hurling champion, and family man—awakens to Irish nationalism in 1918. As Ireland moves toward independence, he secretly produces weapons, gathers intelligence, and builds alliances under the guise of ordinary life. Based on his 1953 Bureau of Military History Witness Statement, Run with the Hare reveals Stapleton’s critical role in the Battle of Kilkenny’s success.

Timothy X. Troy ’85: playwright and director, has been the Hurvis Professor of Theatre and Drama at Lawrence since 1997. He teaches acting, directing, script analysis, and playwrighting, and received the First Year Studies Teaching Prize. His directing spans plays, operas, and audio theatre, with a focus on stories that shape our lives. His plays explore how social forces impact families and the future. Troy also teaches in Business & Entrepreneurship and Environmental Studies. In 2022–2023, he was a Fulbright Scholar at University College Dublin.

Lunch is $11.13 per person for an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. No registration required. Cashless - Credit & Debit Card Only accepted at the door.

Narrative Medicine

This session rises out of my work in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. My field of specialization is generally described as narrative medicine, a reform movement in medical education that seeks to incorporate humanities disciplines, especially literature, into medical education, with the goal of offering doctors greater insight into the motives shaping their behaviors as caregivers. My own work in this field has concentrated on creative writing, publishing semi-autobiographical narratives of medical practice. This session will start off with a reading of one such story, as a springboard to a discussion of participants’ own experiences with medicine.

Terry Holt: is an emeritus professor of Geriatric Medicine and teaching professor of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He holds PhD and MA degrees in English and the MFA in creative writing, all from Cornell University. He earned his MD from the University of North Carolina, where he also completed residency training in internal medicine and geriatrics.

Local Craft Beer – Art and Science in a Pint Glass!

Wisconsin's rich history of beer and brewing is alive and well in Appleton, and Lawrence has a seat at this Craft Beer Table. Join Allison McCoy Fleshman, Associate Professor of Chemistry and co-owner of McFleshman's Brewing Co., on a tour of the brewery that she and her husband built, which specializes in German Lagers and British Ales. We will sample the rich history of German and British beer styles and explore the art of fermentation science. Dr. Fleshman will share the importance of the beer glass, what cask-conditioning is all about, and how they use science to make the perfect pint. Cheers!

Allison McCoy Fleshman: is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Lawrence University and co-owner of McFleshman's Brewing Company. She earned a BS in Physics and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Fleshman is a physical chemist, and her research focuses on ion motion at the fundamental level as well as identifying pigments and inks in Medieval illuminated manuscripts using spectroscopic techniques.

A campus shuttle will be available for those who would like a ride downtown for this event.

This is a 21-and-over event.

Depart from Alice G. Chapman Hall. The tour is about an hour long and will be led by an Admissions student tour guide.

Pimm's "Garden" Party 

Join other LGBTQIA+ identified alums and current faculty and staff for a casual meet & greet; see old friends and meet new ones! Some information will be provided by Helen Boyd Kramer, the gender and sexual diversity coordinator for campus.

Academic departments and programs will host open houses in their buildings. Reconnect with your favorite faculty members and staff and meet new ones.

$55 per person/Registration Required

Hosted Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar

$45 per person/ Registration Required

Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar: drink tickets will be $5 each and can be purchased in person at the Warch Campus Center using credit or debit card

All alumni are invited to attend a recital featuring talented alumni musicians from all decades.

Breakfast is $7.51 per person for an all-you-can-eat hot breakfast buffet. No registration required. Cashless - Credit & Debit Card Only accepted at the door.

Join the traditional 5k fun run/walk for all ages, named in memorial for Coach Gene Davis.

Free to attend/Registration is required

Join Director of Athletics Jason Imperati and his coaching staff for a celebration of Vikings Athletics. In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Women's Basketball at Lawrence during the 2025-26 season, we are proud to shine a spotlight on our Women's Basketball alumnae as part of this reception.

Join your classmates in the march to the Memorial Chapel for Reunion Convocation.

Free to attend/No Registration Required

Celebrate Reunion with President Laurie Carter at this annual all-Reunion event that recognizes the special contributions made by Lawrentians and Downerites. The program features the presentation of alumni awards and Reunion class gifts, music by the Alumni Choir, and President Carter's Convocation address.

Free to Attend/ No Registration Required

$18 per person / Registration Required

Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar: drink tickets will be $5 each and can be purchased in person at the Warch Campus Center using credit or debit card

$30 per person / Registration Required

Hosted Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar

Depart from Alice G. Chapman Hall. The tour is about an hour long and will be led by an Admissions student tour guide.

Sponsored by the Lawrence University Black Alumni Network (LUBAN) and LUAA Alumni of Color.

Free to Attend for all Founders Club & Legacy Circle Members / Registration Required

President Carter invites all current Founders Club and Lawrence-Downer Legacy Circle members to a reception honoring those who generously support the university.

• 35th Reunion/ Class of 1989,1990, 1991: Wriston Amphitheatre
  
• 40th Reunion/ Class of 1985: Main Hall South Steps
• 50th Reunion/ Class of 1975: Main Hall North Steps

• 10th Reunion/Class of 2015: Main Hall North Steps
• 15th Reunion/Class of 2009, 2010, 2011: Wriston Amphitheatre
• 25th Reunion/Class of 2000: Main Hall South Steps

$45 per person / Registration Required

Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar: drink tickets will be $5 each and can be purchased in person at the Warch Campus Center using credit or debit card

$45 per person / Registration Required

Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar: drink tickets will be $5 each and can be purchased in person at the Warch Campus Center using credit or debit card

$45 per person / Registration Required

Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar: drink tickets will be $5 each and can be purchased in advance using credit or debit card

$45 per person / Registration Required

Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar: drink tickets will be $5 each and can be purchased in person at the Warch Campus Center using credit or debit card

$55 per person / Registration Required

Hosted Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar

$45 per person / Registration Required

Beer, Wine & Seltzer Bar: drink tickets will be $5 each and can be purchased in person at the Warch Campus Center using credit or debit card

Breakfast is $7.51 per person for an all-you-can-eat hot breakfast buffet. No registration required. Cashless - Credit & Debit Card Only accepted at the door.

Discover or revisit Lawrence's beautiful northern campus located on Lake Michigan in picturesque Door County. Spend the day touring the historical chapel, hiking the many nature trails, or relaxing on the lakeside decks.

Motorcoach bus transportation and lunch will be provided. Luggage may be stored in the motorcoach. If you prefer to drive yourself, you may select the $20 no-transportation-needed rate when registering for this event.

Meet at the Wriston turnaround on Lawe Street at 7:45 a.m. Advance registration is required for this event, which has an additional fee. We are unable to accept walk-up registration.

Free to Attend/No Registration Required

We have so very much to be grateful for and the lives of those who have died to celebrate. Join Terra Winston-Sage '00, Julie Esch Hurvis Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life, along with other alumni, to celebrate the deep connections we share with each other and with our world through a multifaith offering of prayers, wisdom and music.