Welcome to the Lawrence University Web site!
Lawrence is a remarkable college — nationally recognized for its strong liberal arts tradition and dedication to individualized learning through such means as lively class discussions, student-faculty collaborations in research, private and small-group music lessons, advanced tutorials, and Senior Experience projects. It is the only college in the country combined with a renowned conservatory of music that is devoted exclusively to undergraduates.
Our rich tradition of transforming the lives of students — through innovative learning experiences and providing them opportunities to explore their multiple academic and artistic interests — is the hallmark of a Lawrence education. Every year we welcome students from around the globe who have chosen Lawrence‘s distinctive and challenging environment for learning and culture, and the prospect of enjoying residential life along the beautiful Fox River.
I hope you will find that this Web site serves as a valuable resource for learning more about Lawrence University, our students, and our outstanding faculty.
About Jill Beck
Jill Beck assumed the presidency of Lawrence University in July 2004, becoming
the college’s 15th president and first woman president, and was formally
installed in office in May 2005, during a two-day Celebration
of the Arts and Liberal Learning.
Among the themes she has chosen for her presidency are to increase collaborative
and complementary activities between the fine and performing arts and the traditional
liberal arts and sciences and to encourage more active community engagement by
Lawrence and its students.
Under her leadership, the college has created an innovative postdoctoral teaching fellowship program, the Lawrence University Fellows in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. During its first year, 2005-06, the Lawrence Fellows program brought eight new Ph.D.s to campus in fields as diverse as music composition, physics, gender studies, geology, and philosophy.
President Beck is the founder of ArtsBridge America, an outreach program that offers hands-on experiences in the arts to school-age children, placing university students in K-12 classrooms as instructors and mentors. In 2005, Lawrence University became the headquarters of ArtsBridge America and the first private institution to join the program, which now has 30 participating institutions in 13 states and Northern Ireland.
