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![Graduates and a student showing their diploma during commencement](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/Commencement_202106.jpeg?h=43163834&itok=Pi1xrnxl)
The class of 2021 was celebrated at Commencement not only for their accomplishments but also their resilience and courage.
![Main Hall with a tree full of white flowers next to the it](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/CampusMainHall_202106.jpeg?h=208a1168&itok=gkS20-Sa)
Professors Terry Gottfried, Gerald Metalsky, Alan Parks, Jerald Podair, and Bruce Pourciau will be presented with a citation at Commencement and will be awarded a Master of Arts, ad eundem, degree as they step into retirement.
![Hero shot of Mark Burstein next to the water fountain located near the Mudd library](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/Burstein%20Library%20Wriston_202106.jpeg?h=f8bb017d&itok=NgPBPLPs)
Here is our conversation with Burstein as he prepares for his final Commencement and his departure from Lawrence.
![people walking in from of Esch Hurvis Center for Spiritual and Religious Life](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/Hurvis%20Center%20Spiritual%20Life_202105%20.jpeg?h=e27dfcf5&itok=c1FgKwk8)
Lawrence University’s Sabin House officially became the Esch Hurvis Center for Spiritual and Religious Life on Tuesday.
![Mark Burstein and President Laurie Carter sitting next to each other as they smile for a picture](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/CarterWithMark_202104_0.jpeg?h=4943a703&itok=ArHb8i33)
It’s time to get to know Laurie A. Carter just a little better. Carter will join Lawrence University as its 17th president on July 1.
![Lawrence University new logo; featuring a Viking ship that incorporates the antelope from the crest](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/New%20Logo%20Lawrence_202103.jpeg?h=004581e8&itok=pkWPHLvY)
Lawrence University debuted a new athletics logo that will gradually replace the Viking head that has been a fixture on the school’s uniforms and apparel for more than 50 years.
![Headshot of Lawrence University President Laurie A. Carter](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/Carter_202103.jpeg?h=de5a0644&itok=2LM4D62A)
Laurie A. Carter was introduced as the 17th president of Lawrence University. She will begin her tenure on July 21, 2021.
![Rep. John Lewis greets graduates and their families as the 2015 Commencement speaker at Lawrence University.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-03/John-Lewis2-crop-new-1024x682.jpg?h=b1aa4ad6&itok=a_-Cs3Az)
Lawrence University is mourning the loss of Congressman John Lewis, an iconic figure who tirelessly fought for civil rights and racial justice.
![A group of Lawrence University students, faculty, and staff march across campus following the May 4, 1970, shooting of anti-war protesters at Kent State University.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-03/1970-protest-after-kent-state-cropd.jpg?h=1e88b1ea&itok=rQy0BRLz)
Fifty years after walking across the Commencement stage on Main Hall Green at an event that felt part celebration, part protest, part chaos, the Lawrentians of that class give words of encouragement for the 2020 graduates who are navigating their own moment of chaos.
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A virtual Commencement on June 14 will honor Lawrence University’s Class of 2020, celebrating graduates who had their final term disrupted by a global pandemic.
![Photo of Natasha Trethewey](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-03/Trethewey-photo-694x1024.jpg?h=e7a6a413&itok=dFItGnYx)
Natasha Trethewey, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose writings are plenty familiar to LU students, will be the speaker at the university’s Commencement celebration.
![Eight alums, eight stories](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-08/Alumni-meet-ups8-1.jpg?h=2ed28e94&itok=_6cYH2km)
2019 has been full of visits from notable alumni all year round. Here are the featured alumni you should check out.
![Past meets present: Mark Catron ’69, a student bartender at the Viking Room](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-08/Viking_Room.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=NMDpgawA)
The Viking Room became an on-campus bar in 1969. Lawrence students and alumni mark 50 years of life in the VR.
![Glen Johnson ’85 (right) traveled the world from 2013 to 2017 with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/Johnson-with-John-Kerry.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=5k1ukqV5)
Glen Johnson '85 shares why he chose Lawrence, and details his experiences in politics in his new book "Window Seat on the World".