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![Music Education Team members lead a dance workshop during the 2022 Mile of Music.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-08/MileOfMusic_MET.jpg?h=1ed8eb50&itok=bUNawdMY)
The 10th edition of Mile of Music returns to downtown Appleton Aug. 3-6, and once again Lawrence University will be all in with music education workshops, multiple venues, and must-see performances.
![Head shot of Copeland Woodruff](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-07/Copeland%20Woodruff-new.jpg?h=3afc65a2&itok=XyLu_LAg)
Copeland Woodruff, director of opera studies at Lawrence University, has received a prestigious honor from The American Prize, a celebration of his “sustained excellence” in opera theater.
![Constance Kassor speaks in Memorial Chapel on Buddhist pilgrimages during Honors Convocation at the close of Spring Term. (Photo by Danny Damiani)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-07/Kassor%20HonorsConvo.jpg?h=f35fb0b6&itok=6iykm7GT)
Lawrence professor Constance Kassor has debuted an online lecture series on Tibet with Wondrium. The 24-part series, which teaches about the history, culture, religion, and political contention of the Tibetan plateau, was two years in the making for the religious studies scholar.
![Sydney Closson poses amid a collection of rocks in Youngchild Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-07/ClossonSydney.jpg?h=ff0c8987&itok=DA_KchgH)
Lawrence University’s Sydney Closson is rocking her undergraduate studies with help from a NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Scholarship. It ties in with her interest in studying other planets.
![The solar array at Bjorklunden went live in the spring. (Photo by Danny Damiani)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-06/Bjork_152.jpg?h=d90a0225&itok=maZOgxpV)
A new solar array, tucked in the woods at Björklunden, began gathering power from the sun this spring. It is the latest step in Lawrence's Net Zero Björklunden project. It follows the arrival of high-speed internet at the Door County campus.
![Musicians perform during a Decoda Chamber Music Festival performance as part of Mile of Music in 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-06/DecodaCamp1.jpg?h=2947d022&itok=sCxdF_R1)
Lawrence University will host the Lawrence Music Camp in mid-July, adding to a musical summer that will include the annual Decoda Chamber Music Festival and participation in downtown Appleton’s Mile of Music.
![Martha Helen Schmidt sits in front of a piano.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-06/Marthanew.jpg?h=34953c65&itok=ZK-0MIJj)
Martha Helen Schmidt ’79 recently composed a song cycle that is featured in a PBS documentary filmed in Minnesota and Iceland. The documentary focuses on Icelandic-American writer, poet, and teacher Bill Holm.
![Aerial drone photo of Lawrence and Appleton](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-11/appletonaerial.jpg?h=298e82db&itok=RCauj1Cx)
Lawrence University was given an A+ in Forbes’ recently released 2023 report on financial grades for private colleges. Lawrence was the only Wisconsin college and one of 111 nationally to earn an A+.
![Betsy Schlabach holds a copy of her book, Dream Books and Gamblers](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-06/SchlabachBetsy.jpg?h=9db51067&itok=ZFfQY6vS)
Betsy Schlabach, associate professor of history at Lawrence University, has followed the publication of her book, Dream Books and Gamblers: Black Women’s Work in Chicago’s Policy Game, with news that she's received a travel grant to extend her research.
![Alumni march in the Parade of Classes in front of Memorial Chapel.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-06/Reunion_paradeofclasses.jpg?h=59fa23e0&itok=My1bkXb3)
Reunion 2023 brought nearly 800 Lawrence University alumni and friends to campus for a festive four-day celebration. More than 100 of those alumni were with the Class of 1973, the largest turnout ever for a 50th year reunion.
![Steitz and Main Hall from campus walkway](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-12/SpringOutdoor%20%281%29.jpg?h=2f264f14&itok=ny70bkF9)
Five Lawrence University faculty members have been named to endowed teaching positions beginning in the 2023-24 academic year.
![Founders chamber ensemble](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-05/Founders_StandardHero2_202305.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=WarIfie3)
Lawrence University has announced its 2023-24 Performing Arts Series, featuring performances that will showcase talented jazz, classical, brass, string, and world music artists.
![Jiayi Ling Young '94 and Tracy Donald '95 pose with Forever a Lawrentian signs.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-06/ForeverLawrentian.jpg?h=9c09f533&itok=tP1l0Brd)
Lawrence University will welcome alumni back to campus for Reunion 2023, beginning June 15 and continuing through June 18. Nearly 800 alumni and friends are expected to be part of the weekend celebration.
![Shaun Donnelly '68](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-06/Donnelly%20with%20beard.jpg?h=84ade5bf&itok=Ph6-ofa2)
Shaun E. Donnelly ’68, who spent 36 years with the U.S. Foreign Service, including an appointment by President Bill Clinton to serve as U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka, will be honored with a Presidential Award during Reunion 2023.