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![Juan Arguello poses for a portrait on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Juan%20Arguello.jpg?h=5df287fe&itok=nl5Rjh3I)
Juan Arguello, the second-year dean at Lawrence University, works to support sophomores and transfer students by connecting them with important resources throughout the year.
![Head shot of Curtis Ferguson II](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Curtis_Ferguson_008.jpg?h=2d36e1ed&itok=xzE92cUY)
Dr. Curtis Ferguson II will join Lawrence University on May 1 as the new dean of strategic enrollment. He will work with leadership across campus on enrollment strategies focused on recruitment and retention.
![Ellen Baker '97](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/EllenBaker1web.jpg?h=7a1e4ae2&itok=UKEtCE7M)
Ellen Baker '97 fell in love with American history while pursuing a psychology major at Lawrence. That background informs her writing of historical fiction, which is getting big attention with the release of The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson.
![Allison Fleshman teaches in a chemistry lab.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/FleshmanChemLab_7.jpg?h=c461b1d7&itok=q14ri0og)
Eleven Lawrence University faculty members will be among the leaders of seminars at Björklunden this summer. They say they get as much from the week-long teaching experience as they give.
![Grace Weber poses for a portrait.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/GraceWeber_1.jpg?h=02f0ad61&itok=q9ilWUof)
Grace Weber, a physics major from Oshkosh, has used important microscopy research and a study abroad experience in Amsterdam to fuel her career plans for life after Lawrence. She is pursuing medical physics.
![Portrait of Garth Bond standing in front of Main Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Garth%20Bond.jpg?h=f88722f2&itok=XJwo_-1w)
Meet Garth Bond, a soccer-loving English professor whose research and teaching are heavy on classic English literature—from Shakespeare and others of the Renaissance to 16th- and 17th-century British poets.
![Lawrence University leaders and students are joined by Trout Museum of Art, Boldt, and community leaders in breaking ground for a new building in the 300 block of E. College Avenue.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Groundbreaking_shovels.jpg?h=0b65f930&itok=jXiiKM0f)
A groundbreaking held March 7 for a new building in the 300 block of E. College Avenue marks a pivotal moment in a partnership that will support innovative academic spaces for Lawrence and a new home for the Trout Museum of Art.
![Novelist Michael Smith talks with Lawrence students during a songwriting class.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Songwriting_3.jpg?h=b75901c5&itok=qiGOzSIG)
Lawrence University students in a songwriting class are writing music to be considered for an upcoming film adaptation of a Michael Farris Smith novel. The author met with the students in Harper Hall.
![Jack Nilles is seen the documentary "Work Different."](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/JackNillesFromFilm.jpg?h=c63e8516&itok=WZDxtMGU)
Lawrence University alumnus Jack Nilles ’54 is front and center in Work Different, a new documentary that explores the history—and future—of remote work, something he has championed for more than 50 years.
![Leila Ramagopal Pertl leads students in song during a music class at Edison Elementary School in Appleton.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Leila%20Edison_3.jpg?h=c93ed73f&itok=pSbdijDw)
Leila Ramagopal Pertl, instructor of music education at Lawrence University and pioneer of a Lab School partnership with an Appleton elementary school, is a recipient of the Fox Cities Chamber’s 2024 Excellence in Education Shining Star Award.
![Students playing games in ESports Lounge in Memorial Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/ESports-Lounge_StandardHero_202402.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=3G8kwDgD)
Lawrence University has opened a new ESports gaming lounge in the lower level of Memorial Hall. Available to students who want to gather for gaming, the lounge is open daily from 4 to 10 p.m.
![Seckou Soumare, president of BSU, sings during Cultural Expressions.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/CulturalExpressions9.jpg?h=504ae613&itok=lgInT0wS)
See a gallery of images from the 2024 Cultural Expressions, held Feb. 24 in Warch Campus Center. It's an annual celebration on campus presented by Black Student Union (BSU).
![Sam Dill, Henry Roach, Emily Hamm, and Mariah Schaumberg are seen during opera rehearsal for Alice Tierney.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/AliceTierney1.jpg?h=07cd27ab&itok=vbXGFk_G)
Two one-act operas will be presented by Lawrence University’s Opera Theatre program. Pauline Viardot's Cendrillon and Melissa Dunphy's Alice Tierney will be featured in Stansbury Theater Feb. 29-March 3.
![Headshot of Robert Nowak](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/NowakRobert.jpg?h=d1d5f145&itok=u7iiZVR3)
Robert Nowak is joining Lawrence University as its new associate vice president for enrollment management, providing leadership for the university's Admissions team. He will begin his duties on April 1.