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![Martyn Smith poses for a photo on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-04/MartynSmith.jpg?h=e48ba1b5&itok=naLed6yU)
In addition to his teaching in religious studies and global studies, Martyn Smith has led the First-Year Studies program the past two years. He embraces learning through big conversations and interdisciplinary thinking.
![Emily Dorr poses for a portrait in the entryway of the Music-Drama Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-04/EmilyDorr_37.jpg?h=99ad396b&itok=GwHGlZ0t)
Emily Dorr ’23, a music education major, has been committed to building community among others at Lawrence who are aspiring to teach music. She is leading the planning for an annual symposium.
![Sela Dombrower poses for a photo with the landscape of Jordan in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-03/Sela4crop.jpg?h=fc08a470&itok=PRgES-Vd)
Junior Sela Dombrower used her growing Arabic skills to get the most out of her study abroad experience in Jordan. She studied in Amman for five months, writing blog posts of her experience.
![Jacob Dalton points to the audience as he talks about filmmaking in Warch Cinema.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-03/JacobDalton%20byEden.jpg?h=cf8df9a2&itok=qwovDB1R)
Jacob Dalton '17 came to Lawrence to study theatre arts. Along the way, he fell in love with filmmaking and has now launched a film business in Los Angeles.
![Hannah Jones performs as part of Shared Voices.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-03/Hannah_GravesFoundation1.jpg?h=f1cb1fb8&itok=E7o4VgVY)
Hannah Jeané Jones ’22, now a first-year classical voice master’s student at Manhattan School of Music in New York City, is a cohort member in Denyce Graves’ Shared Voices program.
![Sigma Colon poses for a portrait on the sidewalk in front of Main Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-03/SigmaMHG_8.jpg?h=8f5de555&itok=MNEWEFu6)
Sigma Colón’s teaching and writing have ranged from cultural geography and environmental humanities to histories of race and colonialism since coming to Lawrence six years ago.
![Natalie Fordwor '12 hosts the The Wonderspaced Show in Ghana. (Photo courtesy of Natalie Fordwor)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-03/NatalieWonder1%20resized.jpg?h=737aa3be&itok=L24IP_ca)
Natalie Fordwor ’12 has taken the interdisciplinary lessons learned at Lawrence and applied them to her business plan in Ghana, which includes a children's TV show.
![Brian Piasecki stands for a photo on the sidewalk leading to Main Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-02/PiaseckiMHGNewVersion.jpg?h=8942ab2c&itok=GWe5Fqhz)
Brian Piasecki, associate professor of biology, believes in learning by doing. He takes that approach into the biology lab as he collaborates on research with Lawrence students.
![Monica Rico is joined by her dog, Connor, on the sidewalk with the Lawrence Arch in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-02/MonicaRicoOnMainHallGreen_7.jpg?h=0fcd2229&itok=sIcLN8vV)
Monica Rico, a member of the history faculty at Lawrence, specializes in the history of early and 19th-century America. We talked with her about interests in and out of the classroom.
![Brock Daumler poses with some of his music compositions in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-01/Daumler_Brock1.jpg?h=440c29a5&itok=fSd1__WW)
Lawrence University senior Brock Daumler won first prize in the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers (WAC) contest for his composition, Via Negativa.
![Jeff Clark leans against Main Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-01/JeffClark2_202301_0.jpg?h=762db380&itok=Vbn8NXZM)
Geosciences professor Jeff Clark continues to push his students to do hands-on research. That includes using new technologies to study renewable energy, solar power, and changes in the Earth's surface.