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Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education By Washington State Public Four-Year Colleges Go Test Optional, Permanently May 21, 6:18 a.m. Public four-year colleges in Washington State have gone test optional, permanently. "The decision to move to permanent test-optional policies reaffirm our sector’s commitment to reduce barriers for students. Further, as we enter a period of post-COVID-19 recovery, we continue our commitment to learn from this historic challenge and embrace long-term changes that best serve our students and state," said a joint statement from the provost...

Fifth year of Opportunity Area announced, backed by £18 million to build back better for children and young people in disadvantaged regions

16 hours ago The Lawrence University Environmental Organization is introducing a sustainable menstruation project in collaboration with the Student Alliance Against Sexual Harassment and Assault (SAASHA), the Lawrence University Disability Working Group (LUDWiG), the Diversity and Intercultural Center (D&IC) and the Lawrence Food Pantry.   According to junior Lauren Kelly, the president of the LU Environmental Organization, SAASHA will be educating students on period poverty and how to use these products. Kelly also explained that LUDWiG helped make sure the project will be as accessible as ...

12 hours ago The opinions expressed in The Lawrentian are those of the students, faculty and community members who wrote them. The Lawrentian does not endorse any opinions piece except for the staff editorial, which represents a majority of the editorial board. The Lawrentian welcomes everyone to submit their own opinions. For the full editorial policy and parameters for submitting articles, please refer to the about section. I was lucky that I didn’t have any classes on that Tuesday morning.  I had a paper for my economics class due that morning in the winter of 2020. The essay pro...

The Lawrence Food Pantry will officially become institutionalized beginning next year.  Started by Associate Dean of Academic Success Kate Zoromski and Associate Dean of Student Life Paris Wicker, the food pantry has existed on campus in some form since 2017. However, according to Zoromski, the food pantry was not institutionalized until now due to the fact that many institutions were not originally designed to support low-income students. Places like Lawrence University have been working to bring resources in line with the needs of their students, Zoromski said, which takes time.  “I thi...