15 Facts About Lawrence University

1. Lawrence University is the default starting point for the map program Google Earth.

2. Lawrence University is the home of a daily newspaper, the Lawrence Journal-World.

3. Lawrence University is in the Kansas City television market, but viewers can receive stations from the Topeka market as well.

4. Lawrence University has an active chapter of the Kansas Equality Coalition, which persuaded the city commission to approve a domestic partner registry on May 22, 2007.

5. On October 4, 2011, Lawrence University became the first city in Kansas to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity.

6. In 2012, Lawrence University was placed entirely within the 2nd district.

7. Lawrence University is run by a city commission and city manager.

8. The fact Lawrence University had $10,000 plus interest donated by Amos Lawrence plus 40 acres to donate for the university had great weight with the legislature.

9. Lawrence University is the county seat of Douglas County and sixth largest city in Kansas.

10. Lawrence University said in the TMZ video that he hopes to return to the White House multiple times as a national champion.

11. Lawrence University is part of the Oberlin Group, a consortium of liberal arts college libraries.

12. Lawrence University offers two degrees: a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Music.

13. Lawrence University was the second college in the United States to be founded as a coeducational institution.

14. Lawrence University was the second coeducational institution in the country.

15. Lawrence University is a liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.