Residence hallway and outside phones are available for outbound calls to on-campus numbers, local area numbers, toll free numbers, as well as for emergencies.

Placing calls from campus phones:

Emergency Calling

  • Dial 9 + 911 to reach local Emergency Services, or Dial 920-832-6999 to reach Lawrence University Campus Security.

On-Campus Calling

  • If you know the campus number, simply dial the last 4 digits of the phone number.

Lawrence University Switchboard Operator

If you are unsure of the phone number for a campus department, faculty or staff member, the LU switchboard operator can locate the number and transfer your call.

  • To reach the operator: Dial  920-832-7000.

Local Calling

Lawrence University covers local call charges.

  • To make a local call: Dial 9 + area code + the seven digit phone number.

Configuring Voicemail

This is done through Teams as of 4-2023

  1. From Office 365 go to Teams
  2. Click the three little dots by the account picture on the top-right of the Teams window then click "Settings"
  3. Go down to "Calls" on the bottom-left of the Settings menu then click on "Configure voicemail" under Voicemail on the lower half of the window
  4. Click on "Record a greeting" to use Teams to call into your voicemailbox and follow the prompts to record and set up a greeting

Listening to Voicemail

This is done through your Outlook app or desktop client

  1. Voicemails get emailed to the user.
  2. From your email  INBOX click on the email of the voicemail and click play button.

Setup my "Out of Office" Message

  1. From Office 365 go to Teams
  2. Click the three little dots by the account picture on the top-right of the Teams window then click "Settings"
  3. Go down to "Calls" on the bottom-left of the Settings menu then click on "Configure voicemail" under Voicemail on the lower half of the window
  4. Click on Configure Voicemail to record a vacation - out of office message
  5. At this point  you will receive a call via teams. follow the prompts to record a out of office message.
    1. Press 2
    2. Press 2 to record
    3. press 1 to keep the recording or press 2 to re-record
    4. press * to exit.
  6. Next scroll down to "out of office greeting" in the call setting of teams (see steps 2 and 3 above)
  7. Select when the the out of office greeting should be used - choices include "All the time", "When I have an Outlook auto reply" or "when I have an Out of office calendar event".
  8.  Click OK.

Lawrence Directory of Students, faculty and Staff.

Lawrence University Whitepages (FIND)

Online Directory Assistance:

YellowPages.com | Yellowbook.com | AnyWho.com | WhitePages.com

Telephone Reference Guides

Faculty Staff Telecommunications & Voicemail Guide (PDF)

Smartphone and Cellular Devices

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When taking advantage of this special wireless program with Cellcom, you will be eligible to:
• Receive discounts on select Regional and Nationwide Calling Plans.
• Receive current promotional pricing on all devices in our lineup
• Qualify for the following, complementary features on eligible calling plans:

  • FREE Voicemail
  • FREE Call Waiting
  • FREE 3 Way Calling
  • FREE Incoming domestic text messages

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AT&T Available through our WAICU membership, Lawrence employees are eligible for exclusive savings from AT&T. Approximately a 15% discount on qualified charges. See their website at: http://www.att.com/wireless/lawrencefaculty