John Gursky's blog

It is a "reading marathon" here in Payson Hall.  For anyone reading this who has applied to SLU:  We know how hard the waiting game is...we are working as fast and efficiently as we can to review files.  Our goal is to mail decision letters on March 19th, so this is definitely "crunch time".

February 1st Regular Decision Deadline + Sealing Decision Letters in mid-March = Crunch Time in Payson Hall!

Today is the first day of substantial snowfall in Canton!  Winter has arrived in the North Country--only 103 days left until Spring (not that I've already been counting down...)  

Enjoy the pictures I took as I walked around campus this morning...

Bikes in front of Dean Eaton Residence Hall:

Richardson Hall:  

Before I update, let me first answer the question to my last post:  Why are our school colors scarlet and brown?  Read on...

A quick update from the road: 

Greetings!  Today, I technically am not "on the road", as I have 1.5 days in Canton between recruiting trips.  I have to say, the one downside to the admissions staff traveling in the Fall is that we miss the most beautiful time of year in the North Country.  The colorful leaves, the mums, the pumpkins...how can anyone not appreciate autumn in Northern New York?  On my walk to work this morning, I snapped a picture of the foliage on campus:  

The academic year has begun!  So many updates to share....

On Sunday, August 23rd (it already seems like such a long time ago!) the Class of 2013 received a warm welcome to campus.  You could feel all of the energy and excitement in the air.  Take a look at photos of Orientation here:  http://www.stlawu.edu/albums/orientation09/ 
The weather was unfortunately not cooperating on Sunday, hence why you'll notice the Matriculation ceremony (one of many SLU traditions) was held indoors this year.

 Hello, everyone!

What a busy summer this has been...it is very hard to believe in just a few weeks students will be arriving on campus. 

Greetings!

It has been a while since my last post; so much has happened in the past few weeks!  We bid adieu to the Class of 2009 in late May - hard to believe it has already been a month since graduation. 

Summer has officially arrived in Canton!  A few of my favorite things on and around campus in the summertime:

- Obviously, everyone in Canton is embracing the nice weather!  Yesterday was the first day people (including myself) were complaining of the humidity.

One topic EVERYONE in Canton and the North Country talks about all the time = the weather.  Why?  Because it's always changing!  At our last  Admissions event,  the rain would not go away; scarlet and brown umbrellas dotted the entire campus.  Here's a picture I took of some umbrellas drying off in the admissions lobby: 

What a busy, exciting and stressful time it has been the past few weeks here in Payson Hall!