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5/8/06

STUDENTS TO PRESENT RESEARCH ON SLU'S AND AREA'S HISTORY

CANTON - As part of the celebration of St. Lawrence University's Sesquicentennial, 17 senior students have been engaged in a research seminar, titled "1856," exploring the history and economics of the region and the University at the time of its founding. Results of their research will be presented at two public events on Wednesday, May 10.

At 4:30 p.m., five students who researched aspects of the University's history and economics will give presentations in Herring-Cole on campus. The students and their topics are:

- Tunde Akinmade, Salt Lake City, UT - Universalism in America, the North Country and St. Lawrence University
- Adam Casler, West Winfield, NY - The Early History of St. Lawrence's Governance System
- Kaia Klockeman, Dundas, MN - A Financial History of the First Two Decades of St. Lawrence
- Ben Rogers, Andover, MA - Recreation and Social Life in the Early Years of St. Lawrence University
- Katie Stoller, New Canaan, CT - Smashing the Separate Spheres: St. Lawrence University's Co-educational Mission and the Empowerment of 19th-century Women

At 7:30 p.m., five students who researched aspects of the region's economics and history will give presentations at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, 3 East Main Street. Students, and their topics, are:

- Kathryn Courcy, Milton, VT - Education in 19th-century St. Lawrence County
- Al Drucker, Scottsdale, AZ - Logging in St. Lawrence County
- Brenton Lyon, Massena, NY - An Economic History of the Railroad in St. Lawrence County
- Liam Nolan, New York, NY - Rushton's Role in the History of Canoeing
- Susanna Whitaker-Rahilly, Needham, MA - The Railroad Comes to the North Country

At both events, posters describing all 17 projects, including the early postal service, abolitionism and the practice of law, will be on display.

Course instructors are Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of the First Year Steven Horwitz and Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs Elizabeth Regosin. Students read general texts on the history, both economic and general, of the era and each student conducted archival research at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, the Town of Canton and the University.

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More information: St. Lawrence County Historical Association