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2/25/02

DOLAN FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANT TO SLU FOR OUTDOOR LAB

CANTON - A unique outdoor geologic laboratory will be constructed at 
St. Lawrence University, funded by a grant awarded by the Dolan Family 
Foundation, of Woodbury, New York.
	The laboratory will consist of 15 to 20 scenically landscaped 
and systematically located rock "outcrops" placed at various locations 
throughout the University's 1,000-acre campus. The outcrops will 
enable students to translate two-dimensional geologic maps and photographs 
from textbooks into three-dimensional examples found in nature, and 
to understand the different natural processes that must have taken place 
over time to create the specific distribution and characteristics 
demonstrated by the examples.
	Called the Dolan Outdoor Geology Laboratory, the outcrops will 
be specifically selected, placed and landscaped to serve as faculty 
demonstration tools and student project resources. In addition to 
augmenting the geology curriculum, this innovative laboratory will 
also enhance the University campus and be experienced by all students, 
not just those in geology. It is expected to be completed in the fall 
of 2003.
	"I am very grateful to the Dolan Family Foundation for this 
grant, which will give our geologists a particularly creative solution 
to an ongoing challenge they face, in teaching our students the processes 
that shape the geologic topography of our Earth," University President 
Daniel F. Sullivan said. "What makes this project so intriguing is that 
the solution will actually change and enhance the geologic topography 
of our own campus."
	Thomas Dolan '74, a director of the Dolan Family Foundation, 
said, "Our Foundation is pleased to support this important project for 
the geology and science programs at St. Lawrence University. As a 
former student, I can appreciate the impact it will have and look 
forward to its completion."

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