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11/12/01

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK CELEBRATED AT SLU

CANTON - St. Lawrence University will celebrate International 
Education Week (November 12 through 16) with two events 
open to the community:
	- Tuesday, November 13, from noon to 1 p.m. in the 
Northstar Pub, E.J. Noble University Center, students who 
have studied abroad will have poster presentations. These 
students each were awarded travel/research grants, endowed 
by St. Lawrence alumni, to enhance their experience abroad 
while extending personal or academic interests.  
	- Wednesday, November 14, beginning at 6:30 p.m. 
in Gunnison Memorial Chapel, Divali, the Festival of Lights 
and the Indian New Year, will be celebrated. Festivities 
will include traditional Indian food and music; students who 
share interests in Indian culture and tradition will provide 
perspectives on Divali.  
	St. Lawrence Associate Dean for International and 
Intercultural Studies Patricia Alden notes, "The events of 
September 11 and following have brought home to the global 
community the need for extending mutual understanding and 
deepening tolerance to the end of reducing conflict. 
International Education Week provides an occasion to celebrate 
the contributions that universities like St. Lawrence make 
to this work."
	St. Lawrence offers opportunities to study in 13 
countries, and approximately 40 percent of all students 
spend a semester or more studying abroad. In addition, the 
University welcomes international students (84 during the 
current semester) to its community. Most departments offer 
courses which have an international dimension, and area 
studies programs allow students and faculty to deepen their 
knowledge of particular regions, including Africa, Asia, 
Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, and Europe. The new 
major and program in global studies further extends the 
curriculum.

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