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4/19/99

METCALF NAMED SLU DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC ADVISING

CANTON - St. Lawrence University Vice President and Dean of 
Academic Affairs Thomas B. Coburn has announced the appointment 
of Richard A. Metcalf, associate professor of sport and leisure 
studies, to the new position of director of academic advising.
	The position was created at the recommendation of the 
Faculty Council, as the centerpiece of a plan to improve the 
quality of the University's academic advising system. In addition 
to the appointment of Metcalf, St. Lawrence plans to improve 
written resources available to advisors and students; provide new 
support to students in transition from the First-Year Program to 
their academic majors, to transfer students, to those studying abroad 
and those whose major is undecided; make better use of experienced 
faculty in advising; improve communications between the registrar's 
office and advisors; and move the University toward on-line communication 
for course registration.
	A member of the St. Lawrence faculty since 1963, Metcalf has 
served as a department chair, a member of Faculty Council, the Professional 
Standards Committee, a faculty member in the First-Year Program and interim 
dean of admissions. He will continue to teach and assist in coaching women's 
softball. Metcalf is a 1963 graduate of St. Lawrence, with a doctorate in 
education from West Virginia University.

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