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1/16/06

SLU HOSTS SERVICE FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

CANTON - Although Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on January 16, St. Lawrence University will hold a service to mark the holiday on Monday, January 23, the first day of classes in the spring 2006 semester. The service will be in Gunnison Memorial Chapel on campus, beginning at 5 p.m.

The keynote speaker for the service is the Reverend Joan Brown Campbell, director of the department of religion at The Chautauqua Institute. She has visited St. Lawrence several times, including for Commencement in 2004, when she was awarded an honorary degree by the University.

Also speaking is Class of 1980 graduate David S. Blanchard, minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Syracuse.

Both Campbell and Blanchard will address issues of leadership and civility, at the service and in classes and meetings to be held on campus. The topics form one of the themes of the University's celebration of its Sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, being held throughout the academic year.

For more information, contact the chaplain's office at 315-229-5256.

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