A List 6/10/02 WILLIAM SHORT APPOINTED HEOP DIRECTOR AT SLU CANTON - William J. Short, of Canton, has been appointed director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) at St. Lawrence University. Short has served as interim director of HEOP since June of 2001, and was associate director prior to that, beginning in 1998. Short holds a bachelor's degree and master's degree from SUNY Potsdam. Prior to joining the staff at St. Lawrence, he was program planning and development specialist with the St. Lawrence-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services, adult and continuing education, in Norwood. He has also been the coordinator for comprehensive youth programs and the New Ventures Program coordinator for Norwood BOCES. HEOP is a New York State-funded program that provides assistance with academic advising; career, financial and personal counseling; and tutoring for students who are educationally and economically disadvantaged.-30- Back To News Releases Back to St. Lawrence Homepage