Brenda Papineau

I am a Mohawk from Akwesasne, New York. I received both my undergraduate and graduate degrees from St. Lawrence University. I began working at SLU in the summer of 2004. 

Educational Background:

M. Ed., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 2015
Educational Leadership

M. Ed., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 2006
Counseling & Human Development 

B.A., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 2002
Major: Sociology

Service to the University:

• Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator

Previous Service to University

• Civic Dialogue Fellows Steering Committee
• Co-advisor of the Native American Student Alliance
• First-Gen Initiative Mentoring Program
• North Country Ambassador
• Presidential Diversity Scholars Advisory Committee
• Sophomore Journeys Steering Committee
• Student Life Tripartite Committee 
• Title IX Investigator

Previous Community Engagement:

• Affiliated Colleges Diversity Consortium (Chair/Member)
• Associated Colleges: #4Co Student Leadership Conference Committee (Member)
• Communities That Care Coalition (formerly Cultivating Healthy Communities) (Chair/Member)
• St. Lawrence Leadership Institute (Board Member, graduate)
• Women’s Leadership Initiative of the North Country: Founding Board Member, and Co-chair of its planning committee for the Community Connections conference (2015, 2016, 2018)