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Volume XIII No. 19
January 31, 2005
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Major Campus Events, 2005
•Alumni Council Winter Meeting: Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 3-6
• Board of Trustees Meetings:
Feb. 24-26 and May 12-14
•Spring Break: Saturday-Sunday, March 12-20
• Scholar Days (Admissions): Monday, April 11; Monday, April 18
• Admitted Student Open Houses: Saturday, April 9; Saturday, April 16
• Moving-Up Day: Saturday, April 23
• Spring Semester Finals: Monday-Saturday, May 2-7
• Commencement Weekend: Friday-Sunday, May 13-15
• Alumni Reunion Weekend: Thursday-Sunday, June 2-5
Announcements
Health and Counseling Center Funded: Trustee Emeritus David L. Torrey ’53,
of Montreal, with members of his family, has given $2 million to renovate
the University-owned building at 76 Park Street to become the Diana
B. Torrey Health and Counseling Center, in memory of his daughter, who graduated
from St. Lawrence in 1982 and died in 2003. A food stylist, she collaborated
on a number of cookbooks.
“This project reflects Diana's lifelong interest in health and nutrition
and her family hopes that this expansion of facilities for these services, and
the location near the center of campus, will encourage students to avail themselves
of the health and counseling services of the University,” said David Torrey.
The project meets a critical objective of the University's 10-year Master Plan
for the campus, consolidating the health center and counseling center into one
facility. Its design will allow those entering to go into either the health center
or the counseling center anonymously, protecting confidentiality. Part of the
new facility will house the office of security and safety, allowing the Noble
Center to be used exclusively for the arts.
Planning for the new facility is under way, with construction scheduled to take
place and be completed during the 2005-2006 academic year.
Safe Walks: A reminder that Safe Walks are available “24/7” on campus,
and Friday and Saturday nights, 11 p.m.-2:30 a.m., from downtown. Call 229-5554
for assistance.
Tenure Consideration: Erika Barthelmess, Fippinger assistant professor of biology,
is being considered for tenure and promotion to associate professor by the Professional
Standards Committee this spring. Letters from faculty and staff familiar with
the work of Prof. Barthelmess are vital in the review process. Especially helpful
are letters which speak to the quality of her teaching, scholarship, and service.
For a complete description of the criteria for appointment to tenure and promotion
in rank, please consult the material provided on the Academic Affairs web page
through the link “Tenure and Promotion Consideration for Spring 2005.” Letters
should be sent to Dean Grant H. Cornwell, Vilas 103, by Monday, February 14,
2005. A curricula vitae for Prof. Barthelmess is available at the ODY reserve
desk and in the dean's office. Letters are used solely for the tenure and promotion
process; confidentiality will be protected to the extent possible under the law.
Advocate Availability: The following message from Advocate Coordinators Leslie
Jackson and Jessica Parrillo was distributed via e-mail on campus last week: “In
our effort to respond more effectively to sexual violence on campus and better
assist our campus community, we have implemented a new on-call system as a component
of the Advocate Program. This way, a trained crisis intervention advocate will
be available to students on a 24/7 basis through a pager. Students in need of
immediate hospital care, emotional support, counseling, or legal or even campus
judicial advice, will now be able to page the Advocate On-Call at 747-HELP. In
addition, students also have the option of selecting from the list of Advocates
(located on the inside cover of the Directory or on posters campus-wide) if they
feel more comfortable with contacting a specific advocate.” For more information:
http://www.stlawu.edu/reslife/advocate.doc; Jessica Parrillo, 5391; or Leslie
Jackson, 5250.
International Program Meetings: Information meetings concerning various
St. Lawrence international programs have been scheduled as follows:
Australia: Tuesday, February 1, 4:30 p.m., Hepburn 20
Canada: Tuesday, February 1, 3 p.m.,Carnegie 112
China: Tuesday, February 1, 4:15 p.m., Carnegie 107
Costa Rica: Wednesday, February 2, 7 p.m., Carnegie 112
Denmark: Thursday, January 27, 4:30 p.m., Valentine 205
England: Thursday, January 27, 7 p.m., OR Tuesday, February 1, 7 p.m., Carnegie
114
France: Tuesday, February 8, 4 p.m., OR Thursday, February 10, 7 p.m., Carnegie
107
Italy: Monday, January 31, 4:30 p.m., Griffiths 123
Japan: Monday, January 31, 4:30 p.m., Carnegie 105
Kenya: Tuesday, February 1, 8:40 p.m., Carnegie 10
Spain: Wednesday, February 2, 6 p.m., OR Thursday, February 10, 6:30 p.m.,
Carnegie 114
Trinidad/Tobago: Wednesday, February 2, 4:30 p.m., Carnegie 105
Washington, DC: Monday ,January 31, 6 p.m., Carnegie 114
Safety Committee Meeting: Meetings of the Safety Committee are open to all
members of the campus community. The first few minutes of each meeting
are reserved for anyone to address the committee regarding any safety issues
or concerns. Next meeting is Thursday, Feb. 3, at 3 p.m. in Student Center
336.
Tennis Fund-Raisers: The men’s and women’s tennis teams are sponsoring an open tournament Saturday and Sunday, February 5 and 6 (registration deadline February 3), and a mug sale, both to benefit their spring trip. For information: David Kurvink, dkurvink@stlawu.edu or 5936.
Race Weekend News: Deadline for the logo contest for the Canton-St. Lawrence
University Race Weekend, April 29-30, is today, Monday, January 31. Those
interested in training for the races meet most Tuesdays and Thursdays at
4:30 p.m. and Sundays at
9 a.m. in front of the Student Center. Volunteers
to help with weekend logistics are sought. For information: Bill Burns, 5391
or wburns@stlawu.edu.
Institutional Review Board Meetings: The Institutional Review Board, the committee that reviews all research with human participants, will meet this semester on these dates: February 11 and 25, March 4 and 25, and April 8 and 22; contact chair Cathy Crosby-Currie, cacrcu@stlawu.edu or 5167, for times and locations. Proposals are due one week prior to the meeting at which they are to be reviewed; applications and instructions are available at http://it.stlawu.edu/%7Epsychology/Resources/IRB/IRB.htm.
Lunch Bunch: Laurentian Women's Association Lunch Bunch meets one Wednesday per month at noon in the Eben Holden Conference Room. Dates for the spring semester are Feb. 2, March 2, April 6 and May 4. Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781. Lunch Bunch is open to all women faculty and staff and wives of faculty and staff, including retirees.
Retirees Luncheons: University retirees gather for lunch one Tuesday a month
at noon in the Eben Holden Conference Room. Dates for the spring semester
are Feb. 8, March 8, April 12 and May 10. At the Feb. 8 meeting, Margaret
Kent Bass, associate dean of faculty affairs, will be guest speaker on the
topic “A Novel Way of Dealing with Campus Controversy.” Reservations
must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781, or
Wanda Renick, 386-3474.
Achievements
North Country Public Radio Reporter/Producer David Sommerstein has been recognized with a journalism award for stories on agriculture. He received the 25th Annual "Cap" Creal Journalism Award, presented by the New York State Agricultural Society, for the second year in a row. Sommerstein was recognized for stories about North Country area farmers who are looking at alternatives to dairy farming as a means of keeping their businesses viable.