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Volume XIII No. 29
April 18, 2005
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Major Campus Events, 2005
• Scholar Days (Admissions): Monday, April 18
• Moving-Up Day: Saturday, April 23
• Spring Semester Finals: Monday-Saturday, May 2-7
• Board of Trustees Meetings:
May 12-14
• Commencement Weekend: Friday-Sunday, May 13-15
• Alumni Reunion Weekend: Thursday-Sunday, June 2-5
Announcements
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.
Samuel Johnson Bibliography Prizes: The 21st annual Samuel Johnson Bibliography Prizes are sponsored by the Friends of the Owen D. Young and Launders Libraries. The two prizes of $150 each are awarded for the best undergraduate bibliographies in support of (1) a research paper, and (2) an honors thesis submitted for a University course during the 2004-2005 academic year. To enter, submit one copy of the complete research paper to Bart Harloe, ODY Library, by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 2, 2005. For information: Theresa O’Reilly, 5454.
Josephine Mentley St. Lawrence and North Country Studies Award: The Friends of the Owen D. Young and Launders Libraries invite students to enter the competition for the Josephine G. Mentley St. Lawrence and North Country Studies Awards. Papers or projects completed in the 2004-2005 academic year, regardless of discipline, which focus on topics or issues relating to St. Lawrence history or to the North Country are eligible. A certificate and an award of $150 will be presented for the winning projects in the categories of honors thesis and classroom research paper. To enter the competition, submit one copy of the complete project, including any supporting media or documentation, to Theresa O’Reilly, ODY Library by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 2, 2005. Arrangements can be made for an oral presentation. For information: Theresa O’Reilly, 5454.
Taylor Award: The John P. “Jack” Taylor Distinguished Career
Service Award is given periodically to recognize distinguished service to
the University by an administrator who has worked at St. Lawrence for a minimum
of 12 years and who sustains the high standards of performance exemplified
by Jack Taylor’s long and distinguished service as director of dining
services. Its purpose is to recognize devotion to students and workmanship
of high quality in a well-respected member of the campus community. Nominations
should be sent to President Sullivan by May 10, 2005, and should consist
of a letter and any supporting evidence which speaks to the nominee’s
fulfillment of the award’s criteria. Eligible this year are:
Alger,
Mr. Kenneth D.
Almasian, Ms. Alison
Atkins, Ms. Cynthia Y.
Boak, Mrs. Kathy D.
Budd, Mrs. Carol A.
Burdick, Dr. Neal S.
Collins, Ms. Janet N.
Cornwell, Ms. Peg
Coviello, Mr. Ted O.
Crawford, Mr. Charles A.
Cypert, Ms. Susan M.
Davis, Mr. Rance
Doyle, Ms. Macreena A.
Dudley, Ms. Martha
Durocher, Mr. Robert A.
Farmer, Mrs. Patricia J.B.
Feickert, Mr. Peter D.
Filippi, Ms. Carolyn R.
FitzRandolph, Ms. Lois Ann
FitzRandolph, Mr. Robert D.
Flanagan, Mr. Paul J.
Friot, Mr. Terry S.
Geleta, Mr. David
Grembowicz, Ms. Frances
Hoey, Ms. Agnes
Howard, Mr. Michael P.
Jacoby, Mrs. Kelly J.
Johnson, Mr. Walter H.
Kotz, Mrs. Marlene R.
LaBrake, Mr. Randolph W.
Larrance, Ms. Anneke J.
Larrance, John C.
Lawson, Ms. Mela A.
Marsh, Mr. Joseph A.
Mathey, Ms. Carole
Meagher, Mr. John M.
Miller, Mr. Jeffrey R.
Miller, Ms. Melissa A.
Mitchell, Mr. Lawrence G.
Ozols, Ms. Ruta
Parks, Mr. Richard A.
Phillips-Farley, Dr. Barbara
Pynchon, Mr. Thomas R.
Robertson, Ms. Tracy L.
Rocco, Ms. Ellen J.
Sauter, Ms. Jacqueline
Sauter, Mr. Robert G.
Schwartz, Dr. Virginia B.
Scott, Mr. Richard B.
Smith, Ms. Martha Foley
Townsend, Ms. Anna Marie
Trivilino, Mr. Philip J.
Waske, Mr. Ronald John
Williams, Mr. Ralph H.
Zimmerman, Mrs. Christine
Lunch Bunch: Laurentian Women's Association Lunch Bunch
meets one Wednesday per month at noon in the Eben Holden Conference Room.
Remaining date for
the spring semester is 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. Remaining date for the spring semester is May 10. Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781, or Wanda Renick, 386-3474.
Achievements
The Politics of Power: A Critical Introduction to American Government, by
Ira Katznelson and Mark Kesselman, of Columbia University, and Professor
of Government Alan Draper, has been published in its fifth edition by Wadsworth
Publishing. The publishers describe the text as providing “a lively,
comprehensive, critical perspective of the American political system by highlighting
how political conflicts, institutions and processes are influenced by deep
inequalities generated by the country's political economy.”
Fifteen students have been awarded fellowships for summer
study by the English
department:
Awarded Summer Fellowships were Kerry Banazek ’06, Camillus, NY; Meredith
Bircher ’06, Pittsford, NY; Laura
Burgess ’06, Concord, NH; Campbell
Copeland ’06, Cazenovia, NY; Jamie Dyer ’06, Presque Isle, ME; Rachel
Henderson ’06, Troy, MT; Kelli Holmstrom ’07, Bemidji, MN; Andrew
Long ’07, Natick, MA; Christopher Morris ’06, Saranac Lake, NY; Sam
Morrow ’06, Princeton, NJ; Stefan Patyjewicz ’06, Plattsburgh, NY;
and Rosamond Shugrue ’07, Duxbury, MA. Fellowships are awarded, in a competitive
process, to sophomores or juniors who wish to work one-on-one with a faculty
member in the department for eight to 10 weeks during the summer.
Awarded Vermont Fellowships were Nicole Collen ’06, Menands, NY; Caroline
Duda ’07, Vernon, CT; and Kendra J. Stasko ’06, Mattydale, NY. Through
an arrangement with the Vermont low-residency MFA program, qualified
St. Lawrence sophomores and juniors may be awarded the fellowships, to work on
writing under the guidance of Vermont faculty. Vermont Fellows are in residence
at St. Lawrence in June, after which they participate in a 10-day residency with
other fellows – graduate students – in Montpelier.