Student Awards and Honors
Last update: February 2007
Jamie Lomax '07
conducts research at Arecibo Observatory, receives media attention.
A photo and information about Lomax's research, with Associate Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue and Physics Lab Coordinator Jeffrey Miller, was also included in the December 2006 issue of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center/Arecibo Observatory (NAIC/AO) newsletter.
Fall 2006 Dean's List
Students who earn a 3.6 and higher GPA are honored
Students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
The top scholars of the Class of 2007 are inducted into the national honor society at fall ceremonies.
Student-athletes out pace peers in graduation rate
St. Lawrence University student-athletes outpace their peers in many athletic contests but a new study released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) shows that they also graduate at a higher rate - an average 25 percent higher - than student-athletes in other Division III programs.
ATO Chapter Earns National Award
St. Lawrence's Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, Alpha Omicron
chapter, received the True Merit award at the organization's national
congress in Austin, Texas, during summer 2006. The
True Merit award honors a select group of chapters that have achieved
"a high level of excellence in the areas of scholarship; internal
structure and operation; campus and community involvement; and an
overall balance in chapter programming."
Spring
2006 Dean's List
Students who earn 3.6 and above are honored.
Men's Lax Wins Title
The
Men's Lacrosse team beat Rennselaer 12-9 at home on Sunday to win
the Liberty League playoff championship and clinch an NCAA Tournament
bid. The Saints, who also were the regular-season champions of the
Liberty League, will play at Endicott College in the first round of
the tournament on Wednesday, May 10. Read
more
University Fellows for 2006 Announced
Twenty-five
students have been selected as 2006 University Fellows for this summer,
in a program that allows them to receive funding while conducting
research with a faculty partner. For
more
Students Honored at Moving-Up Day
Dozens
of outstanding students received awards for academic excellence and
campus achievement on April 29's Moving-Up Day ceremony. Read
more
Students Elected to Omicron Delta Kappa
The
leadership honorary Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) inducted new members
following Moving-Up Day ceremonies held on campus April 29. Read
more
Students elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Twenty-nine
seniors were recognized for academic excellence at the annual Phi
Beta Kappa Spring Induction ceremony on April 28. Phi Beta Kappa
is the national honor society for the liberal arts and sciences. The
St. Lawrence chapter holds three elections each year, the first is
in August prior to students' senior year; the second is in March after
fall semester grades are posted; the third is two days before graduation,
with the final induction ceremony planned for May 20 at 3 pm.
Karla General selected as Congressional Intern
Karla
E. General, a St. Lawrence University junior from Hogansburg, New
York, is one of 12 students from nine tribes and 11 universities to
be selected as 2006 Native American Congressional Interns.The students
were selected by an independent review committee of nationally recognized
Native American educators and tribal policy leaders on the basis of
demonstrated commitment to careers in tribal policy and academic achievement.
Read more.
Students in chemistry and geology recently attended national
conferences to present the results of their original research
Three
students presented their research results at the 231st American Chemical
Society National Meeting, held March 26 to 30 in Atlanta, GA. The
students were accompanied by Assistant Professor of Chemistry Samantha
Glazier. Read
more about their work.
Sabrina Harbec '08 is finalist for national honor
USA Hockey
announced that St. Lawrence University sophomore
forward Sabrina Harbec ( St. Hubert, QC) is one of the top three
finalists for the 2006 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. She is the first
St. Lawrence player to ever be named in top three candidates. his
year’s winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award will be revealed at
the ninth annual Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Dinner on March 25
at the Radisson University Hotel in Minneapolis, Minn., and will feature
all three finalists, the top two teams in the NCAA Women’s Frozen
Four, as well as special keynote speaker and 2005 Patty Kazmaier Memorial
Award winner Krissy Wendell (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
Trevelyan and Madill win league honors
St. Lawrence
University seniors T.J. Trevelyan (Mississauga, ON) and Mike Madill
( Kirkland, QC) were named as two of the major award winners at the
2006 ECAC Hockey League awards dinner on March 16. In addition, the
Hobey Baker Foundation announced that Trevelyan is one of the ten
finalists for the 2006 Hobey Baker Award. He becomes the sixth Saint
hockey player to make the final ten list, joining Pete Lappin
and Daniel Laperriere, who each were runner-up for the award, Burke
Murphy, Eric Heffler and Erik Anderson.
18 Students elected to Omicron Delta Kappa
St. Lawrence's
chapter of the national leadership honorary Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK)
inducted 18 new members into its ranks during Family Weekend in September,
2005, and also celebrated its own leadership among the organization's
Circles.
New members in the Class of 2006 are Jason DeRosa,
New London, CT; Sarah Latchney, Victor, NY; Mallory Mumford, Lowville,
NY; and Amy Peterson, Rensselaer, NY. Elected from the Class of 2007
are Karoline Chrzanowski, Watertown, NY; Caroline Duda, Vernon, CT;
Robert Glover, Getzville, NY; Kelli Holmstrom, Bemidji, MN; Laci Holmstrom,
Bemidji, MN; Kendra Horton, Meredith, NH; Denise Kyte, New Glasgow,
Nova Scotia, Canada; Alice Lenanyokie, Nairobi, Kenya; Jana Morgan,
Sackets Harbor, NY; Ariel Riddick, Lockport, NY; Lauren Sampson, Downingtown,
PA; Guinevere Seaward, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Alexander Sheppard,
Windham, ME; and Sarah Treptow, Fort Covington, NY.
For the second consecutive year, St. Lawrence's chapter,
the Kalon Kixioc Circle of ODK, won the Presidential Award of Excellence.
Of the 305 Circles of the Society only two Circles of ODK received
this honor for the 2004-05 academic year.
Six students inducted
into Phi Beta Kappa September 24, 2005
Election to Phi Beta Kappa is based
on grade point average and completion of appropriate credits toward
a St. Lawrence University degree. To be considered, students must
earn a 3.5 or better cumulative grade point average by the close of
their junior year, and have completed six semesters at St. Lawrence.
Transfer students must have completed four semesters before they are
eligible for consideration.
Students have three occasions to be considered for
election to Phi Beta Kappa: at the close of the spring semester of
the junior year, considering six semesters of grades; at the close
of the fall semester, considering seven semesters of grades; and at
the close of the spring semester of the senior year, considering eight
semesters of grades.
Over three elections (August, March and May), the
faculty and staff who comprise the permanent chapter membership elect
no more than 10% of the members of the senior class. Thus, it is possible
that a student with a 3.5 GPA and adequate progress toward his or
her degree may not be elected to membership.
Congratulations to these members
of the Class of 2006. They will be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa on
September 24, 2005.
Wendy Berner,
Hamburg, NY
Raluca Dragusanu, Bacau,
Romania
Christine Hogan, Scotia, NY
Kira Krumhansl, Amherst, NH
Mary Seward, Amsterdam, NY
Katherine Gay, Malone, NY
Somdeep Sen ’07
selected for international research project
Somdeep
Sen '07, of Calcutta, India, has been selected as
a research associate by the Saratoga Foundation for Women Worldwide,
to conduct research on women's lives in India. Sen, a government
major, is studying in Finland during the 2005-2006 academic year,
though the International Student Exchange Program, in which St. Lawrence
participates.
Kelly Garcia gives presentation at national conference
Kelly
J. Garcia '07, of Abilene, Texas joined Director of
Arts Technology Christopher Watts to give a presentation at the sixth
annual Music Technology Workshop and New Music Festival, sponsored
by the Associated Colleges of the South and held at Birmingham-Southern
College in July.
Their presentation featured a stop-motion animation project created
by Garcia and Laura M. Grimes '05, of Troutdale, Oregon, that explores
the relationship between image and sound. The project was created
during the fall 2004 semester for an interdisciplinary arts and technology
course, taught by Watts, called Collaboration
Across the Arts. It was also presented at
the second annual Center for Educational Technology Music Conference
held at Vassar College in June.
James Buchanan ’06 competed in rugby world championships
James Buchanan
'06, of Calgary, Alberta, was a member of Canada's Under 21
men's rugby team, competing in the world championships in Mendoza, Argentina,
June 9 through 25.
Kerry Banazek ’06 wins poetry award
Kerry
Banazek '06, of Camillus, NY, won first prize in the
2005 James Ligon Price III Memorial Contest in Poetry, for her poem
titled "Jealousy and Other Worldly Things." The prize brings
Banazek $600 and a mention in the Academy of American Poets National
Poetry Prize results.
The contest, conducted by the English department, is open to all
undergraduate students. This year, there were 81 poems entered, by
33 contestants. The contest was judged by poet Timothy Liu, a guest
in the St. Lawrence Writers Series.
Other winners were Laura Woltag '05, Belfast, NY, second place for "a
poem beginning with a line from Robert Duncan," $300; and Melanie
Exware '06, Colton, NY, third prize for "Reflection," $200.
Honorable mentions were Raurri Jennings '08, Canton, NY, "Dr.
Pepper"; Purnell Cropper '05, Burlington Township, NJ, "stark
Lit, strays"; and Nicole Collen '06, Menands, NY, "B.I.® D."
Six students win awards for research while studying abroad
Six
students received travel and research grants for the summer
and fall of 2005, by the Center for International and Intercultural Studies.
· Stephen Cotton ’06, Granby, CT, and Yordan Minev ’07,
Gorna Dryahovitza, Bulgaria, will participate in the Russia study
tour, during a break from the program in Denmark.
· Raluca Dragusanu ’06, Bacau, Romania, will research
the textile industry in Romania.
· Neema Mawiyoo ’06, Nairobi, Kenya, will explore
the poetry and jazz scene in London while she studies on the semester
program there.
· Eddie Molina ’07, Elmhurst, NY, will
study flamenco during his year in Spain.
· Kanti Shrestha ’07, Kathmandu, Nepal, will visit Paris,
France, her birthplace and home as a small child.
Students, Faculty Present Research At Chemistry Confab
Students and faculty presented the results of their research at the
recent annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, and the University's
student affiliate chapter of the organization received an award.
Jon French '06, of Gouverneur, New York, accepted the award on behalf
of the St. Lawrence University chapter of the Student
Affiliates of the ACS. French is president of the chapter. The
award recognized the St. Lawrence chapter for its activities in support
of chemistry. Only the top 10 percent of the over 960 chapters in
the United States and Puerto Rico receive this recognition.
Tim Chapp '05, of Des Plaines, Illinois , gave a presentation with
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Samantha Glazier and Visiting Assistant
Professor of ChemistryNeil
Law, on "Design of Ruthenium Dimer Complexes for Intercalation
with DNA."
Joseph Jablonski '05, of Rochester, New York , gave a presentation
with Professor of Chemistry Larry
French, on "Synthesis of N-cyanoguanidine analogs of vanilloid
receptor agonists and antagonists."
Prajjwal Panday '05, of Kathmandu, Nepal, gave a presentation with
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ning Gao; Clarkson University Professor
Philip Hopke and Clarkson Assistant Research Professor Eugene Kim;
and Richard Poirot, of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department
of Environmental Conservation, on "Developing an alternative
Potential Source Contribution Function analysis method and its application
for Lake Champlain Basin mercury study."
Students Present Research At Geology Conference
Four
St. Lawrence University students presented the results
of their original research at the 40th annual Northeastern Section
of the Geological Society of America. Approximately 700 geoscientists
attended the meeting.The students, and their topics, are:
· Angus A. McCusker '06, Buckland, MA -- "Geographic
Information System (GIS) as a Research and Teaching Tool" (with
Professor Frank Revetta, of SUNY Potsdam )
· Joanne M Cavallerano '05, Sudbury, MA -- "Growth of
the Dead Creek Distributary of the Missisquoi River, Lake Champlain,
Vermont, Between 1950 and 2003" (with Chapin Professor of GeologyJ.
Mark Erickson)
· Trisha A. Smrecak '06, Munger, MI -- "Comparison
of Missiouri Valley Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous) Fossil
Floras with Megafloral Zones of the Willison Basin , North Dakota " (with
Erickson and John Hoganson, of the North Dakota Geological Survey)
· Matthew E. Burton-Kelly '05, South Hero, VT -- "An
Analysis of Multiple Trackways of Protichnites Owen, 1852, from the
Potsdam Sandstone (Late Cambrian), St. Lawrence Valley, NY" (with
Erickson)
Erickson gave a presentation, on "Fossil
Aquatic Oribatic Mites Define Paleoclimate Intervals in Lacustrine
Sediments: An Example from Glovers Pond, NJ."