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Last update: March 2008

Dean's List
Students who earn a 3.6 and higher GPA are honored

Phi Beta Kappa Elections
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.

Geoff Baum '10 Presents Research In Puerto Rico
Geoff Baum '10, of Lockport, NY, and Physics Lab Coordinator Jeffrey Miller attended the 2009 Undergraduate ALFALFA Workshop at the Arecibo Radio Observatory, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in January.

Claire Plagge '09 Conducts Science Research For Internship
History major Claire Plagge '09, of Cape May Court House, NJ, was awarded a 10-week paid internship during the summer of 2008 to conduct research at the University of New Hampshire-Goddard Joint Center for the Earth Sciences, through its Research and Discover program.

Jamie Lomax '07 conducts research at Arecibo Observatory
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.

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 "

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

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.

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 Chemistry Neil 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 Geology J. Mark Erickson)

· Trisha A. Smrecak '06, Munger, MI -- "Comparison of Missouri 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."

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Return to Students Page	Student Awards and Honors Last update: March 2008 Dean's List Students who earn a 3.6 and higher GPA are honored Phi Beta Kappa Elections 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. Geoff Baum '10 Presents Research In Puerto Rico Geoff Baum '10, of Lockport, NY, and Physics Lab Coordinator Jeffrey Miller attended the 2009 Undergraduate ALFALFA Workshop at the Arecibo Radio Observatory, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in January. Claire Plagge '09 Conducts Science Research For Internship History major Claire Plagge '09, of Cape May Court House, NJ, was awarded a 10-week paid internship during the summer of 2008 to conduct research at the University of New Hampshire-Goddard Joint Center for the Earth Sciences, through its Research and Discover program. Jamie Lomax '07 conducts research at Arecibo Observatory 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. 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 " 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 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. 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 Chemistry Neil 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 Geology J. Mark Erickson) · Trisha A. Smrecak '06, Munger, MI -- "Comparison of Missouri 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."
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