Campus News
 Hundreds
of Laurentians gathered in Gunnison Memorial Chapel on Saturday,
April 22, to remember President Emeritus Frank Piskor,
who passed away March 8. Former colleagues from Dr. Piskor's administration,
retired and current faculty, alumni, trustees, staff and community
friends celebrated his leadership, his passion for learning, and
his sincere interest in all people he knew. Read
President Sullivan's remarks and read Reverend
Michael Catanzaro's homily from the service
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Campus Events
St.
Lawrence's annual Employee Recognition Reception is Wednesday, April
26, 2006 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Eben Holden.
Please join as we honor the service of imminent retirees as well as
those who have reached an anniversary of their careers at St. Lawrence.
Moving-Up Day, the annual celebration of student achievement, is Saturday,
April 29, 10 a.m. in Gunnison Chapel. |
 The
Early Music Singers of St. Lawrence University will present "An
English Evensong" on Saturday, April 29, at 5 p.m. in Gunnison
Memorial Chapel on campus. The event is open to the public, free of
charge.
Read
more |
 St.
Lawrence University's Festival
of Science, showcasing original science research by students,
will be on Thursday, April 27, followed by the Susan Caroline Ferguson
Memorial Lecture by University of Cincinnati Professor of Geology
Carlton E. Brett. Read
more |
 Viebranz
Visiting Professor of Creative Writing John Daniel
will give the final appearance in the St. Lawrence University Writers
Series, on Thursday, April 27, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes
Residence Hall..
Read more
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Alumni News
 Kara
Benson '02 has been promoted to senior property manager for
Nordblom Company, Inc., a Burlington, Massachusetts-based real estate
firm.
Read more
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 Alexandra
Kirby Taylor '89, the president-elect of the Alumni
Association's Executive Council, has been named Distinguished
Performance Award Winner of the Year at The Hartford, in New York.
Read
more |
 Shane
Williams-Ness '93 has merged her Saratoga, New York, public
relations firm, Red Talk, with the capitol-area firm Sawchuck, Brown
Associates.
Read more |
| Laurentians
in the News |
 An
opinion piece by Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett
appeared in the Rutland Herald (VT) on April 19, opposing
fluoridation of the water supply in that community. |
 An
editorial by Lorrie
Moore '78 in the April 23 New York Times describes
her decision to become a writer, with credit to her Shakespeare professor
at St. Lawrence. Read
the editorial. |
 A
column by educational consultant Dennis Barden '79
in the April 18 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education
reflected on the legacy of the late Frank P. Piskor at St. Lawrence. |
 The
Providence Journal (RI) included a story on April 15 on a panel
discussion held on "Voices in Wartime"; one of the participants
was Assistant Professor of English Ngoc Quang Huynh,
a former Providence resident. |
| An April 11 article on
the front page of the business section of the Richmond, VA, Times-Dispatch
profiled Jennifer Wootten Hunter '94; in the article,
she discusses her decision to attend St. Lawrence. Read
the story. |
 An
April 7 article in the Poughkeepsie Journal on an exhibition
of Rembrandt's art at Vassar College noted that the scholarly catalogue
that accompanies the exhibition, "The Felix M. Warburg Print
Collection: A Legacy of Discernment," was co-written by Lynn
and Terry Birdsong Associate Professor of Fine Arts Dorothy
Limouze.
More
Laurentians in the News |
 Sesquicentennial
News:
The Origins of Moving-Up Day: In 1869, Tree Holiday (now
Moving-Up Day) was initiated by President Richard Fisk, who decreed
a spring day off from classes to allow students and faculty to transplant
trees for the nearby woods to the virtually barren campus. Many
of the trees still stand in the Herring-Cole Grove. In the 20th
century the day evolved into an occasion for the recognition of
student achievement and a symbolic “moving-up” of students
to chapel pews vacated by students a year ahead of them.
Write your best wishes to SLU on its 150th birthday and
your greetings to the people who'll celebrate our 200th birthday
in 2056. Send your birthday wishes to St. Lawrence and future Laurentians
through our Web
link.
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