Campus
News
 St.
Lawrence's Sesquicentennial Commencement took place, for the first
time in 20 years, in Appleton Arena, but the weather didn't dampen
anyone's spirits. Check out the Commencement photo album, texts of
speeches by honorary degree recipients Richard Gilbert, Viggo Mortensen,
and Barbara Tewksbury, class speakers Adam Casler and Brooke James,
and President Daniel F. Sullivan. Read
more |
 Phi
Beta Kappa national honor society welcomed 14 new members on Saturday,
May 20, with the final induction ceremony of the year.
Read the names of the new inductees and all PBK
honorees, who are the top 10% of the Class of 2006. |
 The
St. Lawrence University Board of Trustees passed an historic resolution
at its meeting on May 20. St. Lawrence adopts environmental sustainability
as one of its core values, thanks to the efforts of the Thelomathesian
Society and student leaders. Read
more. |
 St.
Lawrence University Associate Professor of Chemistry Ning Gao has
been awarded a grant of $32,059, as part of a $105,000 project grant,
by the Cooperative Institute of Limnology and Ecosystems Research
at the University of Michigan, funded by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. This project is an on-going study by her
and other scientists of mercury contamination in Lake Champlain. Read
more |
 All
graduates of St. Lawrence University have been invited to participate
in this year's special Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 1 through 4, celebrating
the 150th anniversary of the institution. Special "affinity"
reunions will take place with former and current members of the Alumni
Executive Council, past recipients of the Alumni Citations, graduates
of the Theology School, alumni members of the Laurentian Singers,
and alumni of the HEOP program. Events on that weekend will officially
wrap up the year-long Sesquicentennial recognition. Read
more |
 The
baseball team went 1-2 at the NCAA Tournament, finishing its season
with a 24-14 record and earning its first NCAA Tournament bid since
1991. Read
More |
 Senior Zane Buckingham
has qualified for the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships
and will compete in the decathlon at Benedictine College starting
Thursday. He had the ninth best performance of 17 entrants in the
event this season. Read More |
| The St. Lawrence University
chapter of Habitat for Humanity is holding a four-person scramble
golf tournament - called "Holes for Humanity" - to raise
funds for building materials needed to construct a home in Rensselaer
Falls. Read
more |
Alumni
News
 Ken Polk '91, Williamsville, has been promoted to major accounts
sales manager for the Western N.Y. mid-market team at Automatic Data
Processing (ADP) in Buffalo.
For more |
Laurentians
in the
News
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Marc
Beard was quoted in two stories in the Chicago Sun-Times and
a story in the Biloxi (MS) Sun-Herald about the controversy
surrounding the novel and the movie The DaVinci Code.
More Laurentians in the News |
 Sesquicentennial
News:
Then and Now: See images of Commencements
from our past, side-by-side with contemporary images from very
recent ceremonies.
We're still collecting 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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