News
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June 5, 2006
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Campus Events
 The
biggest, most successful Reunion ever brought over 1,100 alumni
to campus to celebrate their class anniversaries, their special
affinity connections, and the University's Sesquicentennial year.
Highlights included the rededication of Hale Chapel in Atwood Hall,
thanks to a generous donation from the Wheeler family; seminars
related to University history, traditions and culture; gatherings
of past and present Alumni Council members, graduates of the Theology
School, and Laurentian Singers; and a State
of the University Address by President Daniel Sullivan. Check
out our Reunion Photo Album! |
Campus
News
 The
Johnson Hall of Science construction site changes almost minute-by-minute.
Take a look at photos provided by Project Shepherd T. Budd on May
30. Read
more |
Alumni in the News
 Elinor
R. Tatum, of New York, has been elected to a six-year term on the
Board of Trustees of St. Lawrence University, beginning July 1. Tatum,
a 1993 graduate of St. Lawrence, is the publisher and editor-in-chief
of /The Amsterdam News/, the oldest continuously published black newspaper
in New York City. The newspaper is also the nation's oldest continuously
minority-owned newspaper. Read
more |
 David
J. Miller '81, executive director of Audubon New York has been presented
with the National Audubon Society's highest award for excellence,
the Charles H. Callison Award, at a national meeting in Vail, Colorado,
in May. Read
more |
St.
Lawrence in the News
 National
attention (including Time magazine and People magazine)
for Viggo Mortensen '80's speech at Commencement May 21, advocating
an activist life. The Associated Press carried the story on on its
state, national and international wires. The story appeared in or
on USAToday.com, the York Dispatch (PA), the Toronto Star,
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Philadelphia Daily News,
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Lexington Herald-Leader
(KY), San Bernadino Sun, Los Angeles Daily News,
WSTM-TV (Syracuse), WCAX-TV (Vermont), the Post-Standard
(Syracuse), the Houston Chronicle, Staten Island Advance,
Newsday/ (New York), the Canton (OH) Repository,
the Asbury Park (NJ) Press, Lawrence (KS) Journal-World,
Worcester (MA) Telegram, San Jose Mercury News,
Montana Standard (Butte), Buffalo News, Bismarck
Tribune, Lowell (MA)Sun, Charleston (WV) Gazette,
Hilton Head Island Packet, Forbes.com, KRON (San Francisco),
KVVU (Las Vegas), Ventura County (CA) Star, Victoria (BC)
Advocate and Time and People magazines. |
 Assistant
Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics Michael
Schuckers was quoted in a May 29 story in MarketWatch, on the increasing
use of biometrics in everyday life.
More Laurentians
in the News |
Sesquicentennial
News:
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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