News
Digest
August 28, 2006
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St.
Lawrence University Class of 1991 graduate C. Kirk Kellogg, founder
and chief executive officer of Kellogg Group, LLC, a Wall Street specialist
firm operating on the New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange,
has been elected to a six-year term on the University's Board of Trustees,
effective July 1, 2006. Read
more. |
 St.
Lawrence men's crew team member Andrew Kraus '09, of Devon, PA, spends
a lot of time on the water for his sport, but from July 3 through
6, he ran a 100-mile race through the Namib Desert in Namibia, Africa.
Read
More |
 Be
sure to check the Saints
Athletics site regularly now, as fall sports teams are in training
and feature stories are being posted. Check out the Football
site, where daily updates from training camp bring you up close
and personal with the team. Football also will have guest coaches
on the sidelines at each home game: Carol Bate, career services; Hillory
Oakes, English and Munn Writing Center; Pamela Thacher, psychology;
Harlan Lowry, dining and conference services; Tom James ’67,
sociology; and Michael Schuckers, mathematics. |
 Membership
in several of St. Lawrence University's music ensembles are open to
membership in the community. Read
more |
 The
Gospel Choir at St. Lawrence University is open to all, and is welcoming
new members. Read
more |
| A number of current and
former St. Lawrence faculty members are teaching fall courses for
the Potsdam SOAR (Society of Active Retirees). SOAR is a "lifelong
learning group for adults," offering peer learning opportunities
for area residents of retirement age in a wide variety of topics.
Professor Emerita of Modern Languages Ruth Kreuzer is a member of
SOAR's Board of Directors, as well as the director of the organization's
Web site. Read
more |
Alumni
News
Timothy de la Bruere '04, of Newport, VT, has been named to
the newly formed Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs by
Governor Jim Douglas.Read
more |
 Paul
Castron '86 has been named the Columbus Blue Jackets' director of
amateur scouting. His responsibilities include overseeing all amateur
scouting efforts by the club in North America and Europe. Read
more |
St. Lawrence
in the News
 An
interview with Director of the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery Cathy
Tedford was included in a special, titled "Travel Advisory: Trapped
Behind the Lines," that aired on Discovery's Travel Channel on
August 21. The program was about Americans who have been caught up
in political upheaval or similar crises while traveling abroad. Tedford
was with a group of St. Lawrence students on a University-sponsored
study trip to Nepal several years ago when there were murders at the
royal palace there.
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more Laurentians in the News |
New
on the Web
Coming this week! The homepage
of the St. Lawrence Web site, and selected second-level pages, will
have a refreshed design! We've taken the best features from our
Summer 2005, Web restructuring, listened to feedback over the year,
developed new ideas, and have been working on a refreshed look that
you'll see in August. Watch for our new look!!
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