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February 5, 2007
(Released Feb. 2)
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Campus News
 Alcoa Foundation has awarded St. Lawrence University a $10,000
grant in support of the University's Akwesasne Semester program. For more
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| Ninety-seven outstanding
high school seniors from throughout Northern New York State and Southeastern
Canada have been named Augsbury/North Country Scholars by St. Lawrence
University. For more |
Campus Events
Quanyong Xiang, associate professor of epidemiology in the
Department of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection, Jiangsu
Province CDC (Center for Disease Control), will give a public lecture
at St. Lawrence University on "Health Concerns from Natural
Fluoride in Chinese Water Supplies" on Tuesday, February 13,
beginning at 11:50 a.m. in Room 208 of Valentine Hall. For more |
 The February edition of St. Lawrence
University's Poetry for Peace event will be a special reading, dedicated
to North Country poets. It will be on Wednesday, February 7, from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Winston Room of the Student Center and it
is open to the public, free of charge. For more |
| In celebration of "V-Day," a
global movement to end violence against women and girls, the Advocates
Program at St. Lawrence University has organized performances of
Eve Ensler's award-winning play The Vagina Monologues, on Wednesday,
February 14, through Friday, February 16, at 8 p.m. each evening
in Gulick Theatre on campus. For more |
 Braving one of the few snowstorms
to hit the North Country to date this winter, the sisters of Kappa
Delta Sigma at St. Lawrence and the brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon
at Clarkson University held the Second Annual "Puck Run" for
charity prior to the St. Lawrence-Clarkson men's ice hockey game
at Appleton Arena on January 23. For more |
St. Lawrence
In the News
 An opinion piece by Associate Professor
of Global Studies John Collins, proposing a new policy on the Middle
East, appeared in the Albany, NY, Times-Union on February
1.
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What's new on the Web Site?
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Student Blogs
New posts by student bloggers Andy Alvarez '08 from his abroad
program in Spain and Jessica Sullivan '08, from Denmark, as well as
Lora Wu '07, who attended the national American Association of Colleges
and Universities conference with faculty, give a great glimpse of student
experiences. Bookmark
our blogs and keep up with eight great students: Andy, Jessica
and Laura are joined by Michaela Stewart '08 (who is blogging from
China this semester), Adam Kyamatare '09, and new bloggers (as of this
week) Ben von Reyn '10, Mary Jane Sweetland '10 and Caroline Bishop'10.
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Visit our podcasts page for St. Lawrence's Poetry for Peace podcast and the feature stories from North Country Public Radio.
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