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August 20, 2007
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Class of 2006 reports 95.6 rate for employment or graduate school
One year after graduation, 95.9 percent of St. Lawrence University's
Class of 2006 who responded to a survey report either being employed
or in graduate school, the highest total placement rate reported since
1997. For more |
Mellon Foundation awards $250,000 grant for rhetoric and communication
St. Lawrence University
has been awarded a $250,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
for use over five years to support a new program in rhetoric and
communication. For more |
 Brush Gallery announces first fall exhibition
"The Black Panthers: Photographs
by Stephen Shames" and "Louder Than Words: Black Panther
Materials from the Collection of Billy X Jennings" is on exhibition
in St. Lawrence University's Richard F. Brush Art Gallery through
October 6. For more |
 Student attends national conference
Michaela Stewart '08, of Averill
Park, NY, attended the 2007 Public Choice Outreach Conference, held
at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, July 12-15. The conference
is designed for young scholars who are planning professional careers
in academia, law or public policy and features nationally known speakers
in economics, politics and other topics.
For more |
St.
Lawrence in the News
 Professor of Psychology Alan Searleman was quoted in a story about
left-handedness that ran in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario,
CA) and the San Bernadino Sun on August 13 -- International
Left-Handers Day. |
  An editorial in the
July 10 issue of the Malone, New York, Telegram congratulated
the University and two professors for grant awards they received
for conducting research on local issues. Associate Professor of Geology
Jeffrey Chiarenzelli and Assistant Professor of Biology Aswini Pai
were each awarded grants from SUNY Potsdam's Center for Regional
Research and Community Education's T. Urling and Mabel Walker Fellowship
Program. |
 The
July issue of University Business magazine included an
article about the University's annual Faculty College; Associate
Professor of Government Karl Schonberg was quoted in the story.
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Web
Site Updates and Features
Homepage change: We're updating the flash videos on the homepage, so we've substituted a photo slide show until we've completed the new project.
 18
gorgeous photos for your desktop! We've provided 18
St. Lawrence campus scenes in six resolution options for you to
download to your desktop. Share the St. Lawrence pride and display
a new photo every month for the next year and a half, or keep your
favorite front and center to remind you of alma mater.
SLU Live! Laurentian
Singers performing our school songs, recording of the Bacheller
Memorial Chimes, links to our admissions video, our podcasts, our
photo albums, our student blogs, and our Web cams. More multimedia
features to come! Lyndsay
Belt '08 is blogging about her Yellowstone National
Park internship. A sample: Water Quality Week ... we...drive to fixed sites around the park and take hydrolab readings of pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and conductivity and we also collect water samples to be shipped off to the lab.
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