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January 28, 2008
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 Writers Series Features Viebranz Visiting Writer K.L.Cook
St. Lawrence University Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
K.L. Cook opens the University's Writers Series for 2008 with a talk
on Thursday, February 7, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence
Hall. It is open to the public, free of charge. For more |
New SLU Scholarship
Honors Long-Time Coach Robert "Ax" Axtell
 A new scholarship has been established at St. Lawrence University
honoring long-time ski coach and mentor to generations of students,
Robert "Ax" Axtell. Pledges from alumni to date for the
Robert "Ax" Axtell Scholarship exceed $500,000, with
more support expected in the coming months. Established by Class
of 1980 members Michael Ranger and Timothy Simpson, the scholarship
was announced during the St. Lawrence Carnival ski event in Lake
Placid January 18. For more |
 Viggo
Mortensen '80 Nominated For Academy Award
Viggo Mortensen '80
has received his first nomination for an Academy Award, for Best
Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, for his portrayal of
a Russian mobster in Eastern Promises. Nominations were announced
January 22, with winners schedule to be announced February 24. Mortensen
also was nominated for his first Golden Globe Award this year, for
the same role, and for a Screen Actors Guild award. For more |
 Shawn
Golley '08 Conducts Physics Research In Puerto Rico
Shawn
Golley '08, of Hamilton, N.Y., conducted research for his senior
project in computer science and physics at the Arecibo Observatory
in Puerto Rico in January. For
more |
 Seniors
Participate In U.N. Climate Change Conference
Shelly Martin '08, of Stowe, Vermont, and Kate Olsen '08, of Muncy,
Pennsylvania, participated in the the 13th Conference of Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which took
place in Bali in December. Martin and Olsen accompanied Assistant Professor
of Environmental Studies Jon Rosales as participants in the conference.
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St.
Lawrence in the News
An essay by President Daniel F. Sullivan, titled "Why IT Matters
To Liberal Education," is the "Leadership" column
in the January/February 2008 issue of Educause Review, a national
magazine for the higher education information technology community.
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Saints
Athletics
 Men's
basketball won its seventh and eight straight games, beating RPI
and Vassar. Women's basketball lost to RPI, but rallied to down
Vassar Saturday. Women's hockey has now won five in a row after
beating RPI and Union. Men's hockey lost to Union and RPI. The
men's and women's track teams won the SLU Indoor Invitational.
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Web
Site Updates and Features
NEW! We're on Facebook! In just a few short days, the SLU facebook page already has 221 fans. Check us out on Facebook (you need a Facebook account of your own to see ours) and MySpace (with 754 friends on this social networking space).
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 cam.
Student, faculty and alumni profiles: Every other month, we post about 30 new profiles of students, faculty and alumni. We've been posting profiles for over two years and more than 350 profiles are available throughout the Web site. You'll find profiles in such pages as Graduates, Faculty, Students, Arts, Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Research Opportunities, and many more. |
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