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News Digest November 17, 2008 View this email as a web page News Digest is your weekly collection of news releases and Web feature stories. For more resources on campus events and programs, check these Web sites: Check out what's happening today, or any day, at St. Lawrence Master Calendar of Events Keep up with news releases and web features from past weeks St. Lawrence News and Features Be updated on St. Lawrence's national visibility St. Lawrence In the News Read all about the Saints teams at Saints Athletics
Campus News St. Lawrence Contributes To Ladder Truck Purchase St. Lawrence University has committed $100,000 over seven years to the Canton Fire Corporation, a donation that will be used to assist the fire department in replacement of its ladder truck, a co-investment in the safety of students, employees and facilities. The truck was purchased earlier this year for $685,000; the University recently issued the first of seven scheduled payments. For more
SLU Speaker To Discuss Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Scholar and author Saree Makdisi will give a talk titled "Entering the Final Stage of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict" on Thursday, December 4, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall at St. Lawrence University. The event, part of the Contemporary Issues Forum, is open to the public, free of charge. For more
Visiting Writer Richard Rubin Part Of SLU Writers Series Viebranz Visiting Writer Richard Rubin will speak and read from recent work in an appearance at St. Lawrence University on Tuesday, December 2, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall. The event, open to the public free of charge, is part of the University's Writers Series. For more
Prof. Erickson Honored By His Alma Mater Professor of Geology J. Mark Erickson recently received two honors from his alma mater, the University of North Dakota. For more
Farmer, Revill Win Awards At Conference Two members of the financial aid staff received awards at the recent conference of the New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association. For more
Mathmatics Honorary Society Inducts New Members Pi Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honorary society, recently inducted new members. Twenty-one students are new members of the group. For more
Three Alumni Elected Fellows Of Geological Association Three St. Lawrence graduates, including Associate Professor of Geology Jeffrey Chiarenzelli, have been elected Fellows of the Geological Society of America (GSA). For more
Saints Sports Wendy Pavlus and Johanna Ludington continued their impressive tandem running, finishing 1-2 at the NCAA Regionals hosted by St. Lawrence and helping the women's cross country team earned an at-large bid to the national championships. The men's cross country team also earned an at-large bid after finishing third at the regionals. Men's soccer won its opening in the NCAA Tournament, rallying from a 2-0 deficit in the second half for a 3-2 victory over MIT. The Saints' season came to an end Sunday with a 1-0 loss to top regional seed Amherst. Women's hockey asserted itself in the conference and national picture with a 3-0 win over No. 3 Dartmouth and a 3-1 win over No. 4 Harvard. Men's hockey had a tough weekend, dropping one-goal games at Dartmouth (4-3 OT) and Harvard (1-0). The football season came to a heart-breaking conclusion with a 21-20 loss to WPI, with a missed extra point being the difference in the game. More SLU Sports
Web Site NEW Features, Updates, and Reminders NEW FEATURES Shaunie Cadieux '12 will write periodic articles about her life as a first year student, and has started a blog. Here's an excerpt of her most recent entry: To say the least, getting a solid eight-hours of sleep is becoming more difficult, and I've never been more aware of how much of a skill time management really is. This realization is something I've come to think of as a defining aspect of the difference between high-school and college. I've never had to balance so much at once! Two of Shaunie's articles are posted on the Web. The first describes her experiences in the Higher Education Opportunity Program summer orientation and the second shares the thoughts of fellow first-time voters as they participate in the national election. UPDATES Visit SLULive! Three new podcasts: Listen to an interview with Dana Professor of Economics Steve Horwitz on the economic crisis, the recent Laurentians in Residence panel, and the recent Poetry for Peace event. SLU Live! includes features such as the Laurentian Singers performing our school songs, recording of the Bacheller Memorial Chimes, links to our admissions video, 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 400 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. Check out the NEW profiles throughout the web site. We're on Facebook! Join the 1,898 fans of SLU on Facebook and sign up for RSS Feeds: 1. Go to http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Canton-NY/St-Lawrence-University/7323146307 2. In the menu to the right of the St. Lawrence logo, click on Become a Fan 3. To subscribe to one of our RSS feeds for either regional Saints Network events or student blogs, click on the link that says Subscribe to this feed in your RSS Reader associated with the item you're interested in. New Blogs! The Adirondack Semester students are blogging from Massawepie. Bela Vonnak '09 has begun a blog. Bela, a psychology major, is a member of the Saints men's basketball team. Read Bela's blog. Blake Carbone '09 and Josh Johnson '10 continue to blog for the academic year, Blake from campus and Josh from our study abroad program in Denmark. Read more from Blake and Josh. Admissions Counselors Bridget Everly and John Gursky are blogging. Here's an excerpt: As I have been on the road meeting fantastic students, I have been asked this question on several occasions: “So, St. Lawrence seems like a great place. But can you tell me what exactly sets St. Lawrence apart and makes it unique?” Read the answer and more from Bridget and John REMINDERS Interactive Web Cam! Our new Web Cam allows you to adjust the view to see a real-time panorama of a section of campus! One person at a time can control the camera. Each person has a minimum of 20 seconds to interact with the camera. If other users log on, your turn will conclude after 20 seconds. But if you are the only user, your turn will be extended until others want to explore. If you can't log on immediately, it's because others are in the queue. But try again in a few minutes! Directions for control of the camera are on web page. You will need Java installed to view this feature. If you don't have Java, you can download it here. St. Lawrence YouTube site: You can watch SLU videos in many ways, including links on our own Web site's SLU Live! page, and now, on an SLU YouTube site. The YouTube site includes a four-minute, student-produced video on the academic, extracurricular and athletic passions of St. Lawrence students. Hassan Raza '11 and Jim Mayers '11 produced this piece in the spring, and hope to be producing more student perspectives over the next year. These student-produced videos give everyone another view of St. Lawrence! Sports Desktop Wallpapers: We now have desktop wallpapers available for your home or office computers of all the fall sports teams, as well as men's and women's hockey. In addition to a stunning image of each sport, the 2008-09 schedules for each team will be right there for you to view. The winter and spring teams will be added in the near future. Go to the homepage of your favorite fall sports team and download one today! St. Lawrence is now on LinkedIn! LinkedIn is an online network of more than 25 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries. Make connections today!

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