Alison Almasian
Senior Associate Director of Admissions

At St. Lawrence for thirteen years, “I love what the University is as an institution,” Alison Almasian says. “In school, I learned to love learning and began to understand the value of good relationships with teachers. I find the same sense of community and commitment to learning here.”

At Georgetown University, Almasian was a tour guide, and during her senior year she decided that she wanted to pursue admissions work after graduation. Her mentor encouraged her to look at small liberal arts colleges. She knew of many people from her hometown who had gone to St. Lawrence, and when she arrived, she says, it was a perfect fit.

Among her duties are supervising clerical staff, organizing fall prospective student visit days, coordinating alumni recruitment programs, and working on admissions publications. She also serves on the Retention Committee, interacting with other faculty and staff members to determine what factors affect students’ decisions to stay or leave.

When asked to name the most valuable aspect of St. Lawrence, Almasian recalls the time a prospective student from Maine missed the bus to St. Lawrence when he arrived at the airport in Burlington, Vt. She called an alumni volunteer in Burlington who knew of a student who was home for the weekend. The student happily agreed to drive the prospective student to Canton. “That is St. Lawrence,” she says. She also says watching each new class come together at the matriculation ceremony each year is very rewarding.

Almasian enjoys spending her spare time with her husband and two daughters.