Voss Fernandes
Facilities Manager  

As the facilities manager for St. Lawrence’s athletics complex, Greek houses and theme cottages, and public spaces including Gulick Theatre and the bookstore, Voss Fernandes has his crew of 21 work to make the facilities that students live, play, and work in some of the best in the country.

Fernandes has acted as a liaison between contractors and faculty and staff for the major renovations that have occurred in these areas. His work helped to create three new squash courts and a new field house. Fernandes also headed last summer’s refurbishment of residences along Park Street and University Avenue.

His next project is the expansion of the arts into space that until recently housed the student union. He says, “Meeting people from so many different areas has given me an appreciation of what St. Lawrence has to offer. Every department is important.”

Fernandes says he loves being a member of the campus and Canton communities. Like many other Canton residents, he takes pride in the Skating Saints, St. Lawrence’s hockey teams. “I make and paint the ice in Appleton Arena as an NHL-Certified Ice Technician (CIT). It’s funny--before I moved here I had never seen ice, except for the stuff that comes out of the freezer,” the Hawaiian jokes. “Now I make it for a Division I hockey team.”

Fernandes also coaches Pee Wee football and basketball. He says, “I’ve been coaching for 32 years. It’s therapy for me to spend time with young athletes and their parents. It was my interest in athletics that motivated me to take the job as athletics facilities manager.”