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  1. Six Saint Lawrence students attend a Saint Lawrence career connect event in San Fransisco, California.

    First Person: Advice from a 2018 Grad - How To Jump-Start Your Career at St. Lawrence

    JENNIFER KIM '18

    This blog was originally published on August 10, 2017. I have made some edits (italicized) to include tips on how to land a job as a recent graduate. Working in the Admissions Office at St. Lawrence...

  2. Saint Lawrence students, Elsa and Quinn, holding a red Saint Lawrence University flag, on the Har Ki Dun Trek.

    First Person: Two Snickers and a Vegetable Samosa

    QUINN DIBBLE AUDSLEY '20

    Have you ever had a gut feeling that things were about to go wrong? As if something just wasn’t lining up? Take that instinct, add 7,719 miles and a two-plane airport at the base of the Himalayas and...

  3. Hana Bushara laughs with a group of Saint Lawrence friends on campus.

    First Person: The Butterfly Effect - How St. Lawrence Spreads Its Wings

    HANA BUSHARA '21

    You may be familiar with the Butterfly Theory, or maybe the 2004 psychological thriller The Butterfly Effect, which popularized it. If not, no need to fret. The theory essentially states that a change...

  4. A Saint Lawrence University student, wearing professional attire, partakes in a mock interview with a Saint Lawrence University alumnus.

    St. Lawrence Boasts One of Nation's Best Alumni Networks

    The classes that St. Lawrence University students take over the course of their four years undoubtedly help prepare them for their future endeavors. Yet, it is often the connections that students make with Laurentian alumni that give them the advantage of getting a head start on their careers following graduation.

  5. Saint Lawrence student shows off light blue and grey socks with white polar bears on them.

    First Person: Why Does Everyone Walk Around in Socks?

    JACQUI EBELING '17

    I storm into the Student Center out of breath on a particularly crisp December morning. The cold rushes in behind me as I stomp my feet down to try and shed the inch of snow stuck to my boots. At...

  6. Saint Lawrence students, wearing Saint Lawrence t-shirts and hats, attend a football game.

    First Person: Why St. Lawrence Wasn't My First Choice (But It Should Have Been)

    MAYA BRYANT '19

    While I was in the process of applying for college, I had a few concerns about St. Lawrence University. Since my parents both attended SLU, I grew up in a house where St. Lawrence was mentioned...

  7. Several Saint Lawrence University students and two faculty members, who participated in the New York Fed challenge, gather on the quad.

    St. Lawrence Students Advance at Fed Challenge

    St. Lawrence University’s Fed Challenge team has advanced to the semifinal round, which will take place on Nov. 16 at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  8. Morgan O'Hare stands outside of The Johns Hopkins Hospital with alumnus Doctor Robert Montgomery.

    Pre-Med Student Inspired by Her Own Medical History

    At the age of three, Morgan O’Hare '16 was diagnosed with a form a childhood cancer of the eye, known as retinoblastoma, and had to have one of her eyes removed. All the years of close medical attention and therapy, though, is something that she attributes to her interest in medicine today.

  9. A group of Saint Lawrence University students, wearing business professional attend an alumni event in Washington, D.C. attire,

    Alumni Give Students Glimpse of High-Powered Professions in D.C.

    Like many St. Lawrence University students past and present, Mike Arpey ’85 grew up in a family where there was never any talk of Wall Street or the world of finance at the dinner table. Neither of his parents went to college. But while he was a student at St. Lawrence University, he met John Hannon ’44, a St. Lawrence alumnus and then CEO of Bankers Trust.