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  1. A photo of St Lawrence and Canton Central School students outside of a vibrantly colored mural.

    Creative Combination

    MORGAN BRASHEAR '19

    “Sometimes we discount youth, when really they have powerful thoughts and awesome ideas,” says Jessica Sierk, assistant professor of education at St. Lawrence. “Our youth can be change agents in our community.”

  2. A photo of Ted Higgins and peers smiling around the sign to the Higgins Brothers Surgicenter for Hope

    Fostering the Next Generation of Care at Home and Away

    KATE PALMER '19

    Surgeon Edward “Ted” Higgins ’71 creates a growing partnership with Haiti one visit at a time.

  3. A watercolor illustration of the globe with a peace corps logo that has arrows pointing all across the world.

    SLU Earns Top Rank Among Peace Corps Volunteering Schools

    ANNA SODERBERG ’20

    St. Lawrence University remains one of top small schools whose students join Peace Corps

  4. Five Students Receive Saints Start Challenge Grants

    The Sophomore Success Initiative awarded five rising juniors Saints Start Challenge Grants to support students’ personally-developed independent research, creative, volunteer, and internship projects in the summer between sophomore and junior years.

  5. A photo of Catherine Bennett sifting through a set of cabinets.

    From Soil Saviors to Sanctuaries

    CATHERINE BENNETT ’16

    When I was 10 years old, a St. Lawrence student asked if I was going to continue my parent’s organic farm. “No,” I replied. I have great respect for agriculturists, but a career at Bittersweet Farm...

  6. A photo of Dr. Pai holding a wild bee she has pinned.

    Mowing Less is All the Buzz: The Pollinator Project

    DEBORAH DUDLEY

    Professor and co-chair of Biology Dr. Pai studies wild bee, providing research that can be integral to conservation efforts to wild bee populations

  7. A photo of Ceramics 1 students posing in a field behind a large hole they dug.

    Planting the Seeds of Connection Across Generations

    KATE PALMER '19

    Rachael Jones combines environmental consciousness with her ceramics classes