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  1. Looking up the street at brick buildings and storefronts, decorated for the holidays, on a Main Street in Canton, N.Y.

    "Getting the Folk Through It": Students Document Life in the North Country During COVID-19

    This semester, a group of first-year students became citizen folklorists, helping to document the experiences of their North Country neighbors and contributing to a project that will preserve this moment in local history for generations to come.

  2. A large group of smiling Saint Lawrence University students gather for a photo in front of a forest on a warm day in early fall.

    First Person: The Art and Science of Navigating Your First Year

    John Scala '21

    A common experience most people have when making the transition from high school to college is the worry of making new friends. Even though some might deny this, no one goes into college with 100%...

  3. Delegates to the Model United Nations conference are seated at folding tables arranged in a circle around a large screen.

    First Person: What "Community" At St. Lawrence Really Feels Like

    Michael Miller '22

    When touring St. Lawrence, reading about St. Lawrence, or asking students about St. Lawrence, they will all talk about the community that the St. Lawrence campus has to offer. But what does that...

  4. A professor delivers a lecture to students seated on rocks and Adirondack chairs outside on the Saint Lawrence University campus.

    The First-Year Program: Adventurous Learning with Real-World Impact

    After months of planning and preparing for a semester at St. Lawrence unlike any other in recent memory, Associate Dean of the First Year Sarah Barber feels inspired. She knows that this year’s First...

  5. Rosie Johns hugs her mother goodbye on move-in day of college.

    First Person: Don't Worry, It's Going to Be More Than Okay

    Rosie Johns '23

    Sometimes in life, we fear the things that will change our lives for the better. I received my acceptance to St. Lawrence on a chilly day in March of 2019. It was a day like any other—a long eight...

  6. A group of Saint Lawrence students, attending a St. Lawrence University career connections event, stand in front of the Golden Gate bridge in California.

    First Person: No Ordinary University, Connections with Faculty and Staff

    ZACHARY MAZUZAN '20

    I have always found the dynamic between teachers and students fascinating. Growing up in a household with two parents who worked in the public school system, I quickly gained an understanding of the...

  7. Seven Saint Lawrence students.

    First Person: Finding Home

    EMMA STECHSCHULTE '19

    For the past four years, when asked where I go to college, the responses are the same. “Woah,” they’ll say getting wide-eyed, “You weren’t kidding when you said Upstate New York.” Nope, I wasn’t, but...

  8. A group of Saint Lawrence students in the first-year program attend a picnic.

    First Person: How to Make the Most Out of Your First Year at SLU; To The Class of 2022

    LEARITZA TORRES '20

    1. You Don't Need to Have Your Major/Career Figured Out The beauty of going to a liberal arts school is you get to get a taste of every major. St. Lawrence offers so many interesting classes and one...

  9. A Saint Lawrence student, wearing graduation attire and sunglasses. high-fives a fellow member of the graduating class.

    SLU Again Named a 'College That Creates Futures'

    Out of nearly 1,000 colleges that The Princeton Review considered for the second edition of its book, Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom, St. Lawrence University was again selected as one of the schools that made the cut.

  10. Seven Saint Lawrence students, wearing rain jackets and hats, stand on the summit of a mountain, in the rain, holding a Saint Lawrence University flag.

    First Person: 19 Facts That Make Us Fall in Love With SLU All Over Again

    LEXI BULLEN '16

    From the moment I arrived on campus, I knew St. Lawrence was the school for me. From its stunning buildings to the friendly people, SLU had taken my breath away. Now a junior, I’m a chemistry major...