Advancement
University Advancement Mission Statement
We inspire the Laurentian community to invest in St. Lawrence through lifelong connections and philanthropy, ensuring a transformative student experience for today and tomorrow.
Support St. Lawrence
Your gift supports the education, traditions, events, and spaces that shape the St. Lawrence University experience. As an individual, you make a gift. Together, we make an impact! Thank you!
Here We Go Saints Challenge 2025
History is made: Thank you to the record breaking 2,990 donors who combined for a dollar total of $754,154 during this year’s Here We Go Saints Challenge! Five years ago, this project started thanks to Barry '69 and Pat Phelps '69, P'96, and we truly can’t thank them enough for making this drive possible. Our gratitude also goes out to all of our advocates that offered matches and challenges that compound both the impact and fun of Here We Go Saints, including Bill Shaffer ’67 for his gift to push us towards these new donor and dollar records. HERE WE GO SAINTS!! ❤️🤎
Thank You: SLU Moves to #1 Alumni Network🎉
For the first time, St. Lawrence University has earned the Princeton Review’s #1 ranking for Alumni Network (Private Schools)! While we’ve long had passionate alumni who care deeply about each other and their alma mater, this ranking is a pinnacle for the hundreds of volunteers and thousands of donors who have helped support our students through service and philanthropy.
Chasing the #1 spot was easy. Keeping it will be hard! We look forward to continuing to engage with you and make an important impact at a critical time for St. Lawrence.
Giving News
Appleton Arena Phase II
The Appleton Arena George W. Karpus ’68 Athletic Center includes locker rooms and facilities for the men's and women’s lacrosse, field hockey, softball, and men's and women’s rowing teams. It also includes an expansion of the Michael “Buddy” Cornacchia ’74 Strength and Conditioning Center to prepare Division III student-athletes for competition. Supporting this exciting, new chapter of Appleton Arena will ensure a successful experience for generations of future Saints.
Center for the Environment
The creation of a new Center for the Environment will enable all our students—through education, advocacy, and action—to develop the skills necessary to be agents of the change in their communities and around the world.
The Bloomberg Finance Lab
The Bloomberg Finance Lab features 14 student Bloomberg Terminal stations and an instructor desk in a striking contemporary design, with glass enclosures for optimal sightlines, modern, highly functional furnishings, and immediate visibility from ODY’s main floor. The lab opened in January 2023.
Naming Opportunities
View a list of various naming opportunities that include scholarships, professorships, spaces and programs are available to donors.
The 50-50s Don Leet Legacy Fund
“The 50-50s Don Leet Legacy Fund” (“50-50s Fund”) is a new endowment fund, supported by donors to the men’s lacrosse program, to honor and support men’s lacrosse student-athletes as they strive to uphold the values of character, competitiveness, grit, effort, determination, persistence, teamwork and the pursuit of excellence so important to Coach Leet’s daily philosophy as a coach, mentor, husband, father and friend.
The Campaign for Every Laurentian Impact Report
St. Lawrence University exceeded its goal for The Campaign for Every Laurentian, raising $232 million in gifts and commitments during the University’s largest comprehensive fundraising initiative in the institution’s 165-year history.
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$232 million in gifts and commitments
Donors
20,551 donors made 70,003 individual gifts to St. Lawrence and The Campaign.
Faculty and Staff
72 percent of faculty and staff made financial contributions to The Campaign.
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$37.6 million in gifts from Laurentian parents.
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Individual donations of up to $1,000 totaled nearly $8 million
Volunteers
3,791 volunteers—including our major and planned gift committee, trustees, annual fund and reunion planners, event hosts, career mentors, internship hosts, panelists, and more
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The University’s endowment also grew to nearly $400 million.
Largest Gifts
Eight of the ten largest gifts in the University’s history were made during this Campaign,
Thank you to EVERY Laurentian!
The Campaign for Every Laurentian is the most successful fundraising initiative in University history. Over 20,500 Laurentians helped us exceed our goal and raise $232 Million! Watch the celebration video: