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  1. News Digest: May 23, 2022

    Submitted by kennedyj on
    May 23

    News Digest collects news releases & feature stories from the St. Lawrence website. Visit stlawu.edu/news for up-to-date news and information.

    University News & Stories

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    St. Lawrence Celebrates Graduates at 2022 Commencement

    In a ceremony highlighting gratitude, perseverance, and lifelong connections, more than 500 St. Lawrence University graduates took part in the University’s Commencement on Sunday, May 22, at Newell Field House.
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    Meet St. Lawrence's Class of 2022

    After St. Lawrence’s Class of 2022 flip their tassels, they’ll enter the world prepared to leave it better than they found it. After four years of taking inspiring classes, encountering new perspectives around the globe, volunteering in their communities, conducting purposeful research, following creative pursuits, and working with passionate Laurentian mentors, they have the tools they need to make an impact wherever they go next.
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    St. Lawrence’s Top Stories of 2021-22 Academic Year

    Wellness initiatives, Olympic and Paralympic medals, new academic programs, and the successes of our faculty, students, and alumni were among the top viewed online stories from St. Lawrence University during the 2021-22 academic year.

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    Dr. Eve Stoddard Delivers CIIS Annual Lecture

    Professor Emerita in Global Studies Dr. Eve Stoddard was the keynote speaker at this year's CIIS Annual Lecture and discussed the partnership between academic study on-campus and intercultural learning off-campus, and the importance of critical self-reflection before, during, and after off-campus study.

    Events

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    Saints Qualify for NCAAs, Earn Liberty League Accolades

    After competing in the Atlantic Regional, several members of the Saints Track and Field teams are headed to NCAA DIII Championship meets later this week. During the regional meet last week, Timothy Boyce '25 won the 800, breaking a St. Lawrence record while Emma Palumbo '25, Kathleen Merchant '22, and Katherine Sheehy '23 beat their personal bests in their respective events. The Scarlet and Brown stacked up accolades as three Saints earned Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-Region honors while several members of the men's and women's tennis and rowing, and baseball teams earned All-Liberty League Honors. For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com

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    St. Lawrence Commencement 2022

    Congratulations, St. Lawrence University Class of 2022! Here’s to the newest members of the Laurentian alumni community and all they are sure to achieve. View photos from Commencement Weekend on the St. Lawrence Facebook page

    News Digest is a weekly compilation of the news releases and Web feature stories created in the past week. It is released, generally, every Monday. Please submit news items from your department or news regarding student events and achievements using the University Communications content request form or by contacting  Jessica Kennedy in University Communications at (315) 229-1808.

  2. News Digest: May 2nd, 2022

    Submitted by kennedyj on
    May 2

    News Digest collects news releases & feature stories from the St. Lawrence website. Visit stlawu.edu/news for up-to-date news and information.

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    Celebrating Student Scholarship and Creativity

    After spending a year or more investigating topics that spark their curiosity and motivate them to dig deeper, St. Lawrence students presented their research findings and showcased their talents during this year's Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity on Friday, April 29.
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    St. Lawrence Staff Member Earns Regional Award

    St. Lawrence Executive Director of Campus Services and Outreach René Thatcher was named the inaugural recipient of the Mark Berman Community Outreach Award, recognizing her commitment to uniting people in the field of higher education.
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    St. Lawrence Recognizes Moving-Up Day Award Winners

    St. Lawrence University announced its 2021-22 Moving-Up Day academic award winners, as well as Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa’s newest inductees on Saturday, April 30.
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    St. Lawrence Honors Retirees, Anniversaries

    St. Lawrence University recognized faculty and staff retirements and celebrated employee anniversaries at a ceremony recognizing a combined total of 175 years of service to St. Lawrence from those marking their 25th anniversary—and a staggering 977 years of service among our retirees.

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    Chalk-o-late: Chocolate Passport Project Creates Street Art

    Students in Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Sara Ashpoles' Environment & Chocolate First-Year Seminar recently shared their values surrounding food sovereignty and sustainability through on-campus street art created using chalk.

    Student's Work Published in Time Out London During London Semester Program

    Sarath Novas ’23 is currently abroad in London and participating in a work placement with Time Out London, a global media and hospitality business writing about events, food, and attractions in cities around the world. Several of her news stories about springtime events were recently published online but the London-based media group.

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    CIIS Annual Lecture

    - Sykes The Patti McGill Peterson Center for International and Intercultural Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Eve Stoddard as this year's CIIS Annual Lecture speaker.
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    SLU Writers Series Presents Poet J. Drew Lanham

    - Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall - Masks are required The Writer's Series is pleased to welcome J. Drew Lanham, an award-winning poet and an alumni distinguished professor of wildlife ecology in the Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department at Clemson University. This reading is supported in part by the Sandra Nelson Memorial Poetry fund.

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    Saints Shatter Records; Head to Liberty League Championships

    The Saints track and field teams dominated the Intercollegiate Twilight Meet as Kimberly Merchant ’22 set a program record in the discus and several Saints secured top spots in their competitions as they head into the Liberty League Championships this weekend. Women’s lacrosse is headed to the Liberty Leagues after defeating RIT 21-14 to set a new program record for wins in a season and securing a 16-13 victory over Nazareth while men’s tennis beat Ithaca 6-3 after dominating SUNY Oswego 9-0 on the road. Saints Baseball defeated Skidmore 15-5 and 18-8 in a doubleheader after securing a 22-6 win over SUNY Canton 22-6 earlier in the week. Over the weekend, the softball team concluded its regular season while the men’s and women’s rowing and golf teams closed their respective seasons during the Liberty League Championships.  For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com.

     

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    Tapping Into Tradition

    A beloved campus tradition returned to our campus during Moving-Up Day. The Omicron Delta Kappa honor society tapping ceremony welcomed several new members in recognition of their scholarship, leadership, service, and creativity. Watch a video of the tapping ceremony on the St. Lawrence Instagram account

    News Digest is a weekly compilation of the news releases and Web feature stories created in the past week. It is released, generally, every Monday.

    Please submit news items from your department or news regarding student events and achievements using the University Communications content request form or by contacting  Jessica Kennedy in University Communications at (315) 229-1808.

  3. News Digest: April 23, 2024

    Submitted by bunderwood on
    April 23

    News Digest collects news releases & feature stories from the St. Lawrence website. Visit stlawu.edu/news for up-to-date news and information.

    University News & Stories

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    St. Lawrence University President Kate Morris Joins Consortium Committed to Preparing Students for Civic Engagement

    St. Lawrence University President Kate Morris is joining 60 other college presidents of diverse higher education institutions from across the nation to advance higher education’s pivotal role in preparing students to be engaged citizens and to practice civil discourse on campus.
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    St. Lawrence in the News - April 23, 2024

    This regular roundup features a selection of recent mentions of St. Lawrence University and its students, faculty, and staff in regional, national, and international media outlets. Faculty members, students, along with current students and alumni were featured in media outlets recognizing their expertise and research, as well as their outstanding commitments to the St. Lawrence community.

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    Professor of Biology Erika Barthelmess' lab group presents at the Northeast Natural History Conference

    Professor of Biology Erika Barthelmess and four of her research students presented at the 2024 Northeast Natural History Conference on 20-21 April in Albany, New York. The team presented three posters, including one co-authored by Assistant Professor of the Math, Computer Science, and Statistics Department Matt Higham. Attending, in addition to Barthelmess, were Marliese Baer '24, Olivia Bernier '24, Kelsey Similer '25 and Jessica Harman '27.
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    Senior Conservation Biology major Olivia Bernier recently presented work from her senior thesis at the Northeast Natural History Conference in Albany, New York

    Olivia Bernier '25 delivered a poster titled “Determinants of Forest Health in St. Lawrence County, New York” at the Northeast Natural History Conference in Albany, New York. In the poster, Olivia presented a subset of the results of her senior project in which she is investigating forest health in five state forests near Canton, New York.
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    Students present preliminary results of eclipse study at Northeast Natural History conference.

    Kelsey Simler ’25 and Jessica Harman '27 presented their poster with preliminary results of a study investigating the effects of a total solar eclipse on the acoustic soundscape at the forest-wetland interface in St. Lawrence County, New York.

    Events

    2024 Church Lecture

    - Eben Holden Main Room Join us as we welcome Jaime M. Ross, Ph.D. for her lecture, "A Multifaceted Approach to Understanding Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease."

    Carnegie 10 International Film Series – Leopardi (Il giovane favoloso)

    - Carnegie 10 In honor of the diversity of films from around the world and in homage to the indispensable Cinema 10 series of Potsdam, the Department of World Languages, Cultures & Media, and the Language Resource Center are pleased to present: Leopardi (Il giovane favoloso)

    CIIS Annual Lecture

    - Sykes Formal The Patti McGill Peterson Center for International and Intercultural Studies is pleased to welcome Kathleen Colson '79 as this year's CIIS Annual Lecture speaker. This year's lecture will be on "Empowering Global Change: Harnessing Inspiration, Moral Outrage, and Social Entrepreneurship."
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    One Life Beautiful- One Day More- love...loss...diversity...dissent concert by the SLU Wind Ensemble

    - Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall Join the Wind Ensemble as we honor the memory of the Reverend Kathleen Buckley, beloved St. Lawrence University Chaplain from 2001-2020, and we honor the memories of those our Wind Ensemble members have lost.

    SLU Funk Performance

    - Launders Underground (Noble Center 001)

    SLUFunk Ensemble closes the event of Festival Day this evening. Their performance is free, open to the public, in person and with livestreaming. Watch the livestream.

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    Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity

    - Eben Holden Conference Center After spending a year or more investigating topics that spark their curiosity and motivate them to dig deeper, students will present their research and showcase their talents at this year's Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity on Friday, April 25.

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    A Week of Winning!

    Saints baseball recorded their first sweep of league play over the weekend, downing RIT with three wins, 14-6, 4-1 and 10-9, all in nine-inning contests on Friday and Saturday. Entering the final week and a half of the regular season, the Saints play Clarkson in a three-game series beginning Friday with playoff implications for both teams. The Saints currently occupy the fifth seed in the Liberty Leagues west division, with five teams making the postseason.

    Both men’s and women’s tennis teams took victories in their league play over the weekend, with men’s tennis beating Bard 9-0 and went 1-1 overall on the week, also losing to RPI. Women’s tennis also downed Bard 9-0 and engaged in a close match against RPI, narrowly losing 5-4. Yvette Karara '27 was perfect on the weekend, including a 2-0 day in the tight defeat against the Engineers.

    Esports season officially came to an end on a 4-1 playoff loss to Kennesaw State. The team enjoyed a successful campaign, finishing second in the Northeast Region and top 14 in the nation within their division of the National Esports Collegiate Conference.

    Jimmy King '26 tied for sixth place to lead the St. Lawrence men's golf team at the Farmingdale Spring Invitational over the weekend at the par-70 Bethpage Black Course in Long Island, New York.

    For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com.

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    A Scarlet and Brown Week of Pride! ❤️🤎🏳️‍🌈

    The Winston Room was packed on Thursday night for St. Lawrence University Spectrum's Pride Week drag show, featuring the incomparable local traveling trio Sister Slayage. This night of joy and celebration that had us dancing in our seats amid a week full of conversation, education, creativity, and expression.  View photos from Spectrum's drag show and other pride other events during St. Lawrence University's Pride Week on Spectrum's Instagram account and St. Lawrence University's Instagram account.

     

    News Digest is a weekly compilation of news releases and web feature stories created in the past week. It is released, generally, every Monday. Please submit news items from your department or news regarding student events and achievements using the University Communications content request form.

  4. News Digest: April 24th, 2023

    Submitted by kennedyj on
    April 24

    News Digest collects news releases & feature stories from the St. Lawrence website. Visit stlawu.edu/news for up-to-date news and information.

    University News & Stories

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    Creating a Home at St. Lawrence

    Davis United World College Scholars are making room for new communities.

    News from Around Campus

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    Canadian Studies Spring 2023 Ottawa Field Trip

    Canadian studies students visited Ottawa and attended a live debate between the government and the opposition.
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    St. Lawrence University Forms Chapter of Mu Sigma Rho Statistics Honorary Society

    St. Lawrence has received approval to start a new chapter of Mu Sigma Rho, the National Honorary Society for Statistics.
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    30th SGE Induction

    The Geology Department’s Eta Xi Chapter of the Earth Science’s Honorary Society, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, completed its 30th induction on April 19.
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    Mathematics Honorary Society-New Members Spring 2023

    Pi Mu Epsilon welcomed new members for 2023.

    Events

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    SoundSandBox Performance

    - Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall The SoundSandBox presents three short films by Buster Keaton.

    Fast Fashion, Textile Waste, and Related Environmental Impacts

    - Zoom Community-based Learning will welcome Dr. Julia DeVoy '90, associate dean of undergraduate students and programs in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College, for a Zoom discussion about the environmental impacts of fast fashion and textile waste.
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    SLU Improv Lab Concert: Finding Flow (again and again)- The Joy of Complete Engagement

    - Launders Underground Members of the Improv Lab will perform a concert.

    CIIS Annual Lecture

    - Sykes The Patti McGill Peterson Center for International and Intercultural Studies is pleased to invite Dr. Tom Greene, professor of psychology, to deliver this year’s CIIS Annual Lecture.
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    Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity

    - Eben Holden Conference Center After spending a year or more investigating topics that spark their curiosity and motivate them to dig deeper, students will present their research and showcase their talents at this year's Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity on Friday, April 25.
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    Richard F. Brush Gallery to Present Micro-Worlds, the A&AH Senior Seminar Exhibition

    - Richard F. Brush Art Gallery This exhibition is a culmination of student artwork that inspire viewers to look introspectively at the unique ways in which people choose to live their lives. Throughout life, individuals create their own micro-worlds of thoughts, actions, and beliefs. 

    Student Recital Performance

    - Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall Students who have been studying privately this semester will be performing solos or in small ensembles.  The Recital will feature students in voice, violin, and clarinet.
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    Art & Music Video Installation

    - Griffith Center, Room 104 Join the AAH262 Video Art and MUS350 Music Composition Students for a full sensorial experience of video installations. The students have joined forces to create a three-screen video installation.

    SLU Funk Ensemble Performance

    - Launders Underground The Funk Ensemble concert is an evening of high-energy, soulful music that will get the audience grooving to the beat. Featuring a talented ensemble of musicians, the concert will showcase a variety of funk and soul classics.
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    Moving-Up Weekend

    - Campus Wide Celebrate student achievements—academic, leadership, and beyond—during Moving-Up Weekend! From the Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity to Folk Fest, athletic events, art exhibits, musical performances, and more, it’s a weekend full of ways to recognize everything students accomplished this year.
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    University Chorus Home Concert: Something Old, Something New

    - Gunnison Memorial Chapel In his last semester as director of the University Chorus, Barry Torres has chosen a theme that explores a musical repertoire from the past to the present.

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    Weekend Victories for the Saints

    Over the weekend, Saints women's tennis wrapped its regular season with a 7-2 win over William Smith after dominating Ithaca 7-2. The wins for the Scarlet and Brown continued with men's tennis defeating Ithaca 8-1 on the road while men's rowing Varsity 8 placed first at the Skidmore Sprints. During the University of Rochester Alumni Meet, Nicholas Lyndaker '26 won the 1500m, Michael Skutt '24 won the 5000m, George Gowdy '23 won the 10,000m, and Eric Geier '23 won the 110m hurdles for the men's track and field team while Haylei Coolican '23 won the 5000m for the women's team. Last week, the Saints secured local rival wins as women's lacrosse topped Clarkson 15-12 and softball beat Potsdam 6-4. For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com.

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    Kaleidoscope 2023

    The St. Lawrence community filled Eben Holden last week in celebration of Kaleidoscope, the annual showcase of international fare, from traditional foods, music, and dancing to spoken word, and other presentations by our talented students—closing out an eventful World Languages Week! Thank you to the I-House and International Student Services for representing a variety of cultural traditions from around the world! View photos from the event on the St. Lawrence Instagram account. 

    News Digest is a weekly compilation of news releases and web feature stories created in the past week. It is released, generally, every Monday. Please submit news items from your department or news regarding student events and achievements using the University Communications content request form.

  5. News Digest: April 10th, 2023

    Submitted by kennedyj on
    April 10

    News Digest collects news releases & feature stories from the St. Lawrence website. Visit stlawu.edu/news for up-to-date news and information.

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    Winter 2023 Magazine Now Online

    Stories about lasting partnerships, entrepreneurial spirit, Laurentian Impact, and more are highlighted in the latest edition of St. Lawrence magazine. Read stories from the Winter 2023 issue

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    St. Lawrence University President Kathryn Morris Named Co-Chair of North Country Regional Economic Development Council

    The North Country Regional Economic Development Council (NCREDC) announced that St. Lawrence University President Kathryn A. Morris has been appointed as academic co-chair. Morris will work with James McKenna, CEO of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST), who serves as the Council's business co-chair.
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    Faculty Focus–April 10, 2023

    St. Lawrence faculty put their knowledge into action so students and others are able to benefit from it. Recently, faculty participated in roundtable discussions about their books, published research papers, and presented at conferences with colleagues and alumni.

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    Seniors Present at National Physics Meeting

    Four students majoring in physics presented their research and two earned Top Presenter awards during the annual March meeting of the American Physical Society in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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    Richard F. Brush Art Gallery to Present Wool and Water Exhibition

    - Richard F. Brush Art Gallery Explore the Wool and Water exhibition on display at the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery until April 12. The exhibition is a collaborative data-art project that blends fiber art with scientific information to create visual representations of changing water quality conditions in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains and neighboring Lake Champlain Basin.

    Richard D. Church Lecture in Neuroscience

    - Hepburn 218 Auditorium In her lecture, neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors will discuss how human's brains are inclined to ruminate on painful memories and how this process can interfere with everyday lives, while still making more memories.
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    SLU Writers Series Presents Author and Poet, Tyler Mills

    - Sykes Common Room The Writer's Series is pleased to welcome Tyler Mills, award-winning author and poet.

    SLU String Orchestra "Video Game Music: In Concert!" Home Performance

    - Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall The String Orchestra concert promises to be an exciting and unique musical experience that will transport the audience into the world of video games.

    The Frank P. Piskor Faculty Lecture

    - Sykes Common Room Associate Professor of English Pedro Ponce will deliver the annual Frank P. Piskor Faculty lecture, "Manifest Destiny Excerpts from The Complete Heresies," a fictional history of ideas that have fascinated, inspired, and misled for centuries. The human impulse to make meaning-at its best and worst-will be explored through a presentation of excerpts from this work in progress.

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    Saints Secure Weekend Wins, Spring Sports Continue

    The Scarlet and Brown dominated the competition this weekend as women's lacrosse defeated Union 10-9 and Skidmore 15-9 while men's lacrosse defeated Skidmore 13-8 after dominating SUNY Plattsburgh 19-4 under the lights last week.  The wins for the Scarlet and Brown continued with women's tennis beating Vassar 5-4,  Saints baseball securing a pair of wins over Hobart (5-4,12-11), and Saints softball sweeping  SUNY Potsdam (6-5, 6-4) in its home opener last week. During the UVM Quad meet, Emma Palumbo '25 won the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the women's track and field team while Matt Serrano '26, Matt Abell '13, Erik Geier '23, Timothy Boyce '25, and William Hauf '25 each won events to lead the men's team. Men's rowing opened the spring portion of its schedule with a pair of wins over UVM and a win over Middlebury. Lewis Anderson '25 was named a College Squash Association Second Team All-American for the second consecutive year and Marvin Sibanda '23 was named D3soccer.com's Midfielder of the Year and a First Team All-American. For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com.

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    An Out of This World Experience

    Thanks to a travel grant from the Center for International and Intercultural Studies (CIIS), physics majors Ryan Carvel '24 and Tyler Karasinski '24 are spending this semester studying abroad in New Zealand. While there, they explored the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, and visited the University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory for an evening of stargazing. View photos from their trip on the Off-Campus Study Instagram account

    News Digest is a weekly compilation of news releases and web feature stories created in the past week. It is released, generally, every Monday. Please submit news items from your department or news regarding student events and achievements using the University Communications content request form.