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  2. News Digest: March 5, 2024

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    March 5

    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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    Donors Light Up Bloomberg Lab Ticker-Tape

    Jim ’69 and Charlie Mahoney ’69 are among the alum and parent donors whose names appear on the ticker-tape outside the Bloomberg Finance Lab. While the lab was created with funds from a George I. Alden Trust grant, these individual gifts fund annual licensing renewal for the proprietary Bloomberg terminals.

    News from Around Campus

    The Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics Department Holds Annual Dinner

    The Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics (MCSS) Department held their Annual Dinner. This year the event brought together over 70 students, faculty and staff who gathered to socialize. Faculty shared information about a wide range of topics including internships, summer fellowships, departmental resources, the MCSS LinkedIn group, graduate schools, senior projects, honor societies and local conferences for undergraduates.

    Events

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    Diversity and Inclusion Week!

    St. Lawrence University’s Diversity and Inclusion Week Committee is excited to celebrate our sixth Diversity & Inclusion week!

    Our theme this year is Connecting Across Difference programs and events will:

    • Foster conversations

    • Encourage individual contemplation and reflection on identity

    • Encourage celebration across many aspects of intersectionality and diversity 

    Explore this weeks schedule of events here!

    Carnegie 10 International Film Series – Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    - 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: "Portrait of a Lady on Fire"
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    Laurentian Singers Pre-Tour Concert

    - Unitarian Universalist Church, In advance of their tour of North Carolina and South Carolina, the Laurentian Singers will perform selections from their tour program at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton on March 10 at 10:30 a.m.

    Worthington: Jeffrey Campbell's Legacy in Three Essays

    - Winston Room, Sullivan Student Center Join us for a discussion with HEOP Alumi Steve Peraza ’06 about the legacy of Jeffrey Campbell – poet, essayist, educator, and St. Lawrence University's first African American graduate. Jeffrey Campbell matriculated at St. Lawrence University in 1929, making this year the 95th anniversary of that historic event.

    Athletics

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    This Week in Athletics!

    Emma-Sofie Nordström '26 made 72 saves over two games and the women's hockey team qualified for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) semifinals with a 2-0 series victory over Yale University this past weekend. The Saints will play in the semifinal for the first time since  COVID-19 shortened 2021 playoffs, when they beat Clarkson University in overtime. They'll have a chance for a repeat performance as they play the Golden Knights at Colgate Friday evening with a berth in the ECAC Championship on the line. 

    Nick Lyndaker '26 achieved the long-sought goal of breaking the St. Lawrence program record in the mile run during his trot at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) indoor championships in Rochester, New York. Lyndaker's time of 4:11.99 edged the Saints' previous program record of 4:12.02 in the mile, which was set by Erik Donohoe in 2008. His time was the fastest in the event out of any competitor from the Liberty League, and gave him a second place overall finish at regionals.

    Both tennis teams recorded victories over Ithaca College on the weekend, with the men earning a 6-3 win and the women's team downing the Bombers 7-2. The men's team had two wins at the number one and three spots, while Ariane '27 and Yvette Karera '27 went unbeaten on the day to lead the women's team to victory.

    After a season of program record and historic personal-bests, Alli Sibold '24 will have another chance to take the track for the women's track and field team at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) indoor championships at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, beginning Friday morning. She enters the event as the second-highest seed in the mile, and the fourth-highest in the 3000m. 

    Elizabeth Flynn '27 was named Liberty League Rookie of the Year last Tuesday.  The freshman forward from Brentwood, Tennessee led the Liberty League in rebounds per game with 12.3 and was the only player in the conference to average a double double. Additionally, her 14 double doubles ranked tied for 26th across DIII, and her 12.4 boards per game were the 13th-highest in the NCAA.

    27 St. Lawrence winter sport student-athletes earned Liberty League All-Academic honors in their respective sports, as announced by the Liberty League Commissioner Tracy King last week. In total, 383 winter sport student-athletes have qualified for the league's All-Academic teams. To be recognized as a member of the All-Academic team a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30. View the full list of honorees.

    Social Media

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    Groundbreaking DEI Efforts!

    Margaret Kent Bass is one of three honorees included in the interactive exhibition, “Portraying St. Lawrence,” at our Richard F. Brush Art Gallery. The exhibition draws attention to how portraits act as a form of public memory for an institution or community, and how we can expand both who we remember and how we remember those important to our community.  

    Bass is recognized for the indelible mark she left on St. Lawrence through her groundbreaking DEI efforts. Bass joined the University as director of multicultural affairs in 1993 and became a member of the English department in 2000. She was appointed associate dean for faculty in 2004 and interim VP and dean of students in 2005-06. Bass received the Owen D. Young Outstanding Faculty Award and the Emily Eaton Hepburn Award for Creative Leadership.

    Nadirah Croft, a 2021 St. Lawrence University Higher Educational Opportunity Program graduate, is the artist behind Margaret Bass’s portrait.  

    Read more about Margaret Bass on the St. Lawrence University Instagram.

    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.

  3. The Donor Appreciation Process

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  4. Statistics Students, Faculty and Alums Attend Sports Analytics Conference

    Data Science students Hope Donoghue ’24 and Shane Hauck ’23, along with Assistant Director of the Peterson Quantitative Resource Center AJ Dykstra ’22, Professor of Statistics Robin Lock, and Charles A. Dana Professor and Department Chair of the Math, Computer Science, and Statistics Department Michael Schuckers all attended the Sports Analytics Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In attendance were Hope Donoghue ’24 a Data Science major and captain of the SLU women’s soccer team, Shane Hauck ’23 a Data Science graduate and former captain of the SLU men’s soccer team who is enrolled in the Applied Data Science Master’s program at CMU, AJ Dykstra ’22 who is currently the Assistant Director of the Peterson Quantitative Resource Center at SLU, Professor of Statistics Robin Lock, and Professor of Statistics Michael Schuckers.

  5. Sign into Skype for Business on Mobile Devices

    Article type: How-To - Department: Information Technology

    Instructions Open Skype for Business. Tap Organization sign in address and enter your St. Lawrence email address. Tap Advanced Options. In the  Username  field, enter  stlawu  followed by a backslash (\) and your St...

  6. First Person: A Day in the Life of a Student-Athlete

    Being a student-athlete at St. Lawrence is a difficult and rewarding experience. Student-athletes put copious hours into fine-tuning their skills and preparing their minds and bodies in order to beat...

  7. Semester and Year-Long Programs

    St. Lawrence University supports more than 25 off-campus programs in 20 countries that allow students to enrich their majors, expand their world, gain cross-cultural perspectives and skills, and prepare to...

  9. In Memory: Richard Hewitt

    Dear Laurentian community, I write to share the sad news that Richard “Dick” Hewitt, who worked in Facilities Operations at St. Lawrence, passed away on August 25. From 1967 until...

  10. In Memory: Connie Villnave

    Dear Laurentian community, I write today with the sad news that Connie Villnave has died. Before her retirement in 2005, she worked in dining services as a baker for 23...