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  1. Commencement Reminders

    TO: 2023 Senior Class FROM: Paul Redfern, Vice President for University Communications and Institutional Strategy Commencement Reminders Dear Seniors, I hope you are enjoying senior week. Here are a few...

  2. News Digest: September 26, 2022

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    September 26

    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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    Campbell Brothers Kick Off Inaugural Ken Okoth '01 Black American Music Project

    The Campbell Brothers got the campus swinging last week during a live concert and two master classes with students for an inaugural celebration of the Ken Okoth '01 Black American Music Project.
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    The Princeton Review Recognizes St. Lawrence for Stellar Student Government, Science Facilities, and Leadership

    St. Lawrence University was named to The Princeton Review’s “Best 388 Colleges” list for 2023. Based on results from student surveys, the popular rankings publication also recognized several stand-out aspects of co-curricular and academic life.
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    Supporting Community Care as a United Helpers Intern

    After spending his first semester of college abroad with St. Lawrence's First-Year Program in London, Blake Bittorf '25 arrived on campus ready to immerse himself in the North Country community.
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    Inspiring Tomorrow's Climate Leaders as a Wild Center Fellow

    Elise Pierson '24 discovered her passion for climate justice right in her hometown over six years ago. In the time since, she's attended multiple climate summits across New York State and served as a youth ambassador to the United Nations global climate conference.

    St. Lawrence Welcomes New Faculty for 2022-23

    St. Lawrence University has appointed 11 new tenure-track faculty and welcomes 15 visiting faculty and scholars for the 2022-2023 academic year.

    Events

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    Gallery Talk with Patty Hudak

    - Richard F. Brush Art Gallery In conjunction with the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery exhibition, Wood Paper Ink, award-winning artist Patty Hudak will give a gallery talk.
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    Organ Concert Series: Music for High Holy Days

    - Gunnison Chapel St. Lawrence organist Sondra Goldsmith Proctor will perform music for High Holy Days: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

    Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Pre-recorded Performance

    - Via link and password Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.

    Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well" Pre-recorded Performance

    - Via link and password Helen heals the King of France, and the King grants her permission to marry Bertram, the man she loves. Bertram rejects her and leaves a list of tasks that she must do to have him acknowledge their marriage. She follows him to Italy, completes all the tasks, and Bertram accepts her as his wife. 

    Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" pre-recorded performance with Live Talk-Back

    - Via link and password Viola, separated from her twin Sebastian, dresses as a boy and works for the Duke Orsino, whom she falls in love with. Orsino is in love with the Countess Olivia, and sends Viola to court her for him, but Olivia falls for Viola instead. Sebastian arrives, causing a flood of mistaken identity, and marries Olivia. Viola then reveals she is a girl and marries Orsino.

    Athletics

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    Saints Dominate Weekend Competitions

    This weekend, Saints football dominated Castelton 42-6 while women's ice hockey defeated Providence 5-2 on the road. The wins continued with men's soccer securing a 2-1 win over SUNY Cortland while women's soccer topped Union 1-0 and the field hockey team secured a 4-0 win over Utica. Saints volleyball started their Liberty League Campaign with a 3-1 win over Union while Saints men's track and field won their home Ronald C. Hoffmann Invitational. Last week, Sam Lyman '25 picked up a first-place win as the men's golf team claimed the team title at the SUNY Canton Invitational. For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com.

    Social Media

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    Celebrating United World Colleges Day

    Last week members of the St. Lawrence community came together in celebration of United World Colleges (UWC) Day. The annual global event highlights the strength and diversity of the UWC movement and its mission for a more peaceful and sustainable future and coincides with the United Nations’ International Day of Peace. St. Lawrence UWC scholars spent the evening attending events that speak to this year’s theme of “Peace Begins With Us” and reflected on what being effective changemakers looks like. Photo credit: Nancy Glennon ’23. View photos from the celebration 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.

  3. News Digest: November 19, 2024

    Submitted by mgagliardi on
    November 19

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

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    Faculty Focus-November 19, 2024

    Faculty members put their knowledge into action so students and others are able to benefit from it. Recently, faculty presented research at conferences, and published papers in academic journals.

    News from Around Campus

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    SLU Students Participate in Exclusive Briefing at the UN in NYC

    Students in St. Lawrence's New York City Semester Program, directed by Political Science Professor Mert Kartal, participated in an exclusive briefing on genocide prevention at the United Nations Headquarters.

    Events

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    World Languages Week

    Each November, St. Lawrence joins the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education in celebrating international education and exchange. This includes celebrating the contributions and impact of international students to St. Lawrence's campus and promoting awareness about opportunities to study off-campus. Now through November 21, student clubs and organizations, offices on-campus and other campus community members will offer a robust range of activities that are open to all. View the full schedule of events. 

    Athletics

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    Saints Earn Academic Honors and Break Athletic Records

    • Men’s Squash: It was a historic day for the squash program Sunday. Senior Lewis Anderson secured his record-breaking 63rd career win in the Saints' 7-2 loss at the No. 17-ranked Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland–the most victories by a single athlete in Saints men’s squash program history. Anderson, who entered the matchup tied with Moustafa Bayoumy '18 for career wins, took on Matthew Wang in the number one spot for the Scarlet and Brown. The senior wasted little time breaking the record, defeating his opponent 11-4, 11-3, 11-7. Anderson now holds a 63-8 career record, with the full season ahead to expand his record.  
    • Men’s Cross-Country: After a strong performance at the Mideast Regional, junior Nick Lyndaker will represent men's cross country at the NCAA championship for the third year in a row. Lyndaker punched his ticket to the event with an eighth-place finish at the Mideast Regional on Saturday at Connecticut College. He earned Mideast all-Region honors in the process. 
    • Women’s Cross-Country:  Senior McKenna Allardi and first-year Avery Blanchard qualified for the NCAA women's championship as individual runners, and will now head to Terre Haute, Indiana for the event next weekend. Allardi heads to nationals in her first season as a member of the cross country team. She qualified as an individual after placing 39th overall in the Mideast Regional on Saturday, posting a time of 22:41.8 in the event. Blanchard crossed the line in 47th place with a time of 22:49.2.  
    • Riding: Saints Riding was named the High Point Team in back-to-back days, claiming their fifth and sixth wins of the year at the St. Lawrence University Shows on Nov. 16-17. On Saturday, the Scarlet and Brown earned 39 points to outpace Syracuse University, where junior Harper Eskey earned High Point Rider honors with wins in Open Fences and Open Flat. The team scored three class wins on the day, as well as three second-place finishes. On Sunday, the Saints posted 44 points –12 points ahead of Ottawa, who was the Reserve High Point team for the second day. First-year Dalton Pace was named the High Point Rider, while junior Annie Kammer was awarded Reserve High Point Rider honors. 
    • Volleyball: Sophomore Araiza Acum-Santos received a Liberty League honorable mention as part of the conference's end of season all-league awards. Acum-Santos finished the season with improvements in nearly all her stat lines over her first-year season. She had 2.92 kills per set, 260 kills total, adding 14 assists and 11 service aces to those totals. She was also recently named to the Liberty League all-academic team. 
    • Football: Senior tight-end Oskar Baldwin earned First-Team All-Liberty League honors, while senior Liam Perkins and junior Ryan Surhoff earned a spot on the Second Team. Seniors Daniel Lawther and Daniel George, as well as junior Clayton Fogler, picked up Honorable Mention honors, the conference office announced Tuesday afternoon. Baldwin played in all nine games for the Saints this season and led the team in receptions with 40 catches for 491 yards, averaging 47.89 yards per game. 
    • Saints Athletes: 99 St. Lawrence fall sport student-athletes earned Liberty League All-Academic honors in their respective sports, the Liberty League Commissioner Tracy King announced Thursday morning. In total, 755 fall sport student-athletes have qualified for the league's All-Academic Teams in their respective sports. 
    • Men’s Hockey: Tickets are now available to purchase here for the best rivalry in college hockey on January 24, when St. Lawrence faces off against the Clarkson Golden Knights in Appleton Arena.  

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

    Social Media

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    Local Students Pack Appleton for Route 11 Rivalry 

    On Wednesday, over 3,000 students from local schools packed the stands at Appleton Arena for the Route 11 Rivalry matchup between St. Lawrence and Clarkson. The energy was electric as the crowd cheered on our Saints in this thrilling North Country tradition!! Thanks to everyone for bringing the scarlet and brown spirit and  helping us shatter the women’s hockey attendance record! Watch a video of the matchup on the new St. Lawrence TikTok account

    In Memory

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    On November 15, President Morris sent a message to the St. Lawrence community about the passing of Clara Simmons, who dedicated 40 years of service to our Facilities Operations team before her retirement in 2009. Read the Message

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

  4. Connecting Communities, Driving Change

    It was a fortuitous connection made during her sophomore year that set Sonja Jensen '19, originally from Binghamton, New York, on her current path as an agent of change in...

  5. Alumni Executive Council Business Meeting

    October 5, 2019 President Cortney Terrillion called the meeting to order at 9:35 A.M. ET. Following role call by Secretary Chelsea Lloyd, a quorum was documented. Present: Bates, Beyer, Bickford...

  6. June 2024 Safety Committee Minutes

    MINUTES OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SAFETY COMMITTEE/ ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CAMPUS SECURITY HELD VIA ZOOM ON FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024, STARTING AT 800 A.M. Chairperson: Patrick Gagnon, Co-Chair called meeting...

  7. Flu Information and Prevention

    What is the flu? Learn about flu prevention, get a flu shot, wash your hands often, and follow travel and public health advisories. The flu, or influenza, is a respiratory...