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Press ReleasesCheck out our 'Green' Press Kit! President Fox Joins 'Presidents' Trust' Initiative Advancing Liberal Education SLU Receives $1.75 Million Gift For Music Performance Space West African Textiles On Exhibition At SLU Gallery SLU Gallery Exhibiting Works By Nigerian Artist
SLU Inauguration Event Centerpieces Include Canned Goods Donated To Pantries Class Of 2003 Graduate Elected To St. Lawrence University Board St. Lawrence Named 'Campus Sustainability Leader' 'U.S. News & World Report' Lists St. Lawrence Among Best Colleges Princeton Review Cites St. Lawrence University In 'Best Colleges' Book |
FeaturesWoody Parker '09 Is Canton EMS Person Of The Year Judith Van Kennen Named 'Woman Of The Year' Math Honor Society Inducts 16 Prof. Koon's Work Cited In Costa Rican Paper Libuse Binder '97 Writes 'How To Change The World' Book
Evan Munderville '10 In Business Case Competition Prof. Dane Exhibiting Works In Three Shows
SLU Rotaract Wins Presidential Citation Film By Student & Alum Shown At NY Film Fest Translation Journal Publishes Students, Alumnae Rebecca Klar '10 Awarded Research Grant Aimee Clinkhammer '09 Road Trips The Green Way Caleb Spiegel '96 Quoted In Article On Shorebirds Research Alums' B&B Among 10 Best In Mid-Atlantic Trustee Sharee Freeman '76 Recieves Award From Justice Department Student & Alumnae Of Kenya Program Form Tea Company Benefitting Kisii Region High School Students Visit For Spanish Immersion Day Prof. White Participates In Library Of Congress Event Essay By Psych Prof Thacher Winner In Writing Contest |
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St. Lawrence University has been given $1.75 million to create a new performance space in the Griffiths Arts Center. The Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall will be in the location of the former Gilbert Recital Hall. Renovations are under way and are expected to be completed so that the facility can be in use for the fall 2010 semester.
A collection of textiles from West Africa, a gift from alumni, will be on exhibition in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University from October 28 through December 16. The gallery will also host a number of events in conjunction with the exhibition, "From Weave to Web: West African Textiles from the collection of Christopher D. Roy and Nora Leonard Roy."
An exhibition titled "(Of) Lines and Lives: Drawings by Victor Ekpuk" will be in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University from October 27 through December 12.
Centerpieces that adorned tables during the celebration of the Inauguration of St. Lawrence University President William L. Fox contained something special that is being shared with the community.
St. Lawrence University has been named a Campus Sustainability Leader by the Sustainable Endowments Institute in its 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, one of just 80 schools to achieve the designation.
Christopher "Woody" Parker '09, of Kansas City, MO, was named EMS Person of the Year at the Canton Fire and Rescue Appreciation Night Banquet, held in October of 2009. Parker returned to the area from Kansas City to receive the honor.
Judith Van Kennen, administrative secretary in economics, was recently named Woman of the Year by the St. Lawrence County Chapter of New York State Women Inc. Van Kennen is also the pastor of Emmanuel Congregational United Church of Christ in Massena, NY.
Pi Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honor society, recently inducted new members. Sixteen students are new members of the group.
Professor of Physics Daniel Koon's overview of the history and present state of Costa Rican science fiction was mentioned in an article in November 15, 2009's La Nación newspaper, published in San José, Costa Rica. Koon will teach a First-Year Seminar, Global Science Fiction, in spring 2010 focusing on science fiction in translation; the course includes some of his own translations.
Libuse Binder '97 is the author of 10 Ways to Change the World in Your 20's, recently published by Sourcebooks.
Evan Munderville '10, of Schenectady, NY, was part of a team that placed fourth in the Early Leaders Case Competition at the Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, November 7 and 8, 2009. The fourth-place prize was $1,500; other students on the team were from SUNY Brockport, Queens College and the University of Rochester.
Works by Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Kasarian Dane are on exhbition in a solo show and two group shows.
St. Lawrence University's chapter of Rotaract, the Rotary Club's organization for college students, recently was awarded a Presidential Citation, for activities conducted in 2008-2009. It is the only chapter in this district to win the award this year.
Killing Saul, a comedy co-directed and produced by Jim Powers 'l0 and Andrew Spahr '09, debuted at the New York International Independent Film Festival October 27, 2009.
Articles by two recent graduates and two current students are published in the most recent issue of Cadernos de Tradução,
from the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianópolis, Brazil (Vol. 1, No 23, 2009).
Rebecca Klar '10, of Easton, CT, has been awarded a research grant by the Beta Beta Beta Research Foundation in support of her honors Senior-Year Experience project in neuroscience. Working with Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Karin Heckman, Klar is studying a naturally occurring pigment with potential therapeutic effects for multiple sclerosis.
Aimee Clinkhammer '09 is one of three employees of the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems who traveled to the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Phoenix, AZ, via - appropriately - a "green" road trip.
Trustee Sharee Freeman '76 recently received a Leroy Collins Preserver of the Vision Award from the United States Department of Justice for her commitment to conflict resolution; reduction of racial tensions; and restoration of good will in diverse communities. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was at the ceremony.
Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures Steven F. White was part of a panel discussion held at the Library of Congress in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
An essay by Associate Professor of Psychology Pamela Thacher received Honorable Mention in the 2009 North Country Writers Contest, hosted by SUNY Jefferson in Watertown.