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Volume XIII No. 23
February 28, 2005
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Major Campus Events, 2005
•Spring Break: Saturday-Sunday, March 12-20
• Admitted Student Open Houses: Saturday, April 9; Saturday, April 16
• Scholar Days (Admissions): Monday, April 11; Monday, April 18
• Moving-Up Day: Saturday, April 23
• Spring Semester Finals: Monday-Saturday, May 2-7
• Board of Trustees Meetings:
May 12-14
• Commencement Weekend: Friday-Sunday, May 13-15
• Alumni Reunion Weekend: Thursday-Sunday, June 2-5
Announcements
Standardized Test To Become Optional for Admission: Students who apply to
St. Lawrence University for entry in the fall of 2006 and after will not
be required to submit scores from the SAT or ACT standardized tests. President
Daniel F. Sullivan explained in a recent announcement that the admissions
process at St. Lawrence has always been centered more on the academic and
personal attributes of each individual student than on test scores, and that
St. Lawrence’s own research shows that scores “rarely play a
decisive role in determining a student’s admission status.” President
Sullivan added, “We have recently completed research that shows high
school grade point average is twice as powerful as SAT or ACT scores in predicting
academic success at St. Lawrence.”
Sullivan also noted that the SAT-I test has been redesigned and will be administered
in its new format in March 2005. University staff note much concern from guidance
counselors, admissions professionals and families about the SAT Reasoning Test
(formerly the SAT-I), ranging from lack of confidence in the scoring system to
worries that the skills tested on the exam do not relate to the skills needed
in college.
Students will have the option of submitting SAT Reasoning Test or ACT scores
and requesting that those scores be considered in the evaluation of their academic
record, Sullivan added, since “each student knows his or her own capability
and potential best.”
Safe Walks: A reminder that Safe Walks are available “24/7” on campus, and Friday and Saturday nights, 11 p.m.-2:30 a.m., from downtown. Call 229-5554 for assistance.
Safety Committee Meeting: Meetings of the Safety Committee are open to all members of the campus community. The first few minutes of each meeting are reserved for anyone to address the committee regarding any safety issues or concerns. Next meeting is Thursday, March 3, at 3 p.m. in Student Center 336.
Professional Semester Applications: Applications for the fall 2005 Professional
Semester (student teaching) are due by March 1, 2005, and must be accompanied
by an up-to-date transcript and letter of recommendation from a field supervisor.
Application forms may be picked up in the education office in Atwood Hall.
Seniors interested in student teaching in the fall as graduate students in
the Post-Baccalaureate Certification Program must also apply. Only those
students seeking certification in math, science(s), English and social studies
should apply for the fall Professional Semester. For information: Esther
Oey, eoey@stlawu.edu or 5872.
Lunch Bunch: Laurentian Women's Association Lunch Bunch meets one Wednesday
per month at noon in the Eben Holden Conference Room. Remaining dates for
the spring semester are March 2, April 6 and May 4. Reservations must be
made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781. Lunch Bunch
is open to all women faculty and staff and wives of faculty and staff, including
retirees.
Retirees Luncheons: University retirees gather for lunch one Tuesday a month at noon in the Eben Holden Conference Room. Remaining dates for the spring semester are March 8, April 12 and May 10. Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781, or Wanda Renick, 386-3474.
Job Openings
For all openings, St. Lawrence University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action employer. Complete position descriptions are available at www.stlawu.edu/resources/job.html.
If a deadline is not given, review begins upon receipt of applications.)
Student Life: Assistant director, Career Services and Leadership Education;
assistant director, Co-Curricular Education and Programming; assistant director,
Residential Learning Communities; residential coordinator, Residential Learning
Communities.
Achievements
Piskor Professor of English Thomas L. Berger has been awarded a fellowship, provided to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., by the National Endowment for the Humanities, that will allow him to conduct research at the Folger for the 2005-2006 academic year. With a colleague, Sonia Massai, of King’s College, University of London, Berger will work on a project titled “Paratextual Materials in Early Modern Printed Drama to the Restoration.” The research will result in a book that will be the first edition to provide full transcriptions of all paratextual materials included in the single-volume and collected editions of. The “paratext” includes the titles, dedications, prologues, epilogues, publishers’ notes and other information that has not heretofore been gathered in one volume for scholars’ use.