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Volume XII No. 17
January 19, 2004
The Scarlet Letter is published weekly except during break periods
during the academic year for St. Lawrence employees by the staff of the University
communications office. Submissions, comments and questions can be addressed
to or faxed to 7422; deadline is Wednesday at 5 p.m. for the following
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Major Campus Events, 2003-04
(Weekends unless noted)
·Alumni Council: January 29-February 1(For
information: 5585)
·Board of Trustees Meetings: February
19-21, May 13-15 (For information: 5585)
·Admissions Scholar Days: Monday, April
5; Monday, April 12 (For information: 5261)
·Admissions Open Houses for Accepted Students:
April 10, April 17 (For information: 5261)
·Moving-Up Day: April 24 (For information:
5757)
·Commencement Weekend: May 14-16 (For
information: 5585)
·Reunion Weekend: June 3-6 (For information:
5904)
Announcements
New Student Center Opens Today: A Web site with photos and plans for
the new facility has been created. Check http://www.stlawu.edu/ucomm/student_center.html
for a Guide to the New Student Center; questions and answers; and a photo
gallery featuring photos of the past 18 months of construction.
Hockey Grants-in-Aid to Continue: St. Lawrence will continue to offer grants-in-aid
to players in Division I men's and women's hockey, following a vote on January
12 at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) convention in Nashville,
Tenn. NCAA Division III colleges and universities rejected a proposal that
would have disallowed grants-in-aid, effective August 2008, at St. Lawrence
and seven other schools that compete in Division I in one or more sports.
Libraries Hours: During the spring semester, Owen D. Young (ODY) and
Launders Science libraries will observe the following regular hours:
8 a.m.-1 a.m. Monday-Thursday
8 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday
10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday
11 a.m.-1 a.m. Sunday
Hours during Spring Break are as follows:
Closed March 13-14
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 15-19
Closed March 20
2 p.m.-1 a.m. March 21
The schedule during the Study Recess and Final Exams is:
8 a.m.-1 a.m. April 30 and May 1
8 a.m.-2 a.m. May 2
8 a.m.-2 a.m. May 3-7
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. May 8
Fitness Classes: The Spring 2004 Session I Fitness Class calendar is posted on the Fitness Club Web site, http://www.stlawu.edu/sports/fitness%20center/multipurpose%20sp%2004.html. Classes begin January 26 and will run for six weeks, ending the week of March 5. New classes this spring: Intermediate Line Dancing, Step Aerobics, ClimbinGroovin, Snowshoeing, Cross-Country Skiing. For information: Julie Johnson, 5368 or jjohnson@stlawu.edu.
Lunch Bunch: Laurentian Women's Association Lunch Bunch meets on the first Wednesday of each month in the E.J. Noble University Center Formal Lounge. Dates for the spring semester are February 4, March 3, April 7 and May 5. Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781.
Retirees Luncheons: University retirees gather on the second Tuesday
of each month in the E.J. Noble University Center Formal Lounge for lunch.
Dates for the spring semester are February 10, March 9, April 13 and May 11.
At the February 10 meeting, Sally Vrooman will speak about the Liberty Partnership
Program, in which she is involved. 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 in the human
resources office or at www.stlawu.edu/resources/job.html. If a deadline is
not given, review begins upon receipt of applications.)
Dining Services: Unit manager, February 9. Education: Assistant/associate professor of educational administration, March 15.
Achievements
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ning Gao has been awarded
a $15,000 grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
to study the air quality of the Lake Champlain Basin. The grant will be used
to cover the costs of research, including undergraduate student research assistants
and summer interns.
Chapin Professor of Geology and Mineralogy Mark Erickson and two
of his former students, Booth Platt Jr. '00 and Douglas H. Jennings '93,
are co-authors of the article "Holocene Fossil Oribatid Mite Biofacies
as Proxies of Paleohabitat at the Hiscock Site, Byron, New York" in the
Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Vol. 37 (2003). The research
was completed with support from the James S. Street Student Geology Fund.