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Volume XIII No. 12
November 8, 2004
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Major Campus Events, 2004-05
•
Admissions Visit Days: Friday,
Nov. 12;
Saturday, Dec. 4
• Thanksgiving Break: Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 20-28
• Fall Semester Finals: Monday-Friday, Dec. 13-17
• Second Semester Begins: Monday, Jan. 17
•Alumni Council Winter Meeting: Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 3-6
•
Board of Trustees Meetings:
Feb. 24-26 and May 12-14
•Spring Break: Saturday-Sunday, March 12-20
• Scholar Days (Admissions): Monday, April 11; Monday, April 18
• Admitted Student Open Houses: Saturday, April 9; Saturday, April 16
• Moving-Up Day: Saturday, April 23
• Spring Semester Finals: Monday-Saturday, May 2-7
• Commencement Weekend: Friday-Sunday, May 13-15
• Alumni Reunion Weekend: Thursday-Sunday, June 2-5
Announcements
Lunch Bunch: Laurentian Women's Association Lunch Bunch meets one Wednesday
per month at noon in the Eben Holden Conference Room. Remaining date for
the fall semester is Dec. 8. 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 once a month in
the Eben Holden Conference Room. Remaining dates for the fall semester are
Nov. 9 and Dec. 15, at noon. At the Nov. 9 meeting Thomas Greene, Gaines
professor of psychology, will speak on “Participation and Green Design:
The New St. Lawrence Science Building.” Reservations must be made by
noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781, or Wanda Renick, 386-3474.
Achievements
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures Roseline
Tremblay's book, L’Écrivain imaginaire: essai sur le roman québécois,
1960-1995, is among the 68 finalists for the 2004 Governor General's Literary
Awards, among the most prestigious recognitions for literature in Canada.
The Canada Council for the Arts announced the finalists for the awards, in
English and in French, in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
drama, children's literature (text and illustration) and translation. Tremblay's
book is one of five nominated in nonfiction, French. The Canada Council for
the Arts funds, administers and promotes the Governor General's Literary
Awards, worth $15,000 each. Non-winning finalists will each receive $1,000
in recognition of their selection as finalists.
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.)
Arts/Academic Affairs: Director of the Center for Arts Technology, tenure
track
Caribbean and Latin American Studies and Native American Studies: Jeffrey
Campbell Graduate Fellowship
Chemistry: Assistant Professor, Inorganic, tenure track
Economics: Assistant Professor, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, tenure
track
Environmental Studies: Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies/Energy
Policy, one-year position
Fine Arts: 18th-Century/Modern/Contemporary Art History, Theory and Criticism,
tenure track
Psychology: Visiting Assistant Professor, Applied Social/Environmental Psychology;
Visiting Assistant Professor, Cross-Cultural Psychology
Speech and Theatre: Adjunct Instructor of Rhetoric & Public
Speaking