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Volume XII No. 30
April 26, 2004
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Major Campus Events, 2003-04
(Weekends unless noted)
·Moving-Up Day: April 24 (For information:
5757)
·Board of Trustees Meetings: May 13-15
(For information: 5585)
·Commencement Weekend: May 14-16 (For
information: 5585)
·Reunion Weekend: June 3-6 (For information:
5904)
Announcements
In Memory: L.M. Flint Professor of Fine Arts Elizabeth L. Kahn passed away
on April 21, 2004. An art historian, she joined the faculty in 1978; she was
the author of two books and a chapter of the 1997 anthology Modernism,
Gender and Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach. In 1986, she delivered the Frank
P. Piskor Lecture on “Your Home Isn’t Safe Anymore: The Cubist
House and the French Decorative Arts of 1912,” and in 1987 she co-directed
the St. Lawrence Festival of the Arts on the topic “Art and the Vietnam
Era: The Politics of Memory.” Memorial gifts may be made to the Elizabeth
Louise Kahn Scholarship Fund, c/o Development Office, or to Hospice of St.
Lawrence County, PO Box 469, Potsdam, NY 13676.
Libraries Hours: Owen D. Young (ODY) and Launders libraries will operate on the following schedule from May 9 through the summer:
May 9-31
Sunday, May 9: Closed
Monday-Friday, May 10-14: 8:30- a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 15: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 16: ODY 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Launders closed
Monday-Friday, May 17-21: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, May 22-23: Closed
Monday-Friday, May 24-28: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday-Monday, May 29-31: Closed
Summer Session, June 1-August 6
*Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.
Saturday, 10:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
*Sunday, 1:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
ODY 24-Hour Room open
*Sunday-Monday, July 4-5: Closed, except ODY 24-Hour Room
August 7-25
Saturday-Sunday, August 7-8: Closed
Monday-Friday, August 9-13: 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, August 14-15: Closed
Monday-Friday, August 16-20: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, August 21-22: Closed
Monday-Wednesday, August 23-25: 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Marathon: Interested runners may still register for the Canton-St. Lawrence University Marathon (including a full marathon, a half-marathon, a 5K run and a walk), which takes place on Saturday, May 1. For registration and other information: Bill Burns, wburns@stlawu.edu.
Jack Taylor Award Nominations: The John P. "Jack" Taylor Distinguished
Career Service Award is given periodically to recognize distinguished service
to the University by an administrator who has worked at St. Lawrence for
a minimum of 12 years and who sustains the high standards of performance
exemplified by Jack Taylor's long and distinguished service as director of
dining services. Its purpose is to recognize devotion to students and workmanship
of high quality in a well-respected member of the campus community. Nominations
should be sent to President Sullivan by May 10. The following list of those
administrative staff eligible to be nominated excludes the president and
senior staff, professional librarians (who are faculty), faculty who are
currently administrators but still have faculty status, and previous award
recipients.
Alger, Mr. Kenneth D.
Almasian, Ms. Alison
Atkins, Ms. Cynthia Y.
Bishop Jr., Mr. Winfred E.
Boak, Mrs. Kathy D.
Budd, Mrs. Carol A.
Burdick, Dr. Neal S.
Collins, Ms. Janet N.
Cornwell, Ms. Marguerite Kelsey
Coviello, Mr. Ted O.
Crawford, Mr. Charles A.
Cypert, Ms. Susan M.
Davis, Mr. Rance
Doyle, Ms. Macreena A.
Dudley, Ms. Martha
Durocher, Mr. Robert A.
Farmer, Mrs. Patricia J.B.
Feickert, Mr. Peter D.
Filippi, Ms. Carolyn R.
Fitzgerald, Ms. Kathleen
FitzRandolph, Mr. Robert D.
FitzRandolph, Ms. Lois Ann
Flanagan, Mr. Paul J.
Friot, Mr. Terry S.
Froats, Mr. Earl H.
Grembowicz, Ms. Frances
Howard, Mr. Michael P.
Jacoby, Mrs. Kelly J.
Johnson, Mr. Walter H.
Kotz, Mrs. Marlene R.
LaBrake, Mr. Randolph W.
Larrance, Ms. Anneke J.
Larrance, John C.
Lawson, Ms. Mela A.
Marsh, Mr. Joseph A.
Miller, Mr. Jeffrey R.
Miller, Ms. Melissa A.
Mitchell, Mr. Lawrence G.
Ozols, Ms. Ruta
Parks, Mr. Richard A.
Patterson, Mr. Paul W.
Patterson, Ms. Roxanne P.
Phillips-Farley, Dr. Barbara
Robertson, Ms. Tracy L.
Rocco, Ms. Ellen J.
Sauter, Ms. Jacqueline
Sauter, Mr. Robert G.
Schwartz, Dr. Virginia B.
Scott, Mr. Richard B.
Smith, Ms. Martha Foley
Tedford, Ms. Catherine
Townsend, Ms. Anna Marie
Waske, Mr. Ronald John
Williams, Mr. Ralph H.
Library Prizes: Friends of the Owen D. Young and Launders
Libraries sponsor the following prizes for student work. Two Samuel Johnson Bibliography
Prizes are awarded for the best undergraduate bibliographies in support
of (1) a research paper, and (2) an honors thesis submitted for St. Lawrence
courses during the 2003-2004 academic year. Entries must be submitted to
Bart Harloe, ODY Library, by 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 30. The Josephine Mentley
St. Lawrence and North Country Studies Award goes to the creator of
a paper or project completed in the 2003-2004 academic year, regardless of
discipline, that focuses on topics or issues relating to St. Lawrence history
or to the North Country. Entries (which become the property of ODY Library)
must be submitted to Theresa O’Reilly in ODY Library by 4:30 p.m., Friday,
April 30. For criteria, prizes and other information: 5454.
Lunch Bunch: Laurentian Women's Association Lunch Bunch
meets on the first Wednesday of each month in the Eben Holden Conference
Room (note new location). Remaining date for the spring semester is May 5.
Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams,
386-8781.
Retirees Luncheons: University retirees gather for lunch on the second Tuesday of each month in the Eben Holden Conference Room (note new location). Remaining date for the spring semester is May 11. Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781, or Wanda Renick, 386-3474.
Achievements
John B. Linsley ’04, of Topsfield, Mass., has been awarded a Fulbright-Hayes
Group Projects Abroad scholarship for intensive Swahili, allowing him to
participate in the prestigious program's summer component directed by the
African Studies Institute of Georgia. Linsley is one of only three undergraduates
to be awarded funding; the additional 14 participants are currently in graduate
programs. In addition to studying Swahili in Tanzania, participants will
travel to places where Swahili is spoken, including Zanzibar and the historic
site of Bagamoyo, formerly one of East Africa's largest slave-trading depots.
Participants will also spend time living with host families who speak Swahili
as a first language.
Associate Professor of Mathmatics, Computer Science and Statistics
Duncan J. Melville has been named the Frank P. Piskor Faculty Lecturer for 2005.
Next spring, Melville will deliver a lecture on campus on the topic "Teaching
and Learning Mathematics in Mesopotamia."
This year’s retirees and employees observing various anniversaries of service to the University were honored at a reception on Wednesday, April
21. Recognized were:
40 Years
Elaine White, Student Life
35 Years
Sally Burwell, Dining & Conference Services
Terry Chase, Facilities Operations
Robert DeGraaff, English
David Hornung, Biology
Ruth Kreuzer, Modern Languages
Clayton Richards, Facilities Operations
Clara Simmons, Facilities Operations
Rosemary Taylor, Biology
30 Years
Duane Clookey, Facilities Operations
Earl Froats, Facilities Operations
Lawrence Goolden, Facilities Operations
Linda Wilson, Dining & Conference Services
Darrell Maloney, Facilities Operations
Donna Mattice, Dining & Conference Services
Michael Roach, Facilities Operations
Lon Rosenbarker, Facilities Operations
Ronald Schofell, Dining & Conference Services
Deborah Sheldon, Dining & Conference Services
James Wallace, Psychology
25 Years
Lee Alger, Alumni & Parent Programs
Deborah Bishop, First-Year Program
Kelly Jacoby, NCPR/WSLU-FM
Gary Gonyea, Facilities Operations
Margery James, Library
Brenda Newman, Dining & Conference Services
David Richardson, Economics
Sandra Tyo, Facilities Operations
20 Years
Nancy Alessi, Environmental Studies / Canadian Studies
Robert Blewett, Economics
Carol Budd, Biology
Renee Dominie, Library
Peter Feickert, Finance
Carolyn Filippi, Registrar’s Office
Ellen Galo, Chemistry / Physics
Joseph Kling, Government
Harlan Lowry, Dining & Conference Services
Joseph Marsh, Intercollegiate Athletics & Recreation
Ronald Sigmundi, Psychology
Ronald Waske, Intercollegiate Athletics & Recreation
15 Years
Cynthia Atkins, Dining & Conference Services
Melissa Burchard, Library
John Bursnall, Geology
Janet Collins, Advancement Services
Gayle Fobare, Dining & Conference Services
Kirk Fuoss, Speech & Theatre
Loraina Ghiraldi, Psychology
Craig Goodspeed, Facilities Operations
Michael Greenwald, Religious Studies
Timberly Hewitt, Co-Curricular Education & Programming
Steven Horwitz, First-Year Program / Economics
Marlene Kotz, Biology
Kim Mooney, Psychology
Beverly Odendahl, Facilities Operations
Ruth Perry, Facilities Operations
James Shuman, Education
Catherine Tedford, Brush Art Gallery
Anne Townsend, Volunteer Center
Vernon Trudell, Facilities Operations
10 Years
Erin Basford, Religious Studies / Chaplain’s Office
Maegan Bos, Mathematics, Computer Science, & Statistics
Yoko Chiba, Modern Languages
Sharon Cota, Dining & Conference Services
Laura Hamilton, Dining & Conference Services
Bart Harloe, Library
Patricia Munt, Library
Derek Ober, Facilities Operations
Nancy Pierce, International Studies
Steven Richards, Dining & Conference Services
Phil Royce, Outdoor Program
Jeremy Scovil, Facilities Operations
Angela Stiles, HEOP/CSTEP
Retirements
Guy Berard, Fine Arts
Fred Brousseau, Information Technology
Dorothy Fletcher, Dining & Conference Services
Beverly Grant, Facilities
Operations
Jacqueline Hayes, First-Year Program
Ruth Kreuzer, Modern Languages
Richard Perry, Anthropology
Elinore Rupp, Chemistry
John Rupp, Chemistry
Ruth Stokes, Education
Employees recognized for 25 years of service to St. Lawrence by President Sullivan, right, at a reception on April 21 were, from left, David Richardson, economics; Deborah Bishop, First-Year Program; Kelly Jacoby, North Country Public Radio; Sandra Tyo, facilities operations; Margery James, library; and Lee Alger, alumni and parent programs.
This year’s retirees
who were honored for their services by President Sullivan, right, at an
April 21 reception were, from left, Elinore Rupp, chemistry; Richard Perry,
anthropology; Jacqueline Hayes, First-Year Program; Guy Berard, fine arts;
Ruth Kreuzer, modern languages and literatures (Russian); John Rupp, chemistry;
and Ruth Stokes, education.