Holly Steuerwald ’89
Major: English
Profession: Director of Alumni Affairs, Albany Law School

 Alumni Council member Holly Steuerwald personifies the notion that the liberal arts prepares one for life-long learning. After graduating from St. Lawrence, she acquired her MA in education at St. Lawrence. She then went to Albany Law School and earned a law degree. Today, she is director of alumni affairs at Albany Law School, after taking ayear off to complete pre-requisite courses for a possible future career in veterinary science.

“I always loved horses,” she says. “One of the biggest reasons for my choosing St. Lawrence was its strong riding program. Back then I didn’t see my love for horses as something that could be transformed into a profession. Now I realize that it was St. Lawrence that gave me an opportunity to acquire skills in many fields and be able to transform them into any profession later on in life.”

Steuerwald is a firm believer in a liberal arts education, believing it provides a student with the quantity and quality of knowledge applicable to any field. It was at St. Lawrence that she developed her interest in education, leading her first positions in higher education.

“I’m happy to be able to consider something that I was interested in for many years,” Steuerwald says. “I am comfortable thinking about such a change mostly because the education that I received at St. Lawrence never limited me to one thing for my whole life. It opened the world of opportunities to me and gave me just enough preparation to pursue anything I want.”