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  1. An image of paper printed with images of hands and upwards pointing arrows.

    The Peace of Paper

    MADELEINE NASCH ’20

    Peace Paper Project inspires students to use paper for activist art

  2. Faculty member and students doing field work

    Anthropology Prof., Students Exhume Skeletal Remains in Heuvelton

    When the Village of Heuvelton began a project to replace its existing water tower, construction crews stumbled onto something rather unexpected: skeletal remains. That’s when St. Lawrence University’s Mindy Pitre, associate professor of anthropology and J. Ansil Ramsay Professor of Public Health, received a call from the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department.

  3. A photo of Professor Schems holding an educational sign in front of field and farmland.

    Professor Relays a Black History of the North Country

    RYAN DEUEL

    Professor Melissane Parm Schrems rediscovers and shares the history of African ties in the North Country that often goes unknown.

  4. A photo of the ceiling of Gunnison chapel.

    A Spirited Bunch

    The Rev. Janet Legro '85

  5. A photo of women's lacrosse players lined up with young community members.

    Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day

    CARLY STINE ’15

    Honoring the tradition started by tennis legend and activist Billie Jean King in 1974, St. Lawrence University student-athletes hosted their fifth annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day event on April 13.

  6. A photo of St Lawrence and Canton Central School students outside of a vibrantly colored mural.

    Creative Combination

    MORGAN BRASHEAR '19

    “Sometimes we discount youth, when really they have powerful thoughts and awesome ideas,” says Jessica Sierk, assistant professor of education at St. Lawrence. “Our youth can be change agents in our community.”

  7. A photo of Ted Higgins and peers smiling around the sign to the Higgins Brothers Surgicenter for Hope

    Fostering the Next Generation of Care at Home and Away

    KATE PALMER '19

    Surgeon Edward “Ted” Higgins ’71 creates a growing partnership with Haiti one visit at a time.

  8. A photo of a stained glass window found in Atwood Hall Chapel of a single candle.

    Jack of All Trades

    The Rev. David Weissbard '62

  9. A watercolor illustration of the globe with a peace corps logo that has arrows pointing all across the world.

    SLU Earns Top Rank Among Peace Corps Volunteering Schools

    ANNA SODERBERG ’20

    St. Lawrence University remains one of top small schools whose students join Peace Corps

  10. A photo of Kappa Delta Sigma alum all wearing the same shirts posing as dozens of balloons float above them.

    Taking a Stand

    The Founding of Kappa Delta Sigma