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  1. Two salmon boat fishers, wearing bright orange rubber jumpsuits, pull silver salmon our of a yellow net on the deck of a boat.

    Laurentians Inspire: Alaska Boat Captain Casts a Net on Sustainability

    This summer Jessica Normandeau ’15 set sail on her newest business venture: captain of a 32-foot vessel in Bristol Bay, Alaska. With grueling 18-hour workdays and a lot of creative problem solving, she’s part of a small percentage of women sustainably harvesting fish from the world’s largest, completely wild, sockeye salmon run.

  2. First-year students follow their Orientation Leader as they leave their Matriculation ceremony.

    St. Lawrence Welcomes Class of 2026

    The Class of 2026 are leaders in and out of the classroom. They’re artists and performers, entrepreneurs, athletes, and advocates. Even before they matriculated on August 21, 2022, they set the bar high for future Laurentians. They came to St. Lawrence with a cumulative four-year GPA of 92.3—a record for an incoming class.

  3. graphic of stock market data in range of colors

    Financing the Future

    Deborah Dudley

    St. Lawrence grant launches new Bloomberg Finance Lab

  4. Matt Kane and Ann Markes at Kilimanjaro in 1981.

    It Started With A Coup in Addis Ababa

    Deborah Dudley

    How Matthew Kane ’78 and Ann Markes ’79 Fell in Love with Africa

  5. Sara and Kate Holby.

    Tea Time

    Teal Borden ’22

    Building a sustainable family business with Kenyan connections.

  6. A large group of Saint Lawrence University alumni, wearing professional attire, stand in a group holding a scarlet and brown Saint Lawrence University flag.

    Alumni in Action-July 2022

    St. Lawrence graduates have a thirst for knowledge, are innovative problem-solvers, and make their communities, companies, and the world better places. This periodic roundup features Laurentians at the focus of news stories shared by and within their communities.

  7. Kimberly Pollack with Peace Corps in Mexico

    Service Oriented

    Deborah Dudley

    St. Lawrence Peace Corps Prep Certification Program expands on the Laurentian legacy of international service.

  8. A photo of students at a Peer Health Network tabling event.

    Students Increase Mental Health Resources On Campus Through Peer Health Network

    HANNAH PORTER '22

    SLU Peer Health Network helps open campus discussion around health and mental health, pushing for advocacy and change.

  9. Headshot of Caroline Fleischauer sitting on a leather chair in front of a bookcase.

    Empowering Students in Global Classrooms: Caroline Fleischauer ’15 Awarded Fulbright to Teach in Thailand

    Though it was practically predestined, Caroline Fleischauer ’15 didn’t come to St. Lawrence expecting to discover her passion for teaching. Education was always an important value in her family, but Fleischauer was uncertain if it was her calling, too.

  10. A black and white photo of Saints Women's Basketball huddled up on the sidelines of the court.

    St. Lawrence Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

    Madison Amico '22, Deborah Dudley, and Aaron Todd '00, M'06

    Dotty Hall, an influential coach, administrator, and teacher from 1968 until 2000, was on the vanguard of advancing women’s athletics at St. Lawrence before the enactment of Title IX, the watershed legislation that recognized gender equity in education as a civil right. On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, we’re celebrating Hall and her fellow coaches, athletes, and advocates who blazed the trail for women’s athletics at St. Lawrence.