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  1. SLU Earns Top Rank Among Peace Corps Volunteering Schools

    Peace Corps has announced that St. Lawrence University ranked No. 1 among small-size schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019.

  2. Seven Saint Lawrence students.

    First Person: Finding Home

    EMMA STECHSCHULTE '19

    For the past four years, when asked where I go to college, the responses are the same. “Woah,” they’ll say getting wide-eyed, “You weren’t kidding when you said Upstate New York.” Nope, I wasn’t, but...

  3. Sarah Campbell, sitting at a desk, looks at a laptop with professor Michael Shuckers.

    First Person: Combining My Academic Passions into an SYE

    SARAH CAMPBELL '19

    “Hi, my name is Sarah and I’m a senior with a double major in English and Math.” This is usually my opening line as a tour guide in the Admissions Office as I begin a one-on-one tour with a...

  4. Several Saint Lawrence students, wearing professional attire, speak with an alumni during a networking event in Washington, D.C.

    SLU Earns Recognition for Alumni Network, Internships

    St. Lawrence University’s Alumni Network held onto its No. 3 position for a second year in a row in The Princeton Review’s most recent publication, The Best Value Colleges: 200 Schools with Exceptional ROI for Your Tuition Investment. The University also made its Top 25 list of Best Schools for Internships.

  5. A group of Saint Lawrence students, holding cardboard signs, march on campus. There is snow on the ground.

    First Person: Gettin' Green

    DANI LAIRD '20

    St. Lawrence has no shortage of crazy creative, passionate, and environmentally-conscious students, and any student can get involved by joining one of these student-run environmental organizations: 1...

  6. Saint Lawrence students learn in their outdoor geology class in Talcville, New York.

    First Person: Surviving an Outdoor Major as an Indoor Kid

    MADELEINE FRANK '19

    A ladybug scared me on the van ride back to St. Lawrence. To give myself some credit, there were multiple ladybugs and they were all very active. Every time I flinched, I apologized profusely to the...

  7. Jesse Meyer and Maddy Schumacher, holding a Saint Lawrence pennant, sit in a classroom. There are other students in the background.

    First Person: The Value of a Smile

    KATE SONGER '19

    I get asked all the time: “Why SLU?” “What made you decide to come here?” Quite frankly, I knew absolutely nothing about SLU when I decided that I wanted to come here. I didn’t know anything about...

  8. Six Saint Lawrence students attend a Saint Lawrence career connect event in San Fransisco, California.

    First Person: Advice from a 2018 Grad - How To Jump-Start Your Career at St. Lawrence

    JENNIFER KIM '18

    This blog was originally published on August 10, 2017. I have made some edits (italicized) to include tips on how to land a job as a recent graduate. Working in the Admissions Office at St. Lawrence...

  9. Saint Lawrence students, Elsa and Quinn, holding a red Saint Lawrence University flag, on the Har Ki Dun Trek.

    First Person: Two Snickers and a Vegetable Samosa

    QUINN DIBBLE AUDSLEY '20

    Have you ever had a gut feeling that things were about to go wrong? As if something just wasn’t lining up? Take that instinct, add 7,719 miles and a two-plane airport at the base of the Himalayas and...

  10. A group of Saint Lawrence students in the first-year program attend a picnic.

    First Person: How to Make the Most Out of Your First Year at SLU; To The Class of 2022

    LEARITZA TORRES '20

    1. You Don't Need to Have Your Major/Career Figured Out The beauty of going to a liberal arts school is you get to get a taste of every major. St. Lawrence offers so many interesting classes and one...