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  1. A photo of dozens of different countries' flags hanging up in the student center.

    World Topics, Up Close and Personal

    SARA NORBERG ’19

    St. Lawrence University’s Center for International and Intercultural Studies (CIIS) brings global issues to campus.

  2. A photo of an arpillera that features brightly colored houses and people.

    A Patchwork of Chilean History in ‘Arpilleras’

    CHLOE MITCHELL ’21

    Following a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet in 1973 that overthrew Chile’s democratically elected socialist government, Chilean women began to sew patchwork tapestries called arpilleras...

  3. International flags drape throughout the student center.

    St. Lawrence Recognized for Excellence in Internationalization

    St. Lawrence University has been named by NAFSA: Association of International Educators as one of eight higher education institutions receiving the 2018 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization.

  4. Student-Faculty Research Team Awarded Travel Grant

    A faculty-student team has been awarded funding to travel to and conduct research in Ghana this summer.

  5. Llorente Named as Associate Dean of CIIS

    St. Lawrence University has announced that Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures Marina Llorente will become the next Associate Dean for International and Intercultural Education. 

  6. Grant Awarded For Student-Faculty Research in South Africa

    In October 2015, students rallied outside government buildings across South Africa against proposed hikes in university fees. Earlier that year, using the social media hashtags #FeesMustFall and #RhodesMustFall, students protested against the statue of industrialist Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town, which had become a symbol of that nation’s colonial past and racial oppression.

  7. Schonberg Named New VP, Dean for Academic Affairs

    St. Lawrence University President William L. Fox ’75 announced today that Karl Schonberg will serve as the University’s next Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, effective July 1, 2016.

  8. Saint Lawrence University students study abroad in Denmark.

    Total Number of Students Studying Abroad Climbs

    With more than 75 percent of students studying abroad, St. Lawrence University continues to earn high marks among its peers for the nearly two-thirds of its students who study abroad at some point during their college experience, according to a recent report.

  9. Grant Helps Support Screenings of French Films

    Parlez-vous français? Whether you do or not, St. Lawrence University’s Modern Language and Literatures Department invites the campus and general public to attend several screenings of French films, including two films that will be shown during World Languages Week.