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  1. Student board game and chocolate wrappers

    The World According to Chocolate

    Deborah Dudley

    How the Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Research 
Grant was a passport to understanding everything.

  2. A group of Saint Lawrence University students use chalk and draw on a brown fence.

    Chalk-o-late: Chocolate Passport Project Creates Street Art

    Students in Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Sara Ashpoles' Environment & Chocolate First-Year Seminar recently shared their values surrounding food sovereignty and sustainability through on-campus street art created using chalk.

  3. Three students cheers their cups of hot chocolate in a ktichen.

    Renaissance, Reformation, and Medieval Chocolate

    In collaboration with the Chocolate Passport Project, students in Visiting Assistant Professor of History Carolyn Twomey's Renaissance & Reformation class took a delicious trip through time to create some early modern hot chocolate!

  4. A close up of Apothecary chocolate bars with fliers about chocolate and students in the background.

    For the Love of Chocolate: Hot Cocoa Tasting

    Members of the Chocolate Passport Project brought the St. Lawrence community together during a hot chocolate tasting on Friday, April 8.

  5. Three Students Secure Chocolate Passport Grants

    Three St. Lawrence students have secured Chocolate Passport grant funding to support projects examining sustainable cacao agroforestry, consumer responsibility, and medicinal and pharmaceutical uses of cacao.

  6. Up-close with a lot of red and brown M and Ms.

    Laurentian Makes a Sweet Donation

    After learning about the Chocolate Passport Project, Priscilla (Penny) Wightman ’74 was inspired to donate three boxes of books and resources about chocolate and sustainability to the St. Lawrence University Libraries. 

  7. A student, wearing a mask and disposable gloves, prepares a healthy meal with fresh veggies.

    St. Lawrence Earns Recognition for Environmental Initiatives, Sustainability Practices

    Two top-tier industry publications recently recognized St. Lawrence University’s efforts to make sustainability an integral practice in all aspects of campus life—from the residence halls to academic programs, transportation, and dining options.

  8. Chocolate ingredients

    Chocolate: The Unifying Element

    Nicole Stanton ’22

    Sustainability Program spearheads interdisciplinary exploration of chocolate through a Mars Corporation grant

  9. Up-close with a lot of red and brown M and Ms.

    Sustainability Program Receives Mars Wrigley Grant for Interdisciplinary “Chocolate Passport” Experience

    St. Lawrence University students interested in all things chocolate are now able to embark on a tasty year-long adventure that includes studying chocolate’s rich history and its impact on past and present culture thanks to a recent grant from Mars Wrigley, the world's leading manufacturer of chocolate, chewing gum, mints, and fruity confections.

  10. Chocolate Passport Project Attends Fall 2021 Club Fair

    During St. Lawrence’s fall 2021 club fair, St. Lawrence students involved with the Chocolate Passport Project connected with students, faculty, and staff about all things Chocolate Passport. Students...