St. Lawrence University

Educational Resources

Libraries

Robert Frost, Nathaniel Hawthorne; St. Lawrence University is part of ConnectNY, which provides students with access to five million books in New York.

• Member of library consortia.
• 985,948 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 16,775 current serial subscriptions.
• 596,095 microforms.
• 5,804 Audio/Visual items.
• 0 e-books.

Museums & Art

Brush Art Gallery, 7,000-piece collection

Computing

Requirements

• Students are not required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 325 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
• 15 Internet connections in libraries.
• 0 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 244 Internet connections in Laboratories.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are permitted.
• Online class registration is available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, women's center, health service, health insurance

Counseling

career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 99% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• 37% of housing units are Singles.
• 43% of housing units are Doubles.
• 11% of housing units are Triples.
• 9% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 28 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 11% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 90% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Residency of the Shenandoah Shakepeare company; Festival of Science; Moving Up Day; 100th Night; Piskor Lecture; Convocation; Alexander String Quartet residency;
• Student activities: choral groups, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 125 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa, honor societies for Anthroplogy, biology, chemistry, economics, English, fine arts, French, German, government, Greek; societies, history, mathematics, music, phsyics, psychology, religious studies, sociology, Spanish, speech, theatre arts,
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Jewish Student Union, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Newman Club;
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Black Student Union, Native American Student Organization, An Hispanic Organization Raising Awareness, Asian Students Association
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) More than 100 other student organizations
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Hill News (weekly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Ottawa, Ontario (60), Syracuse, NY (120)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Syracuse (120)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Canton (1)
• Public transportation does not serve the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 50% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 38% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,110
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 2 fraternities
• 2 fraternity houses
• 8% of students are fraternity members
• There are 4 sororities
• 4 sorority houses
• 21% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Clarkson University)
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Clarkson University)

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited