St. Lawrence University welcomed several St. Lawrence County students as members of the class of 2020, including:

• Elissa L. Baldwin of Ogdensburg. Baldwin attended Ogdensburg Free Academy.

• Mercedee L. Bigelow of Ogdensburg. Bigelow attended Lisbon Central School.

• Brandon R. Calton of Rensselaer Falls. Calton attended Hugh C. Williams High School.

• Gabriel D. Craig of Rensselaer Falls. Craig attended Hugh C. Williams High School.

• Ian Erlichman of Canton. Erlichman attended Hugh C. Williams High School.

• Jenna M. Fiacco of Norwood. Fiacco attended Norwood-Norfolk Central School.

• Marissa J. Foster of Ogdensburg. Foster attended Ogdensburg Free Academy.

• Garret Glasgow of Canton. Glasgow attended Hugh C. Williams High School.

• Nicholle L. Gotham of Gouverneur. Gotham attended Gouverneur High School.

• Kalie A. Grant of Potsdam. Grant attended Potsdam Central High School.

• Kiersten E. Larrabee of Canton. Larrabee attended Hugh C. Williams High School.

• Leah P. Livernois of Norwood. Livernois attended Norwood-Norfolk Central School.

• Dean S. Manley of Potsdam. Manley attended Potsdam Central High School.

• William J. Manory of Canton. Manory attended Tabor Academy.

• Molly A. McMasters of Canton. McMasters attended Hugh C. Williams High School.

• Alice Montroy of Canton. Montroy attended Hugh C. Williams High School.

• Frederic C. Nentwick of Gouverneur. Nentwick attended Gouverneur High School.

• Charles A. Nevin Jr. of Morristown. Nevin Jr. attended Morristown Central School.

• Matthew A. Ramm of Ogdensburg. Ramm attended Ogdensburg Free Academy.

• Cheryl T. Squires of Canton. Squires attended Madrid Waddington Central School.

• Isobel R. Sweeney of Norwood. Sweeney attended Norwood-Norfolk Central School.

• Nicholas D. Vielhauer of Ogdensburg. Vielhauer attended Ogdensburg Free Academy.

Approximately 570 students enrolled at St. Lawrence this fall, including 54 from 25 countries around the world, according to a press release from the university.

Fifty-five percent of students come from outside New York State, and 45 percent graduated in the top-10 percent of their high school class.

More than 90 percent participated in athletics in high school, 77 percent volunteered or were involved with community service, and 37 percent participated in the arts, the release said.

Each first-year student participates in St. Lawrence University's First-Year Program, one of the oldest “living-learning” programs in the country, designed to help students make successful transitions from high school to college, according to the release.

Students live together and are taught by faculty teams, developing the writing, speaking and research skills needed for college. Students continue to develop these skills in a spring First-Year Seminar.