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St. Lawrence University using $800,000 grant for new program aimed at second-year students

Posted 10/11/16

CANTON -- St. Lawrence University has been awarded a four-year grant totaling $800,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a new program aimed at enhancing the academic experience for …

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St. Lawrence University using $800,000 grant for new program aimed at second-year students

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CANTON -- St. Lawrence University has been awarded a four-year grant totaling $800,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a new program aimed at enhancing the academic experience for second-year students.

The grant will support the "Sophomore Journeys" program, which will offer a new series of second-year student seminars and courses that are linked to experiential learning opportunities, including internships, community outreach and summer research fellowships.

“This bold initiative’s guiding principles are grounded in several years of institutional self-reflection and research,” said President William L. Fox.

“Sophomore Journeys is a pivotal moment for St. Lawrence with tremendous potential to spark faculty creativity while also encouraging students to explore their interests and claim ownership of their academic and professional aspirations at a much earlier junction in their undergraduate careers.”

This is the third large award St. Lawrence has received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in the last five years. In 2012, St. Lawrence was awarded $700,000 to fund a five-year project called “Crossing Boundaries: Re-envisioning Humanities for the 21st Century,” which encouraged academic thinking across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

In 2015, Mellon awarded St. Lawrence $240,000 to fund Global Gateways, a program intended to foster a better transition to academic life in the United States for international students and create domestic student ambassadors who serve as conversation partners.

Mellon also awarded a $100,000 presidential discretionary grant in 2010 to launch the Innovation Grant program, which fund small-scale projects with immediate and positive effect on the quality of campus community life.