This is SLC: Our College News

Thinking about attending college in the new year? There’s still time to apply to St. Lawrence College programs with a Winter 2026 intake.

The SLC Alumni holiday card series began in 2021 with a picturesque winter scene on the Cornwall campus, photographed by the Alumni and Donor Relations Officer and SLC alumna, Kris Ward. Seeing the success of featuring alumni artwork, we decided to make it an annual tradition and launched a holiday card contest in 2022, open to all alumni.   The winning image is used for a printed holiday card sent to select donors, alumni and college partners. The image is also shared in our alumni newsletter and digital holiday greeting. In the past two years, we received over 25 entries from 19 alumni and have showcased all entries in a social media campaign throughout the holiday season. This year’s winner is Snow-Carved Laneway, by Annie Dalton, Visual and Creative Arts – Fine Arts,1979. 

St. Lawrence College recently hosted HackSLC, its first-ever student-led hackathon, marking an exciting milestone for innovation and collaboration on campus. Organized entirely by students, HackSLC was designed to be more than a competition — it was a creative space for students across programs to innovate, design, build, and present real-world solutions beyond the classroom. 

Prospective students and their families at our Spring and Fall 2025 Open Houses experienced something extraordinary—live surgeries performed by our faculty and students.  This initiative showcases the hands-on learning that defines our Veterinary Technology and Veterinary Assistant programs. To make it meaningful for the community, the team partnered with local non-profit and charitable organizations to identify feline patients in need of spay or neuter procedures. 

In the Practical Nursing program, learning about the skeletal system recently took an unexpected twist. At the end of the unit, students walked into what looked like a crime scene—bones scattered across the room and fake police tape marking the perimeter. The surprise setup was designed to transform a routine review into an engaging, hands-on learning experience.