This is SLC: Our College News

SLC Chef Professor Ryan Brown recently spent three days of intensive learning with Toronto artisan chocolate maker, ChocoSol, which will hopefully be the start of a new culinary partnership at the College.

SLC Nursing professors Karin Zekveld and Dr. Renee Berquist have had their research published as the featured article for July in the AORN Journal, an academic journal dedicated to perioperative nursing. Their article, "Perioperative Nurse Recruitment: An OR Placement Program for Fourth-Year Nursing Students in Ontario,"  discusses SLC’s placement program for undergraduate students with local hospitals to enhance training in operating room procedures, and its success in SLC grads being hired.

The impact of donations on our students’ lives is immeasurable. Every year Alumni and Development reports on the donations and support received in the College’s Annual Report and highlights the impacts the generosity of SLC employees, retirees, alumni, and friends, as well as community organizations and industry, have on SLC students through philanthropy.

Emancipation Day is an important day to reflect, educate yourself, and engage in the ongoing fight against anti-Black racism and discrimination in all its forms. Take time to learn about the history of enslavement in Canada. Join local community events to participate in this day of reflection. If you are able the City of Kingston has a listing of events taking place throughout the day.

St. Lawrence College will soon bring a new academic offering to the Cornwall campus thanks to a partnership with ZipGrow Inc. A Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) program will be available to students from September 12 - November 4, 2022, to help prepare individuals for employment in the agricultural technology sector as it pertains to greenhouses, and indoor farms growing food, pharmaceutical, and alternative crops.