St. Lawrence University: St. Lawrence Magazine





Table of Contents "I Know I Have Changed": Encounters with Zen in Japan By Camelback to Timbuktu The Seasons Come and Go: Impressions of a Peace Corps Tenure in Ghana Summerterm in Nepal: More Than They Bargained for To Russia, With Love Learning Outside the Classroom: The FTAA Protests in Quebec City "Yon ti dlo fret" (A Little Cold Water) Student Initiative Memories of Afghanistan Laurentians in the Peace Corps SLU International Programs Alumni Accomplishments Class Notes Magazine Cover	Laurentians in the Peace Corps According to information supplied by the Peace Corps, St. Lawrence is tied for ninth among all small colleges and universities supplying volunteers in 2000-01. As of June 2001, indicates the Corps, the following St. Lawrence alumni were serving: Christopher M. Burns '95 Ghana Forestry Frederick H. Hobbs III '95 Paraguay Agriculture and Forestry Extension Heather E. Patt '96 Madagascar Parks and Wildlife Jennifer L. Martin '96 Vanuatu High School Science Teaching Jeffrey M. Guillemette '98 The Philippines Community Services Harald Knudsen '98 Estonia High School English Teaching Michelle R. Alexander '98 Bulgaria Community Services Abigail J. Stamm '99 Malawi Parks and Wildlife Rebecca J. Watters '99 Mongolia Environmental Education Jamie M. Olson '99 Haiti Agriculture and Forestry Extension Tasha Hacker '99 Russia High School English Teaching Catherine M. Banks '99 Bulgaria Primary Education/Teacher Training Kathleen M. Barry '99 Ecuador Animal Husbandry Shannon B. Cornelius '00 Ghana Community Services According to information they gave their class reporter, these alumnae began Peace Corps service in Summer 2001: Allison P. Mills '00 Benin English Teaching Meredith A. O'Neil '00 Cameroon Community Health Education And, last but not least: Melissa A. Denchak '01 Caribbean or Latin America Business Development (country to be assigned) An article in the January 1965 St. Lawrence Bulletin, predecessor to this magazine, suggests that Laurentian loyalty to the Peace Corps is not a new phenomenon. The article, which covered Peace Corps director Sargent Shriver's address during a fall 1964 visit to campus, points out that St. Lawrence was "one of the most prolific producers of Peace corps volunteers among the nation's like-sized colleges and universities" and notes that 22 Laurentians were serving in 13 countries at the time. Peace Corps regulations prevent the Corps from releasing names of current or former volunteers without their specific consent; we encourage alumni who have served in the Peace Corps to inform us, at slualum@stlawu.edu.