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concert for the Red Rose
School, a primary school in
Kenya founded by Kenya
National Assembly member
Ken Okoth ’01. Her goal
was to raise money for basic
school supplies and musi-
cal instruments to help the
school develop a creative arts
program. She plans to pursue
her Ph.D. in clinical psychol-
ogy and hopes to study music
therapy and its potential in
trauma work and recovery.
n
and music. She was a Tanner
Fellow recipient in 2012 and
used that funding to volun-
teer in a rural orphanage in
Dodowa, Ghana, for four
weeks, assessing the benefits
of music as a therapeutic tool
for addressing mental health
issues in orphaned children.
That’s when she experienced
how music can change chil-
dren’s lives.
In the fall 2013 semester,
Baier organized a benefit
recognize that ODK member-
ship is not only an honor, but
also an obligation and a privi-
lege to work together for the
betterment of our community
and ourselves,” she said. “My
success would not have been
possible without unwavering
support from my mentors,
colleagues and friends at
St. Lawrence.”
Baier, of Bow, N.H., gradu-
ated magna cum laude with
honors in both psychology
he 2013-14 president
of St. Lawrence’s
Omicron Delta Kappa
(ODK) circle has received the
most prestigious award given
to a student by the national
leadership honor society.
Allison Baier ’14 received
the General Russell E.
Dougherty National Leader
of the Year Award at the
honorary’s 48th biennial
national convention and
centennial celebration, in
June at Washington & Lee
University.With the honor
comes a $4,000 scholar-
ship that she can use toward
graduate-level study.
Baier said she was “deeply
humbled and honored” to
have been chosen for the hon-
or. “As the outgoing president
of St. Lawrence University's
Kalon-Kixioc Circle of Omi-
cron Delta Kappa, I spent the
year encouraging my peers to
T
Allison Baier ’14
Named ODK National
Leader of the Year
St. Lawrence
regrets the error.
A file conversion problem resulted in an error in the
printing of the Arabic headline on page 8 of the summer
St. Lawrence.
The headline, which translates to “Arabic
Over Lunch” and refers to Arabic language conversation
tables on campus, should read thus:
Penalty Box
well-known campus fixture honored
at ODK's national convention.
From St. Lawrence's Festival
of Science to an orphanage
in Ghana, Allison Baier has
already made her mark on
the world.
on social media
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