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he served as a customer
service representative intern
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the January break in 2011.
He commuted more than
an hour each way from his
home in Harrisville, N.Y. Afterward,
Higgins says he was able to “con-
nect Ethan to a summer opportunity
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insurance carrier who
may provide a career
opportunity” after
Avallone graduates.
“Ed provided me
with valuable advice
about the importance
of continuing educa-
tion throughout my
life,” Avallone says.
“He places great
value on insurance education for his
employees.”
“Helping add even one more tal-
ented person to the insurance industry
for tomorrow is a more valuable con-
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observes.
—Haley Bourke ’12
support the kind of high-impact learning
that helps prepare graduates for successful
careers and lives.
St. Lawrence also will seek to increase
opportunities for alumni to serve as
admissions ambassadors as the University
reaches into new markets for students,
another goal of the Strategic Map.
Achieving these and other goals of the
Strategic Map will require building on the
generous giving of alumni and others. “We
will develop fresh fundraising initiatives,”
the map continues, “to broaden participa-
tion and giving and to develop the next
generation of St. Lawrence philanthropic
traditions to support our highest ambi-
tions.”
The Alumni Executive Council
endorsed the Strategic Map and its “call
for institutional commitment to alumni
engagement in particular” with a resolu-
tion at its October meeting: “The map’s
plans to enhance alumni engagement with
St. Lawrence through volunteerism and
philanthropy affirm the mission and work
of the Alumni Executive Council to lever-
age the essential resources our graduates
bring to bear.”
The Strategic Map may be viewed at
www.stlawu.edu/strategicmap.
Ed Higgins ’68 admits that
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themselves in the insurance
industry today get there by
chance—a path he seeks to
change.
What sets insurance apart from oth-
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dous need, and equally tremendous
opportunities, according to Higgins,
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Agency in Clayton, N.Y. “Many
industries are in danger of collapsing
under pressures of the global econo-
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is never going away.”
For eight years, Higgins, a psychol-
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with career services to provide SLU
students valuable internships exposing
them to the insurance realm. “As an
agency with state-of-the-art technol-
ogy, we can provide insight into the
work environment of insurance opera-
tions in the most progressive organiza-
tions, and also help students identify
career opportunities,” he says.
Ethan Avallone ’12 seized the
opportunity available to him when
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Career Advisor
Cring worked in St. Law-
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before moving to Cleve-
land, where she served the
Hathaway Brown School
as director of community
relations and Middle School
admissions for seven years.
“I decided to volunteer for SLU
because when I was working in ad-
missions I ran the Alumni Volunteer
Network,” she says. “I knew the value
and importance of having alumni
represent the school in other areas of
Nicole Parisian Cring ’91 says she vol-
unteers for St. Lawrence as a Lauren-
tian Admissions Associate throughout
the United States to give back to the
undergraduate institution that gave so
much to her.
She explains that since she gradu-
ated, she has lived in Cleveland, Ohio;
Charlotte, N.C.; Evansville, Ind.; and
Acton, Mass., working on and off as
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N.Y., native now lives in Pleasanton,
Cal., with her husband and their two
children.
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Nicole Parisian Cring ’91
Coast-to-Coast Admissions Volunteer
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increasing importance as St.
Lawrence expands its search
for talented students, a goal
of the Strategic Map.
Cring says she likes vol-
unteering for SLU because
she wants to remain connected to the
University. “I loved my time at St.
Lawrence and wanted to give back to
the SLU community, which has always
been so generous to me,” Cring says.
—Renee Hilbrunner ’12
Giving