This is SLC: Our College News

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.

SLC's Human Resources programs hosted a semester-end celebration honouring the achievements of students across the Business – Human Resources Diploma, the Business Administration – Human Resources Advanced Diploma, and the Human Resources Management Graduate Certificate Program. This event brought together a vibrant community of students, alumni, HR practitioners, placement supervisors, faculty, and special guests, demonstrating the strong ecosystem that supports the development of future HR professionals. 

Scott Maybee, faculty member in Professional Services and Innovation, has published a research paper on team-based creative thinking in the Creativity Research Journal, a leading peer-reviewed global publication focused on the study of creativity.  The research, titled "Supporting Creative Thinking Using Online Peer Assessment: Student Perceptions and Team Processes in Higher Education," was conducted in collaboration with scholars from Queen's University and the University of Toronto Scarborough. Scott was the lead researcher on the project, which marks an important contribution to understanding how educators can support student creative processes as they share, build, and develop ideas in teams.