St. Lawrence University

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St. Lawrence University

Latin: Universitas Sancti Laurentii
Motto	Fides et Veritas (Latin)
Motto in English	Faith and Truth
Type	Private liberal arts college
Established	1856; 168 years ago (1856)
Academic affiliations	NAICU CLAC Annapolis Group CIC
Endowment	$378.9 million (2023)[1]
President	Kathryn A. Morris
Academic staff	175 full-time
Undergraduates	2,089[2]
Postgraduates	79
Location	Canton, New York , U.S.
Campus	Rural, 1,000 acres (400 ha)
Colors	Scarlet and brown[3][4]
Nickname	Saints
Sporting affiliations	NCAA EISA Div I – ECAC Hockey Div III – Liberty League
Website	stlawu.edu

St. Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college in the village of Canton in St. Lawrence County, New York. It has roughly 2,100 undergraduate and 100 graduate students.

Though St. Lawrence today is nonsectarian, it was founded in 1856 by leaders of the Universalist Church, who were seeking to establish a seminary west of New England and were enthusiastically courted by the citizens of Canton. The church almost did not place the school in Canton, however, as they felt students might be exposed to too much "excitement" within the village limits in 1856. The denomination, which has since merged with the Unitarian faith, was part of the liberal wing of Protestantism, championing such ideas as critical thinking and sex equality — attributes that surfaced in the new Theological School of St. Lawrence University, which was progressive in its teaching philosophy and coeducational from the beginning.