This is SLC: Our College News

The St. Lawrence Experience Record (SER) made a significant debut last semester, and we're excited to continue celebrating student engagement and achievement across our campus communities! SER provides students with a formal record of their out-of-classroom involvement, offering recognition in five key areas: Experiences, Badges, Volunteer Hours, Club Memberships, and Learning Pathways. 

St. Lawrence College’s Integrated Mental Health Strategy (IMHS) core planning team members recently presented at the 2024 Higher Education Summit with a peer roundtable session focused on the strategy. As the first session of its kind at HES, it drew an engaged and diverse audience from across the sector, providing a platform to share two years of SLC’s strategic development and implementation insights. SLC's strategy aligns with the Post Secondary Mental Health Standards and the Okanagan Charter, reflecting the College's commitment to fostering well-being as a collective responsibility across the campus communities. 

Last week, at the Health Care Administration program's "Making a Health Care Impact: Community Project" Showcase, graduating students from the WORK 2005 Community Project course presented their incredible pharmacy policy onboarding tool to Weller pharmacy staff leads, Tarek Hussein, owner and Lead Pharmacist, and Tasha McDonald, Pharmacy team lead. 

With a $20,000 grant from the TELUS Ottawa and Eastern Ontario Community Board, through the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation, St. Lawrence College is expanding the Job Readiness Project, leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) technology to prepare students for high-pressure front-line roles in social and mental health services. This initiative addresses workforce shortages and high attrition rates in the Kingston area, where new graduates face overwhelming challenges transitioning from classroom learning to real-world crises.  

St. Lawrence College’s School of Business now offers fully online introductory business courses, perfect for working professionals or anyone looking to build specific skills, or work toward formal credentials at a flexible, manageable pace. Take an online evening course this January and start achieving your 2025 goals.