Why is St. Lawrence a University?
A University usually has more than one “college” under its auspices and/or offers graduate degrees. When St. Lawrence University was founded in 1856, it had two colleges-the Theology School and the College of Letters and Science. Over time, we have also had under our auspices a law school (in Brooklyn, N.Y.), an agriculture school and a second liberal arts campus, in Fort Plain, N.Y. Today’s St. Lawrence consists of the original College of Letters and Science and graduate programs in education, so the name fits.
