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St. Andrews President Paul Baldasare announced today that he plans to retire at the end of this academic year on May 31, 2020.  Baldasare is the first alumnus and the longest-serving President of St. Andrews.  He began his tenure as President in December 2006, prior to which time he served for nine years as the Vice President for Institutional Advancement.  He graduated from St. Andrews in 1977 and received his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School in 1981. During Baldasare’s presidency, St. Andrews: Completed a multi-year Share

Dear Students, St. Andrews is aware that the altered schedule for the 2018 fall semester may pose special challenges for some students. The schedule change is necessary first to ensure that you have the time to acquire the essential knowledge and skills that are an integral part of each of your courses, and second to meet federal Department of Education course credit requirements. In particular, the schedule change may pose some special challenges for international students who have already made long-distance travel arrangements – and perhaps for others as well.

Update: September 3rd, 2019 Based on the best information available from the National Hurricane Center, the ultimate path and intensity of Hurricane Dorian as it moves up the east coast still remains uncertain at this time.  In an abundance of caution, we have decided to cancel classes on the St. Andrews campus in Laurinburg on Thursday (9/5) and Friday (9/6).  Classes on Wednesday (9/4) will be on the normal schedule through 3:00pm.  All missed classes on Thursday and Friday will be made up on two Saturdays later in the fall

[Note:  The following release comes from the Chatham County Schools where SA alum Sarah Threatt ’17 is now teaching third grade at Siler Elementary.  She is the district’s nominee for the inaugural North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Beginning Teacher of the Year Award.  The release is printed with permission.] SILER CITY — There was a point during this past school year when some of the third-graders in Sarah Threatt’s classroom hadn’t quite figured out the very handy negotiating tool of disagreeing agreeably. Becky Lane was in the room taking notes. It

St. Andrews University campus-wide Opening Convocation will be held in Harris Courts, Aug. 27, beginning at 11 a.m. The event is for all new and returning students, faculty and staff.  St. Andrews also welcomes community members to attend.  New first year and transfer students will be part of the signing of the Community Honor Code Ceremony. Dr. Edna Ann Loftus, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean, University Marshal Dr. David Herr and Mr. Loren Cornish, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, will have representative parts in Convocation. Student Government Association president Nathaniel

Belk Tower to be torn down The most visible and recognizable structure on the St. Andrews campus is the Katherine MacKay Belk Bell Tower that is next to the causewalk, half way between the residential and academic sides of Lake Ansley C. Moore.  Last September during Hurricane Florence, the tower was severely damaged and now poses a significant safety risk. Based upon strong recommendations from the architects, engineers and safety inspectors, the tower poses such a significant safety risk that it must be torn down as soon as possible and then reconstructed using a