Month: January 2017

There will be a campus-wide active shooter drill on the San Antonio campus tomorrow, beginning at 10:30 a.m.

During the drill, students, faculty and staff will be asked to shelter in place as if a real emergency were taking place. Doors with swipe-card access will be locked and messages will be broadcast through office phones, speakers and via text messages and emails.

Prior to the drill, a message will go out indicating that a test is about to take place. During the drill, actual emergency messages will be used to simulate a real emergency. The emergency messages will be repeated multiple times. The OLLU Communications Office also will communicate through official OLLU social media channels.

There are signs in classrooms that provide information about what to do in various emergency situations. During the drill, hall monitors will be located throughout classroom and office buildings observing student, faculty and staff responses to provide feedback for future emergency drills.

For more information related to the drill and tips for sheltering in place, visit www.ollusa.edu/alert.

Click here to view training video with important tips regarding an active shooter situation.

The Congregation of Divine Providence will have elections for its new leadership team, Feb. 3-4. There will be no papal white smoke, but there will be a ringing of the special-occasion bell in the Sacred Heart Chapel steeple. Listen for the bell Friday between 3-4 p.m. for the election of the Superior General. The bell will ring again for the election of the three council members on Saturday around noon.

The newly elected Sisters will replace council members, Sister Lourdes Leal, Sister Helen Marie Miksch and Sister Antoinette Billeaud, as well as the Superior General, Sister Ann Petrus, as they complete their term of service in June.

Malcolm Ree, PhD, OLLU’s 2016-2017 Moody Professor, will present his public lecture, “Statistical Failures of Why I Didn’t Get the Expected Results,” tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in Main Building, Room 311.

Dr. Ree joined the OLLU Leadership Studies faculty in 1998. He currently teaches research methods and statistics classes and has published more than 75 articles in referred journals, several book chapters and is on the editorial board of several professional journals.

During his lecture, Dr. Ree will discuss the statistical artifacts he has experienced throughout his four decades of research and how to rectify those artifacts or to account for them when making inferences.

The Moody Professorship is a shared program with the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW). It was established in 1971 through a gift from the Moody Foundation of Galveston. It provides two endowed professorships each year—one at OLLU and one at UIW. Moody professors from both universities present lectures on each campus.

There will be an active shooter drill on the OLLU San Antonio campus this semester. The date and time will be announced shortly before the drill.

During the drill, students, faculty and staff will be asked to seek shelter and protection as if a real emergency were taking place. Doors with swipe-card access will be locked and messages will be broadcast through office phones, speakers and via text and email messages.

Prior to the drill, a message will go out indicating that a test is about to take place. During the drill, actual emergency messages will be used to simulate a real emergency. The emergency messages will be repeated multiple times. The OLLU Communications Office also will communicate through Facebook and Twitter during the drill.

Facilities Management staff will be hanging signs in classrooms this week that provide information about what to do in various emergency situations. During the drill, hall monitors will be located throughout classroom and office buildings observing student, faculty and staff response and provide feedback for future emergency drills.

OLLU is hosting its first-ever 5K Confetti Run and Walk on Saturday, April 1, 2017, on campus. The family-friendly event will include the race in addition to crafts, balloon art, an Easter egg hunt, pictures with the Easter Bunny and other activities. Participants will receive a T-shirt, customized bib, finisher medal and drawstring bag.

For more information or to register for the race, visit www.ollusa.edu/5K. OLLU students, faculty and staff can register for the race at a discounted rate of $15. Email Liz Longoria at elongoria@ollusa.edu to receive a promo code for the discount.