Month: July 2021

In The News

Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On July 1, a story on KSAT-12 about the release of Bill Cosby with comment from OLLU professor Jiletta Kubena: 

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/01/san-antonio-nonprofit-law-professor-fear-bill-cosbys-release-will-deter-rape-survivors-from-seeking-help/

On June 29, a story in the Victoria Advocate about OLLU soccer player Kyleigh Spree- Kolos and her exceptional freshman season:  

https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/advosports/east-grad-spree-kolos-thriving-with-saints/article_70e7aa34-d399-11eb-b19a-3fd517cc9947.html

On June 28, a story in the Express-News about OLLU School of Business and Leadership adjunct professor La Juana Chambers Lawson and her devotion to serving others through her company Tacit Growth Strategies: 

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Heart-service-Tragedy-spurred-San-Antonio-16277526.php

McNair Scholars working hard in Summer Research Institute

Fourteen OLLU McNair Scholars are conducting rigorous work during a nine-week Summer Research Institute in preparation for the McNair Undergraduate Research Conference, which will be held virtually at UCLA July 27-30.

Since June 1, Scholars have been conducting primary or secondary research on a broad range of topics, spanning from humanities to laboratory research to STEM. 

The McNair Scholars Summer Research Institute is designed to equip the scholars with academic discourse, research experience, graduate school prep, GRE readiness, cultural programming, and professional development.

The McNair Scholars are: junior English major Marissa Antu; sophomore Psychology major Miguel Barrera; junior Criminal Justice major Claudia Garcia; junior Biology major Raul Gutierrez; junior Chemical Biology major Victoria Lambert; junior Psychology major Samantha Martinez; senior Spanish and Mass Communication double major Laura Miguel; junior Marketing major Melanie Padron; senior Communication Sciences and Disorders major Geslyn Rios; senior Psychology major Monzerrath Rodriguez; junior Psychology and Social Work double major Sheccid Rosales; junior Kinesiology major Kaitlyn Salazar; sophomore Chemical Biology major Kelly Salinas; and senior History major Adriana Valdez.  

The McNair Scholars Program is currently recruiting for the 2021-2022 cohort. If you are interested in learning more, visit https://ollusa.sharepoint.com/sites/McNairScholars.

Economics graduate accepted into master’s program at Texas A&M

Javier Miguel Segura (BA 2021) will attend Texas A&M to pursue a Master of Public Service and Administration with a concentration in analytical methods.

A San Antonio native and a McNair Scholar at OLLU, Segura aspires to use graduate studies to serve his hometown.

“After I earn my master’s,” he said, “I hope to work in my community in San Antonio — whether in economic development or in city governance.” 

An economics major, Segura said the community and relationships he forged at OLLU prepared him for graduate school.

“I would not have been able to absorb information and learn as well as I did at OLLU had it not been for the caring professors and small class sizes that created an intimate setting for knowledge to prosper,” he said. “The tight-knit community of OLLU allowed me to gain close relationships with faculty that guided me as I applied to graduate programs. The McNair Scholars program was also an integral component of my foundation in graduate-level studies.” 

Economics graduate accepted into globally-ranked university

Gustavo Lemos Borba (BA 2021) will attend Sweden’s Lund University, ranked No. 87 in QS World University Rankings for 22, to study Data Analytics and Business Economics.

“I am really happy to be accepted into such a prestigious university,” said Borba, who majored in economics at OLLU and was on the Saints men’s soccer team. “My studies in Sweden will start at the end of August and beginning of September. It is a one-year master’s program.”

Borba enrolled at OLLU in 2019 as a transfer from Dodge City Community College in Kansas. He said he owes a debt of gratitude to Michelle Avila, Associate Professor of Accounting, and Gultekin Gollu, Assistant Professor of Economics, for their support.

“I was lucky to have them as my professors,” he said. “They helped me a lot beyond the classroom with tips and recommendations for my master’s applications.

“The economics courses at OLLU helped me discover and understand the different tools economists use to analyze and predict the market’s behavior. They also opened my mind to the different pathways I could take with this degree.”