OLLU will celebrate the new academic year with the annual Spirit Day Mass on Thursday, September 11, 2025, at 11 a.m. in Sacred Heart Chapel. During the celebration, we will also be recognizing and blessing our OLLU Dance Team, Cheer, and Drumline, who made school and national history, bringing home the 2025 NCA NAIA Game Day Division National Championship.
During Spirit Day, OLLU joins more than 200 Catholic universities across the nation in celebrating the tradition of calling on the Holy Spirit to bless the academic year. In addition, faculty and staff who are celebrating 10+ years of service to the university will be recognized. They have contributed a collective 190 years of service to OLLU and its students.
This year’s Spirit Day honorees are:
- Farias, Louis – General Maintenance Journeyman (45 years)
- Alvarado, Dominga C – Director of Disbursements (35 years)
- Gomez, John P – Professor of Psychology (25 years)
- Nino, Nikki M – Student Support Specialist (20 years)
- Delgado, Melissa – Registrar (20 years)
- Ibarra, Stella C – Student Employment Assistant (15 years)
- Ramirez, Elena C – Financial Aid Counselor (10 years)
- Mendez, Darian G – Graduate Admissions Specialist (10 years)
- Hernandez, Naomi A – Associate Clinical Professor (10 years)
Classes are dismissed from 10:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. on Spirit Day to allow the community to attend this celebration.