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Honor a special woman through the OLLU Mother’s Day Fund

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A gift to the OLLU Mother’s Day Fund is a special way to pay tribute to any extraordinary woman in your life – mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, teacher, etc. – while giving the gift of higher education to the next generation.

All gifts benefit the OLLU Annual Fund which supports student scholarships, technology, and more. Your support inspires OLLU students to discover their purpose and reach their fullest potential.

Mother’s Day Giving Levels:

  • Gifts of $250 or more*
    • Donor and Honoree will be acknowledged in the SA Express News (Sunday, May 12 issue), Today’s Catholic (Friday, May 24 issue), and listed on the OLLU website.*Gifts must be received by May 9, 2024, for public acknowledgement.
  • Gifts of $100-$249
    • Donor and Honoree names will be acknowledged on the OLLU website.

To give, click here:

https://securelb.imodules.com/s/888/lg21/form.aspx?sid=888&gid=1&pgid=1881&cid=5171

Students encouraged to ‘Get It Done by May 1’

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The Center for Student Involvement and Residence Life have partnered together to help all students “Get It Done By May 1!” Students are encouraged to get advised, register, apply for financial aid and select a payment plan option before depart campus for the summer.

Join the Center for Student Development and Residence Life for a series of events, beginning today with “Snack Pack Monday” from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Renaissance Parlor. Learn what you need to do in order to Get It Done!

In order to receive a Snack Pack, returning students must show proof of fall 2024 registration and FAFSA completion. Graduating students must show they have no holds.

For information about Tuesday and Wednesday events, see the flyer below. For questions, contact csi@ollusa.edu

Lavender graduation set for May 8

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The Alliance is hosting OLLU’s Lavender Graduation on May 8 from 6-8 p.m. in the Library Community Room to recognize the accomplishments of our LGBTQ+ students and allies graduating in spring 2024.

More about the history of the Lavender Graduation tradition can be found here.

Lavender Graduates will be recognized with a purple graduation cord to wear at commencement, as well as a certificate. The evening’s agenda includes heavy appetizers and dessert, music, inspirational speakers, and a special recognition ceremony for our graduates and their two invited guests (optional).

You must register as a Lavender Graduate by May 7 to earn your cord and certificate. Please use this RSVP link: https://ollusa.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0xO3xAM9xUvtaLk

Please send any questions to our event organizers, Madi Taber (mtaber@ollusa.edu) and Monica Castillo (mycastillo@ollusa.edu).

We look forward to celebrating with you!

Financial aid office working to expedite award notices

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The OLLU Financial Aid Office has finally started receiving FAFSA files from the federal government after a more than five-month delay. In order to help expedite the processing and presentation of financial aid awards, financial aid staff will not be able to meet with walk-ins or take appointments from 2-5 p.m. each day from today through Friday May 17.

Walk-ins and appointments will be available prior to 2 p.m. each day. This will allow staff focus time to process applications and create award packages as quickly as possible.

Constantin to receive Lifetime Achievement Award 

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Congratulations to OLLU Sports Information Director Patty Constantin! PRSA San Antonio is honoring her with the 2024 Tex Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award.

A public relations professional since 1986, Constantin has worked as an assistant editor for a Navy magazine in Washington, D.C., written for the Kelly Air Force Base newspaper and worked in public relations at the Institute of Texan Cultures and SeaWorld San Antonio. She began the sports information department at OLLU in 2006.

Three times she has been named Sports Information Director of the Year in the Red River Athletic Conference. Other honors include the Sea World Award for Creativity and Innovation in 2004, the PRSA Professional of the Year Award in 2011 and the OLLU Unsung Hero Award in 2012.

Dr. Friesenhahn publishes poems

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Earlier this month, Jacob Friesenhahn, PhD, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, published a poem titled “holy saturday” in As Surely As the Sun Literary Journal (Issue IV, April 2024).

This poem is about the dynamic of death/life we all experience. 

More recently, Dr. Friesenhahn published a poem titled “prediction” in The Big Window Review (April 19, 2024). This poem is about our attempts to face the future. A link to this poem is below:

Jacob Friesenhahn: “prediction” | THE BIG WINDOWS REVIEW

Baseball sweeps Xavier to end regular season

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The OLLU baseball squad swept Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) in a Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) three-game series this past weekend, 10-9, 8-4 and 12-2. 

The Saints finish the regular season at 27-22 overall and 16-14 in conference play. The Gold Rush are now 18-23 and 11-19 in the RRAC.

Head Coach Matt Piker said, “I’m very happy with getting the sweep this weekend. The team competed and fought very well. We weren’t very clean defensively in two out of the three games. The pitching staff gave the offense a chance, and the offense did a fabulous job executing. We have a quick turnaround and must get ready for the conference tournament. We’re excited to go to Sterlington next weekend and it should be a lot of fun.”

Women’s tennis ends season with loss to No. 3 ranked Xavier

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The OLLU women’s tennis team concluded the 2024 season last week with a 4-2 loss to Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) at the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Tournament. 

The Saints were the No. 4 seed while the Gold Nuggets were the No. 1 seed. The Saints finish 13-9 on the season while the Gold Nuggets improve to 20-5.

Selected to the All-Tournament Team were Lucia Popluharova and Millie Wileman.

Mille, Ossio earn women’s tennis All-Conference recognition

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OLLU women’s tennis players Alexandra Mille and Ana Ossio earned Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) All-Conference awards for the 2024 season. 

Mille was awarded Newcomer of the Year. She and Ossio were named to the Second Team. Mille also was recognized as a member of the Champions of Character Team. 

Mille and Ossio both won their singles matches in OLLU’s 4-0 victory over Louisiana Christian University in the quarterfinals last week. 

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