The stresses of tax season are upon us, but luckily, we have VITA, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program!
VITA provides free tax preparation for lower income families – those who earn up to $60,000 – in San Antonio and Bexar County.
If you or someone you know can use this assistance, please call 2-1-1 to find a location. For more information about VITA as a resource, here and more information about volunteering with VITA, here.
Adult Training for Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) will be held via Zoom on Saturday from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. via Zoom. MHFA training teaches participants how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults. Join the MHFA family and become certified as a Mental Health First Aider to make a difference.
To register, get links and obtain more information, contact Grazia Acosta at gracosta22sp@ollusa.edu or Olivia Hinojosa Galvan at oahinojosa19fl@ollusa.edu.
The maximum capacity per training session is 30 participants.
Youth Training Youth Training for Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) will be held via Zoom on April 19 from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. via Zoom. Youth MHFA training teaches participants how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents, ages 12-18.
To register, get links and obtain more information, contact Grazia Acosta at gracosta22sp@ollusa.edu or Olivia Hinojosa Galvan at oahinojosa19fl@ollusa.edu.
The maximum capacity per training session is 30 participants.
Spring 2024 Visiting Writer J. Bruce Fuller will conduct a public reading on April 18 at 6 p.m. in Mail Hall, Room 311. The event is open to the public, students, faculty and staff.
A book signing will follow.
Fuller is the author of “How to Drown a Boy” (LSU Press, 2024). His chapbooks include “The Dissenter’s Ground,” “Lancelot,” and “Flood,” and his poems have appeared at “The Southern Review,” “Crab Orchard Review,” “McNeese Review,” “Birmingham Poetry Review,” and “Best New Poets 2022,” among others.
He has received scholarships from Bread Loaf, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and Stanford University, where he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow. He teaches at Sam Houston State University where he is Director of Texas Review Press.
Congratulations to alumna Isabella Guerrero (BA 2023)! A recent Chemical Biology graduate, Guerrero has been accepted into the Pharmacy School at the University of the Incarnate Word.
The softball team swept Texas A&M University – Texarkana (TAMUT), 9-0 and 1-0, to extend its winning streak to 37 games. The Saints boast a longer winning streak than any university in any division (NCAA D1, D2, D3 and NAIA).
Cassandra Valdez threw a one-hit shutout to secure her 17th win in the opener. In the second game, Natalie Rodriguez drove in Madison Garza with an RBI single in the 8th inning for a 1-0 victory.
The Saints move to 41-1 overall and 18-0 in the Red River Athletic Conference. TAMUT drops to 18-16 overall and 11-9 in conference.
The OLLU baseball team took two of three games against Ottawa University (OU) this past weekend, winning the opener, 3-2, and the finale 6-1, after dropping the second game, 8-0.
In the first game, D’Artagnan Perez-Padron drove in Caimyn Holiday with a double to left in the bottom of the 9th for the game-winning RBI.
OLLU improves to 20-20 on the season while the Braves drop to 21-18.