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Volunteers needed for 8th Annual Confetti 5K Run and Walk

Volunteers are needed to support the 8th Annual Confetti 5K Run and Walk on April 20. The event will benefit OLLU scholarships.

Volunteers are needed for the following:

Packet Pick Up Day of Race
BBQ Sausage Booth – Cooks and Distribution
Vendor Set Up
Volunteer Check In
Information Table
Participant Traffic Control
Kids Run
Water Stations
Finisher Medal Distribution
Confetti Popping Team


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If you would like to participate in the run/walk, register at the following link: https://runsignup.com/Race/TX/SanAntonio/OLLUConfetti5KRunWalk?err=0#register

Run/Walk Date and Location

Saturday, April 20, 2024
Our Lady of the Lake University
Main Building, Front Walk
411 S.W. 24th Street
San Antonio, Texas 78207

Race Day Schedule
7:30 a.m.- Registration and Packet pickup
8:30 a.m. – Kids Run Begins
9 a.m.- Race Begins
10:30 a.m.- Awards

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program available at no cost

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.

OLLU offering adult and youth Mental Health First Aid training

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.

Visiting writer J. Bruce Fuller to speak on April 18

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.  

Softball sweeps TAMUT to extend winning streak to 37

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.

Baseball takes two of three from Ottawa in nonconference series

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.

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