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OLLU track & field sweeps distance races in conference meet

Track and Field 2 OLLU captured all the distance races in the Red River Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at John Marshall High School in Langston, Okla. Langston University’s women won its second consecutive overall title. Ceara O’Donnell won the 1,500 and 3,000 meter races. Erica Ramos won titles in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races. Nicholas Chapa placed third in the Men’s 1,500 meters and in the 3,000 meters. Next season, the Saints will feature a full track & field team for both men and women. Read full story online.

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Men’s tennis loses four of five matches to Texas Lutheran

matt1The men’s tennis team narrowly lost to NCAA DIII Texas Lutheran University last Friday by the score of 4-5. The same result happened last year when the Saints had a 4-1 lead over the Bulldogs, but they were able to come back to beat OLLU.
No. 1 doubles Matt Ellis (JR/El Paso, Texas) and Tanis Martinez (SO/Carrizo Springs, Texas) beat their opponents Sanio Dizdarevic and Gunner Robison 8-5. OLLU’s Bernardo Pegas (FR/Bage, RS, Brazil) and Jacob Galaviz (FR/El Paso, Texas) were also able to beat TLU’s Kyle Thompson and Greg Nelson 8-6. Ellis also won his singles match against Dizdarevic 7-6 (7-3)/ 6-2, and Pegas beat Thompson 6-1/6-3. Read full article online.

Softball sweeps four-game series against Huston-Tillotson

Softball4-18-14-2The softball team swept two doubleheaders against the Lady Rams from Huston-Tillotson University (HTU) this past Friday and Saturday. The Saints won 37-4 in four games to move to 14-2 in the Red River Athletic Conference and 32-10-1 overall, while HTU drops to 3-13 in conference and 6-28 overall.The Saints are now one game behind league-leader University of the Southwest (17-3/30-14) and four games ahead of third-place Bacone (10-5/20-24). Langston (8-12/22-28), HTU and Texas College (0-16/1-27) follow. Read full article online.

Jonathan Yanez and Ceara O’Donnell selected as conference ‘Track Athletes of the Week’

cc2Jonathan Yanez earned recognition as the Red River Athletic Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week for April 7-13, while Ceara O’Donnell claimed RRAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week honors for the same dates.Yanez, a freshman distance runner from Corpus Christi, Texas, placed seventh in the men’s 5,000-meter run at the University of Incarnate Word Invitational on Saturday. He finished the race with a time of 16:39 in a field of 18 runners.O’Donnell, a freshman middle-distance runner from Corpus Christi, Texas, finished 20th in a field of 36 competitors in the women’s 1,500-meter run at the UIW Invitational. She completed the event with a time of 5:09. Read full article online.

Amanda Hinojosa selected as conference ‘Softball Player of the Week’


amanda2Amanda Hinojosa of picked up Red River Athletic Conference Softball Co-Player of the Week honors for April 7-13. Hinojosa, a senior shortstop from San Antonio, accounted for two home runs and seven RBIs in a 3-2 week for the Lady Saints. In the opener of a three-game series with Texas College, she went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs to pace an 11-0 victory. In the following game, she connected on a grand slam and scored three runs in a 16-0 rout. Hinojosa added another hit in the finale against TXC as OLLU completed a sweep. For the week, she was 5-of-12 at the plate with seven runs scored and two walks. The Saints advanced 10-2 in conference play and 27-9-1 overall. Read full article online.

Faculty and staff encouraged to sign up for service day

OLLU faculty and staff are invited to participate in a service project as part of “OLLU Service Day,” Monday, May 19 from 9:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Family Service Association. Those who wish to participate should sign up by May 8.

Family Service Association is a nonprofit that provides a variety of human support services throughout the city. Participants will help them spruce up the KidShare Program office—a space that provides neutral child exchanges and supervised visitation for families experiencing divorce while providing a range of counseling and other support options.

Volunteers will assist in one or more of the following tasks: painting offices and playrooms, cleaning windows and baseboards, sorting and cleaning toys, hanging shelves, laying carpet and stripping and refinishing linoleum floors. A few lighter tasks will be available for those who require lighter physical activity. This will be an indoor project.

OLLU Service Day is a University-approved initiative so employees do not need to submit vacation time in order to participate.

Employees who wish to participate should sign up here. Staff must obtain approval from their supervisor before signing up.

For more information, contact Jennifer Bendele, director of the Center for Service-Learning and Volunteerism at 210-434-6711, ext. 2393 or jbendele@ollusa.edu.

Employees able to work summer hours beginning May 12

Employees may work a flexible summer schedule May 12-Aug. 15. Conditions of flexible summer hours are:

  • All changes in summer schedule need to be approved by a member of the President’s Council after support by the immediate supervisor.
  • All offices must be covered 40 hours per week during the regular hours.
  • Alternative hours must meet the 40-hour work week required of all employees and assure full employment during alternative hours.
  • When alternative hours are approved, it is expected that all assignments will be completed in anticipation of fall 2014.
  • Alternative hours may be suspended based on the needs of the office (e.g. other employees on vacation).