OLLU will host a Veterans Day ceremony next Monday from 12:30-1:15 p.m. in the Mall Area. All student, faculty and staff veterans will be recognized during the event. Eric Alva, retired Marine Staff Sergeant, OLLU alumnus and civil rights activist will deliver the keynote address. Alva was the first American service member injured in the Iraq War. The event will also include a blessing of veterans, a presentation on the Fisher House, and the Armed Forces Medley. Refreshments will be served following the event.
Author: OLLUNewsletter
Ceara O’Donnell selected as conference ‘Runner of the Week’
Ceara O’Donnell was selected as the Red River Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the dates of Oct. 21-27. O’Donnell, a freshman from Corpus Christi, Texas, posted a time of 19:53 on the 5K course at the Mid-States Classic on Saturday. She set an OLLU record for her time and has been entered into the University’s Halo Club for Cross-Country for running the 5K in under 20 minutes. She placed 77th in a field of 162 competitors and guided the OLLU team to its best finish in three years at the event. The cross-country teams will prepare for the conference tournament that takes place this weekend in Marshall, Texas. Read more online.
Volleyball wins one of two matches in Oklahoma
The OLLU volleyball team ended the regular season with a loss and a win this past weekend. The Saints dropped two sets to three against Bacone College in Muskogee and won in three sets over Langston. The Saints end the regular season with a 9-4 record in the Red River Athletic Conference and 14-10 overall. Bacone finishes with a 9-4 conference and 19-10 overall record, while Langston drops to 3-10 in the conference and 7-16 overall.
The University of Texas at Brownsville ends the season as the top seed in the conference and in the NAIA with a 13-0 conference and 29-0 overall record. Wiley College (11-2/20-12) is the second seed in the conference, while Bacone is the third and OLLU is the fourth. The conference tournament will begin on Nov. 8 in Brownsville. OLLU will be matched up against No. 5-seeded University of St. Thomas and will play at noon. The winner of that match will play the semifinals match at 5:30 p.m., and the championship match will take place on Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. Read more online.
Men’s basketball drops both games in Small College Tip-Off
The men’s basketball opened its season this weekend at the Small College Tip-Off Classic. The NAIA’s No. 24-ranked Saints lost 103-95 to the NAIA’s No. 9-ranked Evangel University and 87-84 to St. Gregory’s University. The Saints will go back on the road to Fort Worth on Nov. 6 to play Texas Wesleyan University in a nonconference game at 7:30 p.m. OLLU will host its next game on Nov. 15 against MidAmerican Nazarene University at 7:30 p.m. Read more online.
Men’s soccer ends season with a 1-0 loss in quarterfinals match against Southwest
The men’s soccer team ended its season last week after losing 1-0 to the University of the Southwest in the Red River Athletic Conference quarterfinals match. The fourth-seeded Saints finished the year with an overall record of 11-4-1 and a conference record of 4-2-1. Southwest, the fifth seeded team, will advance to the conference’s semifinals round on Nov. 8 in Houston. The Mustangs record is 6-8 overall and 4-3 in the conference. Read more online.
myOLLU Portal unavailable tonight
Due to scheduled maintenance, the myOLLU Portal will be unavailable tonight from 9-10 p.m.
OLLU community taking a look into the past with time capsule opening
On Oct. 31, the OLLU community will open a time capsule that was buried 27 years ago. The opening will take place at 12:30 p.m. in front of Main Building, where the time capsule is buried.
The capsule was buried on Oct. 31, 1986 to celebrate OLLU’s 75th anniversary. Although the plan was to open the capsule on OLLU’s 100th anniversary, which was in 2011, it is believed that human error led to a plaque being labeled with the 2013 date.
Faculty, staff, students and alumni will be allowed to include materials in the new time capsule that has been purchased.
OLLU community invited to ‘Rebozos’
“Rebozos: A Celebration of Womanhood” will be presented Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. in Thiry Auditorium. The dramatization is based on the book “Rebozos” by Carmen Tafolla. The book is a collection of poems that celebrates the rebozo as a cultural icon of Mexico and the series of rebozo-inspired paintings by Mexican-California artist Catalina Gárate.
Admission is $5. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, call 210-219-4369.
OLLU’s Center for Mexican American Studies and Research and the Teatro Farolito are sponsors of the event.
Join in the food and fun during OLLU’s second annual Fall Fest
The OLLU and San Antonio communities are invited to attend OLLU’s second annual Fall Fest on Nov. 9 from 7-10 p.m. in the Mall Area as part of Alumni Weekend. The festival will include food, drinks and entertainment by Diego Navaira from “The Voice,” Emilio Navaira Jr. and their band Ready Revolution.
Alumni Weekend 2013
OLLU will welcome home alumni Nov. 8-9
The Office of Alumni Relations is pleased to invite alumni back to their alma mater Nov. 8-9 to reconnect with classmates and friends, and share memories. Highlights of the weekend include the Alumni Awards during the President’s Reception, morning Mass with renewal of vows, the Alumni Open Forum and the Alumni Art Gallery and book signings. View the full list of events.