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Zumba classes are offered at the International Folk Culture Center (IFCC) every Monday-Thursday. All Zumba classes are free for OLLU undergraduate students. For all others, a 10-class package is $20, and a 20-class package is $30.

Zumba class schedule:

• Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. – Zumba Fitness
• Tuesdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. – Zumba Fitness; and 6-7 p.m. – Aqua Zumba
• Thursdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. – Zumba Fitness; and 6-7 p.m. – Aqua Zumba

To view the rest of the IFCC calendar for September, click here. 

Today begins the naming contest for the University’s official newsletter (formerly e-Currents). OLLU students, faculty and staff can submit name suggestions for the newsletter. Submissions will be accepted until Sept. 5 at 5 p.m., and final voting will begin Sept. 9. The winner, who will be announced on Sept. 16, will receive a Kindle Fire HD.

This newsletter is the new way that Our Lady of the Lake University will communicate with students, faculty and staff. It is replacing the e-Currents Online Newsletter that many in the OLLU community have been familiar with, but it needs a name, and that is where the OLLU community can help!

Contest Rules:

• Open to all current OLLU students, faculty and staff.
• All submissions must come from a valid OLLU email address.
• Submissions must be made using the form below.
• Unlimited number of submissions by a single person.
• Submissions of the same name will be credited to the person who submitted the name first.
•  Incomplete submission forms will not be accepted.
• Nominations close Thursday, Sept. 5 at 5 p.m.
• Voting on finalists will begin Monday, Sept. 9 and close Friday, Sept. 13 at noon.

*Note: Until the new name of the newsletter is decided, correspondence to the OLLU community will still come from the OLLU e-Currents Online Newsletter mailbox. Once the name has been chosen, correspondence to the OLLU community will come from the mailbox that carries the new name. The email address will also be changed.

Incoming freshmen, transfer students and international students spent the weekend learning about their new home as part of the Lake Orientation OLLU-Star Weekend for new undergraduate students. Students and their families learned about the University and its traditions and history, met faculty staff and students, and learned about University resources, all while having a good time.

The incoming undergraduate class includes 377 new, first-year students, 143 transfer students and seven international students.

 

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Seven students from Holy Cross of San Antonio started classes today as part of a new dual credit program with OLLU. The partnership between the schools allows juniors and seniors from Holy Cross of San Antonio to earn college credit from OLLU while they are still in high school.

The students attended their first class this morning after OLLU Executive Vice President Robert Bisking, OLLU Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences Michael Laney and Holy Cross of San Antonio Principal Henry Galindo, signed the Memorandum of Understanding Agreement.

The students will be taking an English course with Candace de leon Zepeda, PhD, visiting professor of English and QUEST director, this semester.

Today is the first day of classes for the traditional session and the beginning of Right Foot Week. Right Foot Week helps students get the academic year started on the “right foot.” Events include Club Rush, an RA block party, the HALO social at the San Antonio Museum of Art, the Cas Haley Reggae Lounge, the SLD Headphone Disco Party Jam, soccer games, volleyball matches and much more. For a full schedule of Right Foot Week events, click here.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend Providence Assembly on Wednesday from 12:30-1:15 p.m. in Sacred Heart Chapel. The Providence Assembly gathers the entire OLLU community to officially start the academic year and welcomes the newest members of OLLU. During the assembly, the community will commit to the Mission, Vision and Core Values of OLLU. Each participant will receive a small cross as a symbol of the University’s trust in Providence. Major University initiatives for the upcoming year will also be highlighted during the assembly.

More than 350 spectators came to help OLLU celebrate the opening of its new Rio Grande Valley (RGV) site in La Feria, Texas, on Sunday. President Sister Jane Ann Slater, CDP, PhD, and Executive Vice President/Chief Academic Officer, Robert Bisking, PhD, along with dignitaries from the La Feria Independent School District and the city of La Feria, cut the ceremonial ribbon at the new site.

Guests included city officials, school board officials, current OLLU-RGV students and their families, alumni and their families, members of the local community and media.

La Feria Mayor Steven Brewer said during his remarks at the ceremony, “Today is a dream come true for me and for the citizens of La Feria to have higher education a part of our community.”

In 2008, OLLU became the first Catholic University to offer a doctoral program to citizens in the Rio Grande Valley. First located in Harlingen, this program provides students with executive-level preparation in professional management, leadership and ethics. The Bachelor of Applied Studies in Computer Information Systems and Security was the next program offered in the Valley. By moving Valley operations to La Feria, the University will be able to offer the Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management, Master of Business Administration in Management and Master of Science in Organizational Leadership. All programs are being offered this fall.

OLLU’s new site in La Feria was made possible through a partnership with La Feria Independent School District, in conjunction with the city of La Feria.

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