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It is not too late for faculty to RSVP to attend “Academicopoly,” which will take place Friday from noon-1:30 p.m. in Providence Hall, West Social Room.

Faculty members are asked to attend to represent their academic programs at the fair designed for first-year students. The event encourages first-year students to learn more about OLLU academic program options.

Faculty who wish to attend must RSVP by Tuesday at noon to academicaffairs@ollusa.edu.

For more information, contact Vanessa Meling at vmeling@ollusa.edu or 210-434-6711, ext. 5521.

The event is sponsored by the Office of Student Success and the Office of Student Life.

Tiny ghosts, goblins, superheroes, princesses and other costumed characters will descend on campus Thursday evening for the annual Lake-o-Ween and Boo Bash Halloween events.

The fun gets started at 6 p.m. as the Lake-o-Ween Halloween festival kicks off in the Library Circle. Attendees will be treated to some freaky fun, ghoulish games and frightening food.

The Residence Halls will also open at 6 p.m. for Boo Bash, a safe trick-or-treating event for children. Students will decorate the halls with child-friendly themes and pass out candy from the doors of their rooms. Trick-or-treating tours get started in the Centennial Courtyard and continue until 8 p.m.

Both events are open to children of students, alumni, faculty, staff and the community.

OLLU families are invited to join in a day of fun-filled activities during Family Weekend, Saturday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Event highlights include a pancake and waffle breakfast, Big Blue Basketball Bash as the men’s basketball team takes on St. Edward’s University, the Family Legacy Brick Blessing and the Family Blessing and Celebration. View full schedule of events.

RSVP online at www.ollusa.edu/familyweekendreg, or call 210-431-5554.

For more information, contact Alma Bustillo, family relations coordinator, at 210-431-5554 or acbustillo@ollusa.edu.

“Sex and the Soul,” a dialogue with author Donna Freitas, will kick off the 2013-2014 Providence Lecture Series at OLLU on Oct. 22. Freitas, whose book by the same title focuses on the challenges young adults face on college campuses as they juggle sexuality, spirituality, romance and religion, will lead two dialogues:

• From 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Freitas will lead faculty and staff in a dialogue on how to support students as they face the challenges of living in a hook-up culture.
• From 5-8 p.m., Freitas will lead students in a dialogue on how to deal with the pressures of the culture. Both sessions will be held in Chapel Auditorium.

This is the third year of the Providence Lecture Series, which is organized by OLLU’s division of Mission and Ministry. The series focuses on the Catholic intellectual tradition and emphasizes the place of a Catholic university as a center of creativity and dissemination of knowledge for the good of humanity.

To RSVP, visit www.ollusa.edu/PLS.

The OLLU community is invited to “A Hungry Childhood in Kenya,” with Peter Kimeu from Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Oct. 28 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Library Community Room. Kimeu will tell his personal story of overcoming hunger and poverty in Kenya and how his experience leads his work with CRS. He will also talk about what CRS is doing to restore hope and build self-sufficiency in Africa.

Kimeu is a CRS senior technical adviser with 34 years of experience in addressing hunger, health, water and peace building programs in Kenya.

For more information, or to RSVP, contact Roxanna Chavez at rchavez@ollusa.edu or 210-434-6711, ext. 2193. Light lunch will be served during the event.