In The News

Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On Nov. 6, a story in the San Antonio Express-News about an old residence and fireplace near Our Lady of the Lake College in the early 1900s (along with a photo of a wooden pedestrian bridge that crossed Elmendorf Lake: 

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Half-a-century-later-lone-fireplace-still-looms-17561040.php

On Nov. 3 a story in the San Antonio Business Journal about diversity among local colleges and universities, which highlights diversity at OLLU: 

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2022/11/03/san-antonio-colleges-diversity-u-s-supreme-court.html

On Nov. 3, stories in the Longview News Journal about Jarvis Christian competing against OLLU in volleyball at home and against the Saints at OLLU in men’s and women’s cross country and women’s basketball:  

https://www.news-journal.com/etvarsity/jarvis-notebook/article_c66fe1de-5ba0-11ed-94bf-4f4850a2990a.html

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Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On Oct. 6, a story on news4sanantonio.com about OLLU and other universities securing a grant to benefit STEM students:

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/local-universities-granted-millions-to-assist-minority-stem-students

On Oct. 6, a story in the San Antonio Express-News about a dramatic reading of the classic book, “… Y No SĂ© Lo TragĂł La Tierra,” that was held in Thiry Auditorium on Saturday and Sunday Oct. 8-9:

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Ayala-San-Antonio-hasn-t-forgotten-Tom-s-17491658.php

On Oct. 4, an opinion piece by an OLLU graduate student in the Desert News about food insecurity:  

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/10/4/23379419/opinion-pandemic-free-school-lunches-food-insecurity

On Oct. 3, a story in the San Antonio Business Journal about OLLU’s stakeholder interest in the new, $45 million Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan’s Wonderland: 

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2022/10/03/hartman-multi-assistance-center-morgans-wonderland.html

On Sept. 28, a story in the Mercedes Enterprise about OLLU President Abel A. Chávez and his recent visit to the OLLU-RGV campus:

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Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On Sept. 30, a story on WOAI-TV about OLLU hosting the 10th annual Purple Run for Domestic Violence Awareness:  

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/our-lady-of-the-lake-hosts-purple-run-for-domestic-violence-awareness-month

On Sept. 29, a story on News4SanAntonio.com about OLLU’s plan to award 20 full tuition scholarships to 20 incoming first-generation students: 

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/our-lady-of-the-lake-university-to-award-full-scholarships-to-20-first-generation-freshman

On Sept. 28, a story in the San Antonio Express-News about an alumna and former speech pathologist, Yvette Zuniga Jemison, who published a new cookbook, “My South Texas Kitchen: Traditional Recipes and Modern Tips”: 

https://www.expressnews.com/food/recipes-cooking/article/Cookbook-favorite-South-Texas-recipes-17470159.php

In The News

Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On Sept. 16, an opinion piece by a former OLLU student in the San Antonio Express-News about a former OLLU professor:

https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/Commentary-Remembering-Richard-G-Santos-and-the-17447518.php

On Sept. 16, a story in the San Antonio Current about former OLLU student Amadeo Rivas and his pilot for an unsold TV show, Salesman the Series:

https://www.sacurrent.com/movies-tv/the-crew-behind-tv-pilot-salesman-the-series-aims-to-spotlight-san-antonio-culture-and-talent-29808141

On Sept. 15, a story on KENS-5 about OLLU President Abel Chávez: 

https://www.kens5.com/video/news/local/ollu-president-talks-about-new-role-as-hispanic-heritage-month-kicks-off/273-cbf98397-104d-49cc-9fcb-ef363ab3d65f

On Sept. 15, a story on WOAI-TV about the opening of OLLU’s Food Pantry and the 80th anniversary of the Worden School of Social Service:  

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/ollu-opens-food-pantry-for-students-west-side-community

On Sept. 15, a story on KSAT-12 about OLLU’s Food Pantry and the 80th anniversary of the Worden School of Social Service:  

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/09/15/ollu-opens-food-pantry-at-worden-school-of-social-service/

On Sept. 15, a story on KENS-5 about OLLU’s Food Pantry and the 80th anniversary of the Worden School of Social Service:  

https://www.kens5.com/video/news/local/ollu-opens-food-pantry-in-celebration-of-wording-school-of-social-service/273-dbd1a269-a747-4d99-bfa1-0d503fc7c670

On Sept. 15, a story on Catholic Television about OLLU’s Food Pantry and the 80th anniversary of the Worden School of Social Service:  

On  Sept. 15, a story on Fox 29 about OLLU’s new Food Pantry: 

https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/ollu-opens-food-pantry-for-students-west-side-community

On Sept. 15, a story on nbcnews.com about what it means to be a Latino with comment and observation from OLLU President Abel Chávez: 

https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/who-s-latino-amid-growing-numbers-the-definition-is-expanding/index.html

On Sept. 15, an article in Frontiers in Education by OLLU President Abel Chávez: 

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.948399/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field&journalName=Frontiers_in_Education&id=948399&fbclid=IwAR3-7OKuQeChFg2bPCSC6bo9D3xvEve6hq_r5glhlvm1mUOZqnECbGSvkHw


On Sept. 15, a story in SeguinToday.com about OLLU’s volleyball matches with Texas Lutheran: 

On Sept. 14, a review in the San Antonio Express-News about Sandra Cisneros’ new poetry collection, written by OLLU English Professor Yvette Benavides:

https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/article/Sandra-Cisneros-talks-about-her-new-poetry-17436905.php

In The News 

Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU: 

On Sept. 3, a story in the Salina Post about the OLLU women’s soccer team defeating Kansas Wesleyan:  

https://salinapost.com/posts/ce2e45a0-1b10-4ee8-b556-5e93294c21ed

On Sept. 3, a story in the Salina Post about the OLLU men’s soccer team playing to a tie against Kansas Wesleyan: 

https://salinapost.com/posts/1e4313b6-b095-41ad-a012-4a558739bedb

On Sept. 2, a story on KSAL.com about the OLLU women’s soccer team defeating Kansas Wesleyan: 
https://www.ksal.com/womens-soccer-tripped-up-by-our-lady-of-the-lake-2-1/

On Sept. 2, a story on KSAL.com about the OLLU men’s soccer team playing to a 1-1 tie against Kansas Wesleyan: 
https://www.ksal.com/mens-soccer-plays-to-1-1-draw-with-our-lady-of-the-lake/

On Sept. 1, a story in the San Antonio Express-News quoted Christopher Carmona, Visiting Professor of English, about Hispanic Heritage month:  

https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/article/DC-Comics-hispanic-stereotypes-17412652.php

On Aug. 30, a story in the Paris News about former OLLU men’s basketball players Jared and Jordan Embry signing to play professionally overseas: 

https://theparisnews.com/sports/article_2edc5ed0-2881-11ed-a4f1-93d504362558.html

In The News

Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On March 12, a story in the San Antonio Express-News about the passing of distinguished alumna Mary Esther Bernal (BA 1956, MEd 1973):

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/She-just-touched-so-many-people-Pianist-16997695.php#photo-22186732

On March 12, a story on Fox34.com about the NAIA Tournament basketball game between OLLU and Wayland Baptist University: 

https://www.fox34.com/2022/03/13/iowa-queens-roll-opening-round-crown/

On March 11, a story in Victory Sports Network about the OLLU women’s basketball team’s NAIA Tournament game against Wayland Baptist University:

https://www.victorysportsnetwork.com/Clip/news/wayland-baptist-flying-queens-cruise-in-national-tourney-opener.htm

On March 10, a story in the Express-News about OLLU women’s basketball player Emiko Hemphill and her team that advanced to the NAIA Tournament:

https://www.expressnews.com/sports/local-colleges/article/Following-unlikely-path-Emiko-Hemphill-helps-16993147.php

On March 10, a story in Al Dia News about the hiring of OLLU president-elect Abel Chavez:

https://www.aldianews.com/education/education/next-ollu-pres-latino

On March 7, a story in the San Antonio Express-News about a new book on Mexican Americans’ battle for equality and roots of fight at OLLU:

https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/elaine_ayala/article/Ayala-New-book-charts-Mexican-Americans-16984711.php

On March 7, a story in the Victory Sports Network about the OLLU softball team:

https://www.victorysportsnetwork.com/Clip/news/ollu-saints-mark-three-wins-against-naia-ranked-teams.htm

On March 6, a story in the Texarkana Gazette about a series between the OLLU and Texas A&M-Texarkana baseball teams:https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2022/mar/06/am-texarkana-splits-twin-bill-wins-series-over-ollu/

In The News

Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On July 1, a story on KSAT-12 about the release of Bill Cosby with comment from OLLU professor Jiletta Kubena: 

On June 29, a story in the Victoria Advocate about OLLU soccer player Kyleigh Spree- Kolos and her exceptional freshman season:  

On June 28, a story in the Express-News about OLLU School of Business and Leadership adjunct professor La Juana Chambers Lawson and her devotion to serving others through her company Tacit Growth Strategies: 

In The News

Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On June 7, a story in the San Antonio Express-News about recent OLLU graduate Eliseo “Eddie” Illarraza who earned a Master of Social Work degree despite being paralyzed from the neck down: https://www.expressnews.com/local/sanantoniostories/article/Paralyzed-from-the-neck-down-Brooklyn-man-used-16227824.php

On June 5, a story about OLLU President Diane E. Melby’s planned retirement in July 2022 appeared in the Valley Morning Star: https://news.yahoo.com/ollu-president-retire-2022-touts-143100433.html

In The News

Recent media coverage that brought attention to Our Lady of the Lake University:

On April 16, a WOAI-TV story about $1.5 million in donations stewarded to OLLU by Jim Drought: https://news4sanantonio.com/news/education/san-antonio-lawyer-makes-large-donation-to-ollu-to-help-students-in-financial-need

On April 13, an editorial in the San Antonio Express-News endorsing Adriana Rocha Garica, PhD, Assistant Professor of Marketing, for re-election to City Council District 4:

https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/editorial/article/Editorial-Incumbents-strongest-in-these-City-16098100.php