Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:
On Nov. 5, a story in the San Antonio Report about alumna Kim Jefferies being named CEO of Haven for Hope:
On Nov. 3, a story in the San Antonio Business Journal about OLLU’s $55 million comprehensive campaign:
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2021/11/03/ollu-seeks-to-raise-more-than-50m.html
On Nov. 3, a story in The Mesquite about the Texas A&M-San Antonio men’s and women’s soccer teams that lost to the OLLU Saints:
Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:
On Oct. 30, a story in the San Antonio Report about actor Jesse Borrego sharing lessons with OLLU students at Thiry Auditorium:
On Oct. 28, a story in the San Antonio Business Journal about OLLU and other schools receiving a federal grant for STEM education:
On Oct. 28, a story in the San Antonio Report about efforts to create a monument to honor alumna Emma Tenayuca:
On Oct. 27, a story in the San Antonio Current about actor Jesse Borrego speaking at OLLU:
On Oct. 27, a story written by an OLLU alumna in Language Magazine about the need for the recruitment and retention of ESL teachers:
On Oct. 24, a story in Spectrum News about an alumna who participated in the famous Edgewood High School walkout in 1968:
Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:
On Oct. 23, a story in the Rivard Report about two alumni, Michael and Linda Richter, who live in Inspiration Hills:
On Oct. 22, a story in the Express-News about OLLU Associate Professor Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez and her new children’s graphic novel, “How Not to Get Bullied: Every Kid Should Feel Safe at School”:
https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/article/Preyor-Johnson-Anti-bullying-story-seeks-to-16554938.php
On Oct. 20, a story in Hello Woodlands about OLLU doctoral student Scott Moore and his election to the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors:
On Oct. 20, a story on Woodlands online about OLLU doctoral student Scott Moore and his election to the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors:
Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:
On Oct. 11, a story on KSAT-12 and KSAT.com about OLLU’s celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day:
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/10/12/san-antonians-celebrate-indigenous-peoples-day/
On Oct. 18, a story in the San Antonio Express-News on OLLU graduate student Nuria Diallo Padro honored for her volunteer service:
 | 15-year-old San Antonio mathematician, OLLU grad assistant – and Chuck Norris – to be honored Hannah Guan is a 15-year-old high school junior who has helped thousands of children gain a better understanding of math. Nuria Diallo Padro is a graduate assistant who helped hundreds of low … www.expressnews.com |
Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:
On Sept. 22, a story on KSAT News Now and KSAT.com about Spanish Professor Maribel Larraga discussing why younger Hispanics lost out on speaking Spanish: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/09/22/lost-language-and-spanglish-san-antonio-professor-validates-all-levels-of-spanish/
On Sept. 16, a story in the Marshall News Messenger about an upcoming volleyball match between OLLU and Wiley:
On Sept. 16, a story in the San Antonio Business Journal about C-Suite Award winner alumna Leesa Harper Rispoli (MEd), owner of Coldwell Banker D’Ann Harper Realtors:
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2021/09/16/2021-c-suite-awards-leesa-harper-rispoli.html
On Sept. 16, a story in the San Antonio Business Journal about C-Suite Award winner and alumna Kim Jefferies, CEO of Brighton Center:
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2021/09/16/2021-c-suite-awards-kim-jefferies.html
Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:
On Sept. 2, a story in WalletHub includes an interview with Assistant Professor Gultekin Gollu, PhD, about the impact of COVID on the cost of auto insurance (scroll to the bottom):
https://wallethub.com/cheap-car-insurance/texas#experts=Gultekin_Gollu
Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:
On Aug. 27, a story in the San Antonio Express-News about alumni Rod Radle and Patti Radle and their community service on the West Side:
On Aug. 27, a story in the Butler County Times-Gazette about former OLLU kinesiology chair Julio Guerrero:
On Aug. 26, a story on crescentcitysports.com about the hiring of former OLLU basketball player Darion Brown as an assistant coach at Nicholls State University:
On Aug. 26, a story in Victory Sports Network about new women’s basketball coach Jillian Flores:
On Aug. 20, a story in the San Antonio Business Journal about alumna Asia Ciaravino who will be the keynote speaker at a SABJ Leadership Awards event:
On Aug. 18, a story on mysanantonio.com about alumni Toni Reyna and Francine Pons celebrating the 40-year anniversary of their business, Las Colchas quilt shop, in Tobin Hill:
On Aug. 17, a story on mysanantonio.com that features comments from Christine Charmichael, PhD, Professor of Communication Disorders, and Stefanie Becerril, PhD, Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders, about the struggle of non-natives pronouncing certain Texas names:
Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:
Bn Aug. 14, a story on KSAT.com about how OLLU and other local schools are handling the surge of COVID-19 with the start of the fall semester:
On Aug. 13, a story in the San Antonio Report about the mask mandates of OLLU and other local universities:
On Aug. 13, a story in the Fontana Herald News about Summit High basketball player Jordan Clayton receiving a scholarship to play for OLLU:
On Aug. 13, a story in Patch.com about an alumna, Martha Sablatura, who has been named Head of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at Pensacola State College:
On Aug. 12, a story in the mysanantonio.com on how OLLU and other local universities are responding to the surge in COVID-19 cases for the fall semester:
On Aug. 12, a feature story in the Jacksonville Business Journal about an alumnus, John Mallinger (MBA 1999) and his work with Harden, a commercial insurance company:
https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2021/08/12/john-mallinger-of-harden.html
On July 29, a story in the Huntsville Item about a memorial scholarship fund to honor an alumna who served as a school teacher, director of gifted and talented students and as an assistant superintendent:
On July 21, a story on MySA.com (and reposted in the Laredo Morning Times) about two alumni who own the oldest quilt shop in San Antonio — and written by an alumnus, Steven Santana:
On July 14, a story in the San Antonio Report about incoming freshman Annabelle Reyna and other high school graduates who received scholarships for dorm essentials from the San Antonio ISD Foundation:
Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:
On June 16, a story on Patch.com about a Harlingen High School South baseball player who signed a letter-of-intent to play at OLLU:
https://patch.com/texas/harlingen/hcisd-south-baseball-athlete-signs-our-lady-lake-university
On June 15, a story in the University of Pennsylvania’s “Almanac” about a recent OLLU graduate, Paloma Brand, being one of the first three students admitted into Penn’s inaugural SP2 Social Justice Scholars Program:
https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/inaugural-sp2-social-justice-scholars-program-cohort
