Tag: Political Science

Spring Series on Virtual Visits with Texas Law Schools continues Feb. 16

The Political Science Program’s Concentration in Pre-Law is sponsoring a Spring Series on Virtual Visits with Texas Law Schools. On Wednesday, there will be a virtual visit with St. Mary’s School of Law at 12:30 p.m. The one-hour visit will be conducted via zoom. 

Texas A&M University visited for a virtual session on Jan. 27. Alumna Christyn Cavazos reached out to Leda Barnett, PhD, Professor of Political Science, and offered to provide a contact with the Texas A&M admissions office. Christyn was a political science major and graduated magna cum laude from OLLU in 2020. She is in her second year at Texas A&M Law School, specializing in Environmental Law.

The Spring Series will continue next month when South Texas School of Law Houston will provide a question-and-answer session on March 22 from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. on Zoom. The series concludes on April 12 with Baylor Law holding a Q & A session during the community hour from 12:30 –1:30 p.m.. Look for links to be sent soon.  

Political science major interned for mayor’s re-election campaign

Sophomore Political Science major Eva Salinas served as an intern for the successful re-election campaign of San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg.

An aspiring lawyer, Salinas called registered voters and created content for Nirenberg’s social media accounts, such as Instagram and Twitter. 

“We focused on voter registration, social media outreach, canvassing and phone banking to make sure the mayor was re-elected,” said Salinas, who is scheduled to graduate in 2023.

On May 1, Nirenberg was re-elected to a third term as mayor with 62 percent of the vote. Salinas completed her internship at that time.