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Get midterm ready at ‘Level Up, OLLU!’

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The Office of Academic and Student Affairs will host ‘Level Up, OLLU!’ on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. in the Sueltenfuss Library. Level Up focuses on strategies for learning more efficiently and effectively through interactive study sessions. A nacho bar, snacks, and drinks will be open to all participants.

Level Up sessions will offer study hacks for notetaking and review, reading dense texts, boosting your memory, writing a timed essay exam, among other learning strategies. First and second year students will also have an opportunity to meet the Peer Mentors during a Q&A panel.

Pre-register using the QR Code below! Check-in will be on the first floor of the Library in front of the ACE on Wednesday from 6 – 8 p.m. You will receive a game card for collecting stamps that make you eligible for prizes. Prizes will be drawn at the close of the event.

For more information: kkomara@ollusa.edu

Dissertation retreat for graduate students held at Sueltenfuss Library

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The Sueltenfuss Library and Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) hosted “Developing Disciplined Research and Writing,” a dissertation retreat for graduate students in the dissertation phase of their doctoral program.

The two-day intensive writing and research workshop was held Friday and Saturday. President Abel Chávez, Interim Provost George Williams, Associate Provost Jared Motoya and Vice President for Institutional Advancement Georgina Schmahl visited with retreat participants during a Friday afternoon reception.

Celebrate winners of ‘One Percent for Saints Success Challenge’

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Faculty and staff are invited to a celebration of the inaugural One Percent for Saints Success Challenge on Friday at 3 p.m. on the second floor of the Sueltenfuss Library.

Paralleling OLLU’s three university priorities, the One Percent for Saints Success Challenge will recognize small or large initiatives that have been implemented that go above and beyond to challenge, improve, enhance or elevate OLLU’s systems.

First place will receive a monetary award of $5,000, second place $2,500, and third place $1,000. In addition to the monetary award, the first-place winner(s) may receive some budget to support the individual or a select number of the team to attend a conference to present their initiative for how we matriculate, retain and persist, and graduate our students.

Following the awards presentation, there will be a reception with light refreshments.

Library open for summer studying

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The Sueltenfuss Library will be open seven days a week for students taking summer classes. Summer hours are:

Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m. – noon

Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The library will be closed on May 30 for Memorial Day, June 19 for Juneteenth observation and July 4 for Independence Day.

Library open for summer studying

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The Sueltenfuss Library will be open seven days a week for students taking summer classes. Summer hours are:

Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m. – noon

Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The library will be closed on May 30 for Memorial Day, June 19 for Juneteenth observation and July 4 for Independence Day.

Rare issues of Chicano Times available digitally on Portal to Texas History

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OLLU holds several issues of the rare newspaper Chicano Times in the Special Collections room on the third floor of the Sueltenfuss Library. The Chicano Times was a newspaper published in San Antonio from 1970 to 1977 and is a rich resource for documenting the history and social concerns of Mexican American people in the San Antonio area during the turbulent 1970s.   

Recently, the library sent its copies of this newspaper for digitization through the Texas Digital Newspaper Program. The digitized images are available to view for free at the Portal to Texas History: https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CHTMS/browse/?fq=untl_institution:OLLU. 

Inquiries about this item or any other Special Collections items held by the Sueltenfuss Library should be directed to Jason Paul Bourgeois, PhD, Cataloging and Special Collections Librarian, at jpbourgeois@ollusa.edu or 210-528-7138.

Study room reservations available for Sueltenfuss Library

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Students, faculty and staff may now reserve study rooms at the Sueltenfuss Library. Study rooms are available in two- and three-hour booking windows and are equipped with technology and whiteboards for usage. Rooms must be reserved six hours in advance. To reserve a study room, go to the URL https://library.ollusa.edu/studyrooms.

For questions, contact the library via library chat or email library@ollusa.edu.

See flyer below:

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