| Dec 23 | LMU’s Del Rey Players Team Up With Westchester High School’s Theater Club | | | Westchester High School in Los Angeles, like some other high schools, simply doesn’t have the resources to run a formal theater department. But this didn’t stop students from the Del Rey Players, a student-run acting troupe at LMU, from volunteering to work with Westchester High students to help them produce a full-length play. |
| Dec 23 | It Started on the Gridiron | | | Guy Wilson '54 came to Loyola on a football scholarship, and Charles Casassa, S.J., made sure he stayed after football was discontinued. Wilson has been giving back ever since. |
| Dec 07 | ’Tis the Season | | | Large crowd watches Loyola Marymount University ring in the holiday season with a Christmas Tree lighting on Dec. 1. |
| Dec 07 | To Serve Those Who Serve | | | Kurt Schlichter LLS ’94, who served in the U.S. Army in the Gulf War in 1991, is helping to establish a program at the Loyola Law School that will help military veterans and their families. |
| Dec 01 | LMU’s “Stages of AIDS” Explores Global AIDS Crisis | | | Students from LMU presented the third annual production of “Stages of AIDS” Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 in honor of World AIDS Day 2009 on Dec. 1. The play was performed in St. Robert’s Auditorium on the LMU campus. |
| Nov 30 | A Meeting of Minds | | | The Friday Faculty Colloquium Series at Loyola Marymount University provides an opportunity to share research findings and learn about the intellectual pursuits of fellow faculty members. |
| Nov 23 | LMU Alumna Appointed to L.A. Panel | | | Juliana Serrano ’01 joins the Relocation Appeals Board as an unpaid commissioner. Her work at ENCOMPASS brought her to the attention of the mayor’s office. |
| Oct 19 | Students Walk Miles for an Education | | | Dozens of students and community members from all over Southern California participated in the Dollars for Scholars 5K Walk for Education on Saturday, Oct. 17, to raise money for student scholarships. |
| Oct 19 | Mother, Daughter Inspire Each Others’ Dreams | | | Magalí Del Bueno Riancho ’08 said LMU always felt like home. Little did the alumna know her mother, Alicia Del Bueno, would also find the university felt like home. They were each awarded a 2009-2010 Mexican American Alumni Association scholarship for Hispanic students. |
| Oct 12 | Author Gina Nahai Visits Campus | | | On Sunday, Oct. 18, author Gina Nahai will read from and discuss her novel “Caspian Rain” at Loyola Marymount University. |
| Oct 12 | LUNAFEST Brings the Stories of Women to LMU | | | To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Loyola Marymount University's Committee on the Status of Women will host LUNAFEST, a film festival by, for and about women, in Mayer Theater in the Communication and Fine Arts Building on Saturday, Oct. 17. |
| Sep 28 | The Art of Balancing a Busy Schedule | | | As a full-time student, a husband and a father of two children, Miguel Alex Centeno ’11 knows a lot about balancing priorities. His son, Baylen, 3, and daughter, Olivia, six months, keep his to-do list always at capacity. |
| Sep 28 | Theater Production of “Arabian Nights” Examines Cultural Barriers | | | LMU will present Mary Zimmerman’s “Arabian Nights,” which will run for seven performances in the Strub Theatre Oct. 1-10. The play is an adaptation of the ancient tale of Scheherazade, who each night cleverly distracted her murdering husband with stories in order to live another night. |
| Sep 21 | The Book Is Ready for a Close-Up | | | Films based on books are featured in a screening series and the history of books is explored in an exhibit in Archives and Special Collections at LMU’s William H. Hannon Library. |
| Sep 14 | LMU Farmers Market Hopes to Grow More Success | | | Now in its third year, the Farmers Market at Loyola Marymount University will once again begin providing fresh fruits and vegetables to the university community starting in September. |
| Sep 08 | Rep. Maxine Waters Visits LMU Students | | | Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) toured LMU’s Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, where she saw newly purchased nano-technology equipment and the personal touch with students for which the school is known. |
| Aug 20 | Alumna’s Science Research Continues to Help LMU Students | | | Morgan Henry may have graduated from LMU in May 2007, but her contributions to the university’s health researchers will flourish for years. Henry helped revise the Rapid Assessment Method, a questionnaire used to measure calcium intake in college students. |
| Aug 20 | Rotary Scholar Hopes to Inspire Underprivileged Youth | | | It was mentors who helped Sheila Safadaran ’08 make her dreams a reality, and now she hopes to inspire others because of the help she received. Safadaran received a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship in May and plans to pursue a master’s degree in business at a university in Peru. |
| Aug 20 | LMU Alumna’s Teaching Career Got Boost From Fulbright Scholarship | | | Ellen Krause '08 was awarded a scholarship to teach English to high school students in Germany for 10 months.Now back in the States, Krause has big plans for the near future. She will begin pursuing a master’s degree in history and high school teaching credentials. |
| Aug 17 | Working with a Legend | | | A career in graphic design has given alumnus Anthony Malzone ’03 many exciting opportunities, including the opportunity to collaborate with the artist Prince. |
| Jul 13 | A Research Focus That’s Close to Home | | | With a Summer Honors Fellowship from Loyola Marymount University, junior Casey Linsey traveled to the Philippines to study the “brain drain” phenomenon. |
| Jul 06 | Oral History Project Shares the Lives of Soldiers | | | LMU will offer the community a chance to connect with soldiers’ experiences. “On the Front Line: Three Generations of Soldiers' Voices” is a dramatic narrative of California veterans who served from World War II through Iraq. |
| Jul 06 | LMU Joins Community in Annual Westchester 4th of July Parade | | | Loyola Marymount University was proud to show its American pride by participating once again in the annual Westchester 4th of July parade. The theme of the parade was, “America Through the Decades,” and took place on Loyola Blvd. on Saturday, July 4. |
| Jun 19 | Innovative Research Earns Top Award | | | In 2008, Assistant Professor Rachel Adams received the Editor’s Choice Award from Environmental Science & Technology for her journal article. |
| Jun 19 | Brock Seraphin ’09 Awarded for Service with Micro-Credit Program | | | Brock Seraphin ’09 traveled to Cambodia in May 2008 on an Alternative Breaks trip to work with a micro-credit program. He became convinced that the program of lending small amounts at low interest to farmers and shopkeepers would work closer to home. |
| Jun 12 | LMU Junior Builds On Personal Loss to Help African Community | | | Junior James Clements will work from July 28 to Aug. 8 at the Malingunde School for the Blind in Malawi with Engineers without Borders, an international organization that promotes community-driven, sustainable engineering projects, while fostering responsible leadership. |
| May 25 | Kimberly Sanchez ’07, MA ’09 Puts Her Education Into Action | | | Kimberly Sanchez’s (’07, MA ’09) first exposure to Chinese culture was through a study abroad trip during her senior year at LMU. Now, as a recipient of a 2009 Fulbright grant, the alumna will teach English in Taiwan for the coming school year. |
| May 25 | The Value of a Mentor | | | Members of LMU's Women’s Leadership Council were looking for more direct ways to connect with students. After meeting with Ellen Ensher ’87, associate professor of management, the council members agreed that the best solution would be to mentor students. |
| May 18 | Looking Ahead | | | As she nears the end of her two terms of service on the Los Angeles City Board of Education, Marlene Canter was honored in April as the SOE’s 2009 Educator of the Year. |
| May 18 | Riordan Award Recipient Discovers Vocation Through Volunteerism | | | In April, Alexis Costales received a Riordan Community Service Award from the Riordan Foundation in honor of his dedication to community service. He volunteered more than 360 hours with the Dolores Mission Community in the Boyle Heights district of East Los Angeles. |
| May 04 | A Family Tradition | | | Heidi Manning graduates from LMU on May 10 with her second degree from the university, a master’s in education; her oldest daughter graduates on May 9 with a bachelor’s degree. |
| Apr 27 | LMU Business Honoree Gets Inspiration From His Clients | | | John Baudhuin MBA'90 teamed up with a professional cyclist to create an indoor bike and time-efficient fitness programs to help cyclists train. The idea was a hit, and led Bauhuin to start Mad Dogg Athletics, a health and fitness company, in 1994. |
| Apr 27 | Hynes Summer Bridge Program Preps Incoming Freshman for College | | | This fall, 25 Seaver College of Science and Engineering incoming freshman will come onto campus three weeks before classes begin to participate in the Hynes Summer Bridge Program. This program is specifically designed to help inner-city engineering students transition into a college-level engineering program. |
| Apr 27 | Ex Machina Press Keeps it in the LMU Family | | | When Peter Balaskas ’91 and ’04 took a creative writing class while completing his master’s in English, he had no idea that it would plant the seed for a venture in literary publishing. |
| Apr 20 | Teaching Kids To Be Savers | | | Sam Renick ’80, founder of The It’s a Habit Company, will be inducted into the Entrepreneur Wall of Fame on April 27. |
| Apr 20 | LMU Children’s Center to Celebrate Six-Year Anniversary | | | Loyola Marymount University’s Hannon Field will be transformed into the Once Upon a Time Fair and silent auction April 25 to benefit LMU’s Children’s Center. The fair and auction will be a first for the center, which celebrates its sixth year on the university’s campus. |
| Apr 13 | Excellence at Work | | | Tim Heafner ’09, an anchor on the men’s water polo team, leads outside the pool as well as in the water. |
| Apr 13 | LMU Senior’s Research on Truth Commission Earns Top Library Award | | | After taking a political science course on the history of truth commissions, Loyola Marymount University senior Natalie Minev dedicated a summer to researching and writing a paper on the topic. Her paper, “The Chilean and South African Truth Commissions: A Comparative Assessment,” won first place for the Von der Ahe Library 2009 Undergraduate Research Award. |
| Apr 06 | Students Lobby for Financial Aid at State Capitol | | | Loyola Marymount University student representatives Julianna Herrera ‘11 and Nerissa Irizarry ‘11 met with state legislators in Sacramento to lobby for the continued renewal of Cal Grants on March 13. |
| Mar 30 | James Goodrich '72 Honored in the Seaver College Wall of Fame | | | In recognition of his professional accomplishments as well as his support of LMU through the years, Goodrich will be honored with his name on the Seaver College of Science & Engineering Wall of Fame. Goodrich is a member (and past chair) of the Dean's Council for the College of Science and Engineering, and sits on the Dean’s Advisory Board. |
| Mar 17 | New Voter Registration Proposals To Be Unveiled at LMU | | | Proposed legislation designed to increase the number of voters in California will be unveiled by Assemblyman Curren D. Price (D-Inglewood) at a news conference and student rally at Loyola Marymount University on March 18. |
| Mar 15 | LMU Research Award Winner Used Experience as Her Starting Point | | | The learning process begins when curiosity leads to study and research. Andrea Ryken ’08, history and English double major, combined her passion for history with her curiosity about polio to write a paper that received top honors as Loyola Marymount University’s Von der Ahe Library 2008 Undergraduate Research Award winner. |
| Mar 15 | LMU Hosts National Intercollegiate Business Ethics Competition | | | Students from across the world are traveling to Loyola Marymount University to compete in the 11th Annual National Intercollegiate Business Ethics Competition, April 16 - 18. The competition is part of the Business Ethics Fortnight, a multi-week program at LMU centered on facing real-life ethical challenges in the business world. |
| Mar 03 | REAL TALK Sparks Dialogue About Art And Community Activism | | | In an attempt to rekindle the artistic innovation and community activism of Gallery 32, one of the few Los Angeles art organizations that exhibited the work of emerging African-American artists during the 1960s and 1970s, the Laband Art Gallery and “Truth About The Fact,” an international journal of literary nonfiction, hosted “REAL TALK: the Arts, the Academy and the Community.” |
| Mar 03 | LMU Appoints New Director of Campus Ministry | | | Rev. James D. Erps, S.J., currently director of campus ministry at Boston College, will become Loyola Marymount’s next director of campus ministry starting this coming summer. He will replace Rev. Albert Koppes, O.Carm., associate chancellor, who is serving as interim director during the current academic year. |
| Feb 23 | Martha Diaz Aszkenazy '81 Honored as 2009 LA Leader | | | Martha Diaz Aszkenazy '81 who is the president of a general contracting firm and the co-publisher of the San Fernando Valley Sun newspaper, will be one of three recipients of this year’s LA Leaders Distinguished Alumni Award presented by Loyola Marymount University’s Alumni Association. The award is given to alumni who are living out LMU’s mission in unique ways. |
| Feb 16 | AAAA Scholarship Recipient Aims for Oval Office | | | As a child, Jessyka Ramirez-Holden thought she wanted to become a doctor. But after many heated political debates with her father, Ramirez-Holden realized that politics would be a better fit. Now, as a junior political science major and Spanish minor, Ramirez-Holden has her eyes set on the White House. |
| Feb 16 | Theatre Students Explore Apartheid in “My Children! My Africa!” | | | LMU’s Theatre Department will present “My Children! My Africa!” which runs for nine performances in Strub Theatre during LMU’s Black History Month events in February. The play is written by Ethol Fugard and set in 1985 during the height of South African apartheid. |
| Feb 10 | African American Alumni Scholar Is Beginning to Feel at Home | | | It wasn’t an easy decision for Brian Broadnax, natural science major, to come to LMU. It was a long way from home for the Birmingham, Ala., native.
Now in his sophomore year, the African American Alumni Scholarship recipeint is convinced he made the right decision. |
| Feb 09 | Zig Gauthier ’99 MBA Teaches LMU Students About Professionalism | | | As part of the Humanities in the Corporation Series, Zig Gauthier ’99 MBA, president of Red Varen Studios, spoke to a group of Loyola Marymount University students about the importance of professionalism in the workplace when he visited the campus Feb. 5. |
| Feb 02 | Sophomore's Zeal for Research Nurtured by ACE Award | | | As a recipient of an ACE Undergraduate Research Award, Karina Zamora has the opportunity to continue her love of research. She will study the gene flow among habitat patches on a fragmented landscape in the sow bug killer spider Dysdera crocata. |
| Jan 26 | New Online Community Aims to Connect LMU Alumni | | | Loyola Marymount University’s Alumni Association announced the launch of an enhanced online community which will go live in April 2009. The updated online community, aimed at maintaining and fostering the relationship between the university and alumni regardless of distance, is a major upgrade from the current online directory. |
| Jan 26 | Oral History Project to Collect Stories of Veterans | | | A new project named project, "Soldier's Stories: Los Angeles Veterans Bridging the War Generation Gap," will pair six veterans with professional writers who will help the veterans communicate their experience through the means of dramatic narratives. |
| Jan 20 | LMU Celebrates Mission Day 2009 | | | As the campus gathers Feb. 2 to explore and discuss this year’s theme, “Companions in Mission,” the Jesuits mark 100 years of service in California. Fittingly, the new superior general of the Society of Jesus, the Very Reverend Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., will give the Mission Day keynote address. |
| Jan 20 | Alternative Breaks Makes Difference for LMU Students | | | New Year’s resolutions are made with the intention of improving oneself and laying out goals for the rest of the year. Nine Loyola Marymount University students shared in a resolution of becoming more involved in the Los Angeles community by participating in an immersion trip through the Alternative Breaks Program. |
| Jan 12 | The Adventure of Intellectual Inquiry | | | In 1954, Clinton E. Albertson, S.J., former English professor, earned a master’s degree in English literature from Oxford University. He was so impressed that he decided to import the Oxford model when he began teaching at Loyola University, also in 1954. Thus, in 1958, the University Honors Program, founded by Albertson, was launched. Fifty-one years later, the program still thrives. |
| Jan 12 | The Power of Education | | | Marta Baltodano has a passion for social justice – and she believes in the power of education to address societal inequities. Baltodano's 13 years as a human rights attorney and activist in her native Nicaragua continues to inform her work now that she is an associate professor at the LMU School of Education. |
| Jan 12 | Taking Aim at Hearing Loss | | | LMU alumnus William Luxford (BS '71) is a doctor who specializes in improving hearing. Luxford is a medical administrator for the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles, and he helps hearing-impaired people through the use of cochlear implants. |
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