| Nov 15 | Veterans Honored at Luncheon | | | A World War II-era plaque, which will be the first piece of a proposed permanent memorial to alumni veterans, is displayed. |
| Sep 27 | LMU Students to Help Survey Homeless | | | Members of Magis will take part in the survey, which will determine how many homeless people live in Westchester and Playa del Rey and will help Los Angeles in services planning. |
| Sep 19 | LMU Coordinator Receives Association’s Ignatian Medal | | | Anthony Garrison-Engbrecht, coordinator for transfer and off-campus programs at LMU, received the Ignatian Medal for Outstanding New Professional in Jesuit Student Affairs from the Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrator. |
| Aug 23 | The Writings on the Wall | | | Saachi Cywinski ’10, Sherwin Kim '09 and Jason Wilk ’07 developed the WhiteyBoard, a stick-on, peel-off whiteboard, which was released earlier this year. |
| Aug 09 | Senior Robyn Anderson Advances Engineering Research in Paris | | | Senior Robyn Anderson and seven other students will study nonlinear optics in a summer program at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. The experience will provide her with more in-depth knowledge about the techniques used in international optics labs. |
| Aug 02 | LMU Students Attend New Program at Harvard's Kennedy School | | | Senior Adrienne Soto was one of six LMU students selected to participate in the Latino Leadership Initiative at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The highly competitive summer program was established to help develop the next generation of Latino leaders. |
| Aug 02 | Biblical Scholars Meet at LMU | | | The Catholic Biblical Association of America’s 73rd international meeting brings together approximately 300 scholars for seminars and discussions. |
| Jul 26 | Nikole Lim ’10 Helps Community in Nairobi to Live “Freely in Hope” | | | Nikole Lim'10 made a two-minute documentary about four women in the Salvation Army in Nairobi, Kenya, who have overcame harsh life challenges. The film received a Jury Award at the fifth annual Film Your Issue, an international contest that engages global young adults 14 to 24 in pressing social issues. |
| Jul 19 | 2010 Summer Honors Fellow Explores Ocean Research | | | As a 2010 Summer Honors Fellow, Jacqueline McSweeney. will participate in a range of projects offered by Rutgers’ Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences in New Jersey. The program will explore the physical and chemical aspects of oceanography. |
| Jul 12 | SURF Recipient Explores Public Policy and Natural Disasters | | | As a recipient of a 2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Greer Gosnell will be studying the effects that natural disasters have on public policy. Specifically, her research will explore the voting trends in India after major floods. |
| Jul 12 | Service Award Winner to Pursue Career in Organizing | | | In recognition of her volunteer efforts, Veronica Recinos '10 received a Riordan Community Service Award in April. Each year, the Riordan Foundation honors six LMU undergraduate students for their outstanding contributions in community service. |
| Jul 06 | LMU’s Mascot Entertains Independence Day Crowd | | | Iggy the Lion and members of the Westchester lacrosse league strutted their American pride down Loyola Boulevard in the 11th annual Westchester Fourth of July parade. The theme of the parade was “Songs of America.”. |
| Jun 14 | Professor Puts Humor to the Test | | | Course on the “Sociology of Seinfeld” gives LMU students a look at the deeper meaning of jokes and where they come from. |
| May 03 | LMU Students Put the Planet First in Honor of Earth Day | | | Students celebrated Earth Week from April 19 to 29, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, which was April 22. The series of events was created to enlighten students about the environment and the well-being of the planet. |
| Apr 26 | Scholarship, Loyalty, Service | | | Loyola Marymount University students, families and faculty filled Sacred Heart Chapel for the induction ceremony April 17 by Alpha Sigma Nu, the honor society of Jesuit institutions of higher education. |
| Apr 26 | LMU Dancers Spring to Life in “Animate!” | | | Loyola Marymount University’s Strub Theatre was vibrant with dancing during “Animate!” on April 21 through 24. The third annual student-run production featured 50 students as dancers, choreographers, publicists, costumers and in several behind-the-scenes roles. |
| Apr 19 | Graduate Student’s Curator Internship ‘Worth a Thousand Words’ | | | When first-year graduate student Melanie Hubbard ’11 began her internship in the William H. Hannon Library, she didn’t quite know what to expect. The internship allowed an English graduate student to experience another side of the literary industry, in this case the text as artifact. |
| Apr 12 | LMU Professor to Head National Journal on Study of Religion | | | Theological Studies Professor Amir Hussain has been named the next editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, a position he hopes to use to continue the journal’s move toward a broader study of religion beyond Christianity and Judaism. |
| Apr 05 | Student Project Continues to Raise Money for Haiti Relief | | | Three LMU students set an ambitious goal for a class project: raise $20,000 in two weeks for the earthquake survivors in Haiti. The students didn’t meet their goal in the two-week period, but that hasn’t stopped them extending their deadline until the end of the semester. |
| Apr 05 | Young Senators Visit LMU | | | Leadership training program provides forum for high school students to discuss pending legislation, hear speakers and tour the campus. |
| Mar 08 | Students Lobby for Continued Renewal of Cal Grants | | | LMU sophomore Art Flores, junior Miguel Alex Centeno and two staff members traveled to Sacramento on March 2 for Cal Grant Day to lobby state legislators for the continued support of Cal Grants. |
| Feb 22 | LMU Welcomes First Campus Sustainability Coordinator | | | LMU recently named Joseph Rasmussen as its campus sustainability coordinator. The position, the first of its kind at the university, was created in an effort to further encourage environmental stewardship and promote sustainability on campus. |
| Feb 16 | Junior Marc Napp Goes to the Next Level as Coach of Youth Team | | | Junior Marc Napp jumped at the chance to coach lacrosse players in a youth league after his coach at LMU announced the opportunity last fall. Napp said the experience has allowed him to learn that it’s never too early to start passing on his appreciation of the game. |
| Feb 15 | Students Aim for World Record While Raising Money for Haiti | | | Three business administration seniors at LMU, Jack Bazerkanian, Brandin Cohen, Melissa Stirling, have an ambitious goal for a class project: set a Guinness World Record with the world’s largest paper doll chain and raise $20,000 for the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. |
| Jan 26 | LMU Celebration Honors Martin Luther King, Jr. | | | A message of faith, hope and peace was shared during an interfaith service honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The service attracted students from diverse cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds. |
| Jan 11 | Ovation Fellow Builds Bridges Into the L.A. Theater Scene | | | Los Angeles’ film and television industry is well known, but the city also has a vibrant and diverse theater community. As an L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Fellow, LMU's sophomore Sofya Levitsky-Weitz is exploring the theater scene in a personal and professional way. |
| Jan 11 | Dedicated Educator Gives Back | | | Brian Johnson ’75, MA ’80 said that he found his calling as an educator during his senior year at LMU. Since then he has devoted more than 30 years to the students and families of the Lennox School District, as a teacher, principal and now assistant superintendent. |
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