| LMU PLAYA VISTA UPDATE As June approaches, we will occupy our new LMU Playa Vista Campus with excitement for the new opportunities it will offer the entire university community. With innovative teaching spaces as the highest design priority, our architects and builders are finishing construction of these landmark spaces. About 35,000 square feet will form the new home to SFTV graduate programs and 15,000 square feet will be university shared space. From now through opening, LMU This Week will
provide updates on progress, plans, and everything LMUPV.
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 Academic Community of Excellence Scholars Recognition Banquet
Intercultural Affairs invites the community to the ACE Scholars Recognition Banquet on Friday, March 23, at 3 p.m. at The Hill, to recognize the academic achievements of the Academic Community of Excellence. RSVP HERE ►
| |  Tech and Teaching: Digital Scholarship at LMU
Educators in business, sciences and the humanities are using dynamic technological tools that not only teach students useful skills, but allow them to learn by actively producing quality, marketable products. We are equipping our students for the future through immersive media and digital scholarship. READ MORE ► | |
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 A Loyola Law School class, “Immigration Law and the Border,” will take students on a spring break trip to the border region near El Paso, Texas, where students will be introduced to the real-life challenges they will encounter as immigration lawyers. READ MORE ► | |
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| | SAVE THE DATE Honorary Degree Ceremony - Gail Abarbanel ►
REMINDER Attend a Brand Development Open Forum on March 12 or 13 ►
REMINDER New MyLMU Announcement Submission Process ►
SUPPORT ITS Now Supports Ricoh Printers Across Campus ►
VIEW LMU Hospitality Spring Break Dining Location Schedule ►
REGISTER Rock, Roll and Run 5K ►
REGISTER HR/Learning and Development Workshop - Performing Under Pressure ►
VIEW Faculty/Staff Dining Menus at the Hill ►
READ the Full List of Bulletins ►
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Feb. 27 / Emergency Preparedness: Annual Active Shooter Drill / campuswideThe LMU community is asked to participate in an annual Active Shooter / Shelter In Place Drill today at 10:05 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. Public Safety hopes that you will dedicate a few minutes to participate in a physical shelter in place drill or a meaningful discussion regarding active shooter preparedness. Also, LMU Public Safety is partnering with the LAPD and the LAFD to host the annual Response Demonstration from 11 a.m. to noon in Roski Dining Hall in University Hall. MORE ►
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Feb. 27 / Presenting with Visuals: Research Options / UNH 1857, 4:30 p.m.In preparation for the 2018 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Undergraduate Research will host this workshop "How to Effectively Use Posters and PowerPoint to Share your Research with Others," featuring Melanie Hubbard, digital scholarship librarian at the William H. Hannon Library. MORE ►
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Feb. 28 / Less Admin, More Engagement - TEL Workshop / UNH 2342, noonFaculty member Tony Kmetty will present his Technology Enhanced Learning hands-on workshop "Less Admin, More Engagement" on integrating and utilizing easy-to-use tools to reclaim your time with simple apps and programs such as: Attendance app; office hours scheduling; student group member grading; and Brightspace integration. Lunch will be provided. RSVP here. MORE ►
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Feb. 28 / Using Brightspace Discussion Boards / UNH 2342, 2 p.m.Instructional technologist Elaine Coates will guide participants as they learn how to use the discussions tool to create a collaboration area where you can post, read and reply to messages on topics, share thoughts, ask questions, share files, or students can work with their peers. This workshop will focus solely on the Discussion tool so instructors can gain detailed experience in how to use the tool. To sign up, click on the form here. MORE ►
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Feb. 28 / Book Launch: "One Sunday in Mississippi" / UNH 3002, 7:30 p.m.Join the book launch of "One Sunday in Mississippi," a play in one act by Linda Bannister and James E. Hurd Jr., published by Harriet Tubman Press, an imprint of TSEHAI Publishers. A cast directed by Jim Holmes of the LMU Theatre Department will perform selected scenes from the play. Special guest, Micki Dickoff, filmmaker of the documentary "Neshoba: The Price of Freedom" will also share a few words. A reception with food and drinks will follow. MORE ►
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March 1 / Selections from "Unteachable" / Ahmanson Auditorium, UNH 1000, 7 p.m.ACTI Faculty Fellow Kelly Younger's full length play "Unteachable" centers on a Jesuit professor grappling with issues of academia, trigger warnings, and "words that inflict as well as instruct." The evening will feature a staged reading of selected scenes from "Unteachable" followed by Q&A and discussion. Refreshments provided. Visit the website to learn more and to RSVP for this event. MORE ►
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March 3 / Retreat: "Exploring the Foundations of Prayer" / Roski Dining Room, 9 a.m.
James Finley, Ph.D., will lead a one-day retreat devoted to exploring the transformative power and the challenges of learning to be faithful to daily prayer and meditation. Registration is open online. Cost is $75 per person. It is LMU Extension policy that registration fees are refunded only if the event is canceled; no refund for partial attendance or no-show. For more information, call the Center for Religion and Spirituality at 310.338.2799 or email crs@lmu.edu. MORE ►
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| | LMU Leads Nation in Addressing
Student Activism
We commend students who exercise their freedom of expression through peaceful activism & protest. LMU won't penalize applicants nor admitted students disciplined by their high school when they engage in peaceful, lawful protest & activism.
Read the full statement.
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 "Américan Woman: The Virgin
of Guadalupe"
Who is the Virgin of Guadalupe? What does she mean to millions of Latinos/as? How does the church interpret her? Kristy Nabhan-Warren, professor and the V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Fellow in Catholic Studies at the University of Iowa, will explore these questions during this year’s Mary Milligan, R.S.H.M. Endowed Lecture in Spirituality. READ MORE ► | |  ‘Raise the Roar’ Campaign Opens
Help LMU men’s and women’s soccer “Raise the Roar” at Sullivan Field with a new Sound System Renovation crowdfunding campaign. A new sound system will help improve the fan and player experience on Sullivan Field. Also, the men’s and women’s basketball teams are off to Nevada for the West Coast Conference Tournament, March 1-6. READ MORE ► | |
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