Exciting news,
#LMU20
and
#LMU21
grads! Academy Award-winning actress
@violadavis
will serve as the keynote speaker for commencement at SoFi Stadium on July 31:
“It’s time for LMU’s 109th Commencement Exercises!” Excited and honored to have legendary
@Dodgers
broadcaster
@TheVinScully
serving as LMU’s Voice of Commencement today at SoFi Stadium.
Forever Hank’s House.
This afternoon,
#LMU
honored the legacy of late
@lmulionsMBB
basketball great Hank Gathers by unveiling a statue in his likeness in front of Gersten Pavilion:
#HankGathers44
LMU stands in solidarity with our international students. We are examining the new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy, and will continue to pursue all available avenues to address their needs:
Congrats to
@FrGregBoyle
, S.J., M.A. '85,
@HomeboyInd
founder, LMU honorary degree recipient, and the university’s 2011
#LMUGrad
commencement speaker, who today will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor.
President
@LMUSnyder
announced today, in support of our international students, that LMU has joined an amicus brief supporting the lawsuit recently filed by Harvard and MIT:
!!! Down goes
#6
Gonzaga !!!
@lmulionsmbb
's big road upset ends the Zags’ 75-game home win streak.
Lions, we need to hear you roar in Gersten at LMU's upcoming games. Be there:
It's officially official! 🦁🏈🎉
LMU will host the
@RamsNFL
2024 Training Camp this summer on the Westchester campus.
More ➡️
Rams announcement ➡️
#LMUxRams
#RamsCamp
We stand in solidarity with our
#Armenian
Lions as we pray for a continued ceasefire and de-escalation of tensions in Artsakh. Let us harmonize our voices and demand a sustainable solution that vanquishes violence and aggression and brings about peace and healing.
Students taking
@LMUBellarmine
Prof. Christopher Kaczor’s popular “Love and Marriage” course got a surprise visit from “The Bachelor” & “The Bachelorette” host
@chrisbharrison
when he joined them via Zoom to guest speak:
When you can’t see the bluff, we’re here to bring the bluff to you. ❤️
This summer, we're sharing a few favorite shots from the university photo archive, curated and taken by staff photographer, Jon Rou.
Veteran actor and social justice activist Martin Sheen told LMU graduates to “go about the world bringing justice, healing and mercy” at
#LMUGrad
Commencement earlier today on the Westchester campus:
Watch the full address:
LMU students organized a peaceful demonstration against racism yesterday outside LMU’s front gates. We thank the student leaders who planned this important event. The work to root out racism in our world and on our campuses will continue.
#BlackLivesMatter
“He is a leader, a champion, a builder, and a collaborator who will challenge our student-athletes to be fierce competitors with purpose and integrity.”
LMU Lions, please join us in welcoming our new athletic director, Craig Pintens:
LMU has once again been named one of America’s best colleges by
@ThePrincetonRev
, ranking among the top 25 in the nation for science lab facilities, undergraduate entrepreneurship, community service engagement, impact & more:
#ILoveLMU
Congratulations to LMU
@LoyolaLawSchool
alum
@AliMayorkas
'85, nominated today to head the Department of Homeland Security. He will be the first immigrant and first Latino to hold the post.
Earlier tonight LAPD responded to LMU to investigate an active shooter report. After investigating they determined that there was no threat to the campus.
LMU recently welcomed educator and activist Angela Davis, & acclaimed screenwriter and producer Damon Lindelof, to campus for LMU’s Global Conversations Series with
@HenryLouisGates
, to discuss their life experiences and family history discoveries.
There wasn't a dry eye in the room as
@lmusftv
freshman Carla Arellano '21 accepted a full scholarship to LMU, announced by
@GalGadot
at this morning's
@THR
Women in Entertainment Breakfast!
Before Amanda Gorman was the youngest known poet to speak at a presidential inauguration, she spent a portion of her childhood at LMU, when her mother pursued her Ed.D. degree.
Read more about her LMU connection:
Today Prof.
@HenryLouisGates
sits down with activist, professor and author Angela Davis, to discuss social justice issues, as part of the Marymount Institute's "Global Conversation" series:
The
@usnews
rankings are out and LMU is
#66
in the nation, earning a place among the six highest-ranked private colleges in California and top five Jesuit universities in the country:
The 2021 Princeton Review rankings are out, and LMU is:
#4
for students most engaged in community service 🦁
#7
for best college library 📚
#9
for best science labs 🔬
And more!
.
@RollingStone
recently ranked
@Nirvana
’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
#5
on its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list, but did you know the band premiered the song at LMU’s
@KXLU889
the day before other radio stations received the track? More:
Sr. Maria and LMU’s sisters cheer on fellow Lion, Sr. Jean and the Loyola Chicago Ramblers. Good luck in tomorrow’s
#MarchMadness
match-up!
Sr. Jean Schmidt, BVM, the 101-year-old Ramblers chaplain, earned an M.A. at LMU in 1961. Once a Lion, always a Lion!
#LionPrideFriday
One for the books! 🦁📚 Congratulations to
@LMULibrary
for winning the 2021
@ALA_ACRL
Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, one of the highest honors a university library can receive at the national level: 👏👏👏
LMU has been recognized by
@USNews
as one of the nation's "Most Innovative Colleges" and the No. 3 best regional university in the West in the 2019
#BestColleges
rankings:
#GoLions
Congratulations to
@LMUBellarmine
Prof. Cheryl Grills, Ph.D., appointed by
@CAgovernor
@GavinNewsom
to serve on the state's newly formed Reparations Task Force, to inform Californians about slavery and explore ways the state might provide reparations:
Hello from the nation's
#4
most beautiful campus! 👋🌴
@ThePrincetonRev
's 2023 rankings are out, & LMU is 🔥
#4
Students Most Engaged in Community Service
#6
Best Science Lab Facilities
#9
Best College Library
#16
Happiest Students
More:
Please review President
@LMUSnyder
’s
#COVID19
update:
Update includes:
-No known cases of COVID-19 at LMU.
-Classes will meet online 3/16-3/31.
-Students encouraged to remain or return home.