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Tijana Kruta - Business Management - Spring 2022 Senior Spotlight
Tijana Kruta
Major: Business Management
Campus Activities and Achievements: Volleyball is my main activity outside the classroom. My work-study position at Events Services provided me with amazing experiences, such as building OLLU's award-winning Fiesta Flambeau Parade float.
Impact of OLLU: OLLU has impacted my life in many aspects, but most importantly it gave me an unforgettable college experience and lifelong friends and memories. I am very thankful for the esteemed faculty members who have provided me with wonderful guidance throughout these four years.
As an international student, I feel the best part of it all is that I got lucky enough to choose a school with a community so cohesive that it feels like home, 10,000 miles away from home. I love how diverse San Antonio is and my favorite cultural tradition here is Thanksgiving.
Emma Ramos - Psychology and English - Spring 2022 Senior Spotlight
Emma Ramos
Major: Double major in Psychology and English with a concentration in Technical and Professional Writing
Campus Activities and Achievements: Psi Chi Honor Society, Multicultural Alliance for Peace in Society Co-Founder and Historian, Dean's List Recipient, University Police Student Worker, Awakening Retreat Staff Member, Halo Program, Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority, and Community Service Volunteer
Impact of OLLU: Within these past four years, OLLU has allowed me to flourish by virtue of education, activities, extracurriculars, opportunities, and people. I have made everlasting memories that I will carry to the next chapter of my life and for the rest of my life. I am grateful for what OLLU has provided me.
Liliana Briseno - Biology and Psychology - Spring 2022 Senior Spotlight
Liliana Briseno
Major: Dual degree in Biology and Psychology
Campus Activities and Achievements: Women's Soccer Team, First-Year Connections Executive Leader, Student Leadership and Development Office
Impact of OLLU: Here at OLLU I have been able to harness both professional and academic skills that I feel have contributed tremendously to my marketability as a working professional. Being part of the OLLU community has expanded my network, while also making me feel supported and part of a close-knit family.
Carlson Goode - Kinesiology - Spring 2022 Senior Spotlight
Carlson Goode
Major: Kinesiology and a Minor in Psychology
Campus Activities: Basketball Team
Impact of OLLU: OLLU had a great impact on my life. The university showed me the way to success.
Audren Pineda - Kinesiology - Spring 2022 Senior Spotlight
Audren Pineda
Major: Kinesiology with a minor in Psychology
Campus Activities and Achievements: Track and Field Team and Cross-Country Team
Impact of OLLU: OLLU has introduced me to some amazing people and lifelong friends. In addition, OLLU has helped me grow into the person I am today.
Norberto Lira - Kinesiology - Spring 2022 Senior Spotlight
Norberto Lira
Major: Kinesiology with a Minor in Business Administration and Spanish
Campus Activities and Achievements: Men's Soccer
Impact of OLLU: The impact that OLLU made in my life is that it gave me the opportunity to be the first to graduate in my family, and I thank my family, my friends and the university for that. OLLU is a small community - small community but true friends, and that's what I carry in my soul.
Dawson Brinkley - Biology - Spring 2022 Senior Spotlight
Dawson Brinkley
Major: Biology with a minor in Psychology
Campus Activities and Achievements: Women's Soccer Team, Member of the Sigma Zeta National Honor Society
Impact of OLLU: OLLU is where I grew into an adult and found friends whom I will have forever. The science and math departments have really helped me by giving us a glimpse of what science careers and graduate school would look like for us science majors.
Monzerrath Rodriguez - Psychology and Spanish - Spring 2022 Senior Spotlight
Monzerrath Rodriguez
Major: Double major in Psychology and Spanish
Campus Activities and Achievements: National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, International Honor Society in Psychology, National Society of Leadership and Success, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, OLLU Honors Program, and Summer Intensive at University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison Psychology Research Experience Program
Impact of OLLU: OLLU has helped me to believe in myself, to become a perseverant person, and to accomplish my goals.
Yvette Aguilar - Computer Information Systems and Security - Fall 2021 Senior Spotlight
Yvette Aguilar
Major: Computer Information Systems and Security with a minor in Forensic Science
Campus Activities and Achievements: Delta Xi Nu
Impact of OLLU: During my time at OLLU, I met the friends that I know will be my friends for the rest of my life. Coming into OLLU I thought that it was going to be hard to make friends, but everyone was always so friendly and welcoming. Additionally, OLLU provided me with a good education, and I was able to learn so many things from my professors.
Gerardo Diaz - Psychology - Fall 2021 Senior Spotlight
Gerardo Diaz
Major: Psychology with a minor in Biology
Campus Activities and Achievements: Alliance, National Society of Leadership and Success, Library Aide at the Sueltenfuss Library (best job ever), and Volunteer with Grace Place: Alzheimer's Activity Center Volunteer, Meal-on-Wheels of San Antonio, and the San Antonio Fatherhood Campaign.
Impact of OLLU: OLLU has impacted my life in a number of ways. Although I moved to San Antonio from the Rio Grande Valley, about a four hour drive, I have definitely grown so much as an individual here. I've learned so much about myself and have learned so much more academically. I can honestly say, without any doubt, that deciding to come to OLLU has been the single greatest decision I have made in my life so far. I cannot imagine my life without all of the experiences I have had here and without all the people I've met: faculty, staff, and students. From my first visit up to the few days before graduation, OLLU has always felt like home and words are not enough to sum up my three and a half years here.