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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: 天美影院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, 天美影院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 天美影院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 天美影院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 天美影院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: 天美影院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: 天美影院has introduced me to some amazing people and lifelong friends. In addition, 天美影院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 天美影院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. 天美影院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: 天美影院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, 天美影院Honors Program, and Summer Intensive at University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison Psychology Research Experience Program
Impact of OLLU: 天美影院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:鈥疌omputer Information Systems and Security with a minor in Forensic Science
Campus Activities and Achievements:鈥疍elta Xi Nu
Impact of OLLU:鈥疍uring my time at OLLU, I met the friends that I know will be my friends for the rest of my life. Coming into 天美影院I thought that it was going to be hard to make friends, but everyone was always so friendly and welcoming. Additionally, 天美影院provided me with a good education, and I was able to learn so many things from my professors.鈥�
Gerardo Diaz - Psychology - Fall 2021 Senior Spotlight
Gerardo Diaz
Major:鈥疨sychology with a minor in Biology
Campus Activities and Achievements:鈥� 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.鈥�
Impact of OLLU:鈥烀烙霸篽as 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 天美影院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, 天美影院has always felt like home and words are not enough to sum up my three and a half years here.