MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS | Our commitment to educate with meaning and purpose in service of faith and the promotion of justice has produced a network of more than 100,000 engaged alumni around the globe. With an economic impact of more than $1B statewide annually, LMU advances groundbreaking research, powerful programming for social change, and creative leadership to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges and enrich the cultural landscape. Many diverse voices coalesce to form the chorus that embodies our university’s goal to create the world we want to live in.
LMU Marketing, Communications, and External Relations introduces LMU Impact, a family of e-newsletters that aim to elevate awareness of the impactful ways our community is addressing society’s challenges locally, nationally, and globally.
“With this series, we hope to trumpet compelling LMU success stories and encourage friends, colleagues, and influencers to share them with their peers and social circles,” said Senior Vice President of Marketing, Communications, and External Relations John Kiralla. “Each newsletter in the series will focus on different areas of interest, such as philanthropy, research, social activism, civic partnerships, public affairs, alumni, university leadership, and more.”
The first newsletter, LMU Impact: Philanthropy Edition, was launched on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, and highlighted prominent, impactful recent gifts to the university that have funded academic programs and strategic initiatives. “Our LMU education is stronger than ever because of your friendship and generosity,” said President Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D., in the introduction.
Readers were introduced to the $1 million gift from Trustee Jim ’65 and Lia Whitehead that propels the summer research opportunities for the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering; and readers learned of the $2 million gift from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange to fund the CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice.
The Philanthropy Edition featured updates on the SFTV Fitzpatrick Pavilion, Loyola Law School’s Center for Juvenile Law and Policy, and gifts to emergency funds that have been a source of much-needed relief for students struggling to adjust to wrenching pandemic circumstances.
The newsletter also presented stories on LMU journalism’s Project Citizen, Carol Costello’s series of podcasts on inter-generational conversations, and Coach Stan Johnson discussing proposed renovations to athletic facilities that will give LMU student-athletes a significant boost.
A second newsletter, LMU Impact: University Leaders Edition, was recently launched with presidents, provosts, and colleagues at the nation’s top-ranked universities and showcases the university’s faculty, scholarship, creativity, and academic excellence. The leaders edition featured Professor Kathryn Mouzakis’ grant from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement to identify drug candidates that could stop the coronavirus, putting LMU at the leading edge of the science; stories on social justice advocacy by LMU Professor Michelle Amor Gillie; LMU Loyola Law School’s Project for the Innocent securing the release of client Jane Dorotik after 20 years in prison for a murder conviction based on a mountain of false and unreliable evidence. This edition also included LMU’s new crop of Fulbright Scholars, the interdisciplinary research of LMU Professor Yong Woo An into innovative rehabilitation programs, and stories on the pedagogical shift to virtual learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
