Lejla Bilal ‘20 (GSLC, PhD) recently transitioned from her role as Organizational Change Manager to Senior Advisor, Leadership Development Programs and Strategy with the Talent and Organizational Development Department at…
Margaret Anne Kean Publishes Four Poems
Margaret Anne Kean ’20 (Los Angeles, MFA) had four poems published in the San Antonio Review. Kean’s debut chapbook collection, Cleaving the Clouds, was published by Kelsay Books in 2023.Her…
Hop Hopkins Appointed WildEarth Guardians’ New Executive Director
Hop Hopkins ’23 (Los Angeles, MA) is the WildEarth Guardians’ new Executive Director. He was chosen unanimously by the board and staff to lead the organization. The WildEarth Guardians protect and restore wildlife, wild places,…
Elana Haviv Presents at Two Events
Elana Haviv ’23 (GSLC, PhD) will be a featured guest at The University of Wisconsin’s “A Community Café Conversation” a cross-cultural conversation focused on topics relevant to both the global…
Netera Pratt-Gutierrez Presents at Journey Towards Liberation Conference
Netera Pratt-Gutierrez ’21 (Seattle, MA) presented at Journey Towards Liberation, a conference sponsored by the Martinez Foundation. Pratt-Gutierrez is an elementary librarian, Executive Board Member for Kent Education Association, and Kent…
Susie Halsell Appointed by UNICEF to the role of Technical Expert
Susie Halsell ’18, ’23 (Santa Barbara, BA, Online, MA) was appointed by UNICEF to the role of Technical Expert for the establishment of a skateboarding program for street children in…
Huijun “Nikki” Li Receives Leader of Tomorrow Award from the American Dance Therapy Association
Huijun “Nikki” Li ’23 (New England, Dance and Movement Therapy) was honored with the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) Leader of Tomorrow Award. It is given to a dance/movement therapist…
Ashley Benson Named Vice President of Student Affairs at Lourdes University
Ashley Benson ’20 (GSLC, PhD) has been named Vice President of Student Affairs at Lourdes University and will assume her role on March 19, 2024. Benson’s work centers around issues…
Rachel M. Roberts Featured on Better Leaders, Better Schools Podcast
Rachel M. Roberts (GSLC, PhD) was recently featured on the most downloaded podcast for school leaders, Better Leaders, Better Schools, with Danny Bauer. During her interview, Roberts shared research from…
Alum and Faculty Publish Paper on the Nesting Ecology of Spotted Turtles
John Garrison ’22 (New England, MS) and Lisabeth L. Willey, PhD, research faculty in the Environmental Studies Department, published a paper entitled “Nesting Ecology of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys Guttata) at…
Carrie Lynn Hawthorne Publishes Two Stories
Carrie Lynn Hawthorne ’22 (Online, BA), a current student in the MFA program at our Los Angeles campus, has had two stories published in literary magazines in the last few…
LauraLynn Jansen Awarded an International Humanistic Management Fellowship
LauraLynn Jansen ‘23 (GSLC, PhD in Leadership and Change) has been awarded an International Humanistic Management Fellowship from the Humanistic Management Association (IHMA). Jansen is an Integrative Sustainability Coach, Consultant,…