Fall-Winter 2019

Students take the lead in advancing campus cultural understanding

The Muslim Students Alliance is open to all identities. We promote an educational and informative approach to Islam to address and eliminate misconceptions of the religion. We’re committed to collaborating with other faith-based groups on campus and spreading unity throughout Cal Lutheran.

Sana Shah
Muslim Student Alliance (MSA) President
Major: Chemistry

Our weekly meetings are the best place to catch a thought- provoking discussion on current issues. We focus on positivity and Black excellence in today’s society, as well as racial concerns in our nation, most notably microaggressions.

Courtney Edukugho ’19
Black Student Union President
Major: Psychology with Biology Emphasis + Pre-Med

Hawai’i is a blending of all cultures, races, religions—a true ‘melting pot’ where people just enjoy spending time with one another, whether they are family, longtime friends or have just met for the first time. Every spring, the Kupa’a Hawai’i Club hosts an annual lu’au to share Hawaiian culture and the aloha spirit with the Cal Lutheran community. The Club greets and honors over 350 guests with leis!

Jasmine Palafox
Kupa’a Hawai’i Club President
Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

LASO sponsors events to educate and spread the Latin culture, such as hosting Día de los Muertos and Las Posadas activities. Our club is very family-oriented and everyone feels at home during our events. People tell me they never really knew the meaning behind the events until they were part of the experience themselves.

Carlos Gonzalez
Latin American Student Organization (LASO)Co-Vice President
Major: Exercise Science

News from the College of Arts & Sciences

Professors

Published

DR. JEAN KELSO SANDLIN
Communication

  • “Coming Home: The Los Angeles Rams Connect to Past to Build Future.” Book Chapter published in Case Studies in Sports Communication: You Make the Call edited by Terry Rentner and David Burnes (2019).
  • “All Your Clothes are Made with Exploited Labor.” Case analyzing Patagonia’s corporate social responsibility efforts published in Cases in Public Relations: Translating Ethics into Action edited by Brigitta R. Brunner and Corey A. Hickerson and published by Oxford University Press (2019).

DR. JEAN KELSO SANDLIN and DR. MONICA GRACYALNY
Communication

  • Seeking sincerity, finding forgiveness: YouTube apologies as image repair.” Article published in Public Relations Review and featured in the Institute for Public Relations’ Digital Media Research Center.

DR. SHERIDAN WIGGINTON
Spanish

  • “The interconnected challenges and dangers faced by Haitian and Haitian-descended youth in the Dominican Republic.” Co-authored a book chapter in R.T. Middleton, IV (Ed.) Unequal protection of the law: The rights of citizens and non-citizens in comparative perspective, 195-217. St. Paul, MN: West Academic.

Awarded

DR. WALTER STEWART
German

  • Won Best Original Screenplay Feature at the London Independent Film Festival for his screenplay The Winged Avenger, June 2018.
  • First-Runner-Up at the Beverly Hills Film Festival for his screenplay Tesla, April 2018.

DR. SEBASTIAN CARRON MONTERO
Physics

  • “Relativistic and resonant effects in the ionization of heavy atoms by ultra- intense hard X- rays.” Co-authored article in Nature Communications Volume 9, Article number: 4200 (2018).
  • “Free-Electron Laser Data for Multiple Particle Fluctuation
    Scattering Analysis.” Co-authored article in Scientific Data 5 (180201), 1-7 (2018).
  • “Ultrafast Self-Induced X-Ray Transparency and Loss of Magnetic Diffraction.” Co-authored article in Physical Review Letters, 121. 1370403 (2018).
  • “Femtosecond X-ray Fourier holography imaging of free-flying nanoparticles.” Co-authored article In Nature Photonics 12, 150–153 (2018). Möller, Janos Hajdu, Christoph Bostedt.
  • “Considerations for three-dimensional image reconstruction from experimental data in coherent diffractive imaging.” Co-authored article in International Union of Crystallography Journal 5 (Pt 5): 531-541 (2018). HN, Möller T, Bostedt C, Hajdu J, Gorkhover T. Maia F.

DR. JESSICA L. LAVARIEGA MONFORTI
Political Science

  • “Latinos in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Latinos as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders” published by ABC-CLIO.
  • “Intersecting campaigns: candidate race, ethnicity, gender and voter evaluations.” Article co-authored with Sarah Allen Gershon and published in Politics, Groups, and Identities.
  • “Building Our Communities: Women of Color Workshops in Political Science.” Article co-authored with Melissa Michelson and published in PS: Political Science

Participated

DR. MARY OKSALA
Physics

  • Science advisor for St. John’s Seminary as a part of the Science for Seminaries Phase II Project, funded through the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) program within the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Alumni

Winning Awards

MORGAN MANTILL ’18
Communication

  • Awarded a Silver Addy in the 2019 Ameri- can Advertising Awards Coastal California Competition for her project, “The Iceberg Campaign,” which advocates media literacy.

CHRISTOPHER JELLOIaN ’16
Physics

  • Received a prestigious NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship for his project Non-Equilibrium Heat Transfer During Mars Entry. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA.

JEFF MOELLER ’95
Communication

  • Moeller, Senior Director of Communications and Heritage for the Los Angeles Kings, hosted the Public Relations Student Society of America at Staples Center. He treated students to a tour, a Q&A session with commentator Daryl Evans, and passes to watch the game from the press box.

Students

Winning Awards

THE ECHO
1st Place College Media Awards

  • Breaking news coverage of the Borderline shooting (Editor in Chief Dakota Allen, News Editor Olivia Schouten and Sports Editor Brooke Stanley)
  • Non-breaking news reporting for “Prof’s ‘Problems In Philosophy’” (Features Editor Ellie Long)
  • Best Headline Portfolio (Opinion Editor Carly Aronson)

JAVIER BERJON DE LA PARRA

  • Awarded a $10,000 Rossing Physics Scholarship for 2019-20 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Foundation.

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