Letter From

Kara Allen, Ed.D. ’14 describes her journey from crying with her 5-month-old while parked at University Hall to her job as chief impact officer with Spurs Sports & Entertainment.

Lucy Clarke ’77 spent 14 years of her career teaching children who lived a few miles from a border crossing in Texas, where she witnessed heartache, frustration and joy.

Rosa Aramburo ’11, a DACA participant and now a medical student, finds herself serving the medical needs of the people of Nome, Alaska.

If ever foreign news bureaus were useful, they surely are now when it comes to China. On almost every front, the Middle Kingdom is asserting itself on issues ranging from building bases in the South China Sea, to organizing international trade pacts, targeting Taiwan’s status as an international actor, and moving forward in technology innovation. China even aims to catch up to world soccer. We asked journalist John Corrigan ’77 to give us an eyewitness account of life in China’s capital, Beijing. Here’s his report.

President David W. Burcham reflects on a gift offered to a family with financial struggles that later was paid back to the university many times over.

Gisella Mendizabal ’07 describes the impact of her Sorsum Corda service org experience on life as she lives it in Boston, her “second home.”

Michael Amodei ’79, M.A. ’86, writer/editor with Ave Maria Press, checks in.

Beth (Van Brussel) Calkins ’02, former LMU admission officer, now lives in New Orleans. New Orleans is quite a city. Its people are resilient. The sense of community here is comforting; it almost reminds me of life on the bluff, though I do miss that Pacific breeze.

Jayson Chun says that six years after his LMU graduation he felt a call to return “home to the islands,” to Hawaii.

A letter to LMU from Lysandra (Sapp) Donigian ’00.