The Giveback
Hank’s House
A statue of basketball legend Hank Gathers will pay tribute to an enduring and still vibrant legacy of a beloved member of the LMU community.
Play to Win
Norma Provencio ’79 never wore an LMU D1 jersey as a student, but she played just about every intramural sport. Now she’s one of the Athletics Department’s biggest supporters.
Scholarship Initiative
LMU’s five-year Scholarship Initiative, launched in October 2012, successfully ended earlier this year by topping its $100 million goal by $3 million, a “record-setting achievement,” said President Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D.
A Brash Bird’s Legacy
The LMU School of Film and Television received a $5 million donation from the Walter Lantz Foundation this past September that will dramatically alter the school’s ability to train students.
The Writers Room
Melissa Blake ’95 says she chose to attend LMU partly because of its screenwriting program, and she completed the program partly with financial help from a relative. Today, she and her husband, Roberto Orci, fund scholarships in the School of Film and Television screenwriting program that benefit two undergraduate students. SFTV grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in screenwriting for film and television. In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter named the school one of the top 10 film schools in the United States.
Accounting for the Debt
Jim Hindman ’82, created the Alan H. Falcon Endowed Scholarship in Accounting to honor Alan Falcon.
Turning Scarcity Into Plenty
Four years of college should give a student a good education. If life lessons come with it, all the better.