LMU Says Its Fond Farewell to Convo Hour
A Chapter Closes The final Convo Hour was marked in style with music, games, food and, of course, info tables. Take a look, and savor … Watch now
Events & Speeches
Astronaut James Lovell Addresses Class of 2014
Commencement Speaker: James Lovell is one of the most-heralded U.S. astronauts for his role as commander of Apollo 13, a space mission that turned near … Watch now
Status Report: Where Are You Now?
Alumni BBQ Chalkboard: At the 61st Annual LMU Alumni BBQ, held this past September, LMU Magazine constructed a huge chalkboard and invited alumni to answer … Watch now
LMU Magazine Contest Winners Bat With a Legend
Billy Bean ’86 Returns! Watch Chris Bigley ’09 and Chance Turkmany, son of Chris Turkmany ’87, take batting practice with LMU great and former major … Watch now
Welcome, Pope Francis
When 300 Jesuits-in-training came to the LMU campus this summer for a week of workshops — the largest such meeting in nine years — we … Watch now
Nobel Laureate Speaks at Graduate Commencement
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian poet, novelist, playwright and essayist, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He gave the commencement address at the 2014 … Watch now
A 60-Second Time-Lapse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X3DFxdDU6E 2014 Undergraduate Commencement: We placed several cameras at the 2014 commencement exercises to get a multi-angle perspective for our time-lapse video of the ceremony. … Watch now
Ken Burns Tells Grads Why They and History Matter
Lincoln’s Lessons: Ken Burns is a documentary filmmaker who is immersed in history. At the 2012 undergraduate commencement, he told LMU’s graduating class that in … Watch now
“Why Beauty Matters”
Dana Gioia, acclaimed poet, former Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, and currently Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture at the … Watch now
Doris Kearns Goodwin Addresses the Class of 2013
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin describes the connection she sees between storytelling and the work of a historian. Watch her undergraduate commencement address as she traces … Watch now