Student Testimonials

“It is in the newsroom where we gained the ‘whole person’ education that LMU prides itself on. It gave us more practical skills than any other job on campus could have and brought out strengths that we never knew existed. As we are sure you remember, the newsroom was a home for us: it was where we were challenged, where we put our leadership skills to the test, where we fine-tuned our writing skills. Not a day passed that we weren’t learning something new in the office.”

— Danielle (Corkhill) Velasquez (’10), former editor in chief and inaugural Loyolan Merit Scholarship recipient

“Without a doubt, my experiences at the Loyolan were the most defining and rewarding of my college career. Through the Loyolan, I learned a countless number of invaluable life lessons. I honed my writing skills, I learned how to stay calm in the midst of a production crisis, and I learned to communicate effectively in a broad range of circumstances.”

— Kenzie O’Keefe (’12), former editor in chief and Loyolan Merit Scholarship recipient

“I have held several jobs and internships during my time at LMU, and none have taught me so much about leadership as working in student media leadership. For the first time in my life, I was leading a team of dozens of students and had to learn how to listen to input, work collaboratively, and make executive calls. It was not always easy, but it taught me so much about how to work with large groups of people. The skills I have developed at the Loyolan are ones that will help me regardless of what career I end up in.”

— Veronica Backer-Peral (’22), former managing editor and Loyolan Merit Scholarship recipient