LU Moment

This week on the LU Moment, Shelly Vitanza visits with LU alumni, certified mediator, legal trial consultant and the principal personal injury attorney of The Wallace Law Firm, Belashia Wallace. Wallace talks about what it takes to be one of a few Black female attorneys in the country. Hear her story of perseverance, hard work and a commitment to always do the right thing. 

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This week’s LU grad Julie Wenah is a Nigerian-American lawyer, executive, filmmaker. She has worked at NASA, The White House, the Department of Commerce and Airbnb. Additionally, her "Mixtape" (purpose) is founding and leading "the Album & the Mixtape" a collective of dreamers, doers, storytellers, and music lovers creating community and content centered around healing and pursuing your life's Mixtape and purpose.

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What inspires Ginger Gummelt, LU’s program director and assistant professor in social work? Find out on the LU Moment when Shelly Vitanza interviews Gummelt, a woman who inspires and encourages others on the Lamar University campus.

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Two-time Paralympic and LU’s Academic Advisor, Jennifer Mutz, kicks off Women’s History Month, with the inspirational story of her life’s challenges and how she overcomes them daily to live life in the fast lane of success. This week’s LU Moment is the first in a four-part series featuring women who have a positive impact on Lamar University in celebration of Women’s History Month.

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The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and The Suder Foundation, recently announced Lamar University as one of the 2021-22 First-gen Forward cohorts. Dr. Wilma Jackson joins Shelly Vitanza on the LU Moment to share how LU achieved this distinction.

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On this week’s LU Moment, LU’s Athletic Director Marco Born tells why LU moved to the Western Athletic Conference and what it will mean for players and fans.  

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Erica Edgerly tells Shelly Vitanza how an LU degree and a little trial by fire made her a boss at the age of 23.

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Dr. Teresa Simpson talks about the N.E.S.Ts LU’s Office of Community Relations, Economic Development and Student Access, have been building in BISD schools.

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Dr. Andrew Victores, class of 2006, shares his experience attending LU’s Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities, earning his bachelor’s degree at LU and then attending medical school. He’s an LU ENT, who inspires others to pursue their passions at LU.

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Two members of Lamar University’s web communications team – Charla Pate and Stacey Haynes – detail the new and exciting electronic tools and website that LU is rolling out.

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