Abe Helou, professor of finance and former college of business dean, shared his journey from living in wartime Lebanon, to beginning an academic career in the United States.
The University of La Verne hosted its annual Kristallnacht remembrance lecture on the 87th anniversary of the event Sunday in the Abraham Campus Center Ballroom before an audience of roughly 100.
In September the U.S. Department of Education canceled two federal grants the University of La Verne had used for programs to help students with academic, professional and personal development.
The University of La Verne welcomed Pulitzer Prize winning author Héctor Tobar as this year’s annual “One Book, One University” speaker. The first of two lectures Wednesday took place at noon on Wednesday in the Morgan Auditorium before an audience of roughly 150.