Writers Archives: Celeste Drake

Alumna Julia Ruedas has been elected as a governing board member of the El Monte City School District and will be sworn in Monday. She said she plans to make decisions on behalf of the district that can positively impact the academic success of the students. Ruedas received her master’s in public administration from the University of La Verne in 2018.

Ruedas for students

By Celeste Drake on December 7, 2018 in News

Alumna Julia Ruedas has been elected as a governing board member of the El Monte City School District and will be sworn in Monday.

Dave and Maggie’s Café

By Celeste Drake on December 7, 2018 in Dining, LV Life

Dave and Maggie’s Café intern Chris Johnson and manager Charles Rodriguez, prepare food for the one-year anniversary of the café’s opening last month.

Graduate student Jasmine Marchbanks-Owens and University Chaplain Zandra Wagoner discuss “Womanist Midrash” by Wilda C. Gafney and facilitate a workshop titled “Black Feminism and Sacred Text” as part of the Faith and Justice Series Oct. 25 in the Interfaith Chapel seminar room. The last session of the workshop will be held Thursday in the Interfaith Chapel.

Workshops discuss black feminism

By Celeste Drake, Danielle De Luna on November 2, 2018 in LV Life

The #MeToo movement. Surviving oppression. Social justice. The “Black Feminism and Sacred Text” workshop explores how faith informs black women’s lives and an understanding of important social movements like these.

Khevin and Dimitra DeVaughn—the new owners of Pappas Artisanal located on 2232 D Street—open for business with their son Richard, 9, and their daughter Antonia, 7. Pappas is open Wednesday and Thursday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. / photo by Celeste Drake

La Verne has a new Pappa in town

By Celeste Drake, Michael Sprague on November 2, 2018 in Dining, Feature Slider, LV Life

After a change of ownership in July, new hours, and a new menu helmed by Executive Chef Arthur Siler III, Pappas Artisanal is ready to dominate D Street.

Jordan Nelson, junior theater major, applies makeup to look like a scar on freshman music major Danielle Hernandez for the haunted house Tuesday night in Dailey Theatre. She gets the actors ready for the haunted house by applying special effects makeup to make each character look as real and scary as possible.

Theater major brings monsters to life

By Celeste Drake, Emily J. Sullivan on November 2, 2018 in Arts, Etc., Theater

Jordan Nelson is a theater major in her junior year, but her passion is not for memorizing lines and reciting soliloquies, it is for the behind the scenes magic that happens before the debut – the magic before the magic.

Kyle Bush, senior communications major, is a CAPA student and a veteran of the Air Force. Bush came to La Verne because he appreciates the quaint atmosphere. Bush enjoys boxing, going on adventures with his puppy Charlie, and going to Lordsburg after class.

Bush finds direction from service

By Celeste Drake, Michael Sprague on October 19, 2018 in LV Life

The transition to college typically occurs in two ways: the lead up to high school graduation following acceptance and decision, then mid-August when students frantically attempt to navigate all aspects of a new campus.

Andy Baez, senior business administration major, throws a pie in the face of Erynn Waltman, junior criminology major, Oct. 10 in the Vista La Verne courtyard. Alpha Omicron Pi sorority held Kids Get Arthritis Too, a 24-hour fund raising event, that included giant coloring pages, finger painting, slime making, corn hole and the chance to throw pies in the sorority members’ faces. All proceeds for the event went to the Arthritis Foundation.

In your face

By Celeste Drake on October 19, 2018 in Greek Life, LV Life

Andy Baez, senior business administration major, throws a pie in the face of Erynn Waltman, junior criminology major, Oct. 10 in the Vista La Verne courtyard.

Pantry addresses food insecurity

By Celeste Drake, David Gonzalez on September 28, 2018 in Feature Slider, LV Life

The Leo Food Pantry was put in place in 2016 in response to the growing need at the University of La Verne, mirroring state and national trends in food insecurity among college students.

Alumnus Wyatt Wipperman, filmmaker Dan Habib, and David Austin discuss the experiences of Asperger syndrome, dyslexia and autism after the showing of Habib’s “Intelligent Lives,” a documentary on three people with intellectual disabilities. Habib made the film to give hope to people of all abilities pursuing a higher education, meaningful employment and true relationships with others. This panel discussion is part of the La Fetra College of Education Social Equity Lecture Series.

Screening addresses neurodiversity

By Celeste Drake, Nicolette Rojo on September 21, 2018 in News

The Center for Neurodiversity, Learning and Wellness hosted a screening of “Intelligent Lives” for more than 75 students, faculty and the community members Sept. 13 in Morgan Auditorium.

Clive Houston Brown, Vice President for Facilities, Technology, Human Resources, and Campus Safety, Robert Dyer, Board of Trustees member, Don Kendrick, mayor of the city of La Verne, Devorah Leiberman, President of the University of La Verne, Race Dibble, fourth year President of the Residence Hall Association, and Juan Regalado, Dean of Students speak at the grand opening of Citrus Hall and The Spot Sept. 6 at the courtyard between Citrus Hall and The Spot.

ULV celebrates opening of Citrus Hall

By Celeste Drake, David Gonzalez on September 14, 2018 in Feature Slider, News

Key members of the University of La Verne faculty and city officials cut a leopard print ribbon to celebrate the opening of the newly completed Citrus Hall dormitory and The Spot dining hall on Sept. 6.

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