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Our Lady of the Lake University

Our Lady of the Lake University celebrates a long and successful legacy of preparing outstanding teachers. The mission of the Teacher Preparation Program is to prepare graduates to meet the educational needs of a growing and diverse student population. Housed in a campus known for small class sizes and one-on-one support, we graduate and certify passionate and committed new teacher candidates. After they complete our program, our graduates are ready to teach highly diverse students in highly diverse schools. We support our candidates in developing their teaching talents and skills so they can create the conditions in their future classrooms where all students can thrive and be successful.

We celebrate our partnership with the Charles Butt Foundation – for over eight years, OLLU has granted the Charles Butt Scholarship for Aspiring Teachers to 56 teacher candidates. We also applaud their success as outstanding teachers in schools across Texas.

Any residency program for undergraduate teacher certification including:

  • All EC-6 Core Certification programs (Bilingual, ESL, and Special Education),
  • 7-12 certification programs in history, mathematics, ELAR and life science with additional certification in bilingual, ESL, and/or Special Education,
  • All level certification in music, Spanish, art, or PE with additional certification in bilingual, ESL, and/or special education.

*Participation in a year-long residency program is required.

University Program Contact:

Assistant Professor

Scholarship information

8

Years as a partner program

73

Scholarships awarded

27

Current Scholars

46

Scholar Alumni

48%

First-generation college students

Current Scholars

Tanya Barrientos
Stevie Castaneda
Nayeli Cordova
Marissa Escamilla
Tony Favella
Angelita Fernandez
Gabriela Guadarrama
Aliana Hartman
Camila Hernandez
Catalina Hernandez
De’Jon Lewis
Analia Lopez
Karen Luckey
Rakel Lunbery

Ricardo Marquez
Dean Martinez
Cassandra Martinez
Mia Mata
Sabastian Moreno
Angelina Ochoa
Joselinn Perez
Fernanda Perez
Bianca Rodriguez
Lizette Rodriguez
Ivy Torres
Andrew Vanover
Casie Ziegler-Bellinger

Scholar Alumni

Brandon Abbate
Alisa Amaya
Samantha Amaya
Jacqueline Atkinson
Rosalinda Balderas
Lindsey Broussard
Kaitlynn Burket
Lauryn Cano
Valarie Cervantes
Gloria Cervantes
Sandra Cherucheril
Sofia Colorado
Andreas Cortez
Hailey Faz
Analisa Fernandez
Danielle Gonzales
Allie Gonzales
Sandra Gonzalez
Ashley Grijalva
Jose Guardiola
yadira hernandez
Esmeralda Hinojosa
Morgan Huth

Steven Kramm
Julia Lewis
Julieanna Luna
Emma Maltos
Nancy Martinez
Caroline Martinez
Dezarae Mata
Madelyn Miller
Alexandria Moreno
Elizabeth Moreno
Jose Neri
Zenneth Ortiz
Leyla Perales
Daniela Ponce
Michelle Riojas
Carolina Rodriguez
Nicholas Salas
Shakira Sandoval
Sasha Smith
Alondra Toledo
Miztica Vazquez
Kimber Watson
Aidan Wollenzier

Are you a current Scholar or Scholar Alumni?

We invite you to join two online communities created just for you: CBF Connect – our new networking platform – and our private Charles Butt Scholars Instagram account.

Charles Butt Foundation Contact:

Headshot of Christina Dunigan, Program Director for Charles Butt Scholarship

Christina Dunigan

Program Director – Charles Butt Scholarship