On April 25, faculty, staff, and students of LMU School of Education gathered at Sacred Heart Chapel for LMU’s annual Student Academic, Service, and Leadership Awards (SASLA) event to celebrate its 2025 awardees. The full list of awardees is linked here. The university honored the following SOE student and groups:
- Commitment to Service and Justice Award: Counseling Graduate Students of America (CGSA)
- Live a Life of Purpose Award: Antonio Guereca
- Presidential Citations and Raymunde McKay, R.S.H.M. Awards: Izabelle Viviana Romero and Stephanie Ellen Benson
- Arrupe Award for Inclusive Excellence and Social Justice (undergraduate student): Sofia Marie Smith Rossi
The School of Education honored its own students with the awards listed below.
| Teacher Preparation: Catholic Schools (CAST and PLACE) | Warren Thomas Binder |
| Teacher Preparation: Education and Learning Sciences | Shylah Hope Metter |
| Teacher Preparation: Elementary Education | Shylah Hope Metter |
| Teacher Preparation: Secondary Education | Izabelle Viviana Romero |
| Teacher Preparation: Special Education | Caley Victoria Garcia |
| Teacher Preparation: Transformative Education | Sofia Marie Smith Rossi |
| Leadership: Educational Leadership | Oscar Gonzalez |
| Leadership: Higher Education Administration | Melissa Annet Vega |
| Educational Studies | Naudia Rayona Evans |
| Educational Studies Integrated 4+1 | Aria Gabrielle Fulton |
| Counseling (LPCC) | Gracie Lynne Edler |
| Counseling (LPCC & PPS) | Guillermo Noe Gutierrez |
| School Counseling | Antonio Guereca |
| School Psychology: On-Campus Program | Ann Louise Voelz |
| School Psychology: Online Program | Mackenzie Nichols |
| Kenneth L. Moffett Bilingual Education Award | Estepani Venegas Martinez |
| Arrupe Award for Inclusive Excellence and Social Justice (graduate student) | Kia Viona Johnson |
| Outstanding SOE Undergraduate Student of the Year | Izabelle Viviana Romero |
| Outstanding SOE Graduate Student of the Year | Sofia Marie Smith Rossi |