Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago

File:Loyolauniversitycrest.png
Motto	Ad majorem Dei gloriam
Type	Private
Established	June 30, 1870
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Endowment	$320 million
President	Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.
Provost	John P. Pelissero, PhD
Academic staff	1,100 full time
Students	15,951
Undergraduates	9,747
Postgraduates	6,204 graduate
Location	Chicago , IL , U.S. 41.9999°N 87.6578°W / 41.9999; -87.6578
Campus	Lake Shore, Water Tower, Maywood Medical Center, Woodstock Ecology, John Felice Rome Center
Athletics	11 NCAA Division I teams
Colors	Black   Gold   Maroon
Nickname	Ramblers
Mascot	LU Wolf
Website	http://www.luc.edu

Loyola University Chicago (commonly referred to as Loyola or LUC) is a Jesuit private university located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, it is the largest Jesuit university in the United States with a total enrollment of 15,951.

Loyola University Chicago has six campuses: the Lake Shore Campus in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, the Water Tower Campus in the downtown Gold Coast neighborhood. the Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois, Cuneo Mansion and Gardens in Vernon Hills, Illinois, the Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois and the John Felice Rome Center in Rome, Italy. Loyola also serves as the U.S. host university to the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies in Beijing, China.

Comprised of ten schools and colleges, Loyola University is currently ranked number 117 among national universities and is consistently named a "best value" school by U.S. News & World Report'.

Loyola University Chicago's intercollegiate sports teams, commonly known as the "Loyola Ramblers", compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Horizon League. As of 2010, Loyola is the only Division I NCAA school in Illinois that has ever won a national title in men's basketball.

History

Established June 30, 1870 as St. Ignatius College, Loyola University Chicago was originally located near The University of Illinois at Chicago campus and began moving to its location in Rogers Park in 1912, only three years after officially changing its name to Loyola University. In addition to its liberal arts curriculum, Loyola established a School of Law in 1908, the Stritch School of Medicine in 1909 and a business school in 1922. Loyola also established other schools of health science with the addition of the School of Dentistry in 1923 and the School of Nursing in 1935, the first fully accredited collegiate school of nursing in the State of Illinois.

In 1962, Loyola University opened the John Felice Rome Center for Liberal Arts in 1962, the first American university-sponsored program in Rome. The School of Education was established in 1969 as well as the opening of the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL. In 1991, Loyola purchased the neighboring Mundelein College from the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Once a financially struggling school, Loyola University completed in 2011 a $500 million capital campaign to enhance Loyola's national and international profile while simultaneously improving the quality of the education and student life for Loyola students. The transformation of Loyola to a top tier national university was profiled in a 2006 Chicago Tribune article entitled The Miracle along the Lake.

Madonna della Strada Chapel

Campuses

Lake Shore Campus

Loyola University Chicago is anchored at the Lake Shore Campus (on the shore of Lake Michigan) in Rogers Park, the northernmost neighborhood of the city of Chicago. Loyola has developed a ten-year master plan that is designed to revitalize the community by adding an updated arts center as well as a retail district called "Loyola Station" near the CTA's Loyola 'L' stop. The humanities, fine arts, and liberal arts and science departments are located on this campus. This campus absorbed the entire Mundelein College campus, which abutted the University's southern border, in 1991.

Water Tower Campus

Loyola's Water Tower Campus is in downtown Chicago off the Magnificent Mile of North Michigan Avenue, steps away from such landmarks as the Water Tower (one of the few structures to survive the 1871 Great Chicago Fire) and the John Hancock Center (one of the tallest buildings in the United States). The School of Business Administration, Graduate School of Business, School of Social Work, Institute of Pastoral Studies, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Communication, and the Law School are located at the Water Tower Campus. Many classes for the College of Arts and Sciences are also held at this campus, so the school offers a shuttle service to take students between campuses during the day.

John Felice Rome Center

Loyola also boasts a campus in Rome, Italy. The John Felice Rome Center was established in 1962 on the site of the 1960 Summer Olympics grounds. It moved to several locations in Rome until finally settling in Monte Mario on the Via Massimi, one of the most affluent districts of the Italian capital. The campus offers a full academic year for Chicago-based Loyola students wishing to study abroad.

Health Sciences Campus

Loyola's largest campus is the Loyola University Medical Center in suburban Maywood, Illinois, home to one of the leading academic medical centers in the United States. During the late 1970s, the center became renowned for achievements in open-heart surgery. The campus also has a medical school, the Stritch School of Medicine. Other areas in which it has received recognition include micro-neurosurgery, kidney transplants, care for burn victims, and care of high-risk infants.

Loyola University Retreat and Ecology Campus (LUREC)

In 2010, Loyola acquired the former Resurrection Retreat Center in Woodstock, Illinois, for use as a facility for the university's campus ministry programs as well as for use as a unique learning opportunity for students and faculty interested in the sciences. The property contains 20 acres (81,000 m²) of natural habitat that includes ponds, streams, woods, and prairie land. The campus is officially named the Loyola University Chicago Retreat and Ecology Campus.

Former Mallinckrodt Campus

Loyola's former Mallinckrodt Campus in north suburban Wilmette housed the School of Education from 1991 until 2001 when Loyola sold the campus and moved the School to the Water Tower Campus. The Campus was the former Mallinckrodt College, founded in 1918 by the Sisters of Christian Charity.

Notable buildings

Cudahy Science Hall

• Alumni Gym (currently under demolition)
• Dumbach Hall (Formerly "Loyola Academy")
• George Halas, Jr. Sports Center
• Granada Center (Part of Fordham Hall, formerly the site of the Granada Theatre)
• Joseph J. Gentile Center
• Madonna della Strada Chapel
• Mundelein Center (Formerly "Skyscraper Building", "Mundelein College")
• The Clare
• Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons

The Klarchek Information Commons overlooks Lake Michigan.

• Corboy Law Center

Sustainability

Through its University Sustainability Iniative, Loyola is continuing to improve environmental sustainability in many different areas on campus. Efforts in progress include all new construction being LEED-certified and installing green roofs for all new construction of the Mundelein Center, Info Commons, Quinlan and Baumhart Hall. In January 2009 Loyola University Chicago appointed Dr. James Marshall Eames as the University’s new Sustainability Director, a position that will be housed within Loyola’s Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy (CUERP). Loyola University Chicago was given an overall grade of “A-” on the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card, placing it among the highest rated schools in the nation.

In May of 2011, Loyola announced plans to redevelop its recently acquired property on Kenmore Avenue, including Wright Hall, formerly owned by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This property is slated to host Loyola's Institute for Sustainable Urban Living and Learning, housing a green house, classrooms, lab spaces, faculty offices, and a public cafe. South of the greenhouse will be San Francisco Hall, a first-year residence hall focused on green living. The Institute hopes to achieve Platinum LEED Certification and Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Buildings Council as a Leader in Energy and Environmental Design.

University Libraries

Cudahy Library

Loyola's largest library is the E.M. Cudahy Memorial Library on the Lake Shore Campus, which contains over 900,000 volumes and 3,600 periodical subscriptions. Connected to the Cudahy Library is the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons, which opened in 2008 to provide additional academic and social space, with a focus on the undergraduate population.

Additional Loyola libraries include the law school library, a health sciences library, and the Lewis Library, which is located on the Water Tower Campus and supports academic programs and schools of Education, Social Work and Business there.

Religious education

A statue of Ignatius of Loyola was dedicated in 2000. The statue has since been relocated to the lobby of the Klarchek Information Commons.

Religious education is still one of Loyola's hallmarks as it is home to Saint Joseph College Seminary as well as the Jesuit First Studies program.

Loyola's First Studies Program is one of three in the country, with Fordham University and Saint Louis University housing the other two. During this three-year period, Jesuit Scholastics and Brothers generally study philosophy and some theology. First Studies is one part of an eleven-year formation process toward the Jesuit priesthood. This program is administered by the Chicago Province Society of Jesus.

Saint Joseph College Seminary serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and provides vocational training to candidates of diocesan priesthood. Loyola University also provides rigorous religious education for those seeking careers in lay ministry with the Loyola University Institute of Pastoral Studies as well as degree opportunities in interdisciplinary Catholic studies.

Loyola's Department of Theology also offers undergraduate and graduate courses in the study of systematic theology, ethics, and Biblical studies, offering a diverse set of classes that are not limited to religious studies in a Catholic context.

Graduate School Rankings

Academic rankings
National
U.S. News & World Report	117
Washington Monthly	90
Global
QS	501-550

Loyola's Graduate School of Business has been ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report, as well as ranked #1 in Ethics nationwide by BusinessWeek, a unique distinction amongst hundreds of competitive undergraduate business programs in the United States. In addition, Loyola's History Department ranked sixth in the nation in 2006 on the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, a respected ranking system of graduate faculty quality. In 2010, the History Department also ranked in the top tier in the 2010 National Research Council's evaluation of the nation's graduate programs.

Student life

Residential Life

Loyola's Department of Residence Life manages nineteen residence halls or apartments, eighteen of which are in the Rogers Park neighborhood surrounding Lake Shore Campus and one, Baumhart Hall, at the Water Tower Campus on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Most of Loyola's residence halls are named after other Jesuit colleges and universities. Loyola Residence Life requires that students live on-campus for their first two years at Loyola.

First-year students are required to live in one of six community, hotel or suite style residences on the Lake Shore campus. These include: BVM Hall, Campion Hall, Creighton Hall, Mertz Hall, Regis Hall and Simpson Living Learning Center. Both Mertz and Simpson halls are located above a dining hall. Regis Hall houses Loyola's Honors community while Simpson hosts multiple Learning communities.

Upperclass students are permitted to choose from one of twelve residences on Lake Shore or on the Water Tower campuses. These include Canisus, Fairfield, Fordham, Georgetown, Holy Cross, LeMoyne, Marquette, Rockhurst, Seattle, Spring Hill and Xavier Halls on Lake Shore. Santa Clara Hall, located on Loyola Avenue right on Lake Michigan is restricted to Juniors and Seniors. Upperclassman can also choose to live in Baumhart Hall, located at 26 E. Pearson, just a block from the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. It is a 25 floor apartment-style residence for upperclassmen and graduate students at Loyola University.

Athletics

Main article: Loyola Ramblers

LU Wolf at a Loyola Men's basketball game

Loyola is home to 11 varsity teams, most of which compete in NCAA Division I. The teams include men and women's basketball, cross country, men and women's golf, men and women's soccer, softball, track, and men and women's volleyball. The nickname "Ramblers" was first applied to Loyola's football team in 1926 because they frequently traveled throughout the United States.

LU Wolf is the mascot for the University. He was inspired by the coat-of-arms of St. Ignatius of Loyola, from whom Loyola derives its name, which depicts two wolves standing over a kettle. He is ever-present at Loyola's basketball games, encouraging fans to show their support for the Ramblers. The team won the Men's 1963 national championship in basketball. As of 2010, Loyola is the only Division I NCAA school in Illinois that has ever won a national title in men's basketball.

Greek Life

Loyola University Chicago is home to several Greek letter organizations. Among them are traditional social fraternities and sororities and cultural interest fraternities and sororities.

Inter-Fraternity Council chapters include Sigma Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Tau Kappa Epsilon. Sigma Chi will be joining them soon.

Loyola was home to the founding chapter of Alpha Delta Gamma Fraternity, the only Greek letter organization to have a chartered house on Loyola's campus, until the organization was suspended for alcohol violations related to a 2009 house party. The Alpha Delta Gamma chapter at Loyola had a long history of violations with judicial affairs including charges related to possession of excessive amounts of alcohol.

Panhellenic Council chapters include Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi Sigma Sigma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and the newly arrived Chi Omega.

Cultural interest fraternities include the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) co-ed fraternity Alpha Psi Lambda. Loyola is also home to Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, also known as "La Unidad Latina" and the African-American fraternities Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Phi Beta Sigma. A flourishing colony for Omega Delta Phi has also been established.

Cultural interest sororities include Gamma Phi Omega, Sigma Lambda Gamma, Lambda Theta Alpha, Delta Phi Lambda, Delta Sigma Theta and Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Notable alumni

Main article: List of Loyola University Chicago people

In popular culture

• The Lakeshore Campus of Loyola University Chicago was one of the shooting locations for the motion pictures Flatliners and The Unborn (2009).
• In the Fox television series Prison Break, the protagonist, Michael Scofield, was a graduate of Loyola University Chicago, as mentioned on multiple occasions in the first season.
• On The Bob Newhart Show, Dr. Bob Hartley mentions in several episodes that he attended Loyola. Bob Newhart is himself a Loyola graduate.
• In the television show M*A*S*H, Father Mulcahy wears a Loyola sweatshirt.
• In the movie Brewster's Millions, Miss Drake, Brewster's personal accountant, says that she attended Loyola University, causing Brewster to bet on the school in a field hockey match versus the University of Notre Dame. Loyola wins the game, 18-0, and contributes to Brewster's winnings of $1.5 million.
• The winner of the first season of Donald Trump's The Apprentice reality show was Bill Rancic, a Loyola graduate. When Rancic mentioned on the show that he went to Loyola, Trump emphatically responded "Good school!"
• In John Green's novel An Abundance of Katherines, Hassan, the protagonist's friend, eventually enrolls at Loyola Chicago after a year of postponing his college education.

External links

• Loyola's Official website
• Loyola Twitter
• Loyola Facebook
• Loyola Myspace