Loyola University Chicago

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Loyola University Chicago
File:Loyolauniversitycrest.png
MottoAd majorem Dei gloriam
Motto in English
For the greater glory of God
TypePrivate
EstablishedJune 30, 1870
AffiliationRoman Catholic (Jesuit)
Endowment$320 million[1]
PresidentMichael J. Garanzini, S.J.
ProvostJohn P. Pelissero, PhD (Lakeside Campuses) Richard L. Gamelli, MD, FACS (Health Sciences)
Academic staff
1,100 full time
Students16,040
Location
Chicago
,
Illinois
,
United States

42°00′00″N 87°39′28″W / 41.9999°N 87.6578°W / 41.9999; -87.6578
CampusLake Shore,
Water Tower,
Maywood Medical Center,
Woodstock Ecology,
John Felice Rome Center
Athletics11 NCAA Division I teams
Colors  Black
  Gold
  Maroon
NicknameRamblers
MascotLU Wolf
Websitehttp://www.luc.edu

Loyola University Chicago – colloquially referred to as Loyola – is a private Jesuit university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St. Ignatius College, it is now the largest Jesuit university in the United States with a total enrollment of 16,040 as of September 12, 2011.[3]

Loyola University Chicago has six campuses: the Lake Shore Campus in the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods 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. 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.

History

Madonna della Strada Chapel

Established on 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 the Michael R. Quinlan School of Business in 1922.[4] 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, the first American university-sponsored program in Rome. The School of Education was established in 1969 in conjunction with 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 a $500 million capital campaign in 20122 to enhance Loyola's national and international profile while simultaneously improving the quality of the education and student life for Loyola students.[5] The transformation of Loyola to a top tier national university was profiled in a 2006 Chicago Tribune article entitled The Miracle along the Lake.

Campuses

Operating six campuses, Loyola University has a strong presence, particularly in the Chicagoland area. 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. The Lake Shore Campus hosts the College of Arts and Sciences on a large campus that includes retail districts and a CTA Loyola 'L' stop. Notable buildings on the Lake Shore Campus include the Mundelein Center, the Madonna della Strada Chapel, the Joseph J. Gentile Arena, Dumbach Hall (formerly "Loyola Academy"), the George Halas, Jr. Sports Center, the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons and the Damen Student Center, currently under construction as part of Loyola's capital campaign.

The Klarchek Information Commons overlooks Lake Michigan

Loyola also has a Water Tower Campus in downtown Chicago just 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. The Michael R. Quinlan School of Business, School of Education, School of Social Work, Institute of Pastoral Studies, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Communication, and Law School are located at this 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. The Water Tower Campus holds Baumhart Residence Hall, the Terry Student Center, the Corboy Law Center and The Clare.

Cudahy Science Hall
Cudahy Library

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 occupied 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 semester or full academic year study abroad experience for students from both Loyola and other universities wishing to live abroad. Classes in Italian language, politics, fine art, and history are offered to students who can transfer them back to Loyola or to their home university. Over 15,000 students have participated in this study abroad program offered by Loyola University Chicago.

The University also owns two campuses in nearby Chicago suburbs - 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.[6] In June 2011, Loyola University Chicago completed the sale of the Loyola Health System to Trinity Health. While Trinity now owns the medical center, the Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, along with several key research programs and initiatives, will remain within the University.

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 (8.09 ha) of natural habitat that includes ponds, streams, woods, and prairie land. The campus is officially named the Loyola University Chicago Retreat and Ecology Campus.[7]

Sustainability

Loyola University is currently continuing to improve sustainability on their campuses.[8] Efforts in progress include all new construction being LEED-certified and installing green roofs for all new construction of the Mundelein Center, Information Commons, Quinlan Life Science Building and Baumhart Hall at the Water Tower Campus.[9] 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).[8] Loyola University Chicago was given an overall grade of “A-” on the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card,[10] placing it among the highest rated schools in the nation.[11]

In May 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.[12] 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.[12]

Loyola University Chicago also boasts unique environmental features across its campus, including in the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons and on paths around campus. In 2012, Loyola University became the first Illinois college or university to ban bottled water across its campuses, the result of a student referendum and advocacy campaigns that cited environmental concerns about the use of plastic bottles as well as awareness about ensuring fair access to drinking water globally.

University libraries

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.[13] 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.[14] The only way to enter the Cudahy Memorial Library on the Lake Shore Campus is to scan a university student identification card through the machines at the entrance of the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons. Access to both the library and the information commons is open to community members throughout the school year as well.

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 the Schools of Education, Social Work and the Michael R. Quinlan School of Business located downtown.[15]

Academics

Academic rankings
National
U.S. News & World Report[16]119
Washington Monthly[17]88
Global
QS[18]501-550
  2010[19]
New Freshman 2,063
Mean GPA 3.7
50% ACT Range 25-29

Tuition

For the 2011-2012 academic year, annual undergraduate tuition is $32,200 not including room, board and fees including the CTA student transit 'U-Pass', Student Activity Fee, Technology Fee and mandatory health insurance. Graduate school tuition varies depending on the school.

Rankings and demographics

Loyola University Chicago is currently (2012) ranked number 119 among national universities and is consistently named a "best value" school by U.S. News & World Report.[20]

Loyola's Graduate School of Business has been ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report,[21] as well as ranked #1 in Ethics nationwide by BusinessWeek, a unique distinction amongst hundreds of competitive undergraduate business programs in the United States.[22] 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.[23] 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.[24]

A statue of Ignatius of Loyola was dedicated in 2000 and was relocated to the lobby of the Klarchek Information Commons

Religious education

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.

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. Campion Hall houses Loyola's Honors community while Simpson hosts multiple Learning communities.[25]

Upperclass students are permitted to choose from one of twelve residences on Lake Shore or on the Water Tower campuses. These include Bellarmine, Canisus, Fairfield, Fordham, Georgetown, Holy Cross, LeMoyne, Marquette, Marquette South, Messina, 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.

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.[26]

Inter-Fraternity Council chapters include Sigma Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Chi, and Delta Sigma Phi.[27]

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

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"[28] and the African-American fraternities Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Phi Beta Sigma.[29]

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

Athletics

LU Wolf at a Loyola Men's basketball game
Main article: Loyola Ramblers

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.[30]

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. Taken from the heraldic crest carved in the lintel on St. Ignatius' family home in Loyola, Spain, the wolves and cauldron refer to the prosperity and generosity of the Loyola family, who, after feeding family, retainers and soldiers, had enough food to feed even the wild animals.

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. Loyola is the only Division I NCAA school in Illinois that has ever won a national title in men's basketball.[31]

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!"
  • The winner of Jeopardy! College Championship week, Season 17, was Pam Mueller, representing Loyola Chicago.
  • 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.
  • In the television movie "The '60s", Josh Hamilton's character, Michael, graduates from Loyola Chicago and becomes active in the civil rights movement.
  • During a fishing trip in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, both protagonist Jake Barnes and friend Bill Gorton claim to have attended "Loyola with Bishop Manning".[32]

References

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  2. ^ "Undergraduate Schools:Loyola University Chicago". Luc.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  3. ^ "Fall 2010 Comparative Enrollment" on the Loyola University Chicago website
  4. ^ "Loyola University" on the Encyclopedia of Chicago website
  5. ^ Partner: The Campaign for the Future of Loyola
  6. ^ "Loyola University Chicago" World Book Online Reference Center, 2008. Access:21 Aug. 2008
  7. ^ "Loyola University Chicago- $node.contribution('Title')". Webapps.luc.edu. 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  8. ^ a b "University Sustainability Initiative". Loyola University Chicago. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  9. ^ "Department of Facilities Management Report" (PDF). Loyola University Chicago. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  10. ^ "2011 College Sustainability Report Card". Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  11. ^ "2011 College Sustainability Report Card, Best Overall Grades". Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  12. ^ a b Roberts, Summur. "Sustainable Development on Kenmore Avenue". Loyola Neighborhood News: Volume 2, Issue 9. Loyola University Chicago. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  13. ^ Cudahy Library - Loyola University Chicago
  14. ^ LUC Information Commons: Welcome
  15. ^ About Lewis Library - Loyola University Chicago Libraries
  16. ^ "2023-2024 Best National Universities". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  17. ^ "2023 National University Rankings". Washington Monthly. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  18. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2024: Top global universities". Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  19. ^ "Facts at a Glance". 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  20. ^ "U.S News and World Report", 27 July 2011, retrieved 19 February 2012
  21. ^ Loyola University Chicago- Rankings
  22. ^ BusinessWeek’s 2009 ranking of the top undergraduate business schools
  23. ^ The Chronicle of Higher Education, Top Research Universities Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
  24. ^ Loyola's History Department Ranks Near the Top, LUC Website
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  26. ^ "Cultural interest fraternities and sororities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  27. ^ INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL
  28. ^ "La Unidad Latina Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc". Launidadlatina.org. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  29. ^ "History | Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity". Pbs1914.org. 1914-01-09. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  30. ^ Ramin, Nathan (2005). College Prowler: Loyola University Chicago Off the Record. College Prowler. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-59658-077-0.
  31. ^ McGrath, Dan (2010-03-18). "Forget Illinois Shutout; Relive Tourney's Past". NY Times. Retrieved 2010-04-02. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  32. ^ Hemingway, Ernest (2006). The Sun Also Rises. New York: Scribner. p. 251. ISBN 0-7432-9733-4.

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