Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago
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Motto: Ad majorem Dei gloriam
Established: June 30, 1870
Type: Private, Jesuit, Catholic
Endowment: $373,200,000[1]
President: Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.
Faculty: 1,100 full time
Students: 15,545[2]
Undergraduates: 9,729[2]
Postgraduates: 5,816 graduate
Location: Chicago, IL, U.S.
Campus: 45 acre (182,000 m²) Lake Shore Campus,
70 acre (283,000 m²) Maywood Campus,
5 acre (20,234 m²) Rome Center
Athletics: 11 NCAA Division I teams
Colors:      Black
     Gold
     Maroon
Nickname: Ramblers
Mascot: LU Wolf
Website: http://www.luc.edu/
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Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university was established in 1870 as Saint Ignatius College by the Roman Catholic religious order of the Society of Jesus and bears the name of the Jesuit patron, Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Loyola is one of twenty-eight member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities along with Georgetown University, Boston College, Fordham University, and Loyola College of Maryland and, with its current enrollment of more than 15,500 students, is the largest Jesuit University in the United States.[3] Loyola is considered one of the 262 "national universities" by U.S. News & World Report. Loyola's part-time Graduate School of Business has been ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report[4], and the University as a whole was ranked the 50th best value in the country.[5] Business Week also ranked Loyola's Graduate School of Business 8th in the nation for its intensive Part-Time MBA program. In addition, Loyola University Chicago is ranked "tier 1" among the nation's top universities according to official USNews.com rankings.

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Beginnings and expansions

A garden sign welcomes residents and visitors to Rogers Park as home of Loyola University Chicago.
A statue of Ignatius of Loyola was dedicated in 2000.
Mundelein Hall, also called the Skyscraper building, was once the tallest building in the Rogers Park neighborhood.

The institution was founded in 1870 as the St. Ignatius College (now St. Ignatius College Preparatory School) on Chicago's West Side. In 1908 the School of Law was established as the first of the professional programs. St. Ignatius College changed its name to Loyola University in 1909, while also adding the Stritch School of Medicine. 1923 saw the affiliation of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery with Loyola University, later to be known as Loyola University School of Dentistry (no longer open). In 1934 West Baden College affiliated itself with Loyola University, later to be known as the Bellarmine School of Theology then the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago. Loyola established the Loyola University Chicago School of Nursing in 1935, the first fully accredited collegiate school of nursing in the State of Illinois. Loyola then opened the Rome Center for Liberal Arts in 1962, the first American university-sponsored program in Rome. 1969 saw the establishment of the Loyola University Chicago School of Education and the opening of the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. In 1979 the School of Nursing was renamed the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. The most recent expansion was the 1991 acquisition of neighboring Mundelein College from the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Main campuses

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. Among many others, the science departments are located on this 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, 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.

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.

Loyola University Chicago also has a medical school, the Stritch School of Medicine, and a hospital and medical center associated with them, all located on a campus in Maywood, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago.

Loyola's largest campus is the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, 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. Other areas in which it has received recognition include microneurosurgery, kidney transplants, care for burn victims, and care of high-risk infants.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

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 the academic programs there.[10]

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 Pastoral Institute as well as degree opportunities in interdisciplinary Catholic studies

Loyola also offers undergraduate courses in the study of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and religions of Asia. Students are not just limited to the study of Catholicism.

Athletics

Main article: Loyola Ramblers

Loyola is home to 11 varsity teams, all ranked 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.

Club Sports

Buildings

Lake Shore Campus

Water Tower Campus

Student Life

Sports

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.

Greek Life

Loyola University Chicago also houses Greek life on its Lake Shore Campus. These Greek organizations include Interfraternity Council chapters Sigma Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Alpha Delta Gamma;as well as Panhellenic Council chapters Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi Sigma Sigma and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Alpha Delta Gamma remains the only private school-sanctioned fraternity house on campus. In 2005 Loyola got its first black Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta. U.S. News & World Report

Loyola is also home to the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) co-ed fraternity Alpha Psi Lambda, and sororities Gamma Phi Omega (The first Latina-oriented sorority at Loyola) and Sigma Lambda Gamma (the largest Latina-oriented sorority in the U.S.) as well as several Multicultural Greek Council chapters Delta Phi Lambda, Lambda Theta Alpha, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, and Omega Delta Phi.

Cultural/Ethnic

Academic/Honorary

Student Government/Programming Boards

Service/Spiritual

Hobby/Special Interest

Media

Political/Social Issues

Notable Alumni

Main article: List of Loyola University Chicago people

In popular culture

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://www.nacubo.org/documents/research/2006NES_Listing.pdf
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.luc.edu/undergrad/academics/factsheets/facts_at_a_glance.pdf
  3. ↑ Loyola University Chicago- Loyola Facts: Fact Sheet 2007/2008
  4. ↑ Loyola University Chicago- Rankings
  5. ↑ USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: National Universities
  6. ↑ ["Loyola University Chicago." World Book Online Reference Center. 2008. [Place of access: Niles West High School.] 21 Aug. 2008 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar726643>.]
  7. ↑ The Loyola PHOENIX
  8. ↑ About Cudahy Library - Loyola University Chicago Libraries
  9. ↑ LUC Information Commons: Welcome
  10. ↑ About Lewis Library - Loyola University Chicago Libraries

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